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Kanojo ga Suki na Mono wa Homo de Atte Boku de wa Nai/ She Likes Gays, but Not Me by Asahara Naoto/Hirahara Akira
Oh boy. Another complicated one. Content warning: homophobia, pedophilia, suicide, and suicidal ideation. SPOILERS . . . . This manga is based on a novel by Asahara Naoto.…
Iyahaya Atami-kun / My Oh My Atami-kun by Tanuma Asa
I will be sporadically updating this review site because I had another recent trip to my library and came home with fifteen volumes of new-to-me stuff. After sort…
Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naranai Koukousei Katsu / A Man Who Defies the World of BL by Konkici
I am prepared to be hated because while I found the send-up of all the Boys’ Love tropes in this to be quite funny, the humor runs on…
Oyasumi Punpun / Goodnight Punpun by Asano Inio
A friend of mine pointed out that the Internet Archives has a lot of manga available for free reading. I poked through the listings and randomly picked Oyasumi…
Wandance / Wondance (Volume 1) by Coffee
Because my wife is on the Board of the Friends of the Library and she’s not fond of driving, I sometimes get stuck in various local branches for…
Te no Hira Neko / Fairy Cat (Volume 1) by Takano Hisa
I actually read Te no Hira Neko / Fairy Cat some days ago, but I’ve been struggling with figuring out how best to review it. The problem? It’s…
Tokyo Alien Bros by Shinzo Keigo
I was a big fan of Shinzo-sensei’s Hirayasumi, which is a quiet story about the meaning of life and second chances. Though there’s a little of that here,…
You Can’t Live All on Your Own by Tsuno Mizoko
The next up from my library haul is Hitori de Ikiru wa Mamanaranu / You Can’t Live All on Your Own. SPOILERS . . . . This manga…
Doubutsu Byouin no Ofutari / Two Guys at the Vet Clinic by Sinonome
I ended up at a library in my system that I don’t visit much any more, Shoreview. Shoreview has massively expanded its adult manga section–or, as I noted…
AV Dan’yuu Hajimemashita / Diary of a Male Porn Star by Kaeruno Erefante
I found myself in a comic book shop in Dupont Circle this last weekend and, being the pervert that I am, I ended up looking up AV Dan’yuu…
Usuzumi no Hate / The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse by Iwamune Haruo
For some reason, I’ve been drawn to post-apocalyptic travelogues lately. Usuzumi no Hate / The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse is yet another one. SPOILERS…
Kashikokute Yuuki Aru Kodomo / A Smart and Courageous Child by Yamamoto Miki
Have I ever mentioned that, while I sometimes complain about it, I have a very manga-positive library system? Because I really do. I found this odd little duck…
Otona no Zukan Kaiteiban / Adults’ Picture Book New Edition (Vol 1) ny Itoi Kei
The problem with going to the library to return some books is that, inevitably, you come home with more. This is how I found the first volume of …
Shuumatsu Touring / Touring After the Apocalypse by Saito Sakae
I got turned on to Touring After the Apocalypse by a random set of reviews in Reactor (nee Tor.com.) If I have any disappointment at all in this…
Seihantai na Watashitachi / Pupposites Attract (Vols 1-2) by Natusna Hono
Seihantai na Watashitachi / Pupposites Attract is proof that I can actually enjoy the occasional straight romance. SPOILERS . . . . I picked Pupposites Attract on a…
Linked in the Review
I don’t know if I’m getting a lot of ‘bot traffic lately or what, but the last few comments that I’ve been getting on this site are all…
Summer Time Rendering by Tanaka Yasuki
I will admit that I found Summer Time Rendering first as an anime. I highly recommend the anime. It’s smart, it’s time-loopy, and beautifully animated–there’s lots of island…
Ask Affection by Yoichi Makina
I was feeling like it had been too long since I read any manga so last night, at random, I picked Ask Affection by Yoichi Makina. SPOILERS .…
Neko ga Nishi Mukya / When a Cat Faces West by Urushibara Yuki
A friend of mine recommended When a Cat Faces West and I f*cking loved it. To be fair, I am a huge fan of the mangaka’s most famous…
Big Apple by Harusari/Hodot
It’s really important to me, as an American, that the title of this manhwa is Big Apple, and the Chicago Sears Tower seems to be featured promenantly…
Futari de Okashi na Kyuujitsu o / Confessions of a Shy Baker by Itou Masaomi
It’s kind of shocking the extent to which Confessions of a Shy Baker is a direct rip-off of What Did You Eat Yesterday. SPOILER . . . .…
Nekomata to Asa Gohan / Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat by Shimizu Ai
I love reading about food, particularly Japanese food. I’m always struck by a couple of things whenever I read a manga like Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat. First,…
Anti-Romance by Hidaka Shoko
Because I am ridiculously poor, my big fun for my birthday was going to Barnes & Noble and taking pictures of the covers of all the manga I…
Hiroware Koneko to Moto Yakuza / Ex-Yakuza and Stray Kitten by Kamimura Riddle
Long time readers of Mangakast know that I have a weakness for certain things. Yakuza is definitely on that list, but also… cats. You guys, you guys! Hiroware…
Telework Yotabanshi/Home Office Romance by Yamada Kintetsu
When I was at Barnes & Noble for my birthday, I almost picked up Home Office Romance. I didn’t because I had limited myself to two manga and…
The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency / Sotomura Tanteisha no Manekarezaru Kyaku by Kusama Sakae
I saw The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency referenced on another review site and I was intrigued by the art style. I thought I should take a…
The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All/Ki ni Natteru Hito go Otoko Janakatta by Arai Sumiko
After the last manga I reviewed, I was looking for a kind of palette cleanser where the romance was based on loving someone for who they are and…
Just Like Mona Lisa/Seibetsu “Mona Lisa” no Kimi e (Vols. 1 & 2) by Yoshimura Tsumuji
It’s interesting that no one seems to categorize Just Like Mona Lisa as science fiction, even though it clearly is. SPOILERS . . . . Most of the…
Akane-Banashi by Suenaga Yuki/Moue Takamasa
I’ve had a penpal in Japan for years. I’m behind at writing to her right now, but in the last few exchanges we discussed what I’d like to…
Can’t Think Straight by Pangin/Huddak
As a woman who also writes m/m smut, I hate to say that sometimes it’s obvious when a woman is writing gay romance. You probably think I’m going…
Sorairo Flutter/That Blue Sky Feeling by Okura/Coma Hashii
As I’ve noted many times before, my policy here at MangaKast is that I review everything I read. This is actually… a tiny bit of a lie. I…
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…
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 . . .…