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Holiday Review #19: THE KNIGHT BLOOMS BEHIND CASTLE WALLS
I love historical manga, and this year gave me quite a few of them to talk about, including this underrated little gem.THE KNIGHT BLOOMS BEHIND CASTLE WALLS (Kishi-tan wa Joheki no Naka ni...
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Holiday Review #20: MY DEAR DETECTIVE - MITSUKO'S CASE FILES
When it comes to historical manga from 2023, my personal favorite came from the relatively new digital manga service Azuki. In recent years they've started licensing manga and even distributing them...
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Holiday Review #21 INNOCENT
Y'all know I love historical manga a lot, and I've always had a fascination with the French Revolution and the time period around it, so this manga in particular was practically made for me.INNOCENT...
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Holiday Review #22: MY LOVESICK LIFE AS A '90S OTAKU
And now books set within my lifetime could technically be considered "historical."If you'll excuse me, I just have to go sit in the corner and shrivel into a withered crone.MY LOVESICK LIFE AS A '90S...
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Holiday Review #23: MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: CHAR'S COUNTERATTACK - BELTORCHIKA'S...
There's no way that I wasn't going to talk about this, the latest Gundam manga to hit our shores (especially since it had been delayed for so long, between Covid-related printing issues and clearing...
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Holiday Reviews #24: WITCH HAT ATELIER KITCHEN
It's the time of year where many of us are busy in the kitchen with holiday meals and goodies galore, so there couldn't be a better time to talk about this particular spinoff.WITCH HAT ATELIER KITCHEN...
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Holiday Review #25: NEIGHBORHOOD STORY
We started this year's reviews with a long-awaited license, so it's only fitting to end it with one as well. As much as I might complain about how much Viz neglects their non-WSJ titles or the titles...
View ArticleHoliday Review Giveaway Winner & 2023 In the Rear View Mirror
First of all, it's time to announce this year's winner: Anna! Who used this year to finally get into a popular, long-running yuri series:"Yuri is my Job!" .... at first was eyerolling at Hime so...
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Review: ARATA THE LEGEND
A new year means it's time for another round of Dealer's Choice, where the only theme unifying the reviews is their refusal to fit into most of my usual themes and my desire to talk about them anyway....
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Review: GORGEOUS CARAT
It's time to dig once more into my collection of BL manga and find a series that looked spectacular at first glance but lost some of its sheen as I read it.GORGEOUS CARAT (Gojasu Karatto), by You...
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Review: PRINCESS AI
I know some might fuss over including this title here, considering its reputation and the fact that it was so closely tied to Tokyopop's controversial OEL initiative. This one did run in a shojo...
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Review: YOU LIKE ME, NOT MY DAUGHTER?!
It's time for another round of Bad Romance Month, where I look at some of the weirdest romances in manga. We're starting off with an age-gap story, albeit one with a MILF-y twist.YOU LIKE ME, NOT MY...
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Review: FOUR-EYED PRINCE
I don't know if it's reassuring or not that Kodansha has always been peddling shojo manga about taming Asshole-kuns to Americans, even when they were Del Ray Manga.FOUR-EYED PRINCE (Megane Oji), by...
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Review: MABURAHO
Well, for once I'm reviewing a harem manga where I understand precisely what the girls see in the lead.It's a terrible reason, but I can comprehend it.MABURAHO, based on the light novel series by...
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Review: MY MAID, MISS KISHI
With spring on the horizon, it's time for some spring cleaning. That makes it the perfect time of year to look at a few of the many maid manga out there, such as this recent digital offering from...
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Review: HANAUKYO MAID TEAM
The peak of maid manga came at the beginning of the millennium, when literally any doofus could make a ecchi manga, throw some maids in it, and call it a day.HANAUKYO MAID TEAM (Hanaukyo Maid-tai), by...
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Review: THE MAID I HIRED RECENTLY IS MYSTERIOUS
That's not to say that modern maid manga can't be horny either. They just tend to be a little less obvious about it.THE MAID I HIRED RECENTLY IS MYSTERIOUS (Saikin Yatotta Maid ga Ayashii), by Wakame...
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Review: A TALE OF AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY
It's quite rare to see a shojo maid manga. Maids tend to be there to assist the heroine, not be the focus of the story. I guess that's technically true for this one as well...look, let me explain...
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Review: PRETEAR
Spring is finally springing forth at last, and with it comes a month of magical girl manga here at the Manga Test Drive. Our first title isn't one of the best known titles, but it's got some really...
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Merry Month of Manga: SHORT-TEMPERED MELANCHOLIC AND OTHER STORIES
As this blog enters its 13th year, I'm celebrating it in the usual fashion: a month's worth of reviews. This time around, it's all One-Volume Wonders, starting with this collection from notable shojo...
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