Christmas approaches in the fifth volume of Yuriko Hara’s Cocoon Entwined manga. Certain students are still enthralled by Lady of the Cocoon, but that’s not going to deter Youko from he…
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Thoughts on Cocoon Entwined Volume 5
Time for more hair from Yuriko Hara – oh, and I’m sure there’s some story stuff as well, in this fifth volume of Cocoon Entwined. This volume contains…
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Lots of hair stuff going on in Yuriko Hara’s Cocoon Entwined manga series, and the third volume is no exception to that. Youko’s thoughts and feelings are the…
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Guest Review by Patricia Baxter. If there is one word you could use to describe the penultimate volume of Yuriko Hara’s Cocoon Entwined it would be “change”. While…
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We’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the role of “Prince” around here. But what we have rarely considered is the role as a burden that is…
Cocoon Entwined, Volume 3
When I reviewed this volume in Japanese, I noted that at last, two of the three participants in this love triangle are aware of the fact. But, as…
Cocoon Entwined, Volume 2
Yuriko Hara’s Yuri manga Cocoon Entwined, Volume 2, continues a story of unspoken longing and deep emotion at a girl’s school. And hair. When I reviewed Volume 2…
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Guest Review by Patricia Baxter. As the curtain closed on Yuriko Hara’s Cocoon, Entwined series, I knew that a truly remarkable story had ended. There have been times…
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Thoughts on Failed Princesses Volume 5
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The second volume of Chiri Yuino’s Scarlet manga concludes the story of Finé and Iris, in a suitably bloody manner. Well, I say concludes, but… we’ll get to…
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With all the content from Splatoon 2 and the Octo Expansion exhausted, the Splatoon manga adaptation gets into some original plots – presumably before it steps into adapting…
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The fight against the kaiju continues in the second volume of Jun Ogino’s semelparous manga. Even knowing the consequences of killing Kaiju, Yorino remains determined to keep fighting.…
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The Square King Ranked Battle Cup reaches its climax in the eleventh volume of Sankichi Hinodeya’s Splatoon manga adaptation. Following that, a new adventure starts. This volume contains chap…
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The Square King Ranked Battle Cup continues into the semifinals in the tenth volume of Sankichi Hinodeya’s Splatoon manga, where the participating teams will have to take on…
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One arc ends, and another begins in the twelfth volume of Sankichi Hinodeya’s Splatoon manga. Goggles and Gloves finish up playing at being heroes, and then Goggles is…
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The Final Splatfest draws to a close in the fourteenth volume of Sankichi Hinodeya’s Splatoon manga. It’s order vs. chaos, and both teams are eager to claim that…
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Team Blue participate in a stamp rally in the sixteenth volume of Sankichi Hinodeya’s Splatoon manga adaptation. They’re not the only ones, so you can expect a lot…
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Someone has their eye on the sacred sword in the third volume of Akili’s Vampeerz manga, and also Aria. Mostly Aria, actually. Ichika isn’t about to let that…
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Youko and Yorino face the most powerful type of kaiju in the third volume of Jun Ogino’s semelparous manga. Things aren’t quite that simple, though, as the enemy…
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It’s only taken five volumes, but we finally get some actual snow in A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow. Kind of inconsequential, though, as the focus in this…
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Yuna is keen to create a trade route between Crimonia and Mileela in the fifth volume of Kumanano’s Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear light novel series. There’s just the…
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Elaina’s journey continues in the fifth volume of Jougi Shiraishi’s Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina light novel series. Encounters with faces both familiar and new await Elaina…
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The stakes are high as the EX Japan tournament continues in the fifth volume of Eri Ejima’s Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games manga. The young ladies have…
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Thoughts on Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Volume 5 (Manga)
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It is time for a showdown in the fifth volume of Wakame Konbu’s The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! manga. Jahy will finally face her rival, the…
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All good things must come to an end, and that is what Yui Hara’s Kiniro Mosaic does with its eleventh, and final, volume. The girls’ time as students…