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Thoughts on My Alcoholic Escape from Reality
Nagata Kabi, of My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness and My Solo Exchange Diary fame, returns with another manga memoir. Whilst her previous works did provide fascinating insights into…
My Alcoholic Escape from Reality
By Nagata Kabi. Released in Japan as “Genjitsu Touhi Shitetara Boroboro ni Natta Hanashi ” by East Press, serialized in Matogrosso. Released in North America by Seven Seas.…
My Alcoholic Escape from Reality
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Review: My Alcoholic Escape from Reality
After three years of clerking in a mom-and-pop liquor store (which was right next to my other part-time job), I was finally of age but still did not…
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If you are a regular reader here at Okazu, you know that I have loved the darkly violent Yuri manga GUNJO from the day I received a message…
Ride or Die on ANN
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Thoughts on Futari Escape Volume 1
Futari Escape is a yuri comedy manga written and illustrated by Shouichi Taguchi. It focuses on two young women who spend most of their time trying to escape…
Thoughts on Futari Escape Volume 4
For one final time, Senpai and Kouhai are escaping reality in the fourth volume of Shouichi Taguchi’s Futari Escape manga. This volume contains chapters twenty-five to thirty-two.
Thoughts on Futari Escape Volume 3
Senpai and Kouhai continue to escape reality in the third volume of Shouichi Taguchu’s Futari Escape. Well, at least as much as they can. Sometimes there’s little other…
Thoughts on Futari Escape Volume 2
Senpai and Kouhai return once more, with plenty of escapism as they try to avoid their commitments. This volume contains chapters nine to sixteen.
My Alcoholic Escape from Reality by Nagata Kabi
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Escape from Mogadishu (모가디슈, Ryoo Seung-wan, 2021)
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[Dream Daddy] Escape From Margarita Zone – I want more?!
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I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons, Vol. 1
By Izumi Sawano and Miru Yumesaki. Released in Japan as “Kisaki Kyōiku kara Nigetai Watashi” by PASH! Books. Released in North America by J-Novel Heart. Translated by Camilla…
THE GREAT SRUNGLE (RE)WATCH 40 – Escape from GHOST TOWN
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Highschool of the Dead (Episode 2) – Escape from the Dead
Takashi and Rei struggle to come to terms with what’s happening around them. Meanwhile, Saya Takagi tries to work out the best way to escape. She’s got Kohta…
Highschool of the Dead (Episode 2) – Escape from the Dead
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Ride On (龙马精神, Larry Yang, 2023)
A former stuntman springs into action when loansharks and eccentric businessmen come for his beloved horse in Larry Yang’s meta Jackie Chan vehicle.
Ao Haru Ride
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Ride Your Wave
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Blue Spring Ride
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ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape
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THE GREAT SRUNGLE (RE)WATCH 15 – Escape from the Electronic World (GURBITS SYSTEM)
MISSION OUTER SPACE SRUNGLEMISSION 15: Escape from the Electronic World (Gurbits System) WRITTEN BY: Saki Hijiri BROADCAST DATE: April 28, 1983 And, as always, this episode aired exactly…
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The season’s first premiere is a weird, wild CGI action series about isolated city-states and the teenage girls with attitude who smuggle people out of them.
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Estab-Life: Great Escape – 03
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Ao Haru Ride, Vol 11
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Erased: It’s a Wild Ride
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By Masaaki Yuasa. Up to this point, I’ve always had large casts in my work. That’s because I always had a desire to draw the entire World” of…
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Ride Or Die (2021) review
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ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape – Episode 1
I have a weakness for high-concept shows that are this blithely earnest and excited about what they’re making (while also being at least a little gay).
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