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
I recently began reading the My Hero Academia (MHA) manga. Yes, I recognize that the series is a good five years old. I even tweeted to that effect. Me: I just started reading the My Hero Academia manga. Them: That started over 5 years ago and we all recommended the series to you. Like a… Read More Newman’s Nook: Ignoring the Advice of Others
Tadano is a regular guy who just wants to make it through school without being noticed. Komi is the school beauty, beloved both by her male and female classmates. They seem an unlikely pair, but are brought together by Komi’s problem—namely that she wants to make one-hundred friends, but is too afraid to even begin… Read More Review: Komi Can’t Communicate (Vol. 1)
With Tanjirou and Inosuke’s battle against Enmu reaching its climax in volume seven, the Infinity Train arc is seemingly at a close – but one more challenge remains for the duo, along with Rengoku, Zenitsu, and Nezuko, and its even more dangerous than the lower demon moon they had been battling. Memories from the past… Read More Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Volume 8 (Review)
Stories of love and grace are timeless. From real stories of extraordinary forgiveness to fictional examples, these tales intrigue and inspire us. They serve as great reminders that as we falter and fail, there is someone greater who grants us grace. Boys Over Flowers and Boys Over Flowers Season 2 both introduce us to poor… Read More Newman’s Nook: Grace over Flowers