Books read April 2009
Books Spymaster’s Lady, My Lord and Spymaster by Joanna Bourne Bollywood Posters by Jeremy Pinto and Sheena Sippy – Fabulous collection of posters, arranged by theme and year. It was interesting seeing the traditional painted posters contrasted with the ones that look more like the type of design you’d see coming out of Hollywood. The [...]
Cafe Kichijouji De
Cafe Kichijouji De Volume 1 (v. 1) by Yuki Miyamoto Cafe Kichijouji De is a cute ensemble comedy about a group of hot men with extremely quirky personalities working together at a cafe. Taro is the harried glasses-wearing supervisor who has a secret collection of cleaning products. Jun is the cute and slightly feminine looking [...]
Amethyst Princess of Gemworld #15 (second series)
It is a bit of a slog wrapping up my coverage of the last couple issues of the second series of Amethyst, because such unpleasant things happen to her. The cover of this issue shows new characters Flaw and The Child being mean to Amethyst. Flaw is holding Amethyst over his head, about to throw [...]
Future Diary
Future Diary Volume 1 by Sakae Esuno Future Diary combines teenagers and mayhem in a murderous game that produces a manga similar in tone to Death Note. Yukiteru is a confirmed loner. He doesn’t hang out with his classmates, preferring instead to spend his time updating the diary he keeps on his cell phone. Yukiteru [...]
First Chapter of RIN-NE online
This is an interesting publishing experiment from VIz. RIN-NE, the new manga from Rumiko Takahashi, is available online for free. Sakura is a high school student who sees dead people. A classmate named Rin-Ne Rokudo who is assigned to the seat next to her is always absent. One day he shows up to school wearing [...]
You Will Drown In Love
You Will Drown in Love by Hinako Takanaga I’m not the best person to review yaoi for yaoi fans because while I’ve read a few volumes here and there, I often find the sexual politics of the genre a little off-putting. You Will Drown In Love has attractive art and a decent amount of character [...]
Firefighter! Daigo of Company M
Firefighter!: Daigo of Company M, Volumes 1 and 2 by Masahito Soda An engaging shonen hero fights fires and learns valuable life lessons in the first couple volumes of Firefighter!: Daigo of Company M. This is an older series from Viz that appears to be out of print, although many volumes are still available. When [...]
Love Song by Keiko Nishi
Love Song by Keiko Nishi Love Song is an early manga published by Viz from the days when manga was flipped and a definition of shojo was printed on the back cover. This masterful collection of short stories has been influenced by a variety of genres like fantasy, horror, and science fiction, but the first [...]
Solanin
It is nice to have the Viz Signature line around, because that imprint reliably delivers great manga that’s a little bit out of the ordinary. Solanin was one of the few manga to receive an Eisner nomination this year, and the recognition is definitely deserved. Solanin centers around the lives of a group of 20something [...]
Udon Kids Manga Roundup
I thought I’d pull together some of the recent reviews and links about the Udon Kids Manga line. I haven’t read any of the titles myself, but these books seem like the type of thing librarians might want to check out, especially those who do collection development for the elementary school set. Publisher Web Site [...]
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