A young samurai hopeful is taking cover in the forest, tracking the bandits whose defeat at his hands will bring him one step closer to becoming the heroic swordsman he is so desperate to become, when a couple of kids step in and…confront the bandits?! Telling them to cease their brigandry and get decent jobs?!?… Read More First Impression: Sengoku Youko
Welcome to Reader’s Corner, your little cubby on the Internet where you can curl up with a manga or light novel and just get away from it all. Do you want to pick up one of the series we’ve been reviewing for months or even years? We’ve got a few of those, including Helck and… Read More Reader’s Corner: Steel of the Celestial Shadows (Vol. 1), Dandadan (Vol. 6), and Cat on the Hero’s Lap (Vol. 1)
Happy 2024! Let us help you welcome you to the new year with a plethora of manga, manhwa, graphic novel, and light novel reviews, including those for a few key series we highly recommend! Amy’s Big Brother • Dark Moon: The Blood Altar (Vol. 1) • I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became… Read More Reader’s Corner: The Remarried Empress (Vol. 5), Tearmoon Empire (Vol. 3), and Marriage Toxin (Vol. 1)
The winter anime season begins just as the new year does, getting into high gear starting on January 3rd—and we’ve got you covered for the approximately 40 anime series this coming season. You heard that right—40! More on that below, but first, let me just say that our crew is excited to preview these shows… Read More Winter 2024 Anime First Impressions
Just admit it—there are still a few people in your life that you need to do Christmas shopping for. Maybe more than a few! Well, you’re in luck! Our final Reader’s Corner before Christmas is our biggest of the year, featuring a ton of just-released manga, and a light novel and audiobook, too! So leap… Read More Reader’s Corner: Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 8), Sengoku Youko (Vol. 4), and It Takes Two Tomorrow, Too (Vol. 2)
We’re so excited for this week’s column as our reviewers give their thoughts on more than a dozen light novels and manga, including the first volume of I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness in both its adaptations; the second volume of multiple series that we’re following and enjoying;… Read More Reader’s Corner: No Longer Heroine (Vol. 4), Issak (Vol. 2), and I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness (Vol. 1)
This week, we feature releases from a variety of manga and light novel publishers with DENPA, Yen Press, VIZ Media, TOKYOPOP, and Seven Seas all showing up in the column. Readers receive an overall better experience when there are a variety of publishers, so we’re happy to see these and others putting out so much… Read More Reader’s Corner: Helck (Vol. 5), Imitation (Vol. 1), and Sengoku Youku (Vol. 2)
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