花野井くんと恋の病, Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai Genre: Romance, School Life Written By: Megumi Morino Publisher: Kodansha Magazine: Dessert Volumes: 12 Summary Sixteen-year-old Hotaru has always been ambivalent about romance. So when she sees her schoolmate, Hananoi-kun, sitting alone in the snow after a messy, public breakup, she thinks nothing of offering to share her umbrella. But when he…
Category: Manga Review
Endigo Society #1 Manga Review [Indie Spotlight]
Endigo Society Genre: Action, Superhero Written By: Norwick Robinson Illustration By: Mikhail Sebastian Volumes: 1 This week’s edition of Indie Spotlight will focus on the indie manga Endigo Society which is a black indie manga created by Norwick Robinson. Summary Humanity has always been intrigued by the many puzzling mysteries of the universe. One of the…
Chainsaw Man Vol. 6 Manga Review
チェンソーマン, Chensō Man Genre: Action, Comedy, Dark Horror, Fantasy Written By: Tatsuki Fujimoto Publisher: Shueisha/Viz Media Magazine: Weekly Shonen Jump Volumes: 13 Summary This week’s manga Monday focuses on CSM. So far we’ve come to a point where I have no idea where the story is going yet. We’ve met a variety of characters but they just…
Boys Run The Riot Vol. 2 Manga Review
ボーイズ・ラン・ザ・ライオット, Bōizu Ran za Raiotto Genre: Coming-of-age, Drama, LGBTQ, School Life, Seinen Written By: Keito Gaku Publisher: Kodansha Magazine: Weekly Young Jump Volumes: 4 Summary This volume focused more on Boys Run The Riot developing their brand more as well as Watari is trying to see if he’s able to come out to others. It’s a very bumpy…
Blue Flag Vol. 1 Manga Review
青のフラッグ, Ao no Furaggu Genre: Drama, Romance, Slife-of-Life Written By: KAITO Publisher: Shueisha Magazine: Shonen Jump Volumes: 8 Manga Monday was almost about to turn into ‘Reading Wednesday’ but I pushed through to get this post out today. This week, we’ll be diving into possibly my second favorite high school series of the year (Blue Box has stolen…
Sweat and Soap Vol. 2 Manga Review
あせとせっけん, Ase to Sekken Genre: Romantic Comedy, Slice-of-Life Written By: Kintetsu Yamada Publisher: Kodansha Magazine: D Morning, Morning Volumes: 11 Happy Manga Monday once again! This week we dive into the second volume of Sweat and Soap. I couldn’t wait to read more of this series. Just the premise is unique to me. There are some moments that…
Chainsaw Man Manga Vol. 5 Review
チェンソーマン, Chensō Man Genre: Action, Comedy, Dark Horror, Fantasy Written By: Tatsuki Fujimoto Publisher: Shueisha/Viz Media Magazine: Weekly Shonen Jump Volumes: 13 SUmmary It’s Maaaaaaanga Mondaaaaaay. If you’re watching (or have finished) the first half of Chainsaw Man, you probably have seen some of the events in this volume. Luckily enough it does go beyond so there’s…
Boys Run The Riot Vol. 1 Manga Review
ボーイズ・ラン・ザ・ライオット, Bōizu Ran za Raiotto Genre: Coming-of-age, Drama, LGBTQ, School Life, Seinen Written By: Keito Gaku Publisher: Kodansha Magazine: Weekly Young Magazine, Comic Days Volumes: 4 It’s Manga Monday once again and today I am coming with another new series I started. This one is very heavily inspired by the author, who is also a transgender man, and…
Sweat and Soap Vol. 1 Manga Review
Ase to Sekken, あせとせっけん Genre: Romantic Comedy, Slice of life, Seinen Written By: Kintetsu Yamada Publisher: Kodansha Magazine: D Morning/Morning Volumes: 11 It’s Manga Monday!!! Any time there is a manga where the main character isn’t so perfect and well put together, I’m on board. People often describe me as a ‘realistic’ person because I don’t live…
Chainsaw Man Manga Vol. 4 Review
Chensō Man, チェンソーマン Genre: Action, Comedy Horror, Dark Fantasy Written By: Tatsuki Fujimoto Publisher: Shueisha/Viz Media Magazine: Weekly Shonen Jump Volumes: 11 Summary Hey everyone, it’s been a loooooong time. I apologize for that but between work getting busy and my birthday, I could barely find time to sit down and type, edit, and post. However, I didn’t…