What does the ongoing battle for the Wolf’s Maw hold for us in this volume?  Why nothing more than the high point of the series so far.  It hasn’t been the easiest ride, sticking with this title, but I can now say that my patience has been rewarded with all of the enthralling battles contained […]

The main conflict between the humans and the Gauna isn’t advanced by all that much in this volume, but we do get some interesting new developments.  Or rather, a development that brings several complications along with it.  After the success of the human/Gauna hybrid Tsumugi, Kunato and the rest of his team have been working […]

Back in April when vol. 14 of “Eden:  It’s An Endless World!” came out, I went back and re-read the previous volume to refresh my memory and provide some context for this new one.  Not only did it give me a chance to re-read one of the better volumes in the series, that context came […]

Now here’s something we haven’t seen in a while:  Moments in “Gantz” that actually invoke feelings beyond simple excitement or suspense.  Things kick off with a young brother and sister trying to cope with the fact that they’re about to be “processed” at one of the alien factories.  Mangaka Hiroya Oku singles them out amongst […]

In the best cases, a comic is entertaining because it has great art, interesting characters, entertaining dialogue, and a compelling story.  More often than not, a title finds itself lacking in one or more of those areas, but is able to compensate enough in the others to present a worthwhile reading experience.  Then you have […]

How do you follow up one of the most thrilling volumes of comics I’ve read all year?  If you’re mangaka Makoto Yukimura, you dig right into your new status quo of the united factions from the previous volume taking on the King of Denmark for all he controls.  It’s a setup that doesn’t offer as […]

I thought that “Insufficient Direction,” Moyoco Anno’s “essay manga” of her life with husband Hideaki Anno, was pretty enjoyable for what it was.  This is actually an atypical reaction compared to the previous manga I’ve read from her.  Titles like “Happy Mania,” “Flowers and Bees,” and “Sakuran” left me cold and not feeling much for […]

I’ve made my thoughts clear that the previous volumes of this title do not represent Fumi Yoshinaga’s best work.  This volume, however, continues the trend of seeing the mangaka take baby steps towards giving this title more depth than it initially started out with.  There’s a brief moment where Shiro, the serious attorney, is complaining […]