Antique Gift Shop Volume 1
The Antique Gift Shop, Volume 1 by Eun Lee The Antique Gift Shop is a solid example of the “spooky shop” genre found so often in manga and manhwa, where a mysterious shopkeeper sells customers items that have mystical properties. The customers’ lives end up being changed dramatically due to their purchases. In a short [...]
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 [...]
Land of Silver Rain
Land of Silver Rain Volume 1 by Mira Lee I’m trying to make a point of sampling more manhwa. Land of Silver Rain is about a human child raised in the land of the Dokebis – traditional spirits from Korean folktales. Misty-Rain was found by a witch in a cabbage patch when she was an [...]
Tokyopop Ongoing Series – Maid Sama, V.B Rose, and INVU
Maid Sama Volume 3 by Hiro Fujiwara While Maid Sama might not reach the heights of other new shoujo series from Tokyopop like Shinobi Life or Karakuri Odette, it continues to be a fun if very lightweight read. School President Misaki’s secret job at a maid cafe is almost revealed during a cosplay race at [...]
Let Dai Volumes 1-3
Let Dai Volumes 1-3 by Sooyeon Won Jaehee is a normal schoolboy in Korea. When he hears a girl calling for help he runs to see what’s wrong. He sees a girl being attacked by a gang, and throws himself in the middle of the crowd, telling her to run away. Jaehee’s sacrifice ends up [...]
The Color of Earth and The Color of Water
The Color of Earth by Dong Hwa Kim The Color of Earth lives up to its title by being extremely earthy. The characters are drenched in nature and preoccupied with relationships. Ehwa’s mother is a tavern owner and her father is long gone, so the seven year old girl must deal with snide comments from [...]
Bride of the Water God
Bride of the Water God Volume 1 by Mi-Kyung Yun Does exquisitely pretty art compensate for lack of plot? Bride of the Water God tells the story of Soah, a young girl from a drought stricken village. At an early age she’s set aside as a candidate for sacrifice to the Water God Habaek. When [...]
Demon Diary
Demon Diary by Lee Chi Hyong and Kara (amazon) Raenef is a new Demon Lord. Eclipse is his servant and tutor, tasked to teach him how to properly inspire terror in the populace. The problem is that Raenef has no idea how to be demonic, and he is spectacularly untalented in his attempts to terrorize [...]
Dokebi Bride
Dokebi Bride Volumes 1-4 by Marley (amazon) Sunbi Shin’s mother is dead and she lives with her grandmother in a small village. Her grandmother is the village shaman, able to see spirits and demons called dokebis. Sunbi has inherited some of her grandmother’s powers, but her grandmother doesn’t want her to become a shaman. When [...]
Banya the Explosive Delivery Man and Hayate the Combat Butler
Banya the Explosive Delivery Man by Kim Young-Oh (amazon.com) Banya is a deliveryman in a historical fantasy world filled with warring tribes and strange monsters. His dedication to deliver packages at any cost finds him picking his way through a battlefield and polevaulting over castle walls. At every possible moment he likes to recite his [...]
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