Angel’s Coffin
Angel’s Coffin by You Higuri (amazon) You Higuri is one of those authors whose work I automatically tend to seek out. I’ve read Cantarella, Gorgeous Carat, and I keep meaning to read more volumes of Seimaden after sampling the first two. Angel’s Coffin is complete in one volume and while it doesn’t have the intricate [...]
His Beloved Car Will Be His Grave!
On Thanksgiving I am thankful for Transporter 3, which featured: Shirtless Jason Statham punching people. Shirtless Jason Statham waking up with a bomb on his wrist Shirt-fu, an ancient martial art which requires one to fight while ripping off one’s shirt in order to use it to subdue one’s opponents.
Jyu-Oh-Sei Volume 1
JYU-OH-SEI Volume 1 by Natsumi Itsuki (amazon) When a new title gets generally positive reviews on most of the manga blogs I follow, I try to make a mental note to check it out. Jyu-Oh-Sei is an entertaining and intricately plotted science fiction manga. Identical twins Thor and Rai have grown up as pampered elites [...]
Toshokan SensÅ – Library War 10 and 11
Episode 10 Iku and Tezuka are on a bus. Iku keeps sighing until Tezuka tells her to knock it off. She begs him to send her back to Tokyo. This is his reaction:
Norton Will Eisner Library
Here are short takes on some paperback reprint volumes from Norton’s Will Eisner Library. The Dreamer (amazon) This is a short graphic novel that serves as a fictionalized autobiography of Eisner’s early years working in the comics industry. There’s an extensive section of notes on the back that explain some of the events and provides [...]
Song of the Hanging Sky 1 and 2
Song of the Hanging Sky volumes 1 and 2 by Toriko Gin (amazon) In the remote mountains a doctor named Jack has taken refuge from war in an isolated cabin with only his dog Gustave for company. Jack spends his days writing letters to a woman named Natalie. One day he finds an injured bird-boy [...]
Amethyst Princess of Gemworld #8 (second series)
This issue is the halfway point of the second mini-series. It features the final confrontation between Amethyst and Fire Jade aka the late Lady Emerald. Also, Citrina wakes up for some cosmic magical shenanigans. The cover shows a giant spectral Amethyst and Fire Jade slugging it out over the Emerald Castle while a crowd looks [...]
Forbidden Dance
Forbidden Dance 1, 3, and 4 by Hinako Ashihara (amazon) I think that Sand Chronicles is one of the stronger series to come out recently, so I’ve been checking out Ashihara’s other work that’s been translated into English like SOS and Forbidden Dance. I wasn’t able to get my hands on volume two of this [...]
Toshokan SensÅ – Library War Episode 9
Iku dreams that she’s talking to her prince charming. She asks him to tell her his name. He turns around and it is Dojo, telling her that she’s an idiot and she needs to get back to work. She wakes up screaming “Noooooooooooo!” At work Iku keeps beating her head against her desk. Hikaru and [...]
More Josei from Aurora
MangaCast points out two josei titles that have been licensed by Aurora. I enjoy their book Walkin’ Butterfly, but I haven’t picked up many other titles from them that I see myself collecting. Nephilim was a hot mess (which might be ok for those who are into that kind of thing), and I’ve skimmed through [...]
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