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Platinum End, Vol. 2
Platinum End Volume 2 by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata This is a series that I want to like a little more than I actually do in practice after reading each volume. I thought that the first volume had...
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Short Takes: Food Wars, Manga Dogs, and Yukarism
Did you receive an Amazon or RightStuf gift certificate this holiday? If so, this post is for you! Below, I’ve reviewed the first volumes of three series that debuted in 2014, offering a...
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The Art of Pokemon Adventures by Satoshi Yamato The young children in my house have firmly moved on to Yu-Gi-Oh from Pokemon, so this book did not immediately get stolen which is sometimes what happens...
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Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 1
While the US manga market has plenty to offer teen readers, there’s a dearth of titles for kids who have aged out of Yokai Watch but aren’t quite ready for Bleach or Soul Eater. Astra Lost in Space, a...
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A First Look at The Promised Neverland
Crack pacing, crisp artwork, and a shocking plot twist in chapter one — those are just three reasons to pick up The Promised Neverland when it arrives in comic shops on December 5th. The first volume...
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The Promised Neverland, Vol 1
The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu This series is one of more intriguing debuts that I’ve read from the Shonen Jump line in a long time. It is also a very difficult series to write...
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The Manga Revue, 3/5/18
Before we get to this week’s reviews, I have a brief programming announcement. Response to The Manga Revue has been very positive, so I am phasing out the Monthly Manga Review Index in favor of this...
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Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Vol 1
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Volume 1 by Kagiji Kumanomata This manga was an unexpected delight. I was initially curious about Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle due to it being a Shonen...
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Dr. Stone, Vol. 1
Dr. Stone Volume 1 by Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi Dr. Stone is a shonen series that is entertaining due to the combination of post-apocalyptic setting and mad scientist hero. The first chapter opens...
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Black Torch, Vol 1
Black Torch, Vol 1 by Tsuyoshi Takaki I was surveying my stacks of manga and decided that I needed to make more of an effort to get into the Halloween spirit. I figured that Black Torch was an ideal...
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Dr Stone, Vol. 2
Dr. Stone Volume 2 by Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi The second volume of Dr. Stone featured fewer scenes of crazy science action, but it did spend a more time on world building and setting up the...
View ArticleShibuya Goldfish, Vol. 1
Shibuya Goldfish falls somewhere along the horror continuum between Sharknado 3 and Jaws: it’s too competently executed to be a guilty pleasure but too predictable to be genuinely scary. Though the...
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Since one in four Americans suffer from insomnia, it seems like there’s a natural market for Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, a manga about a character so determined to get a good night’s sleep...
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Short Takes: Black Torch and Demon Slayer
It’s been a while since I added a new Shonen Jump title to my pull list. Don’t get me wrong: I love One-Punch Man and The Promised Neverland, but I find that many shonen titles overstay their welcome...
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Dr. Stone, vols 3 and 4
Dr. Stone Volumes 3 and 4 by Riicharo Inagaki and Boichi Dr. Stone’s premise of a post apocalyptic world where the heroes have to invent their way back to human civilization while battling factions of...
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Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 1
Komi Can’t Communicate Volume 1 by Tomohito Oda I tend to be a little leery of shonen comedies, but I found Komi Can’t Communicate both amusing and endearing. I think in general I tend to have better...
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Dr. Stone, Vols 5 and 6
Dr. Stone Volumes 5 and 6 by Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi Dr. Stone’s science-infused shonen post-apocalyptic story continues to be amusing. The fifth volume works through the shonen staple of a...
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The Right Way to Make Jump
Most books about the manga industry fall into one of two categories: the how-to book, which offers advice on how to draw proportionate characters, plan a storyboard, and buy the right pens; and the...
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Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 1
Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 1 by Gege Akutami Fending off supernatural threats is a shonen staple, so how does Jujutsu Kaisen stack up? It very much felt like an early effort from a mangaka, which it is,...
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Blue Flag, Vol 1
Blue Flag Volume 1 by KAITO It is fair to say that I read plenty of manga, but now and then I read a series that is just so well executed that it feels incredibly refreshing. I knew Blue Flag had...
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