If you were to ever think to call a manga “kick ass” there’s really no better recipient than Blood Blade volume 2. The camp levels are simply through the roof, and Oma Sei’s incredible artistic sense catapults that feeling into… Read More

I think it’s very hard to expose any “cracks” in Shirahama’s works, and Witch Hat Atelier volume 12 is no different. It doesn’t feel like it’s on the offensive or blatant, but everything that Shirahama does is conveyed clearly and… Read More

There’s a reason that the world reveres the work of Taiyo Matsumoto, and Tokyo These Days volume 2 is a perfect example of that. Moving towards the natural conclusion of the freedom and desire expressed within a modern capitalist framework,… Read More

Iyashikei, in terms of a literal translation is something along the lines of “healing type”, and is used as a descriptor for a subset of the slice of life genre- an example being Hirayasumi volume 1. I’m sure there’s people… Read More

I’ll be a little blunt here to start things off: I enjoyed Gokurakugai volume 1, but I know very well that it will find itself stuck at its current level of ability and quality. Allow me to explain. It’s got… Read More