School-Live! Volume 9 Review
Now that School-Live's English release has caught up to the Japanese volumes, this is likely to be the last one for quite a while. Fortunately, before it went on hiatus, the...
The Love and Creed of Sae Maki: SAE-ISM Volume 1 Review
There's not too many manga about bullying in English. There are manga that use it in their work -- for example, GTO with Noboru -- but the one I can think...
Hybrid x Heart: Magias Academy Ataraxia Volume 1 Review
Hybrid x Heart: Magias Academy Ataraxia is a manga starring a young man groping and fondling girls around his age. In many ways, this would be a hentai. Instead, there's a...
Horimiya Volume 9 Review
With the changing, chilly weather it makes perfect sense that Horimiya volume 9 opens with Miyamura, Hori, and the rest of Hori's family falling asleep under a kotatsu. In fact, this...
One Week Friends Volume 1 Review
One Week Friends is a tale of two personas. One persona uses 4 panels to showcase its comedy. The other is a heartrending tale involving two young kids having to overcome...
Nirvana Volume 1 Review
In a market that is currently flooded with overly similar isekai stories, Nirvana seems like a breath of fresh air on the surface. Instead of focusing on Joe Schmoe, the mid-teens to early...
Yowamushi Pedal Volume 7 Review
I've said this before, and I'll say it again: it's a good thing Yen Press releases Yowamushi Pedal in omnibuses. Often one of the original Japanese volumes ends up pulling along...
Chihayafuru Volume 6 Review
This wasn't the best volume of Chihayafuru. Chihayafuru volume 6 spent time trying to develop a few characters and spent a bit too long going over Chihaya's weaknesses as a karuta...
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...
Goblin Slayer Volume 1 Review
When it comes to reading words, and describing the anguish of a hero expecting greatness getting absolutely slaughtered by goblins, you try and picture the situation. You form an image in...