My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files Volume 1 Review
Mitsuko Hoshino is a working woman -- working as the first female detective (albeit fictional) in 1930s Japan that is! It's work she loves doing, even if it sometimes seems like...
Yowamushi Pedal Volume 22 Review
What would you do for a Klondike bar? to win a race? Aoyagi attempts to get Kaburagi to agree to singing an anime theme as the answer, but he's understandably skeptical...
The Inconvenient Life of an Arousing Priestess Review
The heroine of The Inconvenient Life of an Arousing Priestess may have set the world record for shortest engagement: approximately five minutes. The titular priestess, whose name is later revealed to...
The Complete Art of Fullmetal Alchemist Review
I have a problem with manga artbooks...mainly, that I can't resist them! So years ago, when VIZ Media licensed The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist and its follow-up, of course I bought...
Arakawa Under the Bridge Volume 5 Review
I didn't plan on it or anything, but the last few manga I've read have all been comedies. So when I first started Arakawa Under the Bridge volume 5, I was...
Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho Volume 1 Review
I did not grow up with the Saint Seiya/Knights of the Zodiac franchise as a kid but it was one that I heard some about once I became an anime fan. It...
Prison School Volume 8 Review
Akira Hiramoto thought it was a great idea to have a storyline involving Chiyo, Kiyoshi, and Mari. Hiramoto also thought it was a great idea to have a complicated escape plan...
Fireworks Review
Fireworks rolls off the tongue better for the West than its Japanese title (Uchiage Hanabi, Shita Kara Miru Ka? Yoko Kara Miru Ka?, which translates as 'Fireworks, Should We See It...
The Ancient Magus’ Bride Volume 7 Review
While there is still a bit of an episodic quality to The Ancient Magus Bride, insomuch that there isn’t a concrete, final goal that Chise and the other characters are working...
The Anti-Social Geniuses Review: Witch Hat Atelier Volume 2
Helen: At the end of volume 1 of Witch Hat Atelier it wasn't yet clear if it was by accident or design that Coco was handed a book of real magic...