The Tanabata Festival was celebrated this week—it’s one of those traditions that holds some romance and mystique, but which may have passed you by. So as a reminder of it, here’s a lovely fanart piece of Hatsune Miku taking part in the celebration! ★ 【ののこ】 「 🎋 」
Have you been watching the World Cup? Apparently, Frieren has, too (or she’s been playing in it and we missed it?!)—and she’s an Argentina fan. ★ 【Snegovski】 「 VIVA ARGENTINA!!!💙🤍💙 」
Zombies in Okinawa! Board games come to life! And a teenage mogul who needs help with her household chores? Check out our reviews this week of the newest releases of Dandadan, Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent, Zom 100, and more on Reader’s Corner! Dandadan (Vol. 19) • Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent (Vol.… Read More Reader’s Corner: Hima-Ten (Vol. 1), Scenes from Awajima (Vol. 2), and Shugo Chara! 20th Anniversary Edition
A new trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners II dropped this week, and we got a look at the new main characters: D and Talia. That, of course, means a bunch of fanart showing their designs, including these amazing pieces by the always incredible, Dino! ★ 【Dino】 「 Talia // D 」
Jujutsu Kaisen is an action-packed, adrenaline-pumpking series. It’s also often chillingly and grotesquely beautiful, and often full of sorrow. Those elements are captured so well in these illustrations below of Gojo, Nobara, Megumi, and Yuji. ★ 【Ester】 「 jjk (reprinting permitted (6.19.26) 」
The latest volumes of The Fake Alchemist, The Remarried Empress, and Vagabond Definitive Edition—along with the final volume of Insomniacs After School (sigh!)—are among the manga and manhwa we’re reviewing this week on Reader’s Corner. Read to see what we think of these volumes! Blade & Bastard (Vol. 4) • The Fake Alchemist (Vol. 2)… Read More Reader’s Corner: Girl Crush (Vol. 6), Lycoris Recoil (Vol. 5), and Insomniacs After School (Vol. 14)
Check out these kawaii, cutecore-esque fanart pieces of Ichigo, Rukia, and Orihime from Bleach—just in time for the new season of the series dropping! I like the Orihime cooking-baking one the best. What about you? ★ 【야텅코】 「 🍓🍞🫐 」
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