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[Review] Chibi Sasuke’s Sharingan Legend

When you think of the funniest characters in Naruto, Sasuke—the brooding loner whose mission in life was to kill his brother Itachi—probably doesn’t come to mind. But Rock Lee already had his own comedy spinoff manga, so now it’s Sasuke’s turn! As in the original …Read more »

Neo Parasyte M [Review]

December 17, 2017

Shaenon K. Garrity

Last year, Kodansha published the English edition of Neo Parasyte F, a collection of manga tributes to the legendary horror manga Parasyte. All the contributors to Neo Parasyte F were shojo manga artists, and it was fun (not to mention bizarre) to see cute shojo …Read more »

Splatoon [Manga Review]

December 16, 2017

Che Gilson

Splatoon makes you wonder who it’s aimed at: people who have never played the game, or players who didn’t read the manual. At this point in the review there should be a synopsis of the plot. However, Splatoon has no plot. Nor does it have …Read more »

To Your Eternity [Review]

December 13, 2017

Shaenon K. Garrity

The thing lands on a prehistoric world. It’s a probe, sent by some kind of alien intelligence, but organic and alive. It can take any shape, though it needs practice. It’s indestructible. It becomes a wolf, then a boy. It dies over and over. Very …Read more »

Red Colored Elegy [Review]

December 10, 2017

Evan Minto

Seiichi Hayashi might be one of the most famous manga artists you’ve never heard of. Not only was he a prominent member of the avant-garde art movements of the 1960s and 1970s, but Hayashi also made “geki-ga,” comics that rebelled against kid-friendly manga. Red Colored …Read more »

Sweet Blue Flowers [Review]

December 9, 2017

Amelia Cook

On going to a new, prestigious high school, Akira learns that her childhood best friend Fumi has moved back to town and is going to a nearby school. Now much taller than the cute, bubbly Akira, Fumi is no less prone to strong emotions, insecurities, …Read more »

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card [Review]

December 2, 2017

Shaenon K. Garrity

Over the past decade, superstar manga team CLAMP has been revisiting its older work, reviving xxxHolic, Legal Drug, and now its iconic 1990s magical girl series Cardcaptor Sakura. Sakura and her friends, originally elementary schoolers, are now in junior high but still cute as buttons. …Read more »

Kakegurui [Review]

December 1, 2017

Jason Bradley Thompson

At Hyakkaou Private Academy, a school for the rich, gambling is everything. A caste system separates the high rollers from the impoverished masses, and when bourgeois Suzui loses a game of poker, he drops to the lowest ranks of the school hierarchy and ends up …Read more »

SP Baby [Review]

November 30, 2017

Amelia Cook

Tamaki has no degree, no qualifications, and no parents, but she does her best to find a good job so she can pay for her younger brother to go to college. One day, after a strange encounter with two men, she gets a job offer …Read more »

Astra Lost in Space [Review]

November 29, 2017

Che Gilson

Ditzy high school student Aries Spring is super excited for her class trip to Planet Camp. For one week a group of random students gets to camp on a planet without adults! The team bonding exercise also entails a challenge and this year it’s babysitting …Read more »

Children of the Whales [Review]

November 3, 2017

Che Gilson

Young Chakuro is the archivist of the Mud Whale, a floating island of life that drifts across the Sea of Sand. He’s also one of the short-lived “marked,” wielding magic powers that will kill him by the time he reaches 30 years old. Until then …Read more »

Alice & Zoroku [Manga Review]

October 27, 2017

Amelia Cook

Zoroku is a grouchy old florist just minding his own business when young girl Sana disappears in front of him—right after reciting his date of birth and family details. He tries to forget about the incident and carry on as normal, but she appears again …Read more »

After Hours [Manga Review]

October 24, 2017

Che Gilson

Dragged out for a night of club hopping, Emi Asahina winds up ditched by the friend who invited her in the first place. While moping in a corner Emi meets a vivacious woman named Kei. Emi isn’t interested in the club scene, but she is …Read more »

The Royal Tutor [Manga Review]

October 22, 2017

Shaenon K. Garrity

In the Germanic-looking kingdom of Granzreich, brilliant professor Heine Wittgenstein is hired by the royal family to tutor its four teenage princes. (There’s a fifth prince, but he’s too old and too flawless to require further instruction, and the princess is still a toddler.) First …Read more »

Mikagura School Suite [Manga Review]

October 21, 2017

Amelia Cook

Eruna is an unmotivated middle school girl with no wish to go to high school unless it has pretty female classmates in cute uniforms. One day her cousin shows her the brochure for his private high school and she spots the girl of her dreams, …Read more »