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 »
In the past or post-apocalyptic future, a world of swords and sandals, Giganto—giant monsters—are the ultimate weapons of war. Delos, a beefy ex-slave with a boyish face, wanders the wasteland with his companion Prome, a strange little girl who rides around on his shoulders and …Read more »
© Ichigo Takano 2014 Time travel is the ideal plot device to make readers care about a high school pairing. One day, 16-year-old Naho Takamiya gets a letter from her future self, asking her to befriend transfer student Naruse Kakeru. After quickly figuring that the …Read more »
Travel to Mars is an idea that’s spellbinding to writers and artists, and soon we’ll see what travel to the red planet is really like. In the meantime, we have Aldnoah.Zero to give us a new take on what could happen with us living on …Read more »
Shojo manga superstar Arina Tanemura is back in fine form with her latest manga Idol Dreams . Thirty-one-year-old Chikage Deguchi is lonely, invisible, and still a virgin. She labors away in office obscurity wondering what happened to her life and thinking back on the days …Read more »
Smart, pretty, and popular, Kyouko Hori is seen as one of the queen bees of her high school. But she doesn’t have much time to enjoy it, because when the bell rings she has to rush home, change into frumpy clothes, and serve as primary …Read more »
Honey So Sweet is every bit as adorable as its name. Nao Kogure is a shy girl, orphaned at a young age and raised by her uncle. She is shocked when during the second week of school the delinquent Taiga Onise asks her to date …Read more »
High schooler Chiyo Sakura is trying to find the words to ask out Umetarou Nozaki. In the end, she blurts out that she’s his fan. Misunderstanding this, he hands her an autograph. What? Confused and flustered, Sakura stutters, “I want to always be with you.” …Read more »
Serinuma Kae doesn’t like stories with a prince and a princess—she likes stories with two princes. The unabashed fujoshi regularly spends her time imagining how she’d pair up boys in her school, even if they’re not gay, and then she’ll squeal about the pairings with …Read more »
The film version of Lychee Light Club opens as a group of men in dark blue uniforms chase a helpless woman through the streets, shouting in German and firing at her with guns. But this isn’t a World War II film: as it turns out, …Read more »
Shozo Sakurai, the one in the business suit, is a sensitive man, sometimes conflicted about his job. Amano, his young, sloppily dressed partner, is much more blasé, often saying blunt things that leave their clients in tears. Their “clients” are people on the verge of …Read more »
The ragtag crew members aboard the debris cleanup vessel known as Toy Box all have their own varying tolerance for life in space. Yuri is still haunted by the death of his wife, Fee would strangle everyone within a 10-mile radius for a cigarette, and …Read more »
Shusei is the most popular boy in school, but Aoi still thinks he’s scum. That’s because he coldly rejected Aoi’s best friend Moe when she tried to ask him out. Aoi is so close to Moe that she lives in an apartment on her own …Read more »
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD was a surprisingly violent and nuanced journey into the world of Final Fantasy and ended up converting a fleet of new fans to the seminal roleplaying series. The Collector’s Edition of the wildly popular game came with a miniature sample booklet …Read more »
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