Candy Flurry is the newest manga series from Shonen Jump. With art by Mitarashi Santa and written by Takegushi Ippon, the series features a very different and interesting concept. It opens up by discussing a magical candy called “Cyndy’s Toy Toy Candy,” which allows the person who eats it to be able to create sweets… Read More Manga First Impression: Candy Flurry
Angels are prominent figures in our culture and others, and have been for thousands of years. They are biblical beings that are commonly used culturally to connect a story to the Christian God. In classic European and American art, angels were generally portrayed in two main ways, as fat babies or normal humans with flowing… Read More Newman’s Nook: Biblical vs. Cultural Angels
Blue Box is the newest manga series to hit Shonen Jump. From mangaka Kouji Miura, who previously created two different shonen romance series, this one seems to fall into the same category of romance, but with a sports-theme. The first chapter introduces Taiki Inomata, a badminton player in the combined Eimei Junior and Senior High… Read More Manga First Impression: Blue Box
My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions, Vol. 1 Developed to put the various characters from the MHA universe into short-term teams with one another, My Hero Academia: Team Up Missions features side stories and regular content in what amounts to fun but inconsequential filler material. The premise is that with provisional licenses now in hand, the… Read More Reader’s Corner: MHA Team-Up Missions, Assassination Classroom, and Love Me, Love Me Not
Published in the west by Irodori Comics under their Aqua (All-Ages) line, Leaper is a one-shot doujinshi by mangaka, Isaki Uta. For those unfamiliar, doujinshi are manga that are generally self-published or published by a small company. This means that as a general rule, they tend to have a much smaller reach than manga published by… Read More Review: Leaper
Dear Noman is series about ghosts, teenagers, smooching, and a group that is working together to keep the world safe from ghosts. Sounds creative, but is it good? Let’s discuss. Review The first volume begins by introducing Mashiro, a teenager who has been able to see ghosts all her life. At the start, Mashiro finds… Read More Manga Review: Dear Noman, Vol. 1
Tamao Azukida loves baseball more than anything else in life. He studies it and understands the sport better than anyone. However, he’s not the physically strongest person in the world. Still, he’s a fantastic catcher and knows what he’s doing, and is trying to push himself onto the best team in the region—Hakuo Gakuin. Thus… Read More Manga First Impression: Nine Dragons’ Ball Parade
I first watched Neon Genesis Evangelion as an 18 year old, new to the anime medium. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I was just enthralled by all the large-scale combat between the angels and the Eva units. With the series dropping on Netflix, I decided to re-watch the series in 2020. Let me tell you, now as… Read More Newman’s Nook: What’s in a Name?
i tell c is a new manga series from Kazusa Inaoka. The header of this Shonen Jump series says that it’s a “…unique take on the crime-suspense genre,” and they’re not kidding. The first chapter opens with news that entertainer Haruka Shinomiya had been murdered. The story then follows another entertainer named Atsushi Tagame who is… Read More Manga First Impression: i tell c
The Elusive Samurai is the newest series by Yusei Matsui, creator of Assassination Classroom. Instead of a science fiction series set at a school, The Elusive Samurai is a piece of historical fiction about a real life samurai named Hojo Tokiyuki and set in the year 1333. The manga begins by introducing the heroes of… Read More Manga First Impression: The Elusive Samurai