Yukiya and Miku, who are about to become high school students, have a game. It started several years ago with saying “I love you,” but has expanded to the point that now they just generally flirt with each other and try to provoke a reaction from the other. The loser of the “game” is the… Read More First Impression: I Want to End This Love Game
Another anime season is upon us, and that means it’s time once again for our first impressions series here at Beneath the Tangles. Over the next several weeks, our writers will be sampling a wide range of new and returning shows and sharing their early thoughts—what excites us, what surprises us, and what might be… Read More Spring 2026 Anime First Impressions
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End returns this week with the conclusion of a time-traveling arc—and we’ve got much more, too, including the latest issue of Mr. Villain’s Day Off and the college chapters for My Love Story, as well as the opening volumes of The Villainess is a Marionette and A Star Brighter than the Sun.… Read More Reader’s Corner: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Vol. 13), I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 6), and and The Villainess Is a Marionette (Vol. 1)
Slavery, character deaths, and the possibility of the future being erased are among the intense themes in series we’re reviewing in this week’s column! But if you want something, fluffier, not to fear—we’ve also got new and old volumes of too-cute manga to share with you, all below on Reader’s Corner! Centuria (Vols. 1-3) •… Read More Reader’s Corner: Frieren (Vol. 12), Solo Leveling (Vol. 11), and The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity (Vol. 5)
We’ve got the kids from Karasuno. We’ve got Star Wars. We’ve got Bocchi and the girls. What more could you ask for? Well, if that’s not enough, this week’s reviews also cover the latest volumes of SHY, Your Forma, and I Want to End This Love Game, as well as the premiere of a new… Read More Reader’s Corner: I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 3), Your Forma (Vol. 6), and Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance (Vol. 3)
This week on Reader’s Corner, we feature the first volume of the Elaina the Wandering Witch spin-off, volume nine of both Helck and Drifting Dragons, an expectedly disappointing release from Io Sakisaka, and much more! Hit the links below to read our manga, manhwa, and light novel reviews! Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World… Read More Reader’s Corner: I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 2), Drifting Dragons (Vol. 9), and Sakura, Saku (Vol. 3)
Every manga and light novel publishing house has its sweet spot, the areas in which they excel or that they have a heavier focus on than other companies. That’s part of what makes this such a golden age for readers of Japanese works: there’s such a variety of works to choose from! This week, we… Read More Reader’s Corner: I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 1), Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (Vol. 3), and Usotoki Rhetoric (Vol. 5)
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