What year is it, you might ask as you look over the listings for local movies. “The Crow?” You say, beleaguered and weary. The dust of sleep making you sound like Kermit the Frog while recovering from laryngitis. You should seek out those stalwart reviewers of manga to steady your nerves. Perhaps a good discussion of a pair of manga by a pair of hosts will settle your time vertigo. Tim has The Last Doctors Think of You Whenever They Look up to Cherry Blossoms. So imagine there’s a hospital and, get this, there are doctors. One of them, we will call the positive Polly. He wants to treat everyone … Continue reading "Manga Pulse 519: Dr Freeze"
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