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Holiday Review #4: GANNIBAL
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Holiday Review #1: TEPPU!
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Holiday Review #1: KAMEN RIDER
For the second year in a row, I'm able to kick things off with a classic manga from Shotaro Ishinomori, and it might be the best one yet.…
Holiday Review #2: AKANE-BANASHI
Of course, Viz's domination of the shonen manga scene via Weekly Shonen Jump continued as always. There's been a handful of promising new ...
Holiday Review #21: TRILLION GAME
What happens when you combine the writer of Dr. Stone and the artist of Crying Freeman ? You get this, although I'd have to ask why anyone...
Holiday Review: SPY X FAMILY
The holidays are a time about gathering with family and loved ones, something that's a lot harder to do this year, so why not read a manga t...
Holiday Review# 22: DRIP DRIP
No shojo romance, no matter how low-key or strange it could be, could compare to what came out this year from the mind of the woman who gave...
Holiday Review (and Giveaway) Time!
This year has been a hard one for many, but not for the manga industry. If anything, it continues to grow like never before in size, variet...
Holiday Review #23: SHONEN NOTE
The holidays are a time that's full of music (whether you want it or not), so it felt like as good of a time as any to talk…
Holiday Review# 22: DRIP DRIP
No shojo romance, no matter how low-key or strange it could be, could compare to what came out this year from the mind of the woman who gave...
Holiday Review #3: HER FRANKENSTEIN
Many of these newer, smaller publishers are taking advantage of the current horror manga boom to pick up older, lesser-known titles like th...
Holiday Review #25: LAST QUARTER
This marks the second year in a row that I've ended our holiday reviews with a Ai Yazawa manga. It's almost like it took Viz way too long…
Holiday Review #19: LOOK BACK
While everyone is talking about the Chainsaw Man anime, it's time to check out of its creator's first projects after it first wrapped up. ...
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While everyone is talking about the Chainsaw Man anime, it's time to check out of its creator's first projects after it first wrapped up. ...
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