Side Colors is an apt subtitle for volume seven of Spice & Wolf, the fantastic light novel series mixing myth, romance, and medieval economics. This volume is a side story collection, and like many others in well-written light novel series, this one adds color to and fills in the tale. In no way is it… Read More Review: Spice & Wolf, Vol. 7: Side Colors
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
Oops! We forgot Assorted Entanglements vol. 2 on Tuesday, so here it is now! Considering our status as a Christian ministry, readers are often surprised by the series we cover on this site, which include ecchi, graphically violent, and yaoi and yuri works. But if you’ve followed us for some time, you may have a… Read More Reader’s Corner: SHY (Vol. 3), Touring After the Apocalypse (Vol. 3), and Marvel Comics: A Manga Tribute
Fantasy is the name of the game on this week’s Reader’s Corner! We’ve reviewed volumes featuring dragons, witches, vampires, gods, and—a little more grounded in reality, though still as (and maybe more) fantastical—a study guide about the universe featuring manga! Transport yourself below to read our thoughts on these works. The Invisible Wallflower Marries an… Read More Reader’s Corner: My Dear, Curse-Casting Vampiress, The Skull Dragon’s Precious Daughter, and The Manga Guide to the Universe
Are you a dog person or a cat person? Hey, we don’t discriminate here on Beneath the Tangles and to prove it, this week we’re reviewing manga that focuses on both beloved spieces! But that’s not all we’re reading—there are plenty of romance volume reviews below as well as a couple of hero series we’re… Read More Reader’s Corner: Ima Koi (Vol. 6), Even Dogs Go to Other Worlds (Vol. 1), and Villains Are Destined to Die (Vol. 3)
Does the abstract nature of Yokohama Station SF translate to manga for? Is Chitose in the Ramune Bottle better as a light novel or manga? Is Suzune Magica a worthy addition to PMMM lore? And are these really the final volumes of Spy Classroom and Horimiya? We answer those questions and more as our reviewers… Read More Reader’s Corner: Helck (Vol. 3), Honey Lemon Soda (Vol. 2), and Horimiya (Vol. 16, Final)
An adventure tale centered on questions of morality. A businessman who transforms into a magical girl. Another young man who is reborn as a vending machine. And of course, the multiple layers to the fantastic series, Oshi no Ko. Things are most definitely not what they seem in this week’s selection of manga and light… Read More Reader’s Corner: Oshi no Ko (Vol. 2), Zom 100 (Vol. 10), and How to Grill Our Love (Vol. 1)
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