Blue Flag Volumes 2 and 3 Review
After the awkward "date" in the first volume, featuring not only a third but a fourth wheel, readers have to re-evaluate their understandings of the character dynamics with the reveal that...
Chihayafuru Volume 5 Review
Chihayafuru volume 5 is the end of episode 13, then goes to 14, 15, and 17 of the anime. (Episode 16 was a recap.) If you remember what happened then, you'll...
Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl Volume 4 Review
In this volume's afterword, Canno says that her editor came up with the them "future" for this volume. So focusing on Moe and Mizuki, the third year couple involved with the track...
Final Fantasy Lost Stranger Volume 6 Review
How many of you know the game show Press Your Luck, aka Whammy? Even without knowing the game, you may recognize the contestants imploring Lady Luck with phrases like "no Whammies!"...
Mermaid Saga Collector’s Edition Volume 1 Review
Even though I’ve never read or watched this series before, Mermaid Saga Collector’s Edition Volume 1 was strangely nostalgic. Why? Because it’s written and drawn by Rumiko Takahashi, the woman who...
The Anti-Social Geniuses Review: Witch Hat Atelier Volume 8
Justin: For something as normal as setting up shop and selling contraptions at the upcoming witches’ festival Silver Eve, it turns out to be more than what anyone can see on...
Will I Be Single Forever? Review
Sometime between 2013-2014, Mari Okazaki took an essay by Mami Amamiya called Will I Be Single Forever? and made it into a serialized manga. The title informs you what it's all...
With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun Volumes 5 and 6...
With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun has always split time with Inu and Neko, and it's obvious the author loves both of them equally. But as characters...
Kasane No Tao Volume 2 Review
When we last left off Kasane no Tao, Kasane was very much a tomboy, small, and had much to prove. Four months later, she's not only taller and, as the boys...
Anonymous Noise Volume 1 Review
Nino Arisugawa has always loved singing, but she's been betrayed by it twice.
First was when her best friend and singing partner Momo moved away with no warning, and then a second time when...