Occupying much the same place in the manga food chain as Demonizer Zilch , Taboo Tattoo also has hand-to-hand combat, occult conspiracies, and teenage dudes with massive destinies getting fawned over by superpowered girls. Seigi “Justice” Akatsuka is a boy who studies martial arts with …Read more »
It’s the Taisho Era and Sayaka and Narutaki have a forbidden relationship. She’s a nouveau riche heiress and he’s her servant—specifically her chauffeur—who’s been working for her family for years. There’s a five year age difference between them, and Sayaka’s mother died and her father …Read more »
The disconnect begins before you even crack the shrinkwrap on Demonizer Zilch: the 18+ rating and cleavage indicate a racy adult manga, but the art has the huge eyes, awful anatomy, and Amiibo-esque geometric character designs of a manga for kids. Page 1 begins with a …Read more »
Kosuke Fujishima has spent most of his career on one classic manga: Oh My Goddess! , the nearly 50-volume saga of a motorcycle-loving boy and the three Norse goddesses who share his Tokyo apartment. Oh My Goddess! started as a supernatural comedy in the mold …Read more »
Asuka can’t wait to get married. Although she’s a very successful and hard-working real estate agent, her goal in life is to be a homemaker. She wants to be the one to create a safe haven for her husband and children. Unfortunately, she can’t seem …Read more »
As they did for the previous entry in the franchise, Atlus recruited Shuji Sogabe to handle the manga adaptation of Persona 4 , the latest in the Persona RPG series. The manga is a retelling of the game’s central plot rather than a spinoff or …Read more »
Akame ga Kill!! is a well-paced, shockingly dark and violent fantasy manga, pitting a group of ruthless terrorist/assassins called Night Raid (aka our heroes) against a corrupt government that makes them look virtuous by comparison. The setup is formulaic—quirky young people with cool powers and …Read more »
©2015 Hiro Mashima/BOKU/Kodansha, Ltd. A spinoff of the popular shonen manga Fairy Tail , Fairy Girls follows a night of misadventures featuring four wizards of the Fairy Tale Guild: Lucy, Juvia, Erza, and Wendy. While out on a lark to see the sights of the …Read more »
When Earth is invaded by dragons—giant reptilian monsters—tween siblings Mitsuki and Yuu are separated and their town and family are destroyed. Three years later, Yuu has grown into a young man doing unsavory jobs to survive, when he’s summoned to appear at Midgard Academy, a …Read more »
Blanc et Noir: Takeshi Obata Illustrations is a beautiful, limited edition hardcover book of Obata’s art. Only 10,000 copies are being made, and it also comes with several posters (there are more foldout pages in the book that could work as posters, if you’re willing …Read more »
Princess Jellyfish © Akiko Higashimura/Kodansha, Ltd. All rights reserved. They say that your favorite pet shows your self-image: if you think of yourself as a quiet individualist, you’ve probably got a cat; if you’re outgoing and sporty, you might own a dog. Tsukimi loves jellyfish, …Read more »
Only the most exceptional of students are selected to attend Hope’s Peak Academy each year. From Sayaka Maizono, the “Ultimate Pop Sensation,” to the porky-gopher-looking Hifumi Yamada, the “Ultimate Fanfic Writer,” there’s no shortage of excellence at this prestigious school. That would lead most people …Read more »
© Gido Amagakure / Kodansha Ltd. Math teacher Kohei Inuzuka is a widower, raising his preschool-aged daughter Tsumugi alone ever since his wife died six months ago. While the wound of their loss slowly, slowly heals, he patiently tends to Tsumugi’s laundry, daycare, and feeding …Read more »
Yue, a cute bishonen who wears a fox mask like a hat, has lived all his life in a mountain temple. One evening, he descends to the village below to sample its annual festival and finds himself drawn to two other teenage boys: standoffish cool …Read more »
© Yoshihiko Inui 2014 The story of small children teamed up with monster companions is not exactly a new concept. Even ignoring the most famous two, Pokémon and Digimon , there are too many of these series to count, and most of them are not …Read more »
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