The second you press play, “Playback,” the new opening, instantly fills your senses. The first seconds are a brief recap of things we’ve seen, but soon the gang is back, smiling at the audience by turns as the shadow of Tokiyuki runs. I’m not sure it is quite as iconic as “Plan A” by DISH//,… Read More First Impression: The Elusive Samurai, Season 2
A manga take on X-Men, a Star Wars one-shot, and the newest volume of Fool Night are among the releases we’re covering on this week’s Reader’s Corner. Check out our reviews of those volumes and more below! Fool Night (Vol. 9) • Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku! (Vol. 2) • Geniearth (Vol. 1) •… Read More Reader’s Corner: Geniearth (Vol. 1), Reincarnated in a Mafia Dating Sim (Vol. 4), and Star Wars Visions: Tsukumo
Two superpowered teams of teens compete in a parkour-style capture the flag game, and the territory goes to the winner. This time, fortune does not smile on young Araki’s team, the “Polis Hoppers” (is this a reference to the polis, the ancient Greek city-state, or to the police, or to something else?), and their insignia… Read More First Impression: Mebius Dust
Little Jirou would sometimes come back from school in the summer, complaining that the other kids called him a “weirdo animal whisperer,” and the warm words of his motherly white dog would always cheer him up. But after an artsy, moody, quite inventive opening, we find out that he has become a teenager, and has… Read More First Impression: BLACK TORCH
Jujutsu Kaisen is an action-packed, adrenaline-pumpking series. It’s also often chillingly and grotesquely beautiful, and often full of sorrow. Those elements are captured so well in these illustrations below of Gojo, Nobara, Megumi, and Yuji. ★ 【Ester】 「 jjk (reprinting permitted (6.19.26) 」
Check out these kawaii, cutecore-esque fanart pieces of Ichigo, Rukia, and Orihime from Bleach—just in time for the new season of the series dropping! I like the Orihime cooking-baking one the best. What about you? ★ 【야텅코】 「 🍓🍞🫐 」
We are covering some of the hottest manga, novels, and manhwa available this week, with reviews of the new volumes of series like Overgeared, Villains are Destined to Die, and Ichi the Witch. Check out all our reviews below! Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow (Vol. 5) • Ichi the Witch (Vol. 2) • Omniscient… Read More Reader’s Corner: Overgeared (Vol. 10), The Princess of Convenient Plot Devices (Vol. 7), and Villains Are Destined to Die (Vol. 3)
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