Reader’s Corner: SHY, Solo Leveling, and Insomniacs After School

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

Reader’s Corner: Boss Bride Days, Enough with This Slow Life, and Marmalade Boy

We feature some classic romance titles this week (My Little Monster, Marmalade Boy) to join more modern ones in The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, which we’ll be reviewing through to its current release, and Boss Bride Days. Our writers also review a number of other works, including one that was almost universally panned… Read More Reader’s Corner: Boss Bride Days, Enough with This Slow Life, and Marmalade Boy

Reader’s Corner: A Condition Called Love (Vol. 1), Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle (Vol. 3), and More Valentine’s Day Picks

Happy Valentine’s Day, readers! Serendipitously, this week’s light novel and manga reviews mostly all center on romance, with a few digging into a deeper kind of love as well. Are they enough to get your hearts stirring? Do they hint at an even greater quality of love? Read on to find out! Alya Sometimes Hides… Read More Reader’s Corner: A Condition Called Love (Vol. 1), Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle (Vol. 3), and More Valentine’s Day Picks

Reader’s Corner: Wandance, Rooster Fighter, and Rainbow Days

This week’s reviews ask the question: Who’s the king of the roost? Is it the talented but unmotivated boxer, Yu? Kaboku’s high school dance club? Or is it an actual rooster? Plus, we’ve got a fujoshi princess who’s clueless, high school boys palling around, and Hachiken tutoring his crush while avoiding his parents. Read on… Read More Reader’s Corner: Wandance, Rooster Fighter, and Rainbow Days

Reader’s Corner: Higehiro (Vol. 2), Coffee Moon (Vol. 1), and Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion (Vol. 2)

Have you ever felt insecure and maybe unable to fully express yourself? Or have you ever felt stuck, unable to move forward because of some physical, emotional, or spiritual limitation, or perhaps some impossible mountain you need to surmount? This week’s offerings are full of series with characters facing such challenges in fantastic, romantic, or… Read More Reader’s Corner: Higehiro (Vol. 2), Coffee Moon (Vol. 1), and Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion (Vol. 2)

Reader’s Corner: Unnamed Memory, So What’s Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin, and Rainbow Days

Are you using the holidays to catch up? We’re doing a bit of the same here, with just a scattering of new entries this week and mostly reviews of other fairly recent releases. And here’s a tip: A number of our reviewed volumes this week are on sale! Click the images to follow our affiliate… Read More Reader’s Corner: Unnamed Memory, So What’s Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin, and Rainbow Days

Reader’s Corner: Nights with a Cat, Ex-Yakuza and Stray Kitten, and I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top

In this week’s column, we review manga and light novels featuring angels, spies, and young people isekai’d, as well as ex-yakuza, cheeky brats, and adopted cats. Oh, so many cats! So get comfy, curl up with your own kitty (or another furry friend), and enjoy our reviews. We hope you’ll find one or two among… Read More Reader’s Corner: Nights with a Cat, Ex-Yakuza and Stray Kitten, and I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top