Yay finally I’m getting around to some manga talk. My own manga TBR is down to nothing and felt in the mood to read some boys love. Ah who knew it would stab me… More
Mar 19, 2020 • Subscribe
More like this
S2E17 - I Hear the Sunspot, Hinamatsuri
In this episode of Screentone Club, Andy and Elliot entertain Yakuza, psychic jerks, over enthusiastic hungry boys and disabled love interests. All in a days work for a…
I Hear the Sunspot -Limit- 3 Review
Yuki Fumino’s subtly complex, resonant, and heartfelt dramatic manga series I Hear the Sunspot premiered in 2013 and has sporadically extended into five ongoing collected books. The touching…
I Hear the Sunspot: Four Seasons GN 1
A grounded romance, I Hear the Sunspot continues to be a slow-burn that touches on an important message with disability representation.
I Hear the Sunspot: Limit Volume 3 Manga Release Details
The good people from One Peace Books have just sent us the release details I Hear the Sunspot: Limit Volume 3. The final volume of the manga...
The quiet crackle of ‘I Hear the Sunspot’ – Complete Series Review
This is a series that I actually picked up physical copies of back in January. This series had been making small waves for several years as a small…
I Hear the Sunspot: Limit Manga Volumes 1-3 Series Review
I have to say, in the world of disability manga, I really do think I Hear the Sunspot is one of the best — if not the best…
The intersection of queer and Deaf identity in I Hear the Sunspot
Content Warning: Discussion of ableism. As a long-time reader of manga, I always found the medium to be a means of escape to fantastical worlds. Yet, there remained…
279 – Triple Dip 40 – Classmates: Dou kyu sei, I Hear the Sunspot, 10 Dance
On this episode we’re doing a special Boys’ Love edition Triple Dip! Morgana leads the charge as we dive into sweet romances and problematic troupes in the first…
First Look: I, Tsushima
There’s a cat that speaks with a deep voice who joins an old lady with a few other cats who they call Ojii-chan. That’s it, that’s the plot.…
r#77 – i can hear the sea
This is probably the most modest and least celebrated of the films produced by the Ghibli studio. It’s titled Umi ga Kikoeru, aka the Ocean Waves; a movie…
First Look: The Day I Became a God
Yota Narukami is a approached by a little girl who claims to be a god, and she informs him that the world will end in thirty days. He…
First Look: The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
Komura has a crush on his classmate Mie – who normally wears glasses – and he must comically contend with the closeness of her physical presence and general…
First Look: Moriarty the Patriot
Seven young boys have been brutally murdered, yet the killer is still at large. William Moriarty is on the case, though his idea of justice is a little…
First Look: The Marginal Service
In an alternate universe Japan, the Marginal Service arm of the Bureau of Immigration handles supernatural crime from “Borderlanders”: dangerous nonhumans who hide in our midst. They do…
First Look: The Fire Hunter
After a world-altering event, humans now spontaneously combust if they come into close proximity to a naked flame. To adapt, Fire Hunters harvest a new energy source from…
First Look: BASTARD!!
The Kingdom of Meta-licana is under attack by demons, monsters, and sinister warlocks. Only the legendary wizard, Dark Schneider, sealed into the body of mild-mannered Lucien, can save…
First Look: Arte
Following the recent passing of her father, a young noblewoman named Arte decides to leave her sheltered life behind and pursue a career in art. In 16th century…
First Look: Ishura
In a fantasy world at the nexus of dimensions, the Demon King has finally been defeated. Without a common enemy, the “Shura” – beings from other worlds powerful…
First Look: Gibiate
A global pandemic is ravaging mankind and world leaders have failed to stop it… and in this anime, a virus that turns people into monsters is ravaging mankind…
First Look: Ayaka
Yukito Yanagi has spent most of his young life in a foster home, but one day he’s summoned back to the chain of islands where he spent his…
First Look: Listeners
In a world devoid of music and under constant attack by monstrous creatures known as the Earless, Echo Rec is a boy who makes his living as a…
First Look: Listeners
In a world devoid of music and under constant attack by monstrous creatures known as the Earless, Echo Rec is a boy who makes his living as a…
First Look: SSSS.Dynazenon
Yomogi Asanaka meets a mysterious man passed out under a bridge named Gauma, who claims to be a, “Kaiju User.” Not long afterward, strange things start happening to…
First Look: Ishura
In a fantasy world at the nexus of dimensions, the Demon King has finally been defeated. Without a common enemy, the “Shura” – beings from other worlds powerful…
First Look: SHY
In an era when superpowered individuals have ushered in unprecedented peace and prosperity, Teru Momijiyama, a.k.a. Shy, is the young costumed heroine charged with representing Japan in a…
First Look: Kakushigoto
Kakushi Goto is a loving father of a young daughter. He tries his best to give her a good life despite the loss of her mother at some…
First Look: Overtake!
Kouya Madoka is a professional photographer who’s haunted by a traumatic incident from his past and unable to take pictures of people anymore. Assigned to cover a Super…
First Look: Backflip!!
Shoutarou Futaba is ending his middle-school days as a perpetual bench-warmer for the baseball team, but when he accidentally stumbles into a rhythmic gymnastics competition he’s captivated b…
First Look: Noblesse
Raizel, a powerful noble freshly awake after 820 years of slumber, is enrolled in a high school, presumably to learn about the customs of twenty-first century society. He…
First Look: Sakugan
Mankind lives in disparate colonies deep underground. Outside the colonies, a dangerous uncharted land known as The Labyrinth is constantly being explored and colonized by mankind’s mech moun…
First Look: Tonbo!
On the rural island of Hinoshima, pro golfer Igarashi arrives to find the island’s only middle schooler has a talent for golf, and she’s a girl!
First Look: Bucchigiri?!
Arajin Tomoshibi enrolls in a new high school, dominated by punks and delinquents of every stripe. A naturally timid kid, he’s struggling with his new surroundings. To make…
First Look: Arte
Following the recent passing of her father, a young noblewoman named Arte decides to leave her sheltered life behind and pursue a career in art. In 16th century…
First Look: Kakushigoto
Kakushi Goto is a loving father of a young daughter. He tries his best to give her a good life despite the loss of her mother at some…
First Look: Orient
In a fantastical version of the Sengoku Period, the people of Hinomoto live under the yoke of monstrous oni masters. Only the magical warriors known as Bushi are…
First Look: CUE!
A group of 15 wannabe voice actors join a brand new talent agency called AiRBLUE. They learn and do voice acting, and maybe some singing too. That’s it,…
Sometimes I hear about other people’s watching habits…
The original title was “Sometimes I hear about other people’s watching habits and wonder if they even like anime or dramas”, but that’s just a little too long…
First Look: D4DJ First Mix
Rinku is a very enthusiastic girl who grew up on a small African island, and while she may be unfamiliar with a lot of things, she really likes…
First Look: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
A vending machine otaku is ironically killed in a accident where he is crushed by a vending machine. He is reincarnated as a vending machine into a fantasy…
First Look: Sakura Wars The Animation
Set after the 2019 Sakura Wars game, the Imperial Combat Revue Flower Division – a troupe of mech pilot troops – must deal with a new demonic invasion…
First Look: The Way of Pon
Nashiko is kicked out of her family home for constantly disturbing her mother. Fortunately, her dad owns a closed-down mahjong parlor, which he allows her to turn into…
First Look: Muteking: The Dancing Hero
Muteki arrives at the busting Neo San Francisco with plans to stay with his grandma. While out exploring the city he meets DJ aka DJ, a man with…
First Look: The Gene of AI
In the near future, Humans live alongside extremely lifelike androids known as Humanoids. However, this has led to a new breed of crime involving artificially duplicating Humanoids and…
First Look: Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
The World War is over, and the UZSR and the UK are in the midst of a space race. After successfully sending a dog into space, the time…
First Look: The Eminence in Shadow
The Stylish Ruffian Slayer is a teenage boy who goes around with a bag of crowbars because it makes him feel strong. After playing out his hero fantasy…
First Look: Sakura Wars The Animation
Set after the 2019 Sakura Wars game, the Imperial Combat Revue Flower Division – a troupe of mech pilot troops – must deal with a new demonic invasion…
First Look: Cestvs: The Roman Fighter
Cestvs is a slave in the Roman Empire, drafted as a boxer to fight other slaves for the entertainment of the high class. Due to his owner being…
First Look: D_Cide Traumerei the Animation
Ryuuhei, a high schooler in Shibuya, Tokyo, is bitten by a mysterious cat-like creature named Tris. He is soon transported to an alternative realm populated by ancient and…