Manga and Comic Reviews
This volume focuses on the adventures of a boy, a hermaphrodite and a tentacle. That’s not to say that this series has turned into a hentai manga, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that since Tsumugi is now represented by a phallic-looking tentacle. It’s an amusing development in what turns out to be one of […]
While we’re still on the subject of Dark Horse Manga, let’s shift gears a bit to talk about another series that we don’t see new volumes of all that often. What separates “Drifters” from “Eden,” however, isn’t that it sells that much worse but that its creator has a terrible work ethic. Mangaka Kohta Hirano […]
Why do I keep coming back to the the state of Dark Horse Manga so often on this blog? That’s because after all the titles I’ve read from them over the years, I genuinely care about what’s happening to them and would hate to see them go away. I see the steady decline of new […]
If you’ve read enough of Fumi Yoshinaga’s manga, it becomes abundantly clear that she has two real passions in life: food and gay men. She managed to combine them both in magnificent fashion in her best series, “Antique Bakery,” which I recommend to everyone who reads this. Particularly to those who appreciate good character-driven stories […]
I’m pretty sure I mentioned this in my original podcast about this series, but one of the reasons I liked the first “season” so much was that it reflected the experiences of myself and my friends in our anime club in college. We didn’t talk as much about hentai games or doujinshi, but not only […]
Though he’s meant to be the star of this series, Miyamoto Musashi has been the biggest drag on its momentum for a while now. We start to see that change with this volume as his sojourn in the wilds finally starts to develop a point. The swordsman acknowledges early on that he can’t beat his […]
The state of Dark Horse’s manga publishing efforts has been an ongoing concern of mine over the years as we’ve seen a steady decline in the amount of manga they’ve released as well as a complete lack of new titles that aren’t from established authors, or don’t have a significant media tie-in. There’s also the […]
Years ago, when I heard that Hideaki Anno married Moyoco Anno my first thought was, “How the hell did that happen?” He’s the director of “Evangelion” and a hardcore otaku. She’s the author of josei manga such as “Flowers & Bees,” “Sakuran” and “Hataraki Man” which feature strong-willed (sometimes to the point of frightening) female […]
This title occupies an interesting liminal space on my reading list. It’s not quite good enough that I’d miss it if it went on “hiatus” like other Dark Horse manga, yet it’s not quite bad enough that I’m tempted to stop reading it. Whenever I see that a new volume is solicited, I pick it […]
It’s time to once again BEHOLD THE POWER OF KICKSTARTER with something that I contributed to. This was a multi-book project that, in addition to the title of this post, also saw Osamu Tezuka’s “Unico” and “Atomcat” translated into English as well. Of the three, “Unico” represents the most solid read as “Triton” goes on […]