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My Manga Favorites from 2023
And an update on the future of this newsletter.
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
The Taisho Report of the Week
Pokémon Sun & Moon (Manga), Douman Seiman, Ergo Proxy, The Big-O, Twinkle Park
Manga review: Dien Bien Phu (Volume 1-3)
A manga that succeeds where American Vietnam films fail
January 2023 Manga Review Part 2
Titles: Mieda Sensei, Fool Night, Glitch, Toratsugumi, Kemuri to hachi, Kotonakare, Toge Oni
Suzume (73rd Berlinale International Film Festival)
Or: The Indie director who found out that his niche was the mainstream.
January 2023 Manga Review
Brought to you by an infinite supply of Pon de Ringu.
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…
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…
Why Marie Kondō is so successful
Or: why Cool Japan needed a KonMari
The Death of a Disco Dancer
Some personal thoughts on the fall of cultural icons
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…