In the world of manga, Satoshi Mizukami is a favorite creator of mine. I found their previous works, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer and Spirit Circle, to be enormously entertaining, thanks to their quirky humor and pulpy action storylines. These series were also surprisingly poignant when they decided to tug at your heart strings, making them both unforgettable reads, in my opinion. For this reason, I’ve been greatly anticipating the release of World End Solte, the newest action/adventure series by Mizukami to receive a North American release! Synopsis: Solte is a rambunctious orphan who’s gr ..read more

Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke’s Mansion is a korean webtoon with art by Whale and original story by Milcha. It follows the struggles of a young woman who’s been reborn into the world of a novel as an unfortunate side-character fated to die. Using her wits and knowledge of the original novel, she’s determined to carve out a better destiny for herself. I’ve genuinely thrilled to see more webtoons getting physical releases in North America. Now I can appreciate the lovely, full color at to the fullest! Synopsis: When Euhna Park meets an untimely demise at the hands of a stranger – just as sh ..read more

Hello again, everyone! I wound up taking a bit of an unscheduled break during July, so it’s been a while since I’ve posted a new review. However, I was doing a lot of reading during my blogging vacation, so hopefully August will be a more productive month for the blog. For my grand return, I’m going to be reviewing New York, New York, a classic boys love manga from the 90’s created by Marimo Ragawa. I first heard about this series when panels from it were featured in Paul Gravett’s Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics. I’ve been curious about it ever since and was extremely excited when Yen ..read more

The Music of Marie is a science fiction manga that explores a utopian world with a mysterious clockwork goddess whose blessings might disguise hidden truths. This manga was written and drawn by Usamaru Furuya, the creator of Genkaku Picasso and Lychee Light Club. As a fan of Genkaku Picasso’s surreal visuals and dramatic storytelling, I was curious about Furuya’s other works and jumped at the chance to check out this intriguing title. Thank you to One Peace Books for providing me with a review copy of this manga in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Pirito is, by all accounts, a paradis ..read more

Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke’s Mansion is a korean webtoon with art by Whale and original story by Milcha. It follows the struggles of a young woman who’s been reborn into the world of a novel as an unfortunate side-character fated to die. Using her wits and knowledge of the original novel, she’s determined to carve out a better destiny for herself. I’ve genuinely thrilled to see more webtoons getting physical releases in North America. Now I can appreciate the lovely, full color at to the fullest! Synopsis: When Euhna Park meets an untimely demise at the hands of a stranger – just as sh ..read more

Hello again, everyone! I wound up taking a bit of an unscheduled break during July, so it’s been a while since I’ve posted a new review. However, I was doing a lot of reading during my blogging vacation, so hopefully August will be a more productive month for the blog. For my grand return, I’m going to be reviewing New York, New York, a classic boys love manga from the 90’s created by Marimo Ragawa. I first heard about this series when panels from it were featured in Paul Gravett’s Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics. I’ve been curious about it ever since and was extremely excited when Yen ..read more

Hinase Momoyama’s The Holy Grail of Eris is a fantasy manga with plenty of drama, mystery and a supernatural twist. Based on the novels by Kujira Tokiwa, this manga adaptation stars a good-hearted noble woman who is unsuited for navigating treacherous high society, but who finds an unlikely ally in a supposedly wicked woman. Synopsis: Constance Grail has been raised to be sincere and honorable and she tries to uphold the dignity of her family name in all that she does. When her father’s kind nature lands the family in dire financial straights, she agrees to marry the son of a wealthy baronet ..read more

Tomohi’s Nightfall Travelers: Leave Only Footprints follows a pair of high school girls as they do some urban exploring after school as part of an assignment. Together they experience the beauty of their town, handle a few brief scares and start to become friends. But is there more than meets the eye when it comes to their peaceful investigations? Synopsis: Since ghost stories are becoming popular at school, the Newspaper Club Akane is a member of decides to put together a special report on haunted locations in their town. Akane is assigned the task of visiting all of the locations on the lis ..read more

Here we are at the 18th volume of Paru Itagaki’s Beastars manga, and the plot seems to finally be getting back to the unresolved problem of who will be the next Beastar! As with my other reviews of this manga, this review will contain some spoilers for both this volume and earlier volumes in the Beastars series. Synopsis: After failing to catch Melon and getting suckered into a situation where it looked like he was attacking an innocent herbivore in the middle of the city, Legoshi needs to lie low for a while. So, he naturally decides to head back to Cherryton Academy and crash with Jack and ..read more

Mizuno and Chayama, by Yuhta Nishio, is a yuri manga that explores the lives of two high school girls who are isolated and suffering due to the ways they are viewed by their community. Can they finally find accpetance in each other? Or will they be torn apart by their roles in society? Synopsis: Mizuno is counting down the days until she can leave her small town and escape to college. Her father is currently running for mayor and she can’t stand all of the scrutiny and pressure that comes from living in a place where everyone knows her. The only chance she gets to blow off steam is when she s ..read more