Content warning: this manga depicts attempted rape and physical/sexual abuse of a child. Kasane was written and illustrated by Daruma Matsuura as her debut work. The manga was serialized in seinen publication Evening from 2013 to 2018. The manga received… Read More ›
Manga
With our eight plus years of experience, we delve deep into the manga abyss.
Again!! Review: Time Keeps on Slipping
Oendan is the Japanese term for a sports cheering squad present at high schools and universities. In contrast to the pom-pom wielding cheerleaders of the West, oendan is stereotypically depicted as hot-blooded, gakuran-clad, boisterous performers who rile up their home… Read More ›
Sukedachi 09 Review: Assistor 009
Edginess is a recurring problem I’ve seen from time to time in certain shounen titles that are aiming for the 16+ or 17+ age demographic. The titles in question often fall within a difficult region wherein they attempt to tell… Read More ›
In Clothes Called Fat Review: Hungry Like the Wolf
Understanding cultural context when consuming media created in other countries is a concept I’ve really learned to keep in mind in the past few years. In particular, learning about the collectivist culture prevalent in many East Asian cultures has helped… Read More ›
The Flowers of Evil Review: A Rose by Any Other Name
Stories about psychological drama tend to be my bread-and-butter with regards to anime and manga, but I’ve realized over the years that it’s a genre with its own set of noticeable issues. Namely, a pattern where series that fall under… Read More ›
5 Centimeters per Second Review: Also the Speed at Which My Patience is Dropping
5 Centimeters per Second is an adaptation of the Makoto Shinkai film of the same name. Shinkai is well-known for his various film works which feature highly detailed animation and background work; some notable pieces in his filmography include Voices… Read More ›
Octopus Girl Review: The “Modern Girl” Is A Crazy Killer
Back in the far flung past of 2011; I was binge reading a ton of manga by famed horror mangaka, faux-snuff film writer, and modern samurai Hideshi Hino. My university library, a place normally used by me to bum time… Read More ›
Olympos Review: The Beautiful People
Although I’ve maintained a moderate interest in Greek mythology since I was in elementary school, I’ve never cared to consume adaptations of said mythos that would place the stories in alternative settings or alter the stories themselves to create a… Read More ›
List of Titles Shown at A-Kon 2014
Here is a list of all the titles and some extra information on what we covered at A-Kon 2014. For those cool people who are new to the site, we added hyperlinks to the specific titles that we have reviewed in… Read More ›
A•TOMCAT Review: Yo Dog! Heard You Liked Meta!
Astro Boy, a beloved character spanning generations since his premier in 1952, is the flagship and most iconic of all of Osamu Tezuka’s creations. In high school, I had the luck of having fellow writer Franklin Raines as a… Read More ›
The Book of Human Insects Review: More Like a Pesky Mosquito
Originally published in 1970, Osamu Tezuaka’s The Book of Human Insects ran in Akita Shoten’s Play Comic magazine along with other manga titles like Leiji Matsumoto’s Space Pirate Captain Harlock. Human Insects falls under Osamu Tezuka’s adult-oriented and gekiga-inspired 60’s-70’s… Read More ›
Utsubora – The Story of A Novelist Review: Some People Could Call Being Mysterious A Personality
Utsubora (full title: Utsubora The Story of A Novelist) was created by Asumiko Nakamura, a crazy talented mangaka known for a ton of untranslated Yaoi manga that I doubt most of you reading have heard of like Middle School, Third… Read More ›
7 Billion Needles Review: Socially Impaired Teenager Meets Aliens, Hilarity Ensues
As Franklin just loves to constantly remind me, I am not an avid reader of science-fiction. This doesn’t mean I don’t like it, as some of my favorite stories draw from both sci-fi and fantasy like A Certain Magical Index,… Read More ›