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Bonding Over Katanas

So I've been reading the one manga that seems to be memed on a lot, Kagurabachi. While I enjoyed the action so far, I think about its premise…

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Just Be

I'm taking a little break from the manga posting to say something important. The holidays are here and I know people are saying things like "It's time to be…

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The Yakuza’s Bias - A Hilarious Community Experience

"These stans are nuttier than yakuza!" If there's one manga that made me go "Wow, I wonder if I'm just like the main character of this series!," it's most…

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Anime NYC 2023 - I Still Have a Place

What a weekend. Anime NYC 2023 just ended and while there were a few things I didn't like, I really enjoyed my time there this year. And more…

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Off to Anime NYC 2023

It's that time of year again. Off to another Anime NYC this weekend. Unfortunately, I'm going through some stuff physically, so I probably will not be attending everything I…

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Some Pain Is Healthy

I know the saying, "Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional." is cliched as hell, but there's a bunch of truth to it. The thing is some pain is…

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Enjoy the Tumbling

For those who don't know, Tumblr is becoming more of a sinking ship as business executives aren't sure on how to grow the platform anymore. It's going to…

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Starting the Second Half of My Life

I'm officially 41 now. Unlike last year when I turned 40, I actually celebrated with the people I care about and love. I ate well, played mahjong well and…

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It’s Okay to Be the Way You Are

One time, I showed up to a mahjong meetup and my club leader "How was I doing?" since I hadn't shown up in a while. I kind of…

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At Least Let the Love Remain

I wonder. How many of you have met someone you loved due to your fandom and thought those were the best days of your life? What could be…

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It’s Okay to Still Be a Crybaby

Source: Kindergarten WARS, Chapter 50 If you've been through a lot, you definitely deserve a hug and compassion from anyone who cares. It's not your fault. Also, I know there…

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Given - Wanting to be Heard Loud and Clear

"If one day you woke up, and the person you love was suddenly gone from this world, how would that make you feel? How would you describe it?" While…

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Thoughts on the Fragmentation of Fandom

Now that summer pop culture convention season is over, it's time to reflect as we're slowly heading to another year. This year, I really got into K-Pop via 4th-generation…

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Where’s the Proper Place to Find Yourself?

For anyone who has read Akane-banashi recently, this is arguably one of the best developments of the story in a series full of great ones. Our heroine, Akane Ousaki/Arakawa,…

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The Most Joy I’ve Felt in a Long Time

23 years ago around this time, I was diagnosed with clinical depression and contemplating suicide. Although I got help, I didn't feel like I got better in terms…

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The Farm as a Place of Healing - Vinland Saga

A while back when I was researching the clubhouse model for mental health, I found out that the clubhouse I visited in New York City had their very…

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I Feel Like a Girl and Damn Proud of It

“Although I was a boy, I liked cute things like hamsters and stuffed animals, but in elementary school, for the first time, I was told, "Those are for…

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It’s Okay to Do Nothing

I think almost all of us can agree that we wish we had time to stop being productive for the sake of being productive. For all the years I've…

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We can’t all be physically strong as Vikings, but we can be tenacious and resilient as they are when…

The convention scene this summer has been fun to read about so far. Many popular guests have shown up with the crowds to back them up. With COVID…

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Absolutely one of the best manga reads of 2023 by far.

While friendships are fun, they sometimes can be very scary. There often will be tense moments of potential conflict where one doesn't know how to address it. Neither…

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Kowloon Generic Romance - A Perspective from a Cantonese-Speaking Person

After reading Mangasplaining’s great interview with Jun Mayuzuki and hearing a lot about the series, I jumped into the 1st 3 volumes of Kowloon Generic Romance. As someone…

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The Spiral Can Become a Helix

Masashi Kishimoto picked a good time to draw Naruto once again with his new one-shot, The Whorl Within the Spiral. The one-shot explores the parents of Naruto Uzumaki, Minato…

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A Thought On Talking to Someone Who Wants to End It All

Goodbye, Eri finally came in print a couple of weeks ago and people who missed out on last year’s digital release got to see how great this one-shot…

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Don’t Choose the Community That Zombifies You

As much as I preach community, I know not every community has the best intentions. I also know there’s a balance between needing to be loved versus wanting…

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A Shout-Out to the “Manga in Libraries” Guide

For those who don’t know, I’m a fan of borrowing manga from my local library. I’m very thankful that I’m in a situation where my library has managed…

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Thinking About the “Othering” of Japanese Media

For those who keep up with Japanese video games, you may have heard comments from a prominent Japanese video game producer about how a certain term labeling a…

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Relationships Over Events in Manga and Life

I just finished reading the 2nd volume of Paru Itagaki’s Beast Complex (a collection of short stories about the Beastars universe) and Itagaki wrote a thought-provoking (or not,…

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Medalist - The Best Manga (Almost) No One Is Reading

“I want to strongly believe I can do it. I hate how much I know about the no-good side of me. I want to be more like the…

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Anko Uguisu’s Past (Call of the Night) - Finding Peace in the Night

Shonen Sunday titles have gotten a lot of popularity over the past few years and one of its stand-out titles is Kotoyama’s Call of the Night, a comedy-drama…

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It’s Hard to Talk About Everything Regarding Suicide

I want to start off by saying that I’m glad Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari’s Oshi no Ko has blown up in popularity. However, as I noted a year…

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Chifuyu Matsuno - The First Line of Support

I wanted to give a shoutout to one of my favorite supporting characters over the past couple of years, Chifuyu Matsuno of Tokyo Revengers (who won the 2022…

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Cry When It’s Hard

Over the past couple of months, I experienced some personal grief over the loss of relationships. It was somewhat long overdue. I thought I was ready to handle…

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HIRAETH - The Middle and The End of It All

Continuing where I left off months ago, it’s time to explore the last two volumes of Yuhki Kamatani’s HIRAETH - The End of the Journey. The ending does…

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Chainsaw Man Volume 13 - Justifying Desperation

“I’m gonna get rid of your bullying problem. Don’t come to school tomorrow.” This was a somewhat chilling turn of events. Chainsaw Man Volume 13 continues to pick up…

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You Can Get Bored With Manga

About a month ago, I discovered this video on my manga Twitter feed. As much as I love manga, I have started becoming bored with manga at times since…

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You Don’t Have to Destroy to Be Great

When I heard that Terrible Tornado, a huge favorite character of ONE’s One-Punch Man, got some good development in the web-comic after the Monster Association storyline, I was…

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Manga Over Schooling

I’m sure there’s many of us who really dislike school. We dread going to school for all kinds of reasons. Even though education is important, the social structure…

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Fan Stranger, Not Danger

It’s about time for fan convention season and that means fans going out to events once more to celebrate their fandom. Even though COVID still lingers, the convention…

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International Women’s Day - Pay Attention to the Magademy Award Female Nominees

I haven’t really talked about this, but last year, a Japanese digital bookstore called BookLive started a cool yearly awards event held in March called the Magademy Awards.…

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Staying Humble and Young at Heart as a Manga Fan

So I found out about an event that happened around Anime NYC weekend last year that involved Crunchyroll working with a organization dedicated to teaching manga literacy to…

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13 Years

Guess Friday the 13th is good for me today, huh? Today marks 13 years of this blog running, counting the years I was Manga Therapy. I really don’t have much…

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This Manga Is For Anyone Who Struggles So Hard With Dating

I got to read Meiko Hiranishi’s The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend and I will say that this was one of the validating manga I’ve ever read…

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Wotakoi - Coming Out vs. Concealment for Otaku

When it comes to identifying yourself as a nerd/otaku/geek, there hasn’t been a better time to do so. We’re in the age where geeks have inherited the Earth…

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Sensei’s Pious Lie - Volume 4 Omnibus

“Simply having faith in another person’s heart is harder than I imagined. As hard as believing in yourself. But it’s only through that belief that people can prove…

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The Coolest Boy Is the Depressed One - You and I Are Polar Opposites

A new romantic-comedy manga focused on total attraction of the opposite kind has gotten the attention of manga fans over the world. Kocha Agasawa’s You and I Are…

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What If I Was Born in a Different Time Period?

Around November last year, I hit the big 40. It was a big deal and there were good people who acknowledged my birthday. As an anime/manga fan for…

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Sensei’s Pious Lie - Volume 3 Omnibus

“If you’re going to call this feeling something like love, you might as well call it what it is: power. Impossibly foolish, ferocious, an unstoppable juggernaut.” Love just got…

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Manga I Enjoyed in 2022

Happy New Year, everyone! I know this is somewhat late, but better late than never. I originally wanted to do this in a video format like I did…

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The Danger of Being Myopic - Akane-banashi

“Unless you want to judge her future without seeing what she’s so passionate about...but that would be myopic, wouldn’t it?” In many anime/manga series featuring a high school setting,…

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Cool Japan Has No Community

Years before I started blogging about manga, I was somewhat involved in the promotion of Japanese culture in New York City. At the time, anime and manga were…

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