It never fails, whenever I am a little bit stressed and I have a fresh volume of Oresama Teacher, it automatically gets moved to the top of my “to read” pile of manga. The combination of winning characters and ridiculous situations in this manga holds my attention much more than the other comedic manga...
One of the fun things about these new omnibus editions is being able to go back and revisit some of my favorite series like Hana Kimi. This volume covers books 4-6 of the original manga, and by the end of this volume the love...
Story of Saiunkoku Volume 7 by Sai Yukino and Kairi Yura One of the things that struck me while reading this latest volume of Story of Saiunkoku is how skilled the creators of this manga are at ratcheting up the dramatic tension. A long...
For the Manga Moveable Feast, the one title I had sitting on my to-read stack from the Signature line was Natsume Ono’s Tesoro. I enjoyed this volume of short stories and doujinshi, but it might be mainly for Natsume Ono completists. I enjoyed this...
The Manga Moveable Feast this month focuses on the Viz Signature Imprint and is hosted at Manga Critic. I hope to be able to participate with some new reviews, but I thought I’d do a mini-round up of reviews for Viz Signature titles I’ve...
Working Kentauros is available on Jmanga.com As someone who reads a lot of manga every month, it is easy for me to get a little jaded. I do enjoy the commercial manga that comes out from mainstream publishers, but it is nice to experiment...
Apparently this is the first year a bunch of manga blogs have been in the Aniblog Tourney. Not being a participant before, I wasn’t sure what to expect but apparently there are already scandalous accusations of vote fixing! Here’s my bracket, and welcome to...
It was fun seeing @shojobeat on twitter this afternoon announcing these titles, and here’s the official press release from Viz. Here’s the cover of Strobe Edge, which has some appealing looking art. The cover of Demon Love Spell features a hero in the classic...
Getting back into my great reread of Basara, I’m going to tackle Volumes 11 and 12, where Sarasa finds herself in a very unpleasant prison in Hokkaido. When she discovers Hayato’s ship abandoned with curse markings that include splashed blood and voodoo dolls, she’s...
Update: Winner according to random.org is Furry Saint, comment number 5! I’m going to give away a box of assorted shoujo goodies, first volumes from Viz, Tokyopop, and Yen Press. Leave a comment on this post with the name of your favorite shoujo heroine!...
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