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Review: GOU-DERE SORA NAGIHARA
After a bit of a birthday break, I'm back to run through yet another month of bad manga romances! I'm starting with a doozy of a book, straight from the creator of Heaven's Lost Property and "would...
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Review: CROWN OF LOVE
Just because a romance is bad (in the sense of it being unhealthy for the participants) doesn't necessarily mean that a manga portraying has to be bad as well. This series is a good example of that...
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Review: THE TYRANT FALLS IN LOVE
As always, BL doesn't want for bad romances and today I think it's finally time to discuss what might just be the guiltiest pleasure sitting on my shelves.THE TYRANT FALLS IN LOVE (Koisuru Bokun), by...
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Review: RECORD OF LODOSS WAR: THE GREY WITCH
Well, it's time to this site to emerge from its own quarantine (which has nothing to do with my falling headfirst into Yakuza 0) for another month of reviews. Since much of my readership is unable to...
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Review: MADARA
So what happens when you take the creative team behind MPD Psycho and have them do a fantastical take on Dororo? You get this.MADARA (Moryu Senki MADARA), written by Eiji Otsuka & art by Sho-u...
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Review: THE ALCHEMIST WHO SURVIVED NOW DREAMS OF A QUIET CITY LIFE
Now we turn from the 80s to the modern day. These days fantasy owes a lot more to video games and other light novels than it does to D&D, and sometimes that means that it borrows some of the worst...
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Review: GIN TAMA
If there's one Japanese manga magazine that's made more of an impression on American readers, it's Weekly Shonen Jump. For decades they've been pumping out hit manga, and it's time to take a look at...
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Review: KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD
Of course, Weekly Shonen Jump has always had more than gag series and straightforward adventures. It's been home to more than a few romance stories over the years. It's just debatable how well they...
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Review: BOMBER GIRL
Of course, not every series that runs in Jump can be a success. Sometimes series fail, and fail quickly. This is one of the few examples of such to see print in English.BOMBER GIRL (Bonba Garu), by...
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Review: THE PROMISED NEVERLAND
Despite choosing to focus on Weekly Shonen Jump manga this month, I actually don't read a lot of the long-running series that run in it. It's not something I actively avoid, it's just that many of...
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Merry Month of Shojo: SNOW WHITE WITH THE RED HAIR
Well...this is certainly not how I imagined things would be like for the site's 8th anniversary.I mean, there have been some bright spots over the last year. My Patreon continues to (slowly) grow, I...
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Merry Month of Shojo: MUGEN SPIRAL
Today we look at another Hana to Yume title, from a creator who would go on to write one of modern shojo's blockbusters.MUGEN SPIRAL (Mugen Supairaru), by Mizuho Kusanagi. First published in 2004 and...
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Merry Month of Shojo: THE DEVIL DOES EXIST
Alas, this month can't be all joy and surprises. Sometimes it requires diving into the dumpsters of publishers past, dusting off a particular piece of garbage, and marveling at how little that...
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Merry Month of Shojo: MERMAID BOYS
It's not uncommon to find shojo manga based on fairy tales like "The Little Mermaid." What's less common is finding one that changes it so much, modernizes it and still make it a legitimately...
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Merry Month of Shojo: BEAST MASTER
Of course, there's plenty of middle-of-the-road fare to be had. The most interesting thing about this one has nothing to do with the plot, but with who created it.BEAST MASTER (Bisuto Masuta), by...
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Merry Month of Shojo: OTOME MANIA!!
Yo dawg, I heard you like otome games, so they made an otome-style manga about making otome games!OTOME MANIA!!, by Tsukigase Yurino. First published in 2015 and first published in North America in...
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Merry Month of Shojo: THE PRINCE'S ROMANCE GAMBIT
Kodansha continues to churn out digital-only shojo series, and for once I wanted to feature one that didn't make me mad.THE PRINCE'S ROMANCE GAMBIT (Oji ga Watashi wo Akiramenai!), by Nikki Asada....
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Merry Month of Shojo Manga: DEMON SACRED
Today we look at another victim of Tokyopop's shutdown, a series that's wild, nonsensical, but impossible to hate.DEMON SACRED (Demon Sakurido), by Natsumi Itsuki. First published in 2003 and first...
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Merry Month of Shojo: ALICE 19TH
It seems like the further I look into Yuu Watase's career, the more likely I am to like their work. I hated Fushigi Yugi, I was iffy on Ceres, but I legitimately loved this one.ALICE 19TH (Arisu...
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Merry Month of Shojo: VS.
CMX's library never fails to surprise me, even after all these years. Their library was filled with interesting little shojo series like this.VS. (Vasasu), by Keiko Yamada. First published in 1999...
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