Demon Sacred Volume 3
Demon Sacred Volume 3 by Natsumi Itsuki I absolutely love this series. The third volume wasn’t quite as crazy as the first two, but some good stuff happens. We get to see melancholy teen idol Keito’s...
View ArticleMade in Heaven: Kazemichi and Juri
Made in Heaven: Kazemichi and Made in Heaven: Juri by Ami Sakurai and Yukari Yashiki Since I am a woman in her 30s I tend to cherish any manga that I stumble across that looks like it is aimed towards...
View ArticleGatcha Gacha Volumes 5 and 6
Now that the final volume has come out, I’m catching up with the last half of the series. The more I read of Gatcha Gacha, the more I like it. It combines a certain gleeful trashiness with some...
View ArticleSkyblue Shore Volumes 1 and 2
Are hot janitors a Thing? After reading Dengeki Daisy and Skyblue Shore, which both feature handsome yet tortured twentysomething janitors, I am now convinced that anyone who wants to find cute men in...
View ArticleButterfly Volume 1
I’m probably much harder to please with monster-hunting manga than any other subgenre. There’s just so much of it, it usually has to be both outstanding and irresistible to really catch my attention....
View ArticleYaoi Quick Takes from Blumanga – Cute Devil and Blood Honey
Cute Devil by Hiro Madarame Tohru is the strong silent type. He wears glasses and serves in the student council. One day a boy with an angelic face named Fuuta asks if he’ll be his friend. Due to...
View ArticleGatcha Gacha Volumes 7 and 8
I’ve procrastinated writing about the last couple volumes of Gatcha Gacha because I didn’t really want this series to end. In a world filled with cookie cutter shoujo, this series is genuinely weird,...
View ArticleDemon Sacred #4, Shinobi Life #7, and Karakuri Odette #6
Ah, the last volumes of series published by Tokyopop. I can’t help but feel wistful when I think about not being able to read the end of these series. And since a decent number of volumes for both of...
View ArticleStellar Six of Gingacho Volume 2 by Yuuki Fujimoto
Stellar Six of Gingacho Volume 2 by Yuuki Fujimoto One of the things I found so frustrating about Tokyopop going down the tubes as a manga publisher is that it had really started to increase the...
View ArticleLegal Drug by Clamp
Legal Drug Volumes 1-3 by Clamp I was happy to see that Manga Bookshelf was hosting a Manga Moveable Feast on Clamp, because X/1999 was one of the titles that cemented my status as a fan when I started...
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