Manga Review: My Dress-Up Darling 1 by Shinichi Fukuda Marin Kitagawa is a fashionable, outgoing girl who enjoys eroge (naughty video games) and would like to cosplay as her favorite character, Shizuku. The problem is that she’s never learned to sew, and even with an instruction manual, her costume is disastrously bad. She comes to… Continue reading Manga Review: My Dress-Up Darling 1
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Manga Review: Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible 1
Manga Review: Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible 1 by Nene Yukimori Some people are extroverts, who project themselves out into the world. Others are introverts, who tend to withdraw from the world. And then there’s Junta Shiraishi. His lack of presence makes him effectively invisible. Ordinary folks don’t notice him unless he directly calls… Continue reading Manga Review: Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible 1
Manga Review: Apollo’s Song
Manga Review: Apollo’s Song by Osamu Tezuka Shogo Chikaishi is an unhappy young man. He has no idea who his birth father was, and his mother supported them by inviting a string of horny men to her bed. She had little love to spare for her child, who often got in the way of getting… Continue reading Manga Review: Apollo’s Song
Manga Review: Tuxedo Gin Vol. 11
Manga Review: Tuxedo Gin Vol. 11 by Tokihiko Matsuura Things were looking up for Ginji Kusanagi. He’d just won his first professional boxing match at age seventeen and was finally going to have a date with his crush Minako Sasebo. Unfortunately, he’d also angered a gang, and was run over by a car. Dying, Ginji… Continue reading Manga Review: Tuxedo Gin Vol. 11
Manga Review: The Trial of Kitaro
Manga Review: The Trial of Kitaro by Shigeru Mizuki This is the final volume in Drawn & Quarterly’s reprints of selected Gegege no Kitaro stories. The history section wraps up with Mizuki dealing with the pressures of fame by taking a long trip to Rabaul, where he had been stationed in World War Two, and… Continue reading Manga Review: The Trial of Kitaro
Manga Review: Dr. Stone
Manga Review: Dr. Stone written by Riichiro Inagaki, art by Boichi It is 2019, and young lug Taiju Ooku is finally going to confess his love to his crush, Yuzuriha Ogawa (who it’s hinted likes him back.) Taiju’s encouraged by his best buddy, science whiz Senku Ishigami, but Senku’s attention is drawn to the puzzle… Continue reading Manga Review: Dr. Stone
Manga Review: Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 1
Manga Review: Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 1 by Gege Akutami It’s been a strange day for Yuji Itadori. First, the student council threatens to close down the Occult Research club for lack of activity and members. This right after they’d acquired a mysterious object to investigate, too! It turned out that the lack of members is… Continue reading Manga Review: Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 1
Manga Review: Magu-chan: God of Destruction
Manga Review: Magu-chan: God of Destruction by Kei Kamiki In a sleepy seaside village in Japan lives a middle-school girl named Ruru Miyanagi. Her father passed away some years ago, and her mother is working overseas, so Ruru is taking care of herself and money is tight. When she finds an unusual crystal on the… Continue reading Manga Review: Magu-chan: God of Destruction
Manga Review: Komi Can’t Communicate Vol. 1
Manga Review: Komi Can’t Communicate Vol. 1 by Tomohito Oda Hitohito Tadano is an average boy on his first day of high school. After a truly horrific experience when he tried to stand out from the crowd in middle school, he’s turned timid, wanting to blend in and fit in so as to have the… Continue reading Manga Review: Komi Can’t Communicate Vol. 1
Manga Review: Ultimate Muscle Battle 24
Manga Review: Ultimate Muscle Battle 24 by Yudetamago Years ago, Kinnikuman (“Muscle Man”) was the world’s worst superhero. When he wasn’t causing disasters due to his profound stupidity instead of stopping them, civilians were actively embarrassed to be saved by him. (This is, after all, a man who flew using the power of compressed farts.)… Continue reading Manga Review: Ultimate Muscle Battle 24