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Reader’s Corner: Dracula’s on the Night Shift! (Vol. 1), Unholy Blood (Vol. 4), and Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion (Vol. 8)
Heroes? We’ve got that. Female leads? We’ve got that, too. Villainesses? Indeed. Vampires? We’ve got a double dose! This week’s column features all that and more! Dig into…
Bringing Otaku Ministries Together at NCMU 2024
NCMS 2024 is in the books! A week ago, I asked for your prayers as Jake (one of our writers and our small group overseer) and I made…
Fanart Friday, Too: Kyomoto Looks Back
Look Back is now streaming! If you haven’t watched it yet, we strongly encourage you, too. It is a fantastic short film! If you don’t have Amazon Prime,…
Fanart Friday: Jinx (and Arcane) Returns!
Who here has been watching season two of Arcane? I haven’t—but I’ve heard great things, including from our own Twitch streamer, Whit! ★ 【宇暮】 「 Jinx💙 」 ☆…
Reader’s Corner: Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece, Solo Leveling (Vol. 10), X-Men: The Manga: Remastered (Vol. 1), and Oshi no Ko (Vol. 6)
This week’s Reader’s Corner is full of really cool releases, including a new edition of a classic X-Men manga; one-shots from Oda Eiichiro; the newest volume of Steel…
See You at the Nerd Culture Ministry Summit!
Good morning, otaku! Today I’m bound for an awesome convention hosted at a…castle? No, I’m not flying to Europe—to Colorado, actually. Digital missionaries from all over the count…
Fanart Friday, Too: Frieren & Himmel x Konosuba?!
I…I just can’t. Hehe. Frieren as Megumin (yes!) and Himmel as Darkness (WHAT? Hehe) somehow feels precisely right! ★ 【SydusArts】 「 frieren x konosuba 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission…
Fanart Friday: Ayase & Okarun—Your New Shonen Heroes
Have you been watching Dandadan? If you get past the sometimes creepy levels of fanservice, I think you’ll find the series to be a burst of humor, warmth,…
The Power of God and Anime, Episode 10: Naruto, Jesus, and Right Motivations
How do you react when someone expresses some incredible gift or talent? Does it motivate you to grow your own skills? And does it matter if that motivation…
Reader’s Corner: A Sign of Affection (Vol. 10), Sheltering Eaves (Vol. 1), and You and I Are Polar Opposites (Vol. 3)
Fantasy and romance come alive this week in Reader’s Corner (and an assassin couple, too!). Check out our reviews on brand new series like Beware the Villainess and…
A Sign of Affection, Honey Lemon Soda, I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Jesus Otaku Journalist
We had the privilege of covering Anime Expo once again this year. T.R. Racki, who has graciously volunteered to cover Anime Expo for us on an annual basis,…
Oh, Those Anime Fireworks…
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Fireworks, My Dress-Up Darling, One Week Friends, Plastic Memories, Teasing Master Takagi-san
First Impression: Tomorrow’s Joe/Ashita no Joe
Japan, 1968. The story opens with a young man trudging along a dirt track across a meadow that is otherwise empty except for the scattered heaps of illegally…
Fanart Friday, Too: Striking Jujutsu
These black-and-white illustrations of Jujutsu Kaisen characters are just stunning! Have you kept up with the anime? Did you finish the manga? ★ 【Uki】 「 呪術のいろいろ 」 ☆…
Fanart Friday: Luce vs. Dracula
We chatted earlier this week about Luce, the Vatican’s new kawaii mascot. The fanart came out fast and furiously after her reveal—and here’s one of our favorites, a…
From the New World: Bloodstained Memories
“Let me disclose the gifts reserved for age/ To set a crown upon your lifetime’s effort. / First, the cold friction of expiring sense / Without enchantment, offering…
Envisioning a Bright Future for All Otaku
Just this week, the Vatican brought out a brand-new mascot to represent the Church’s upcoming year. Named “Luce” (“light” in Italian), the cute character caught a ton …
Reader’s Corner: Spooky Halloween Edition!
Happy (almost) Halloween, all you scary readers out there! We don’t review a whole lot of horror on Reader’s Corner, but we have a few that quality (or…
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Lycoris Recoil
Fanart Friday: A Princess Mononoke Halloween
The fantastical imagery in many Studio Ghibli films makes them ripe for artists to take and interpret with similarly imaginative themes, like those represented in Halloween! Check out…
Reader’s Corner: Days With My Stepsister (Vol. 1), Itaewon Class (Vol. 3), and Horimiya (Vol. 17)
There are a lot of questions in the volumes we’re reviewing this week: Will Akane win in the final round of the tournament? Is Days with My Stepsister…
First Impression: Blue Miburo
On a bright summer day, a bunch of kids runs to Nagakura-sensei, asking him for stories about the shinsengumi, the elite warriors of the last sword era, the…
Fanart Friday, Too: Okarun, Go!
I admit it—I thought Dandadan might be a little too out there to become the “next big thing,” especially in the hands of a super creative studio like…
Fanart Friday: Sixteen Years of Taiga
The Toradora anime started airing sixteen years ago this month in 2016. If I have my calendar right, in a few days time all those years ago, you’d…
Let’s Donate Manga to the Carolina Manga Library!
I want to introduce you all today to a fun thing we did and a really cool non-profit! Carolina Manga Library is a traveling library that “was started…
Reader’s Corner: Laid-Back Camp (Vol. 15), Dandadan (Vol. 9), and Usotoki Rhetoric (Vol. 9)
We have some very cool releases to talk about this week! Our reviews include a couple volumes of series we love that haven’t had new releases in about…
DAN DA DAN, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Laid-Back Camp, A Condition Called Love
First Impression: Demon Lord 2099
The hero and the demon lord are facing off in the final battle to decide the war between good and evil, humanity and immortals gifted with magic. The…
First Impression: Dragon Ball DAIMA
Demon King Gomah and his pal Degesu watch Dragon Ball Z, specifically the Majin Buu arc. Afterward, they decide to go to Earth to use its Dragon Balls…
Fanart Friday, Too: Lovely Marcille
New season of Dungeon Meshi coming…when? ★ 【vafa】 「 マルシル ー ダンジョン飯 」 ☆ reprinted w/permission
Fanart Friday: Seasonal Miku
Four seasons of Miku! ★ 【Matcha_】 「 四季ノ音 」 ☆ *all illustrations are reprinted w/permission
The Power of God and Anime, Episode 9: Wait on the Lord, Umaru-chan!
It’s been well documented (and you’ve probably experienced the same) that we live in a now culture, where we not only desire instant gratification but become upset if…
First Impression: The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor
Is this a dream? Or was her imprisonment and death the dream? No, Jill Cervel decides—neither is true. Instead, she’s been given a chance at a “do-over.” Jill’s…
First Impression: HAIGAKURA
Ichiyo is a “Kashi,” a shaman who uses dance and music to capture gods in his sacred beads, known as “Sai.” But among all the Kashi, Ichiyo is…
First Impression: A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!
Haruaki Abe badly wants to be a schoolteacher, but within the first thirty minutes of his first day of work a delinquent welcomes him with “What the hell…
Reader’s Corner: Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite (Vol. 1), Spider-Man: Octo-Girl (Vol. 1), and The Boy I Loved Became the Jaded Emperor (Vol. 1)
Welcome to Reader’s Corner, our weekly column where we review manga, manhwa, and light novels and let you know which to try out and which to skip. This…
First Impression: Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii
Yoshino is the beautiful granddaughter of a Yakuza boss. She lives a normal life in Osaka until her grandfather brings up her love life (or the lack thereof).…
First Impression: Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, Season 2
As bold, colorful lights stream down from the heavens, Aishia, Rio’s contracted spirit, feels a spiritual jolt to her soul; there’s no doubt that something monumental is happening,…
First Impression: Nina the Starry Bride
A golden-eyed king charges a prisoner girl with treason against the Crown, and she begs him (in her thoughts?) to look at her one last time. Cue the…
First Impression: Puniru is a Kawaii Slime
When Kotaro Kawaii (!) was a little kid, he learned from his favorite show to make slime by mixing borax solution with laundry starch. The newly created slime,…
First Impression: Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru (My Wife Has Become an Elementary Schooler)
Keisuke Niijima used to be a productive salaryman on the sales team; he used to have a little joie de vivre too, as did his adult daughter, Mai.…
First Impression: The Healer Who Was Banished from His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest
The Healer Who Was Banished from His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest, so why is he known around town as “Laust the Ignoramus”? Why is he walking…
First Impression: You Are Ms. Servant
In his own words, Hitoyoshi Yokoya is an average sophomore high school student. He has been having the house to himself for a while, which has resulted in…
First Impression: Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
Rafal is a child prodigy in the 15th century in a country named P, at a time when people thought differently about many things. Back then, theology was…
First Impression: Ranma 1/2
It’s “somewhere in Tokyo in the 80s” and sisters Kasumi, Nabiki, and Akane hear some shocking news. Their father, the head of the family dojo, will marry one…
First Impression: Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Season 2
After LLENN, her beloved gun P-chan, and her teammate place second in the Second Squad Jam in the VRMMO Gun Gale Online, what is there left for her…
Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer
University buddies Tokiwa, Hagi, and Asagi are a little nervous. They’re about to go to their first grown-up mixer, at the invitation of a cute girl, Suo-san, no…
First Impression: The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians
When the sun sets over the violet fields, thousands of bubbles fly up and get lost in the sky. Little Kurumi is excited about seeing Copern’s Comet. The…
First Impression: Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.
Kana Sakuragi is a new graduate looking for employment. She’s carefully prepared and a diligent worker, but unfortunately, she’s not the on-the-spot thinker that her potential employers…
Fanart Friday, Too: Frieren and Aura Ready for Battle
How do you make one of the most epic scenes of recent anime even more so? Artist 粉帮老大 finds a way! ★ 【粉帮老大】 「 the castle // aura…
Fanart Friday: Death Note Anniversary
Today marks the 18th anniversary of the premiere of the Death Note anime. My oh my, how time flies! Did you watch the series when it came out?…
First Impression: Negative Positive Angler
No luck. That’s how Sasaki Tsunehiro’s life goes. He’s in heavy debt that keeps accumulating, spends his days in a rut playing Pachinko, and apparently, sometimes attempting suici…