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My Manga Favorites from 2023

And an update on the future of this newsletter.

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This Isekai could have been a Fantasy novel

Over Limit Skill Holder / Aura the Guillotine / The Girl from the Other Side / Digital Minimalism / Yakui The Maid

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The Taisho Report of the Week

Pokémon Sun & Moon (Manga), Douman Seiman, Ergo Proxy, The Big-O, Twinkle Park

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Manga review: Dien Bien Phu (Volume 1-3)

A manga that succeeds where American Vietnam films fail

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January 2023 Manga Review Part 2

Titles: Mieda Sensei, Fool Night, Glitch, Toratsugumi, Kemuri to hachi, Kotonakare, Toge Oni

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Suzume (73rd Berlinale International Film Festival)

Or: The Indie director who found out that his niche was the mainstream.

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January 2023 Manga Review

Brought to you by an infinite supply of Pon de Ringu.

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My Manga favorites from 2022

This is the first time I publish my top 10 manga of the year on Substack instead of Twitter. The focus will therefore be more on my writing…

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What is (wrong with) Shingeki no Kyojin?

In the world of Shingeki no Kyojin, antisemitic tropes are not conspiracy theories but canonical facts, and genocide is a question up for debate. Like many others I…

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The Death of a Disco Dancer

Some personal thoughts on the fall of cultural icons

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The Taisho Café Orchestra

Back in early 2015 during the second half of my first exchange year in Tokyo, I was walking with a friend around Aoyama and Omotesando in Shibuya. It’s…

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