ASH: Although there are a few manga being released this week that I’m interested in, without a doubt my pick goes to the latest installment of What Did You Eat Yesterday? in English. The series is such a delight and it’s been more than a year since the last volume was published, so I’m really looking forward to reading more. SEAN: What Did You Eat Yesterday? never gelled for me, so I’ll go with the latest Monogatari as my pick. Owarimonogatari: End Tale is one of many times that Nisioisin has said that he’s ending the series, and it does actually wrap up the main plotlines, to be fair, if not the books themselves. This is the first of three volumes, dealing with Araragi’s first year in high school and...
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