Kujirai is a pretty efficient office worker, keen to do a good job, but you probably couldn’t tell that from her morning routine, which is more in keeping with a disaffected, unemployed 30-something who never quite caught a break in life. She smokes and sighs and squints repeatedly, pinching the bridge of her nose, as… Read More First Impression: Kowloon Generic Romance
I don’t know what it looks like in your neck of the woods, but these days, I’m greeted outside by birdsong, budding flowers, butterflies, and even a nest in my tree with eggs in it. Spring has sprung, and that means: anime?! Yep, we otaku know that as March passes into April, the new spring… Read More Spring 2025 Anime First Impressions
A warm welcome back, everyone! Here we are again, for the third year running, celebrating some of our favorite women creatives who work in anime, manga, and light novels. Now, anime is known for its cute girls and strong female protagonists, and some incredibly talented women seiyuu voice them. But on International Women’s Day, we… Read More IWD 24: Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga, and Light Novel Industries
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and our reviewers at Reader’s Corner have reviews of romantic volumes prepared just for the occasion! Like a story about a clone who falls in love with the former fiancé of her now-deceased progenitor. Hmm…well what about a brother who is starting to fall for his new stepsister? Wait. Is that… Read More Reader’s Corner: Kowloon Generic Romance (Vol. 6), A Reincarnated Witch Spells Doom (Vol. 3), and Uncle from Another World (Vol. 9)
We’re fully into the swing of the fall season and romance is in the air! And with Halloween approaching, that of course means witches! And we’ll throw in a couple of princesses, too, along with a more traditional romance. But fear not, action lovers, we’ve got plenty of shonen to share, even if one of… Read More Reader’s Corner: Faded Away (Vol. 1), Uncle from Another World (Vol. 8), and the Fullmetal Alchemist 20th Anniversary Book
While we’d love for every we manga we pick up to be fantastic, and every volume of the manga we’re enjoying to be as good as the last, it doesn’t always work out that way. And while many of volumes we review this week are every bit as good as previous ones in those series… Read More Reader’s Corner: Coffee Moon (Vol. 3), My Girlfriend’s Child (Vol. 2), and Horimiya Memorial Book Page. 100
Flowers aren’t all that’s blossoming this season. Love is in the air as well! But to bloom, challenges must be overcome, like all those involved with imitating your twin sister at school or with getting through your familiar’s thick skull that you like him or just a simple lack of confidence. Some difficulties, though, may… Read More Reader’s Corner: Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 6), Sunbeams in the Sky (Vol. 1), and I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World (Vol. 2)
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