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Holiday Review: THE GIRL WITH THE SANPAKU EYES
Even shojo manga is turning more and more to pixiv and other webcomic sites for new material, and one of Denpa Book's latest titles is a good example of this.THE GIRL WITH THE SANPAKU EYES...
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Holiday Review: RENT-A-GIRLFRIEND
Sadly, I must inform you all that shonen romances in 2020 can still be pretty dire, if today's review is any indication.RENT-A-GIRLFRIEND (Kanoji, Okarishimasu), by Reiji Miyajima. First published in...
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Holiday Review: MY DRESS-UP DARLING
Thankfully, shonen romances from this year weren't all as bad as Rent-A-Girlfriend. Square Enix made their debut this year as a manga publisher and among their first titles was a really charming,...
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Holiday Review: GIGANT
This year saw the announcement of a lot of new titles from established creators. Unfortunately, that included Hiroya Oku.GIGANT (Giganto), by Hiroya Oku. First published in 2017 and first published...
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Holiday Review: BREASTS ARE MY FAVORITE THINGS IN THE WORLD!
The market for yuri manga continues to grow with each year, and as it does we see a wider variety of yuri manga out there. We have your classic tales about schoolgirls, more modern tales about office...
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Holiday Review: HOW DO WE RELATIONSHIP?
Thankfully, there's been a lot more yuri manga in 2020 that have focused not just on older couples but also on relationships that are a lot more complicated and ordinary like this one.HOW DO WE...
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Holiday Review: GOODBYE, MY ROSE GARDEN
Yet my favorite yuri series of the year wasn't a modern series, but instead a beautiful historical melodrama that evokes the history of the very genre.GOODBYE, MY ROSE GARDEN (Sayonara Rozu Gaden), by...
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Holiday Review: TO SAVE THE WORLD, CAN YOU WAKE UP THE MORNING AFTER WITH A...
Fantasy manga continued to dominate 2020, the majority of it being isekai stories. You'll still books about older trends like 'monster girl harems,' but to compete they seem to be pushing ever closer...
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Holiday Review: WHO SAYS WARRIORS CAN'T BE BABES?
That being said, there was a lot more fantasy manga starring women this year, especially after the success of series like Ascendance of a Bookworm and My Next Life As a Villianess.Of course, just...
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Holiday Review: A WITCH'S PRINTING OFFICE
Naturally we have to cover at least one isekai title. The more of them we get in the US, the more esoteric their particular gimmicks get. At least this one didn't involve someone getting reincarnated...
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Holiday Review: THE WITCH AND THE BEAST
But that's enough of high fantasy. Let's wrap up this subject with some urban fantasy aimed at an older audience.THE WITCH AND THE BEAST (Majo to Yajuu), by Kousuke Satake. First published in 2016...
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Holiday Review: FIRE IN HIS FINGERTIPS
This year has been a stellar one for manga aimed at adult women. Not all of them are strictly josei, but the variety and amount out there is proof the the Josei Reinaissance is still alive and well....
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Holiday Review: SWEAT AND SOAP
Is it strange that one of the sweetest, sexiest romance manga I read all year wasn't the one about buff fireman but instead one involving a scent fetish?SWEAT AND SOAP (Ase to Sekken), by Kintetsu...
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Holiday Review: MAKEUP IS NOT (JUST) MAGIC
The strangest josei manga we got this year was also technically another nonfiction manga in the same vein as something like My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness or The Bride Was a Boy. This one is...
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Holiday Review: MY BROKEN MARIKO
There was another notable josei one-shot that came out late this year. It's all about grief and loss. In that sense, it feels like the perfect compliment to a year like 2020.MY BROKEN MARIKO (Mai...
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Holiday Reviews: BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
If you wanted something just as serious as My Broken Mariko but far more chilling, then 2020 delivered just that with Vertical's release of Shuzo Oshimi's latest manga.BLOOD ON THE TRACKS (Chi no...
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Holiday Reviews: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF EIZOUKEN!
We've spent most of this month honoring some of the best (and worst) art that manga in 2020 had to offer. It's only fitting then that we look at a manga that's all about making art - animation, in...
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Holiday Review: ENIALE & DEWIELA
Speaking of making great art this year, there are few mangaka making art as great as Witch Hat Ateliercreator Kamome Shirahama. This year saw the release of her first manga, but could it possibly be...
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Holiday Review: SPY X FAMILY
The holidays are a time about gathering with family and loved ones, something that's a lot harder to do this year, so why not read a manga that's all about found families and other heartwarming...
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Holiday Review: THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
Yeah...anyone who has been reading this blog for a while or follows me on Twitter knows that this review has been a long time coming. After all, my fascination with old shojo is very well-documented....
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