My first review of 2017 is live now at Girls in Capes! Tohyo Game (literally “Voting Game”) is a horror story in the vein of King’s Game: Origin and Another set among second-year high school students (equivalent to American high school juniors) in contemporary Japan. In one class, students vote for other students’ popularity — and the onesContinue reading “New review at Girls in Capes: Tohyo Game, Vol. 1”
Category Archives: Comics & Manga Reviews
New review at Girls in Capes: Puella Magi Suzune Magica, vol. 1
I’m really excited about this series! Puella Magi Suzune Magica is a story of a magical girl assassin set in the world of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, a magical girl anime that aired in 2011. The titular character of the spinoff is a “magical girl” assassin in both senses of the phrase: she’s a magicalContinue reading “New review at Girls in Capes: Puella Magi Suzune Magica, vol. 1”
Manga Review: So Cute It Hurts!! Vol. 1
I’ve got a new review of the gender-bender shojo romance SO CUTE IT HURTS!! up over at Girls in Capes! As a shojo romance reader, I thought that his manga was very endearing and sweet, and I appreciated that the couples in the book feel very fresh as opposed to some of the really, reallyContinue reading “Manga Review: So Cute It Hurts!! Vol. 1”
Read or Drop? Rinne Vol. 1-5
When I reviewed Food Wars!, I mentioned that I’m not typically a huge shounen series lover – with the exception of all work by Rumiko Takahashi, the mangaka of series like Inuyasha and Ranma ½. Rinne, Takahashi’s newest manga, revisits many of the same themes addressed in both series I mentioned, and that thrills meContinue reading “Read or Drop? Rinne Vol. 1-5”
Read or Drop? Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Vol. 1-4
Typically, I’m not the biggest shounen series reader. I didn’t really enjoy Bleach when I tried it, and neither Naruto nor Death Note have really ever been my speed. I’ve enjoyed Inuyasha, sure, and just about everything else by Rumiko Takahashi — but usually shounen’s not my bag. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma is aContinue reading “Read or Drop? Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Vol. 1-4”
Feliza Casano 