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Mr. Villain’s Day Off is a short, quirky manga about a nameless villain who wants to take over Earth and destroy all humans. But we don’t really see him on his evil days. We see him on his days off, when he might go shop …Read more »
Horror at Doll’s Village opens with the characters in the midst of a bloody nightmare. Then it backtracks to a group of high schoolers in a bus, going to spend some time in the country. It’s just for a few days, in a place without …Read more »
Homunculus is a creepy and intriguing manga. The main character, Nakoshi Susumu, is living out of his car and hanging out with a group of homeless people. He tells the homeless people different things about himself, so no one knows when he’s lying or telling …Read more »
Papa and Daddy’s Home Cooking is a relaxed, slice-of-life manga involving families and food. The two main characters, Sengoku and Harumi, are suddenly in positions of being single fathers to young children. Sengoku’s ex shows up with a daughter he didn’t know existed and leaves …Read more »
The popular anime My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999 wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the original manga series by Mashiro, which is available in America exclusively through Mangamo. In fact, My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 is one of the manga app’s …Read more »
Manga about idols are usually about glitz, glamour and romance. Oshi no Ko, on the other hand, is about the dark side of the entertainment industry, and it’s good for the creators to have the bravery to show it like it is. That said, Oshi …Read more »
Vertical manga is hot right now, so more companies are getting in on the action as quickly as they can. One such company is WIT Studio, the anime production house known for the first few Attack on Titan seasons, co-production on SPY x FAMILY and …Read more »
Content Warning: Suicide The manga and anime adaptation of Oshi no Ko is supposed to be about the more unpleasant parts of being in the entertainment business, and for Kyoko Kimura, mother of former reality TV star Hana Kimura, the sixth episode hit close to home. …Read more »
Centaurs is a medieval fantasy where centaurs live in Japan and are used by humans in war. Matsukaze, the protagonist, is a large, powerful centaur who is captured by humans while trying to protect his son. Taken into captivity, he soon learns that centaurs often …Read more »
BL and yaoi are known for sharing stories of forbidden love, but with The Scene of My Rumspringa, it goes for an extra forbidden relationship: love between men among the Amish. Theodore, AKA “Theo,” is a handsome young Amishman who’s finally begun his Rumspringa some …Read more »
The Parallel World Pharmacy manga is an adaptation of an original light novel series. The story starts out with Kanji Yakutani, a revered medical researcher who keeps himself insanely busy with work, and who is haunted that nothing could be done to save his younger …Read more »
Miyuki Miyabe’s Mishimaya Hencho Hyaku Monogatari (Mishimaya’s Strange Ghost Stories) novel series is being adapted into a new format. Kadokawa’s Comic Bridge publication just launched the first chapter of a manga adaptation by Fukusuke Miyamoto with the first chapter now available to read in Japan. …Read more »
An anime adaptation is officially on the way for Shizuki Fujisawa’s Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon-Kyodai (Youth Story of a Family) manga, which has been running in the pages of Shogakukan’s Betsucomi magazine since 2018. According to the recently-launched website, Natsume’s Book of Friends studio Shuka …Read more »
Loving Yamada at Lv999!, which has a brand-new anime adaptation titled My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999, opens with Akane being dumped by her boyfriend. She’s spent a ton of time gaming lately because he’s a gamer, only to find that couldn’t cement her …Read more »
Plus-sized Misadventures in Love! is a charming, original manga that rises above the usual formulas, and not just because the heroine looks different. At the beginning, the main character, Yumeko, is miserable. But after a serious bump to her head, everything changes. In real life, …Read more »
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