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Two Sizes, Too Small by Mizore
I have to apologize for being absent again for an extremely long time. All I will say about it is that I’m an American…. Unfortunately, I have to…
Dogma by Kemi
I’m still working my way down all the various titles tagged ‘cyberpunk’ over on Baka-Updates for my podcast. Last night, I stumbled across a fascinating manhwa called Dogma.…
Eve no Jinkan/The Time of Eve by Yoshiura Yasuhiro/Oota Yuuki
I try not to do this, but I’m going to use this unfinished scanlation (last updated in 2016) of Eve no Jikan to talk about an anime movie…
Bakemono no Hanayome / The Beast’s Bride by Akihisa Teo
There’s no accounting for taste. I’m not going to make apologies for the fact that I just wanted a fox/wolf romance. Think of me what you will. Skip…
Soushite Boku wa Koi wo Shiru / And Then I Know Love by Tokita Honoji
Often I regret my policy of reviewing everything I read at least one volume of because it’s embarrassingly smutty. With Soshite Boku wa Koi wo Shiru / And…
Hirayasumi by Shinzou Keigo
I had a conversation today with a friend who likes to complain that her life is boring. She claims she’s not bored by life, but that no one…
Afterglow by Wagase Wagimoko
Y’all, this smut is so well drawn, I can’t even. Afterglow is one of the prettiest, most artistic pieces of unabashed porn I have ever have the pleasure…
Black Magic by Shirow Masamune
You know how sometimes people will say “this one is only for completists”? Unless you are a Shirow Masamune fan, there is almost no reason to read Black…
Koisuru Gokudou Onii-san / Mobsters in Love by Origami Chiyoko
This is my weird thing rearing its irresistible head again! If I didn’t have a very strict policy of reviewing EVERYTHING I read, I would probably keep this…
Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro-Biyori by Shimizu Yuu
The WorldCON panel about food in anime just ended. What a great set of panelists! What fun! I may have squeed a bit when someone in the audience…
Wakako-Zake by Shinkyu Chie
I really hope that one of the things that my fellow panelists and I end up talking about on the “Let Them Eat – Food in Anime” panel…
Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi / Campfire Cooking in Another World by Eguchi Ren / Akagishi K
This year WorldCON is in Glasgow (August 8-12). I can’t be there, alas. However, I am attending virtually and I just received my final schedule today. I’m on…
Akagi, Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill
Batman: Justice Buster (Vol 1) by Shimizu Eiichi and Shimoguchi Tomohiro
When I do Western comic books, Marvel is normally my jam. However, growing up, I read pretty much anything in graphic format that I could get my hands…
Koukaku Kidoutai / Ghost in the Shell by Shirow Masamune
I’m really looking forward to going back to reviewing porn…. although, I have to say, there are a lot of boobs in this. Plus, if you can find…
Blame! by Nihei Tsutomu
Blame! is probably something I should have read when I was fifteen. It is considered a classic by pretty much anyone who reviews it. So, I need you…
Armitage the Third by Konaka Chiaki / Ikegami Tatsuya
Continuing down the cyberpunk back alley, as it were, I tried (but failed to finish) Armitage The Third. SPOILERS . . . . This manga, like its titular…
Metamorphose no Engawa / BL Metamorphoses by Tsurutani Kaori
I’m going to take a quick break from my cyberpunk reviews to talk about a live-action film I watched that is based on this incredibly charming manga: Metamorphose…
Armored Gull: The Exoskeleton Frame by Las
I guess if I’m going to continue to just go alphabetically down everything tagged as cyberpunk on Baka-Updates, I should probably draw some lines in the sand about…
AD. Police by Suzuki Toshimichi / Tony Takezaki
I suspect that by the time I get to the end of this search through cyberpunk manga, I’m going to be very tired of Aikira “homages.” SPOILERS .…
Adou / A-DO by Amano Jaku
In my continued quest to find cyberpunk manga, I stumbled across something I’d initially dismissed as low-rent Akira, a funky little manga called: Adou. SPOILERS . . .…
Angel Oil by Tanaka Tatsuyuki
I apologize in advance for the up-coming flood of weird manga that I’m going to be reviewing here. I’ve started a new podcast (not, unfortunately for fans of…
Suizou ga Kowaretara, Sukoshi Ikiyasuku Narimashita / My Pancreas Broke But My Life Got Better by Nagata Kabi
I’m really not sure why I keep doing this to myself. When I bought this book, I had a very telling conversation with the clerk who checked me…
Tokyo Higoro / Tokyo These Days by Matsumoto Taiyo
Whoever is buying manga for my library has been on a weird kick lately. Maybe they’re trying to legitimize the artistry and gravitas of manga to their colleagues…
Aoi Uroko to Suna no Machi / Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand by Komori Yoko
The other day, at the library, I picked up this poignant manga, Aoi Uroko to Suna no Machi/Mermaid Scale and the Town of Sand from the award-winning author…
Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san / Mr. Villain’s Day Off by Morikawa Yuu
If you’ve ever asked yourself “I wonder what Dr. Doom [fill-in other favorite villain] does on his day off? Does he go shopping in his full armor and…
Blue Period (Vol. 1) by Yamaguchi Tsubasa
If I were a better organized person, I’d have read Blue Period immediately after having reviewed Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey. They are both about a personal…
Ai wa Chitto mo Rakuja Nai / Love Isn’t The Slightest Bit Easy by Kiriyuu Kiyoi
Even though, when I found Ai wa Chitto mo Rakuja Nai / Love Isn’t The Slightest Bit Easy, I was actually looking for something far smuttier, it turns…
Hoshizora wo Mitsumeta Sono Ato de / After Staring at the Starry Sky by Kida Bisco
… And now back to our safe, little bishies. I don’t even know what I was looking for when I stumbled across Hoshizora wo Mitsumeta Sono Ato de…
Akuma no Kare / My Devil Boyfriend by Anything (naop)
So, yeah, Akuma no Kare is a one shot and is exactly as dirty as the cover implies. It’s also not yaoi, but bara. SPOILERS . . .…
Kieta Hatsukoi / My Love Mix-Up (Vol. 1) by Hinekure Wataru / Aruko
If you’re in the mood for a very light, cute romance with an actual love triangle (instead of a love-Y), Kieta Hatsukoi / My Love Mix-Up might be…
RePlay by Tsukahara Saki
Finally, some yaoi. If your fantasy is sweaty high school baseball players, RePlay is for you. SPOILERS . . . . I can’t say that this one was…
Hades-sama no Mujihi na Konin / Lord Hades’s Ruthless Marriage by Yuho Ueji
I’m not normally the type for straight-romance, but the schtick of Hades-sama no Mujihi na Konin / Lord Hades’s Ruthless Marriage is that Hades is really NOT interested…
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu / The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumoku Rei
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu / The Summer Hikaru Died is a poignant, deeply sublimated, barely acknowledged (but definitely queer) love story between a boy and… the monster that…
At 30, I Realized I Had No Gender: Life Lessons From a 50-Year-Old After Two Decades of Self-Discovery by Arai Shou
Here on this site, I have complained MANY TIMES that I sometimes have to wonder if librarians read the manga before they decide where to shelve it. But,…
Aku no Himitsu Soushiki Neko / The Evil Secret Society of Cats by Pandania
Aku no Himitsu Soushiki Neko/ The Evil Secret Society of Cats has worked its wicked spell on me, because this series is as addictive as it is adorable…
Last Gender: Nanimono demo nai Watashitachi / Last Gender: When We Are Nameless by Taki Rei
I promised a return to smut, but I’m afraid I’m going to have to meet you halfway. There is a lot of nudity and sex in Last Gender:…
Kakukaku Shikajika / Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey by Higashimura Akiko
I feel like I need to apologize to my regular readers. I have not been reading a lot of smut this year. What can I say? I’ve been…
Nonnonba by Mizuki Shigeru
The back of this manga describes itself as a “poetic memoir,” though I feel like the term semi-autobiographical might also apply. It’s basically the lightly fictionalized story of…
Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia / Insomniacs After School (Vol. 1) by Ojiro Makoto
Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia / Insomniacs After School is another library find. It’s a straight forward (and straight) romance about two high schoolers who have trouble sleeping at…
Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna / She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat by Yuzaki Sakaomi
At the library, I came across this lovely, wholesome yuri, She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat. In a lot of ways, this feels like someone…
Imouto wa Neko / My Sister (Vols. 1-2), The Cat by Senko
In a complete left-turn from the horror manga I’ve been reading, I picked up Imouto wa Neko / My sister, The Cat. This story is one of those…
Orochi (Vol. 1) by Umezu Kazuo
Someone at the Ramsey County Library is obsessed with horror manga. They have an enormous pile of Ito Junji’s work, and, the other day, I stumbled across Orochi……
Meiruko-chan (Vol. 1) by Izumi Tomoki
Just looking at the art-style of the cover of Mieruko-chan, I worried that this one might have been shelved in the adult section of my library because it…
Boys Run the Riot by Gaku Keito
I finally picked up Boys Run the Riot at my library and read it this weekend. It’s another story originally published in 2020 that tackles issues of coming…
Kimi no Sekai ni Koi Wanai? / Is Love The Answer by Isaki Uta
Kimi no Sekai ni Koi Wanai/ Is Love the Answer? is another sort of fictionalized “intro course to a sexual minority” manga that seems really popular these days. It…
Kanojo ga Dekinai Onna / The Girl Who Can’t Get a Girlfriend by Hiranishi Mieri
Another autobiographical manga, this one by Hiranishi Meiri about that one prefect, short-lived romance that ruined all further chances of finding love. There are a lot of reasons…
Louvre no Neko / Cats of the Louvre by Matsumoto Taiyo
In my quest to read every manga ever written about cats, I picked up Cats of the Louvre at my local library. Buckle your seatbelts, gentle reader. This…
Compare and Contrast: Two Nonbinary Autobiographical Manga
My wife is now on the board of the Friends of the Library. She doesn’t drive, so I was stuck hanging out, waiting for her meeting to end…
40 x 40 Chikuwa Kaigi by Unou Sanou
40 x 40 Chikuwa Kaigi is light, funny romance between two forty-year old men. It’s refreshing to see two, fully-grown men discover love and sexuality together. As the…
Ore no Zettai Muteki Baitariti / My Invincible Vitality by Ikuyasu
There are only two chapters of this single volume manga scanlated so far, which is a bummer because My Invincible Vitality / Ore no Zettai Muteki Baitariti is…