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The irony of a writeup for a Japanese manga being late because I was in Japan is not lost on me. In any case, Kuriyama-sensei is one of…
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New to Sunday: Hajime Saeki's Sternbild's Road.
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New to Sunday: Kazuhiko Shimamoto's "Vampidol Tagiru"
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