Summary Fist of the North Star is set in a post-apocalyptic future where the world has been torn asunder. In this darkness, men travel from town to town, pillaging and murdering for fun and sport. Volume two continues the journey in this world by Kenshiro, the sole master of an ancient martial art style known… Read More Manga Review: Fist of the North Star, Volume 2
Summary One Piece Film: Strong World is the tenth One Piece animated film. Originally debuting in 2009, the movie is set at some indeterminable time pre-Time Skip after Brook has joined the crew, and film opens up with a powerful pirate named Shiki escaping from Impel Down. It then leaps in medias res to showthe… Read More Review – One Piece Film: Strong World
Summary In a distant, apocalyptic future, the world has been torn asunder. It is a dark future where men travel from town to town pillaging and murdering for fun and the necessity of gaining supplies. Into this post-apocalyptic world setting steps Kenshiro, a master of an ancient martial art style known as Hokuto Shinken or… Read More Manga Review: Fist of the North Star, Volume 1
Hatchan the Villain It’s during the Arlong Park Arc of One Piece that readers are first introduced to a group of fishmen who, led by Arlong, have taken over Cocoyasi Village, the home of Straw Hat navigator Nami. It’s a distressing development, as Nami had spent years trying to raise the funds to free her… Read More Newman’s Nook: The Parable of Hatchan
Summary Have you ever watched the movie Lilo and Stitch and wondered to yourself, “Man, what would happen if Stitch crash landed in feudal Japan instead of modern Hawai’i?” No? You never wondered that? Well, the manga series Stitch and the Samurai hopes to answer that question anyway. In this series, Stitch’s ship crash lands… Read More Review: Stitch and the Samurai, Volume 2
One Piece is a long-running story about pirates. It is one of the biggest franchises in the world. A huge reason for that, in my opinion, is how the characters relate to each other. These pirates are a real family. Let’s give a few examples. Nico Robin When we are first introduced to Nico Robin… Read More Newman’s Nook: Pirate Family
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