by Matt Morrison | Nov 8, 2019 |
Takuma Akutsu has had a hard life. Cursed since childhood with a face that only a mother could love, his classmates fear him and refer to him as “the demon.” Throw in the fact that his grim visage seems to attract the attention of thugs looking for a fight, and it is...
by Johanna | Aug 30, 2019 |
Yaoi, or boy love, as a genre can fall into the trap of too many tropes and not enough originality. This is not the case with Isaku Natsume’s manga series, Candy Color Paradox. In fact, her work is a breath of fresh air, combining an adorable romance with a compelling...
by Jerry Dear | Mar 21, 2019 |
What happens when a carefree, food-loving student with a huge appetite befriends another student with a hearing disability? This is the basis of Yuki Fumino’s I Hear the Sunspot, a heartfelt manga that dramatizes the intimate friendship between two college guys whose...
by Matt Morrison | Jul 7, 2017 |
Tadaomi Shirotani suffers from severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The skin on his hands is rubbed raw from frequent hand-washing, despite him always wearing gloves. Simple pleasures like browsing in a bookstore are foreign to Shirotani, who can’t stand the thought...
by Allen Kesinger | Apr 19, 2017 |
The adventures of high schooler-turned-demon Issei Hyoudou continue as his mistress Rias Gremory and the students of Kouh Academy’s Occult Research Club bear witness to revelations that threaten the world’s very existence. Those that have made it this far know...
by Allen Kesinger | Apr 17, 2017 |
Kuroko Koumori is the kind of woman who’d give Dexter a run for his money. Hired on as a State Sponsored Executioner, Kuroko enjoys her gig as a killer of killers and employs her favored sadistic streak against criminals deemed too extreme for ordinary...
by Allen Kesinger | Jan 2, 2017 |
The first volume of Prison School made a huge impact on me. I came to the series cold and the premise didn’t seem especially unique; other manga have featured a former all-girls school that opens its doors to a small squad of desperate, hormonal young men hoping to...
by Allen Kesinger | Dec 30, 2016 |
Prison School is a bizarre and absurdly funny comedy of errors, and after I read through the first volume of this series, I decided it was one of the best things I’d read all year. The premise seems fairly innocuous: four male transfer students are sent to...
by Garrett Gottschalk | Jun 14, 2016 |
After several notable victories against an evil organization, in addition to his regular defense of City Z against monstrous threats, Saitama is positive that he will finally start to receive the recognition he deserves. Instead, he has only earned a warning that...
