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Holiday Review: HIMITSU SENTAI GORENGER
Let's kick things off with some old-school manga. Seven Seas has been spoiling us a little with some of their recent announcements of classic manga, including works like this from a long-neglected...
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Holiday Review: BEAUTY AND THE FEAST
Of course, not every story aimed at young men from this year was so action-packed. Sometimes it was about more cozy fantasy, like a hot widow who only wants to feed you good home cooking.BEAUTY AND...
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Holiday Review: BURN THE WITCH
Weekly Shonen Jump manga continue to dominate the American manga market, although most of the really successful ones were titles that were continuing from last year (if not earlier). One of the few...
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Holiday Review: MEDALIST
Sports manga continue to thrive and I'm really glad it has because otherwise we might not have gotten a title like this one, even if it's digital-only.MEDALIST (Medarisuto), by Tsurumaikada. First...
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Holiday Review: SUPER HXEROES
There were also plenty of titles trading in pure unadulterated fanservice, although most of them were not quite as literal about this as this title.SUPER HXEROES (Dokyu Hentai Eguzerosu), by Ryoma...
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Holiday Review: PENGUIN GENTLEMEN
Fanservice can take all sorts of shapes, though. Often it's attached to round, bouncy girls, but sometimes it's indulging in a fantasy where penguins can become tall, strapping men who serve you...
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Holiday Review: YAKUZA LOVER
Even Shojo Beat was willing to get a little raunchier than usual this year with titles like this one. YAKUZA LOVER (Koi to Dangan), by Nozomi Mino. First published in 2018 and first published in North...
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Holiday Review: BITE MAKER: THE KING'S OMEGA
As the American shojo market slowly but surely embraces its hornier side, it becomes more susceptible to trends from outside of the manga world, as this title unfortunately proves.BITE MAKER: THE...
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Holiday Review: SEX ED 120%
I don't want y'all to think I'm a prude, though. There was a perfectly good (and educational!) manga from this year that's literally all about sex.SEX ED 120% (Seikyoiku 120%), written by Kikiki...
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Holiday Review: A SIGN OF AFFECTION
Nonetheless, of the few shojo series to get any hype, this was by far the one with the most acclaim (and it's easy to see why). A SIGN OF AFFECTION (Yubisaki no Renren), by suu Morishita. First...
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Holiday Review: THE ENGAGEMENT OF MARIELLE CLARAC
J-Novel Club spent this year churning out another steady stream of iseskai light novels and manga. Most of the time their titles don't capture my attention (with the exception of 'every time a new...
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Holiday Review: SENSOR
Horror manga has taken off in a big way, and the man at the forefront of this trend has been Junji Ito. It's been too long since we've covered one of his books on this site, so let's take a look at...
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Holiday Review: SACHI'S MONSTROUS APPETITE
Horror manga can take all sorts of forms. Take today's review, where we look at a series that mixes horror, food and romance into an uneasy combination.SACHI'S MONSTROUS APPETITE (Ano Hito no I ni wa...
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Holiday Review: DAI DARK
Of course, you can work with horrific ideas and make them fun and charming. Just look at this series, for example.DAI DARK (Dai Daku), by Q Hayashida. First published in 2019 and first published in...
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Holiday Review: FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY'S END
Fantasy stories continue to dominate the modern manga market, although today's review is one of the latest and most atypical of this year's offerings.FREIREN: BEYOND JOURNEY'S END (Soso no Furiren),...
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Holiday Review: DUNGEON TOILET
That being said, we got A LOT of isekai manga this year. For every year this trend drags on, it seems the stories only get stranger, more specific, and worse than ever before.DUNGEON TOILET (Isekai no...
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Holiday Review: UNCLE FROM ANOTHER WORLD
I can't believe it took this long into the isekai manga trend for someone to think "what would happen if one of these doofus actually came back to the real world?"UNCLE FROM ANOTHER WORLD (Isekai...
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Holiday Review: I'M IN LOVE WITH THE VILLAINESS
Thanks to the runaway success of My Next Life as a Villainess, otome-based isekai stories are more popular than ever. Eventually, creators started to ask "why would I want to become the villainess...
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Holiday Review: BAD BOYS, HAPPY HOME
BL manga came back in a major way over 2021. I could have picked all sort of examples, but I decided to go with this interesting debut from SuBLime.BAD BOYS, HAPPY HOME (Dousei Yankii Akamatsu Seven),...
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Holiday Review: A WHITE ROSE IN BLOOM
I could have done an entire month's worth of reviews just of yuri manga just from 2021 - that's how popular the genre has become. I've got room for just one more this year, so let's make it a good...
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