Reader’s Corner: The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent (Vol. 2), Wandance (Vol. 6), and Jungle Juice (Vol. 1)

What setting most strikes your fancy? Would you love to inhabit an elegant but haunted mansion? Attend a school full of super-powered mutant students? Walk to and from school thinking of the moon clouded over on a rainy night? Or breakdance at a competition in a packed and unbelievably loud underground club? Too hard to… Read More Reader’s Corner: The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent (Vol. 2), Wandance (Vol. 6), and Jungle Juice (Vol. 1)

Reader’s Corner: True Beauty (Vol. 2), A Pale Moon Reverie (Vol. 1), and Me and My Beast Boss (Vol. 1)

In today’s column, we journey into a story from a long time ago in a galaxy far away, investigate folklore and myth while getting tangled in possibly supernatural mysteries, and fall in love over and over again. Check out our reviews below, which include the latest volumes of Wandance and A Sign of Affection, as… Read More Reader’s Corner: True Beauty (Vol. 2), A Pale Moon Reverie (Vol. 1), and Me and My Beast Boss (Vol. 1)

Reader’s Corner: The Art of Demon Slayer, Wandance (Vol. 4), and Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World (Vol. 2)

The theme this week for Reader’s Corner is adventure, headlined by two new Demon Slayer works, anticipating the upcoming season (and theatrical screening of its first episode next month). But that shonen giant is also joined by an OP uncle, a spy family, and disillusioned adventurers. Dancing high schoolers and a new GL release round… Read More Reader’s Corner: The Art of Demon Slayer, Wandance (Vol. 4), and Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World (Vol. 2)

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

Best of 2022 Manga

As manga continues to become more and more accessible through legal means, English-reading audiences are being exposed to the wide variety of series (and one-shots) being created. While our top ten and honorable mentions this year feature traditional fare, they also include manga about grieving and no less than three series featuring a protagonist with… Read More Best of 2022 Manga

Reader’s Corner: Mission: Yozakura Family (Vol. 1), Wandance (Vol. 2), and I Will Forget This Feeling Someday

Among the offerings we cover this week are a couple of one-volume releases from the mangaka of Beastars and the author of I Want to Eat Your Pancrease, respectively. We also review the newest releases from several other series and the opening volume of a Shonen Jump favorite. Animal Crossing: New Horizons Deserted Island Diary… Read More Reader’s Corner: Mission: Yozakura Family (Vol. 1), Wandance (Vol. 2), and I Will Forget This Feeling Someday

Reader’s Corner: Yashahime, A Nico-Colored Canvas, and Wandance

It’s double the Rumiko Takahashi this week as we review the newest release in the special edition of her classic, Maison Ikkoku, as well as the manga adaptation of Yashahime, a spin-off of her famed series, InuYasha. Other volumes we’re looking at include a new villainess series and art-school shoujo! 7th Time Loop: The Villainess… Read More Reader’s Corner: Yashahime, A Nico-Colored Canvas, and Wandance