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Manga Review: Descending Stories Vol. 2 – “The Parable of the Talents”

Manga Review: Descending Stories Vol. 2 – “The Parable of the Talents” Manga Review: Descending Stories Vol. 2 – “The Parable of the Talents”

Manga Review: Descending Stories Vol. 2 – “The Parable of the Talents”

Read Austin’s review of the manga’s first volume here! While the second volume of Haruko Kumota’s Descending Stories manga delves more deeply into Yakumo’s tragic past and so into more sensitive psychological territory than the first volume did, it still retains the coarse emotional framework that …Read more  »

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Volume 1: “Falling into Place”

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Volume 1: “Falling into Place” Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Volume 1: “Falling into Place”

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Volume 1: “Falling into Place”

I anticipated the first volume of Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju with a mixture of joy and dread. Nick Creamer, one of my favorite contemporary critics, had recommended the anime adaptation’s first season with great enthusiasm, but not without reservation. “The larger than life... …Read more  »