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Is Kagurabachi Good?
Started off mid, gets noticeably better when they battle to retrieve Cloud Gouger. Still not worth the glazing tho. The mangaka is literally learning on the job, and…
Tsuruko Returns The Favor | Shonen Jump+ Age Gap Romance
Like candy or sorority girls, you’ll get sore $*€k1|% on them for too long. Tsuruko Returns The Favour is sweet. Too sweet, that it’s starting to taste sour.…
Shadow Eliminators is on Cancel Watch
Another urban fantasy exorcist manga, another victim of Axe-Kun. It smells like final days, but I’d like to see this one go for four volumes. I think it…
Witch Enforcer is Not Good
The plot is too slow for the premise, and the characters are too dull for their design. Another underbaked Jump+ manga. These are a dime a dozen. Not…
Girl Meets Rock | School Life + Band Drama = Instant Classic!
Chihiro needs an Equipboard page. I was listening to One OK Rock just before recording, so I mix up the titles, lol. Please, check out this manga. It’s…
Shojo Null isn’t good…
It’s like if someone read Akira and Elden Leid back to back, then decided to make a manga with their friend who’s REALLY into Doctor Who.
Gachiakuta is a Garbage Battle Shonen
I feel very conflicted with Kei Urania’s talent. I think she has something, but it isn’t coming through on this god-awful series. Gachiakuta is shakier than Michael J.…
Sai Disappearance | How to Portray Grief in a Shonen Manga | Weekly Shonen Jump Greatest Hits
Hikaru No Go tells a stellar coming-of-age story about a young boy inhabited by an ancient spirit, who teaches him the joys of the board game Go. It…
Soul Society | Tite Kubo’s Meteoric Ascent to Stardom | Weekly Shonen Jump Greatest Hits
Tite Kubo is a household name today, but in the early 2000’s, he was still just a hot shot mangaka with a bone to pick after his last…
The BEST Rom-Com Manga of 2024!? | Hope You’re Happy, Lemon
I haven’t felt this warm and fuzzy since Even If You Slit My Mouth. Hope You’re Happy, Lemon is a manga that is recommended reading for everyone. Maybe…
RogersBase got Tilted by One Piece Twitter
Poor Roger :’( The One Piece fans just don’t UNDERSTAND how he feels :’(.
Animal Man | Grant Morrison’s Meta-Narrative Masterpiece
Grant Morrison’s run on Animal Man set the bar for creative writing for 90s comics. Released during an era where creators were redefining what comics were (Frank Miller…
Sufferents made a bad video…
We’re living in a great time of entertainment. Television has never been better. Basketball has become global. Vina Sky is coming out of retirement and cult classic manga…
Battle City | Kazuki Takahashi’s Gaming Masterpiece | Weekly Shonen Jump Greatest Hits
Kazuki Takahashi puts together one of the greatest tournament arcs of the 2000s. Yu-Gi-Oh! Is an endearing manga, a franchise that I hold very close to my heart.…
Scramble for the Throne | A Tournament Arc of Excess | Weekly Shonen Jump Greatest Hits
Power of Friendship? Check. 80s machismo? Yup. Every single battle shonen trope you can imagine? Hell fuckin yeah! Scramble for the Throne is a very long, very dumb,…
Galactic Railroad | A Theatrical Stunner that CANT be Topped | Weekly Shonen Jump Greatest Hits
Act Age will forever be a disappointment…for many reasons. But this arc is still one of the finest that I’ve read. With brilliant art and punchy writing, Night…
Dark Tournament | Togashi’s Seminal take on classic Shonen tropes | Weekly Shonen Jump Greatest Hits
Togashi steps up to the plate and blast a few dingers with the Dark Tournament. Watch in real time as this young Mangaka matured into the writing and…
L vs Kira | The Manga Arc that Dared to be Different | Weekly Shonen Jump Greatest Hits
L vs. Kira is a beloved manga storyline that opens up Death Note, one of the finest series to come out during the noughties. Instead of a traditional…
Dio’s World is the Definitive Final Showdown | Weekly Shonen Jump Greatest Hits
Jotaro vs Dio is a battle between titans. With a century of bad blood between them, we see these two clash in the streets, and skies, of Cairo…
Alabasta | The First Glimpse of Eiichiro Oda’s Genius | Weekly Shonen Jump Greatest Hits
What happens when you take a crew of rough ‘n tumble pirates and throw them into the desert, during a political upheaval? You get Alabasta arc, Eiichiro Oda’s…
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? | Alan Moore’s Goodbye to Superman
Alan Moore’s fascination with the mythos of the Man of Steel has manifested into a number of classic series featuring his distinctive writing. In What Happened to the…
Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters | Mike Grell’s Transformative Masterpiece
Mike Grell’s ambitious run on Green Arrow set the standard for the character. One that writers still struggle to match, today. He submerges the hero and his girlfriend,…
Presenting…Weekly Shonen Jump’s Greatest Hits
Weekly Shonen Jump has been in publication since 1968. With hundreds of series and thousands of volumes, the magazine has been the global face of manga, and the…
Girl Meets Rock! is a Guitar Nerd’s new favourite Manga!
Girl Meets Rock is fun (: (: Plz intro some weird who plays a Jazzy, plzzzz 8/10. Very good manga. Brief, yet thoughtful reads and a vibrancy to the aesthetic…
Rose-Colored Days With You is a promising Romantic Comedy Shoujo
I would write out a description of the premise, but I’m sure you can figure this one out for yourself. 6/10. Too soon to say if it stays…
Kill Blue is so Unserious
Hitmen and urban fantasy are exhausted themes. Kill Blue does just enough to be different from the rest, while maintaining the status quo, providing familiarity. It has strong…
Turns Out My Dick Was A Cute Girl is exactly the sort of manga you would expect it to be
This manga is fun! Cute Girl is a crude series in humour only. The writing is a lot smarter then it lets on, and the characters are endearing…
I had to get violently high to understand Milk Closet (and I still don’t get it)
Milk Closet is like what a high school student would attempt to write after spending all summer reading Grant Morrison (it me. am Grant Morrison stan). 4/10. This…
Zero | A 90s Boxing Seinen about Legacy and Greatness
Supcaitlin look like she give weak af dome. Authored by the legendary Taiyou Matsumoto, Zero is a brutal boxing manga that looks at sports from a very different…
Gekikou Kamen | Modern Recontextualization of Tokasatsu and Otaku Culture
Gekikou Kamen is a very strong Tokasatsu seinen. Since debuting in late 2021, it’s been a manga that I often use as a benchmark for other “deconstruction” ongoings.…
The Horizon | A Manhwa Masterpiece
An intense, bleak, yet fantastically written post-apoc mamhwa. The Horizon is my first step into Ji-Hoon Jeong’s work, but I have immediately become a fan. An incredible story…
Shadow Eliminators | Yet another paint-by-numbers battle shounen
Shadow Eliminators is unoffending, and that’s its biggest sin. While the art is passable, the characters, somewhat intriguing and the story…makes sense, there is nothing exciting going on…
Kagurabachi Fans are Weird… | Reading Your Comments
00:20 shonen tribalism 02:00 mangaka need to slow down 03:24 gekikou kamen is really good 04:12 manga is a product. Remember that! 06:00 flashbacks are cool 06:43 hidden gems 07:50 avoiding ongoing manga 08:40 there’s…
Nue’s Exorcist is a bad joke…right?
Nue’s Exorcist is a reminder that the lowest common denominator can still be entertaining, intriguing and rewarding. The action sequences are getting better. The mangaka is becoming more…
My Favourite Anitubers 2023
Hny besties ٩(^‿^)۶ Some of the creators that I was feeling through 2023. Forneverworld 00:20 Domo Senpai 03:05 Animebackwhen 04:20 Manga Crash 05:15 Shaybs 05:50 Joey 06:21 Inakyu 07:25 Doofy 08:32 Trentinart 09:31 Weeb Jail 10:23 Johnny Star 10:58 Chibi…
Tsuruko Returns The Favor is Totally Moé
Take a shot every time I say cute ( ^ω^ ) Am I going soft? ANOTHER Rom Com? Is Kero in love!? Or did the poor bastard try reading…
Kanan-Sama falls off pretty hard
It started off soooo strong. What happened, man?? The driving plot and fantastic characterization made for such an exciting romantic series. Now, it's just boobs, butts and fetishes. 3/10.…
Witch Enforcer is boring af
Hahaha, Witch Hunter Robin is paced like Usain Bolt compared to Witch Enforcer (only oldtaku would get this^ one). Not very impressed by WE so far. Very odd…
Super Ball Girls | A Feminist Battle Harem ?¿?
I never saw Basic Instinct, but I imagine it’s plot is similar to this, I guess? Idk, but Super Ball Girls is an exhilarating battle harem manga that…
Hope You’re Happy Lemon | A Standout Shonen Romantic Comedy
Mannnn, this manga is so much fun. It’s not the most groundbreaking story, but there’s a real labour of love going on here. Lemon has a lot of…
Kagurabachi Is Mid
This manga is more bland than TMU frosh week. The art is decent, and the story is passable, but nothing has stood out so far. You’d think the…
At Summer’s End | An Adorable Young Romance Manga
Such a cure, fun series. While the artwork is very basic, the stunted dialogue makes for an interesting approach to exploring the joys and pain of first love.…
Chained Soldier l Shonen Jump+ Ecchi of the Year?
Chained Soldier gradually gets better as it goes on, which always makes for an interesting turnaround. The art has gotten better in some respects, but the old uglies…
Gachiakuta Gets Better
Gachiakuta tilts hard between stellar art artwork with a fascinating premise, and messy penmanship with a generic story. I'm feeling this current arc, but all of my past…
How I Rank and Critique Manga
Clueless Best Friend 🙃 Thought I’d give a brief explanation of what my ratings for manga are and an update on some future content.
Shojo Null is a mess...
I'm still not buying into the main cast motivations nor the world of this series. It's super edge lord, but the teeth are extremely dull. Shojo Null is mid,…