Amber by Night
Amber by Night by Sharon Sala and Mayu Takayama I’m always on the lookout for fictional portrayals of librarians so there was no way I wasn’t going to read Amber by Night after reading this summary: Amelia is a typical bookworm librarian. But she has a secret. At night, she works as a provocatively dressed [...]
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 [...]
The Sheikh’s Reluctant Bride, The Shiekh’s Contract Bride, and Sale or Return Bride
I’ve been curious to check out the manga adaptations of Harlequin romance titles, and the folks at emanga were kind enough to load up my reading list with a sampling of titles, so expect to see a few reviews of these titles over the next few weeks. I find them absolutely hilarious summer reading. For [...]
Millenium Prime Minister Volume 1
Millennium Prime Minister Volume One by EIKI EIKI I have a weakness for certain shoujo plot devices. I am very fond of the crazy way to begin a series where an ordinary high school girl will suddenly find herself transported to a new environment. She might suddenly be forced to be a live-in maid to [...]
Itazura Na Kiss Volume 2
Itazura Na Kiss Volume 2 by Kaoru Tada Ah, poor Kotoko! Will her pursuit of her idol Naoki ever get any encouragement?! One of things I was surprised by in this volume was how quickly the protagonists moved from high school to college. Most of the current shoujo manga that I’ve read uses high school [...]