Silver Diamond is one of those series I think of as being a bit under the radar. I don’t see many posts about it on manga blogs, and this shonen ai manga itself is a bit odd, since it focuses on the adventures of a boy who can magically grow plants as he journeys...
Ooku Volume 5 by Fumi Yoshinaga I like this series, but I am feeling a little impatient about all the flashbacks establishing the world of Yoshinaga’s gender-flipped Edo period. When the first couple volumes introduced Yoshitsune, we saw a female shogun who was pragmatic, practical and horrified by the excess of court life. Yoshinaga...
Twin Spica Volume 2 by Kou Yaginuma I am woefully behind on this series, but I guess that can be a good thing as I can look forward to reading plenty of volumes to get caught up. One of the things I was struck with in this volume is Yaginuma’s economy when packing the...
To Marry a Stranger by Renee Roszel and Takako Hashimoto I decided to read this title mainly because the hero of the story has an eye patch. Eye patches are a feature of romantic heroes that seem to be sorely neglected recently, although I think for some reason they were more prevalent in the...
Black Gate Volumes 1-3 by Yukiko Sumiyoshi Usually I love omnibus editions because they give me a good excuse to devour two or more volumes of manga in an afternoon. I found it hard to get excited about Black Gate, an omnibus of a complete 3 volume series that features attractive art that is...
Kurozakuro Volume 1 by Yoshinori Natsume This manga about a bullied schoolboy who makes a pact with evil forces to gain strength wasn’t really to my taste, but Kurozakuro offers a glimpse of something a little different as it incorporates the horror genre into an otherwise conventional shonen tale. Kurozakuro starts out by introducing...
Papillon Volume 5/6 by Miwa Ueda I was happy to see signs of life in Kodansha’s North American arm with the recent summer lineup, but I was a little disappointed that the only ongoing Kodansha title that I actively purchase was left off the list. I’ve slacked off on getting Tsubasa and xxxHolic just...
For this week’s Saturday Morning Cartoon, let’s enjoy the goggles, billowing coats, and steampunk airships of Last Exile:
Kamisama Kiss Volume 1 by Julietta Suzuki Karakuri Odette was such a pleasant surprise when I first started reading it, I have been eagerly waiting for another Suzuki series to be translated. I was excited to see that the Shojo Beat line was adding her series about yokai, Kamisama Kiss. Much like Karakuri Odette,...
One of my favorite places to shop for steeply discounted manga is BookCloseOuts.com. For a long time they have mainly stocked older Tokyopop titles, but they’ve recently beefed up their selection of manhwa and manga. There are many Yen Press titles stocked. One of my favorites is Goong, but you can often find many...
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