After reading just a few pages of Yukinobu Tatsu’s Dandadan manga, I just had a feeling he worked with Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto at some point. That turned out to be the case—Tatsu was one of Fujimoto’s assistants on both Fire Punch and Chainsaw …Read more »
Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi and Tsuyoshi may be very different from one another, but there’s one thing these friends have in common: They’re in the halcyon days of youth and they plan to make the most of it. Beyond hanging out together and getting over the …Read more »
You Like Me, Not My Daughter?! is a romantic comedy that opens with a tragedy. Ayako is a woman in her twenties when her sister and brother-in-law both die, leaving their daughter Miu orphaned. Seeing no one else wants her, Ayako volunteers to raise Miu …Read more »
The main character of Daughter of the Emperor was killed by a stranger when she was 25, and she’s been reincarnated as Ariadna Lerg Illestri Pre Agrigent, only child and daughter of the emperor. Even though she’s in a new life, and even though she’s …Read more »
The Shadows House manga has its own atmosphere and aesthetics. The main characters, Kate and Emilico, live together in their own room, like their own little world. Kate Shadow has no discernible features and gives off soot when she’s having negative emotions. Emilico is a “living …Read more »
Hi, I’m a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion is a long title and gets across the basic idea of the manga. Rose, who is descended from witches, becomes the Witch of the Lake after her mother and grandmother die, …Read more »
Black Paradox is a self-contained one-volume manga that opens with an unusual scenario: four strangers are meeting in public so they can commit suicide as a group. They get in a car together, share their existential reasons for wanting to die, and plan it out. …Read more »
People the world over know about Hayao Miyazaki’s movies, but his book Shuna’s Journey, published in Japan shortly before the creation of Studio Ghibli, is not as well-known. It is just now getting an English translation thanks to graphic novel publisher First Second, so fans …Read more »
Like a lot of kids, Suzume was obsessed with dinosaurs. But now that she’s a grownup, she actually has an opportunity to work with them! In Dinosaur Sanctuary, the premise is that an island with dinosaurs was discovered in 1946. Eventually genetic manipulation was brought …Read more »
“Usotoki” is a Japanese word that refers to lying, and Kanoko, the lead in Usotoki Rhetoric, has a unique skill: she can tell when people speak lies. It’s made her a freak and outsider where she lives, because, well, people who lie don’t like being …Read more »
My Happy Marriage stars a heroine who is anything but happy. Miyo, in true Cinderella fashion, lives with her abusive stepmother and stepsister, and a father who doesn’t care about her. In a land where some families pass down giftedness, Miyo is the member of …Read more »
From randomly bumping into the hot guy in school to experiencing an awkwardly timed bathtub interruption, we know all those familiar shojo romance story beats well, but even the most tried and true trope isn’t going to fly for high schooler Anzu Hoshino. She’s far …Read more »
Look Back is a one-shot manga by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto that is quite different from his most famous title. This manga is set within the real world, and stars two girls who are artists. We meet Fujino first. She draws manga for her …Read more »
Young, Alive, in Love is a different sort of manga starring different sorts of characters with a different sort of art style. The main characters, Hayakawa Makoto and Hieda Mana, are oddballs who end up as a couple seemingly because no one else gets them, …Read more »
The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic is a manga based on a light novel series. It opens with high schooler Usato, who thinks his life is boring. Well, it’s about to get a lot less boring. He’s hanging out with the school’s council president …Read more »
Joseph Luster
Danica Davidson
