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Holiday Review: BOYS RUN THE RIOT
Today's title was not just a powerful story about a trans teen, but also one of the most anticipated and critically acclaimed titles of the year, manga or otherwise.BOYS RUN THE RIOT (Boizu Ran za...
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Holiday Review: HANA-CHAN AND THE SHAPE OF THE WORLD
Christmas is a time of childish wonder and imagination, which is fitting considering that's the focus of the book we're reviewing today.HANA-CHAN AND THE SHAPE OF THE WORLD (Hana-chan to, Sekai no...
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Holiday Review: MAGICAL ANGEL CREAMY MAMI AND THE SPOILED PRINCESS
Speaking of child-like imagination, one of my personal favorites of the year was this modern take on a classic 80s magical girl anime.MAGICAL ANGEL CREAMY MAMI AND THE SPOILED PRINCESS (Mahou no...
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Holiday Review: I THINK OUR SON IS GAY
After another awful year, we could all use a good laugh. Thankfully, Square Enix provided us with a fine comedy about family, understanding, and really poor attempts at staying in the closet.I THINK...
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Holiday Review: LIL' LEO
Sadly, a lot of Denpa's releases for this year got caught up in Covid-related delays. Thankfully, we did eventually get this charming little one-shot from a shojo manga legend, showing us a very...
View Article2021 In the Rear View Mirror (and Holiday Giveaway Winner!)
First of all, let's announce this year's Holiday Giveaway winner: A Sea of Reads, with some very diverse selections:Two of my favourite new-to-me series were Summit of the Gods and Birds of...
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Review: FINDER
We are rested and ready to return with a month's worth of bad romance manga! Let's begin with...well, "classic" would be too strong for this series so let's say a notable one from BL of the...
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Review: THE YOUNG MASTER'S REVENGE
Shojo manga is full of bad relationships, but what happens when you combine that with one of shojo manga's fluffiest creators? THE YOUNG MASTER'S REVENGE (Kimi no Koto nado Zettai ni), by Meca Tanaka....
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Review: HAPPY LESSON
Of course, I couldn't let the month pass without talking about a bad harem manga, but this one is both different from the rest and yet not all that different either.HAPPY LESSON, written by Mutsumi...
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Review: SWORD ART ONLINE PROGRESSIVE
It's been too long since we've done a round-up of some of the many manga sequels, prequels, and spinoffs out there around here. Let's rectify that this March, starting with a series that dares to ask...
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Review: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM WING: BATTLEFIELD OF PACIFISTS
There are LOADS of Gundam manga spinoffs to pick from for this month, and that's doubly true for Gundam Wing manga.MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM WING: BATTLEFIELD OF PACIFISTS (Shin Kido Senki Gundam Wing:...
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Review: SARAZANMAI - REO & MABU
Let's take a look at a much more recent manga prequel to the latest outing from one of anime's critical darlings.SARAZANMAI: REO & MABU (Reo to Mabu: Futari wa Sarazanmai), written by Ikunirapper...
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Review: REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA - AFTER THE REVOLUTION
Despite the date on this review, this is no trick - it's not only a sequel manga to my favorite anime (and its rather underrated manga adaptation), but it's one of the rare ones to do so in a really...
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Review: MOE USA
It's time for a spring cleaning before our big TENTH ANNIVERSARY, so let's do a month of maid manga! Sadly, I reviewed the best maid manga out there in English nearly a decade ago, so what's left is...
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Review: ENMUSU
More often than not, maids are used as fetish fuel in manga, and today's review is one of the more unfortunate examples of such.ENMUSU (Renai Shusse Emaki En X Musu), by Takahiro Seguchi. First...
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Review: MAID SHOKUN
I was hoping to find a shojo maid manga when I picked this one up. What I got was...certainly something else.MAID SHOKUN, written by Nanki Satou with art by Akira Kiduki. First published in 2006 and...
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Review: SHIRLEY
This month has mostly been full of duds, so thank god that there's still one good maid manga out there that I hadn't talked about yet. SHIRLEY (Shari), by Kaoru Mori. First published in 2003 and first...
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Review: PEEPO CHOO
I can hardly believe it, but this month marks the tenth anniversary of this humble little review blog. What started out as a mere hobby blog has turn into...well, it's still mostly a hobby blog, but...
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Review: DICK FIGHT ISLAND
Look, I'm not above cashing in on social media trends around here, especially if it means righting a wrong from last year's Holiday Reviews at the same time.DICK FIGHT ISLAND (Hachinin no Senshi), by...
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Review: HIGH SCHOOL PRODIGIES HAVE IT EASY, EVEN IN ANOTHER WORLD!
Of course, I can't do nothing but review stone-cold classics that are both old and new. That would just get dull after a while. This month is also an opportunity me to trash on garbage like...
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