Tenka’s first day as an idol trainee at LJH gets off to a rough start when her nemesis, Jiwoo Jang, turns up, and the two of them have to form a search party to find the third and final new trainee, Minchae. When the three newbies finally make it back to the training facility, they’re… Read More Manga Review: Girl Crush, Vol. 3
A darker version of My Hero Academia? A middle-aged guy working for magical girls? A cookbook straight out of Laputa? Yeah, we’ve got all the insanity and creativity you expect out of manga and anime in today’s column, with new releases including the latest volume of Uncle from Another World and brand new series as… Read More Reader’s Corner: The Raven Dark Hero (Vol. 1), Uncle from Another World (Vol. 12), and Reincarnated in a Mafia Dating Sim (Vol. 1)
Abigail may be falling more and more for Sabrian these days (and trying desperately to keep it to herself), but that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t also have a packed social calendar! First off, there’s that oddly persistent half-brother-in-law, Raven, to navigate, as Abigail pushes down her suspicions and seeks to treat him with compassion.… Read More Manhwa Review: Not-Sew-Wicked-Stepmom, vol. 6
I often talk about how diverse our offering of reviews is on Reader’s Corner, but I have to tell you—this week proves it, as we review manga series about a Macedonian siege, an epic fantasy featuring demi-humans, the rush of the supernatural and alien in Dandadan, and heavy metal, plus an illustrated history of manga… Read More Reader’s Corner: Dandadan (Vol. 15), Isekai Metaller (Vol. 1), and Phantom Busters (Vol. 1)
Futami is a 25-year-old mangaka who is published in a shoujo magazine, and kinda meets the stereotype—she’s stressed out, works late, has imposter syndrome, and is hopefully head over heels for her editor. Uh, wait, what was that? Yes, the overly anxious Futami can’t stop thinking about her quieter, more elegant manga editor, Sato, to… Read More First Impression: A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace
What was your first Rumiko Takahashi manga or anime? Did you grow up on Inuyasha? Or did your fandom reach even further back to Ranma 1/2 or Urusei Yatsura? Or did you first experience her through a newer work like RIN-NE? Whichever it is, a new artbook from VIZ has you covered this week, displaying… Read More Reader’s Corner: Lycoris Recoil Official Comic Anthology: Repeat, The Eminence in Shadow (Vol. 13), and The Art of Rumiko Takahashi
Can you believe we’ve reached fourteen volumes of A Condition Called Love? Yep! Is it still going strong? Laura lets you know in this week’s Reader’s Corner, and also gives her thoughts on other releases, including the first volumes of Mechanical Marie and the Villains Are Destined to Die novel, while Twwk checks out the… Read More Reader’s Corner: Villains Are Destined to Die (Vol. 1), Mechanical Marie (Vol. 1), and Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Heir (Vol. 2)
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