Manga Reviews

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle [Review]

When the Demon Kingdom kidnaps the Princess of Goodereste, it’s the demons who get more than they bargained for. Princess Syalis’s reign of terror begins during her first night as a captive in the demon palace. The pillow is rough and lumpy and even noisy. …Read more »

Magical Girl Raising Project [Review]

August 10, 2018

Brittany Vincent

Becoming a magical girl would be a dream come true for many. Transforming with an awesome talisman or locket? A cute dress? It looks like a fantastic profession, except for all the monsters and evil and general nastiness to fight. Things get even worse for …Read more »

Val x Love [Review]

August 7, 2018

Brittany Vincent

What if every kiss, every moment of handholding, and every date counted toward your girlfriend “leveling up” so she could fight demons as a powerful Valkyrie? Welcome to Takuma Akutsu’s world in Val x Love. Takuma is used to being alone because he’s so tough …Read more »

Crisis Girls [Review]

August 3, 2018

Che Gilson

The aptly named Crisis City is protected from all manner of evil by The Undertaker: Grave Digger Kaede! This intimidating moniker belongs to an adorable little girl with a ton of power. Kaede is one of several children, dubbed the Crisis Girls, born with cursed …Read more »

Pokemon Sun and Moon [Manga Review]

July 25, 2018

Brittany Vincent

Whether you’re a new Pokemon Master in the making or a wizened expert, there’s plenty to love about the latest round of the Pokemon Adventures manga, adapting the Sun and Moon games with a brand-new roster of characters and Pokemon-themed hijinks. Pokemon Sun and Moon …Read more »

Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Edition Brings a Classic Back in Style

July 16, 2018

Danica Davidson

Battle Angel Alita was originally translated into English in the 1990s, but with James Cameron’s live-action adaptation scheduled for release later this year, Kodansha Comics is releasing new, deluxe editions. So volume 1 of the new edition is actually volumes 1 and 2 of the …Read more »

Mononoke Sharing [Review]

July 8, 2018

Jason Bradley Thompson

Yata, a high schooler, shares her house with five unusual roommates. “The rent is super cheap, but there’s one problem … my five roommates are literally monsters. That, and they all have huge boobs.” It’s all true! Mizuchi, the oldest and most mature of the …Read more »

New Game! [Review]

July 7, 2018

Shaenon K. Garrity

Aoba, a petite young game designer fresh out of high school, starts work at a video game company with full fangirl enthusiasm. Her coworkers represent a spectrum of geek types: an otaku animator who collects figurines and waves swords around, a shy artist who can …Read more »

A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School [Review]

June 29, 2018

Che Gilson

After failing at his old school, spineless rookie teacher Haruaki Abe finally lands his dream teaching assignment. Eager and bright eyed, he arrives at Hyakki Academy Island, where he’ll be teaching Japanese language classes. To his dimay, he discovers the school is for yokai, Japanese …Read more »

Oh, My Sweet Alien! [Review]

June 29, 2018

Shaenon K. Garrity

Nobuo, an affable young salaryman with hipster chin scruff, has a secret: his wife is a space alien whom he met when he was abducted by a UFO. Posing as an ordinary housewife, she wears a cute-faced human disguise to go outside but hangs around …Read more »

DNA Doesn’t Tell Us [Review]

June 24, 2018

Brittany Vincent

DNA Doesn’t Tell Us is another fun, silly romp through the world of “monster girls,” and it may have the strangest premise to explain the existence of sexy half-human monster women. It seems one day animals throughout the world suddenly started transforming into human girls, …Read more »

Devilman VS. Hades [Review]

June 23, 2018

Mike Dent

One of the best things to happen to Devilman, Go Nagai’s horror manga masterpiece, is the inception of its expanded universe. The additions to the saga include complete reimaginings like Devilman G and Devilman Lady and expansions to the original story like AMON: Apocalypse of …Read more »

Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest [Manga Review]

June 17, 2018

Jason Bradley Thompson

In the crowded genre of isekai “portal fantasy” manga, Arifureta’s innovation is to add an extra level of misanthropic bitterness: it’s not enough to leave your boring high school life and become a demigod, you have to do it angrily and drag all your former …Read more »

Laid Back Camp [Review]

June 16, 2018

Shaenon K. Garrity

Having just moved to mountainous Yamanashi, plucky high-schooler Nadeshiko is eager to catch some classic views of Mt. Fuji. A late-night hiking encounter gets her interested in camping, so she joins her school’s Outdoor Exploration Club, which has only two other members. (The mountaineering club …Read more »

To Your Eternity Vol. 1 [Manga Review]

June 11, 2018

Danica Davidson

To Your Eternity is a fascinating manga that defies easy characterization. It opens with an orb – it. It, we are told, is more than an orb, because it can replicate any form. “I decided to cast the orb unto the Earth,” explains an unknown …Read more »