In the world of Banished from the Hero’s Party, characters live in accordance with their divine blessing, which, under the leadership of a theocracy, directs them to the occupation they’ll have and the path they’ll follow. In volume 10 of the manga, two members of the hero’s party, Theodora and Albert, are in the middle… Read More Banished Hero of the Sabbath
We open with Lloyd getting kicked out of his party, then get what seems like a flashback(?) to some past event that involved him. Then we get a montage of young Lloyd growing up and learning magic from his mentor. Eventually he tires of her somewhat draconian methods and sets out for the city on… Read More First Impression: Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!
Heroes? We’ve got that. Female leads? We’ve got that, too. Villainesses? Indeed. Vampires? We’ve got a double dose! This week’s column features all that and more! Dig into our reviews and let us know what you think of these series and what you’re reading! Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet… Read More Reader’s Corner: Dracula’s on the Night Shift! (Vol. 1), Unholy Blood (Vol. 4), and Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion (Vol. 8)
The saying goes, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We prove it every week here on Reader’s Corner, but rarely more so than in this edition, when we show beauty in tengu love; explain how a beautiful and admirable lead does not a good spin-off make; and explain how a provocative title and cover… Read More Reader’s Corner: I Wanna Do Bad Things with You (Vol. 1), Bocchi the Rock! (Vol. 4), and The Hachioji Specialty: Tengu’s Love (Vol. 1)
Happy Release Tuesday, everyone! This week, we’re serving up reviews of fantasy series and modern-day high school romance, which have become par for the course in today’s manga landscape, but there are some outliers in our bunch as well: stories about seeking your passion, an unusual take on detective series, and a manhwa about vengeance,… Read More Reader’s Corner: The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl (Vol. 4), No Longer Heroine (Vol. 6), and Itaewon Class (Vol. 1)
We’ve got something for you to be thankful for this week—oodles of new manga and light novel releases! We’re reviewing not one, but two new releases in the Rascal Does Not Dream series! But are they worth reading? And what about the second volumes of Books of Heartslabyul and Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, as well… Read More Reader’s Corner: Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (Vol. 2), My Girlfriend’s Child (Vol. 3), and Rascal Does Not Dream of His Student
A number of the releases we cover this week correspond with upcoming anime, and judging by these volumes—including those from SHY and Insomniacs After School—you should be anticipating them highly! We also review manga and light novels that already have adaptations and have double vision with one of those soon-to-be-adapted work, reviewing the newest Solo… Read More Reader’s Corner: SHY, Solo Leveling, and Insomniacs After School
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