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Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 4, Guest Review by Sandy F
It’s Guest Review Wednesday and today we welcome back Sandy Ferguson with his enthusiastic continuing look at the Otherside Picnic manga series. Share your kind words in the…
Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 7 Guest Review by Sandy F.
In Otherside Picnic, Volume 7 of the manga we have the conclusion of ‘Resort Night at the Beach of the End’, ‘The Attack of the Ninja Cats’ and…
Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 2 Guest Review by Sandy F
Welcome to another Guest Review Wednesday on Okazu! Today we welcome back Sandy F, for continuing coverage on the Otherside Picnic manga from Square Enix. Please give him…
Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 1, Guest Review by Sandy F.
Happy day! Not only is it Guest Review Wednesday here on Okazu, we have a brand new reviewer! Today we welcome Sandy, who is taking a look at…
Otherside Picnic, Volume 6, Guest Review by Sandy Ferguson
The cover of Otherside Picnic, Volume 6, manga, makes it clear we are about to enjoy the common trope of the “beach episode.” At least from the cover…
Otherside Picnic Volume 1 Review
Sorawo should have never gone through that mysterious doorway she came across one day but here she’s in, in another reality and she’s not alone. Toriko, another Tokyo…
Thoughts on Otherside Picnic Volume 6 (Manga)
Sorawo and Toriko find themselves in Okinawa in the sixth volume of Eita Mizuno’s manga adaptation of Otherside Picnic. They decide to head to a beach; preferably a…
Otherside Picnic, Volume 7
Otherside Picnic, Volume 7 is an excellent read on every level. In fact, please feel free to stop reading right here and just go read the 7th novel…
Otherside Picnic, Volume 3
In Volume 1 we met mystery hunter Sorawo, who nearly died while visiting an “other” world that had access points in our own and Toriko, the beautiful blonde…
Otherside Picnic, Volume 5
Otherside Picnic, Volume 5 begins in the middle of a story and for the rest of the book, that is pretty much where we stay. A scenario occurs,…
Otherside Picnic, Volume 4
At the end of Volume 3 our protagonists, Sorawo and Toriko have managed to free themselves from the clutches of an Otherside cult centered around the figure of…
Otherside Picnic, Volume 8
Otherside Picnic, Volume 8 was a mind-blowing, fabulous “wow.” In this horror/scifi Yuri series by Iori Miyazawa, there have been two key mysteries; The true nature of the…
Otherside Picnic, Vol. 6
By Iori Miyazawa and shirakaba. Released in Japan as “Urasekai Picnic” by Hayakawa Bunko JA. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. After starting…
Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 8
Sorawo and Toriko take steps to explore the Otherside on a more permanent basis in Otherside Picnic, Volume 8. At the same time, they learn about the consequences…
Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 3
Jealousy is a really weird emotion – it’s being hurt and being hurtful at the same time. And jealousy can sneak up on us, especially as an adult.…
Otherside Picnic Manga, Volume 5
Otherside Picnic, Volume 5 is significant turning point in the narrative. It is in this volume (equivalent to the beginning of Volume 2 of the Light Novel series),…
Otherside Picnic Episode 6: DoomChooChooMoo
When we last left our heroines they were unexpectedly warped to Otherside and in big trouble but were saved by a platoon of soldiers and taken to their…
Otherside Picnic Series Review
Urasekai Picnic is one of those anime that you are either going to really enjoy or find incredibly frustrating and ultimately you won’t be wrong. Check out my…
Anime Review: Otherside Picnic
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Otherside Picnic
Otherside Picnic could have been a pretty good horror anime. Unfortunately, it decided to ignore most of its horror elements.
Thoughts on Otherside Picnic Volume 2 (Manga)
Sorawo and Toriko return to the Otherside for the third time in the second volume of Eita Mizuno’s Otherside Picnic manga adaptation. Inadvertently, though… This volume contains chapter…
Thoughts on Otherside Picnic Volume 3 (Manga)
In this volume of Eita Mizuno’s Otherside Picnic manga adaptation, the February Station arc concludes… for now. Then Toriko pulls a vanishing act. This volume contains chapters eleven…
Thoughts on Otherside Picnic Volume 5 (Manga)
Another volume, another trip into the Otherside for Sorawo and Toriko. It’s a planned trip this time, and they are going there with one objective in mind: to…
Thoughts on Otherside Picnic Volume 4 (Manga)
Sorawo and Kozakura are on the search for Toriko in the fourth volume of Eita Mizuno’s manga adaptation of Otherside Picnic. This volume contains chapters eighteen to twenty-four.
Thoughts on Otherside Picnic Volume 1 (Manga)
Originally a light novel series written by Iori Miyazawa, Otherside Picnic received both anime and manga adaptations. This post shall be focusing on the manga adaptation by Eita…
Otherside Picnic (Episode 6) – The Meat Train
Sorawo and Toriko arrived at the makeshift military base on the Otherside. They were given a tent to sleep in, some food and water, and warned not to…
Books: Otherside Picnic
By Shelley Pallis. Sorawo Kamikoshi is a loner, a twenty-year-old nerd studying cultural anthropology at a Saitama university, whose hobby is exploring spooky places. Nor are these randomly…
Otherside Picnic Anime
Miyazawa Iori has rather quickly entered the landscape of Yuri creators in recent years. With a lead story in the Yuri issue of SF Magazine in 2019, followed…
How Do We Relationship, Volume 6, Guest Review by Matt Marcus
Matt Marcus is a cohost of various projects on the Pitch Drop Podcast Network, such as the anime watchalong podcast Boku No Stop, which is currently covering the…
Yuri Light Novel: Otherside Picnic, Volume 2 (English)
In Volume 1, we are taken to the “other side” along with Internet legend-hunter Sorawo and Toriko, a woman looking for her missing friend. In Volume 2 of…
Otherside Picnic (Volume 1) – Where Urban Legends Roam!
While exploring an abandoned building, Sorawo found a strange world on the other side of a door. After being attacked by something from an urban legend, Sorawo was…
Otherside Picnic (Manga) Vol 1 Review
Eita Miyazawa’s Otherside Picnic manga is an adaptation of a series of sci-fi/adventure novels that were written by Iori Miyazawa. I haven’t read these books, or seen the…
Otherside Picnic Vol. 1 LN Review
Lock and load. Sorawo is a loner of a college student whose curiosity gets the better of her when she stumbles into a parallel realm while engaging in…
Otherside Picnic Vol. 2 LN Review
I am sure it wasn’t the intent, but the subtitle to this volume conjures images of the stuff of Douglas Adams rather than of horror.
Otherside Picnic Vol. 3 LN Review
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Otherside Picnic Episode 6: Station February (Part 2)
The sixth episode of Otherside Picnic continues the adaptation of the third chapter of the light novel. Sorawo and Toriko arrive at Kisaragi Station in the Otherside.
Otherside Picnic (Season One)
A strange world exists behind ours. It’s home to weird creatures that seem to be the source of most urban legends. While searching this foreign landscape, Sorawo met…
Otherside Picnic, Vol. 3
By Iori Miyazawa and shirakaba. Released in Japan as “Urasekai Picnic” by Hayakawa Bunko JA. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. I’ve talked…
Otherside Picnic, Vol. 5
By Iori Miyazawa and shirakaba. Released in Japan as “Urasekai Picnic” by Hayakawa Bunko JA. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. This may…
Rory’s Reviews: Otherside Picnic
Otherside Picnic is a twelve episode anime adaptation of the yuri science fiction novel series written by Iori Miyazawa. It was directed and written by Takuya Sato, though…
Otherside Picnic GN 1
Otherside Picnic creates a creepy world that gives a sense of vast, unexplored space and dangers lurking just below your line of sight.
Otherside Picnic – Episode 1
Yuri! And it's sci-fi! And they're adults! I KNOW!
Otherside Picnic, Vol. 7
By Iori Miyazawa and shirakaba. Released in Japan as “Urasekai Picnic” by Hayakawa Bunko JA. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. If Otherside…
Otherside Picnic, Vol. 2
By Iori Miyazawa and shirakaba. Released in Japan as “Urasekai Picnic” by Hayakawa Bunko JA. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. The second…
Otherside Picnic, Vol. 8
By Iori Miyazawa and shirakaba. Released in Japan as “Urasekai Picnic” by Hayakawa Bunko JA. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. For the…
First Impressions: Otherside Picnic
Sorao’s journey into the Otherside wasn’t meant to end this way. She lies in a puddle on the ground, unable to move, as the translucent, red-eyed wiggle-waggle (don’t…
Otherside Picnic, Vol. 4
By Iori Miyazawa and shirakaba. Released in Japan as “Urasekai Picnic” by Hayakawa Bunko JA. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Sean McCann. Last time…
Soulmate, Volume 1, Guest Review by Laurent Lignon
Welcome to another Guest Review Wednesday and welcome back to Journaliste/Chroniqueur Laurent Lignon! Laurent is going to introduce us to the French-language edition of a Chinese webtoon and…
Yuri Espoir, Volume 4 Guest Review by Luce
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semelparous, Volume 1, Guest Review by G-Man
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