Hiraku spent his twenties working for a terrible company. He spent his thirties sick in bed. At 39, he died. But then God gives him another chance. God (in this manga, vaguely pictured in a humanoid form) offers to send Hiraku to another world, so …Read more »
Junji Ito’s horror manga are always good for a Halloween read, and his Dissolving Classroom is a quirky, absurd and sometimes gruesome romp with two devilish siblings. It starts with transfer student Yuuma Azawa apologizing profusely to his new classmates, even though no one understands …Read more »
It feels like the Sherlock Holmes canon has been reimagined in pretty much every way possible. It’s been modernized, retold with animals, set in Kabukicho… and then there was that one time with the robot dinosaurs. The point is, it feels like the canon has been …Read more »
The Rose of Versailles, which first began serialization in 1972, helped revolutionize shojo manga and has influenced the genre ever since. Now the series is finally coming out in English, packaged in beautiful hardcover omnibus editions that include many colored pages. This review looks at …Read more »
Hiroya Oku’s manga, including the enormously popular Gantz and the fascinatingly bizarre Inuyashiki, are page-turners that begin grounded in reality before moving into increasingly fantastical territory. Gigant is no different, but whereas those series were obsessed with violence and gore, Gigant adds sex to the …Read more »
Hyakkimaru was born with a curse, missing 48 body parts but still able to “see” and “hear.” Dororo is a young orphan who thinks he’s a great thief. These two characters make an unlikely match in Tezuka’s original Dororo and the new manga adaptation, The …Read more »
Konami Kanata showed her skill at making cat stories with her very adorable and very successful Chi’s Sweet Home. Now she’s back with Sue & Tai-chan, another feline franchise. Sue is a 17-year-old cat used to living with her master and no one else. She …Read more »
Each Cells at Work! spinoff has its own flavor while keeping the style of the original. So if Cells at Work! Baby is cute and Cells at Work! and Friends is about foibles, then Cells at Work! Bacteria is . . . well, gross. But it’s …Read more »
Junji Ito is one of Japan’s best known horror manga creators, and anyone who reads Venus in the Blind Spot can see why. This collection of short manga stories highlights his artistic and storytelling talents, showing how he can give you delicious chills and keep …Read more »
The Death of Replicist is a moody, avant garde manga from Digital Manga Publishing’s yuri imprint, LILYKA. The main character is Mori, a shinigami (usually translated to English as “god of death”) who looks like a beautiful young woman with blond hair. It’s her job …Read more »
My Broken Mariko is a heavy duty josei manga about friendship, abuse, and loss. Shiino is eating a meal at a restaurant when she hears the news that her best friend, 26-year-old Mariko, committed suicide. It’s pretty clear from the pains Mariko went to that …Read more »
For fifteen years, the Louvre has commissioned graphic novels from top cartoonists around the world. Seinen manga legend Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys, Pluto, Monster) joins the ranks of Louvre artists with Mujirushi, a heist thriller that combines the brainy eccentricity of a colorful French …Read more »
In Primitive Boyfriend, Mito Kamigome looks like a typical sparkly-eyed teenage manga heroine, but she comes from a farm family and comes by her beauty through hard labor and a diet of home-grown produce. Though her school is populated with stock types from a girls’ …Read more »
Sakuta Azusagawa, a high school boy with a cutting wit and no use for cell phones, is at the library one day when he notices a young woman walking around in a Playboy Bunny outfit. It’s Mai Sakurajima, the famous actress and his senpai (hence …Read more »
Confusing at first, Cosmo Familia settles into a weird groove by the end of the first volume. It begins with mystery heaped upon mystery, with so many things going on and so little context that it’s hard not to feel dislocated. The patient reader will …Read more »
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