Is Yotsuba&! a tiny bit creepy?
Yotsuba&! is one of those titles that I sometimes feel a little bit schizophrenic about. In some ways it is the closest to portraying pure joy out of all the manga series that I’ve read. It is also one of the few series that I laugh out loud while reading. But if I think about [...]
Future Diary Volume 7
Future Diary Volume 7 by Sakae Esuno I enjoyed the first volume of this series. I’ve always meant to pick up more volumes but I was surprised to see that I’m six volumes behind. Future Diary is about a hapless boy named Yukiteru who is given a cell phone that displays his actions in the [...]
Hyde and Closer Volume 1
Hyde and Closer Volume 1 by Haro Aso How much you enjoy this manga largely depends on how amusing you find cigar-chomping, chainsaw-wielding magical fighting teddy bears. I always enjoy the juxtaposition of chainsaws and cute cuddly things, so I found this manga amusing despite the fairly unsurprising shonen storyline. The Closer in the book [...]
Alice the 101st
Alice the 101st Volume 1 by Chigusa Kawai Strong art enlivens a somewhat typical music school storyline in the manga Alice the 101st. At an exclusive music academy the students are buzzing about the admission of a 101st student. Who is the special case who secured an extra spot at the school? Aristide Lang is [...]
Library Blog Landscape with bonus Naval Gazing
The new issue of Cites and Insights has an excerpt of the book But Still They Blog: The Liblog Landscape 2007-2009, click on over for the PDF if you enjoy reading some interesting number crunching about library blogs. I find it a little odd to be included in the project, just because I don’t tend [...]
Alice in the Country of Hearts 4 and Happy Cafe 4
Alice in the Country of Hearts Volume 4 by Quinrose and Hoshino Soumei I’m always happy to see a new volume of Alice in the Country of Hearts. It continues to display more depth and character development than one would expect from a dating sim manga adaptation. This volume shows the “game” Alice has been [...]
There’s Something About Sunyool Volume 1
There’s Something about Sunyool, Volume 1 by Youngran Lee This is an exceptionally silly manhwa, which can be both good and bad. It will be highly amusing to people who enjoy Cinderella stories and arranged marriages, and potentially annoying for people with a low tolerance of such plot devices. Fortunately I am the type to [...]
More Harlequin Manga, this time about Billionaires
I’m sampling a few more Harlequin manga on emanga.com. Since I’m on vacation now I didn’t take any manga with me, so it is nice to have online access to a library of titles. This time I’m reading Harlequin manga about billionaires! The Billionaire’s Secret Baby by Carol Devine and Masako Ogimaru This manga opens [...]
New YA book post on thebureauchiefs.com
I review an ARC of Personal Demons on The Bureau Chiefs website. Click on over if you are interested in books about teenage girls who are the lust objects of angels and demons.
Viz Ongoing Series – Honey Hunt, Flower in a Storm, and Nana
Honey Hunt 5 Honey Hunt continues to be one of the best soap opera manga around. Yura is starting to gain recognition for herself as an actress as her new series debuts to great ratings. She runs off on a date with pop singer Q-Ta and her manager stays up all night calling her phone. [...]
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