This past weekend a new manga series from Yoshifumi Tozuka dropped on Shonen Jump entitled Undead Unluck. The first chapter has…a lot. The chapter begins with Fuuko Izumo about to kill herself! She is supernaturally unlucky. When people touch her skin, disaster strikes. This can be anything from a handshake to a kiss on the… Read More First Impression: Undead Unluck (Manga)
So, there I was in early December, minding my own business, when an announcement that Boys Over Flowers Season 2 was coming to an end showed up on my Twitter feed. Right before Christmas, the last chapter of a series I grew fond of would drop. There I was minding my own business, when I… Read More Newman’s Nook: Every Story Has an End
On the ice planet of Hoth, the rebels prepare for evacuation of their base as Empire forces, lead by Darth Vader, invade. Among the pilots fighting off the AT-ATs that have arrived with the assault team is Thane Kyrell. While distinguished as one of the Rebellion’s best pilots, Thane is also prominent for another reason:… Read More Star Wars: Lost Stars, Volume 1 (Manga Review)
Day 12: Celebration In Chapter 242 of the My Hero Academia manga, it’s Christmas at U.A. High School! The students in the dorms all celebrate the holiday together dressed in Santa costumes. They discuss their upcoming winter break internship plans. And that’s about it. Christmas in this chapter is window dressing. The chapter is not about… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime (and Manga!): A Very My Hero Academia Christmas
Fruits Basket remake so heartfelt and pretty A sad life transformed by a black-and-white kitty Vikings and vengeance and princes and kings These are a few of my favorite things Saitama’s awesome but he is no gamer Miku’s best girl, ain’t that a no-brainer? Manga with Vader, Leia, and X-Wings These are a few of… Read More My Favorite Anime Things (2019 Edition)
Last year, leading up to the release of Alita: Battle Angel, we discussed every volume of the original manga. The article below was one of two we wrote on volume six—MDRMN’s excellent post made it to print, while this was left as a draft. I finished it up, though, and present it to you as… Read More Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 6: Falling Fish and Glimmers of Hope
It’s a good time to be a Star Wars fan—a “Golden Age,” if you will. Despite the recent faltering of the Solo film (which was really quite good) and news of planned projects being shelved or in flux, fans have received more new Star Wars films in the last five years than we did the… Read More Looking for Star Wars Manga? These Are the Volumes You’re Looking For
Mission: Yozakura Family is a relatively new Shonen Jump manga series about painfully shy high school student, Taiyo Asano, as he enters the world of the Yozakura family. After his parents died, Taiyo chose to avoid close relationships, coming to the resolution that since intimacy with family and friends can be snatched at a moment’s… Read More Newman’s Nook: Yozakura and Church Family Ties
Slowly, and aided by her new friends (especially Tadano, the first one she made), school “goddess” Komi is starting to overcome her anxiety at talking to others and is headed toward her goal of making 100 friends. But one’s fears don’t disappear so easily; it’s still not easy for Komi to speak up, so how… Read More Review: Komi Can’t Communicate Vol. 2
Happy Halloween! In honor of the spooky season I am here with a review of the one volume manga series, Haunted House. Review Haunted House is a comedy-horror manga created by Mitsukazu Mihara. This one volume manga consists of a series of seemingly disconnected chapters about a teenage boy named Sabato Obiga. Sabato, whose name… Read More Manga Review: Haunted House