Demelza

When she's not watching anime, reading manga or reviewing, Demelza can generally be found exploring some kind of fantasy world and chasing her dreams of being a hero.

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Manga Review

The Failure at God School Volume 1 Review

A new series from the Apothecary Diaries creator Natsu Hyuuga makes its English debut, but does it leave us as charmed as the author's other beloved work?

Demelza • 27th March 2025

Manga Review

Fall in Love, You False Angels Volume 1 Review

Otogi Katsura and Toki Ninomae are known for their good looks and angel-like personalities at school, but in truth they're both hiding behind a fake persona.

Demelza • 24th March 2025

Manga Review

You Talk Too Much, So Just Shut It Already! Volume 1 Review

You Talk Too Much, So Just Shut It Already! follows deaf protagonist Hiragi and her talkative classmate Taiyo who has a new and eccentric story to tell every day.

Demelza • 19th March 2025

Manga Review

I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Volume 1 Review

In this first volume of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day, we enter a war-torn world where death is just an everyday occurrence for protagonist Sheena. Slowly her everyday begins to change when she meets the mysterious Mimi, who's known for her wild killing sprees on the battlefield. With such different outlooks on life, what kind of relationship will they share?

Demelza • 14th March 2025

Manga Review

Dragon and Chameleon Volume 2 Review

Volume 2 of Dragon and Chameleon sees Garyo attend a high risk but high reward ‘Serialization Boot Camp’ hosted by the editorial department of Shonen Wonder. What awaits him here as he competes alongside five other rookies?

Demelza • 13th March 2025

Manga Review

Gazing at the Star Next Door Volumes 2 and 3 Review

Chiaki's feelings for Subaru only grow stronger as time goes on, but when he lands the lead role in an upcoming drama, our heroine feels the gap between them widen more than ever. Will she ever be able to tell him how she feels?

Demelza • 10th March 2025

Manga Review

Magical Girl Incident Volume 3 Review

Magical Girl Incident reaches its end in this jam-packed final volume filled with all the things we've come to love the series for.

Demelza • 7th March 2025

Manga Review

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Volume 7 Review

Just as one misunderstanding threatens to tear Yoi and Ichimura apart, he appears to make a heartfelt apology. But now new problems are popping up left and right as their school prepares for the long-awaited school festival!

Demelza • 27th February 2025

Manga Review

Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring Volume 1 Review

Kana Akatsuki's Agents of the Four Seasons comes to life in this manga adaptation from Nappa Komatsuda.

Demelza • 22nd February 2025

Manga Review

The Otaku Love Connection Volume 1 Review

Otonari Wataru has been an otaku since he was five years old and his favourite thing is to ship his OTPs, which now extends to classmate Yuzuru and her boyfriend Chihiro! What will happen when he meets a fellow fan of his OTP....?

Demelza • 21st February 2025

Manga Review

Bless Volumes 2 and 3 Review

In pursuit of their dreams, Jun and Aia face new challenges as they begin figuring out how to move forward in the world of modelling and makeup in these two new volumes of Bless.

Demelza • 15th February 2025

Anime Review

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon? Season 4 Part 2 Review

Bell and Ryu are plunged to the depths of the Dungeon where they face challenges unlike anything they've come up against before. Unprepared and injured, it's a race against time to find their way back to the higher floors...

Demelza • 12th February 2025

Manga Review

Dogs and Punching Bags Review

Kaori Ozaki's latest series makes it way to English in an omnibus format, but does this tale of leaving the city behind for a quiet island capture the same magic as Ozaki's other works?

Demelza • 7th February 2025

Manga Review

86: Eighty-Six – Operation High School Review

86 is reimagined in this cheerful alternate universe spin-off manga where the cast spend their days peacefully attending high school.

Demelza • 5th February 2025

Manga Review

Honey Lemon Soda Volumes 5-7 Review

It's Summer Break and Uka is enjoying spending time with Kai and her friends, but with the return to school looming, she's about to face a problem that could turn her whole world upside down.

Demelza • 31st January 2025

Roundup

Winter Season 2025 Preview

Winter Season 2025 is now underway, so the team at Anime UK News are here to share their picks of both new and returning series!

AUKN Staff • 25th January 2025

Book Review

The BS Situation of Tougetsu Umidori Volume 1 Review

The BS Situation of Tougetsu Umidori starts with a student stealing pencils to shave and eat over rice, but trust me when I say there's far stranger things afoot here...

Demelza • 24th January 2025

Manga Review

The Revenge of My Youth: Re Life with an Angelic Girl Volume 1 Review

Shin'ichiro Niihama can't help but wonder what could have been had he made different choices in high school. Now stuck in a dead end job with a toxic boss, it's not long before Shin'ichiro collapses from overwork and finds himself waking up back in the very days he's been reminiscing about!

Demelza • 23rd January 2025

Manga Review

Always a Catch! How I Punched My Way Into Marrying a Prince Volume 1 Review

With the birth of her baby brother, Maria's dreams of inheriting her father's dukedom suddenly go up in smoke. Now she's tasked with finding herself a husband, but that means moving to the neighbouring kingdom where she gets herself into all kinds of problems!

Demelza • 16th January 2025

Manga Review

Kurokiya-san Wants to Lead Him Around by the Nose Volumes 1 and 2 Review

With teachers at their wits' end with gyaru girl Ruu Kurokiya, it's up to honor student Tadao Tadashi to tutor her and prevent her from flunking out of high school. As it turns out, the two are old rivals whose roles were completely reversed in elementary school...

Demelza • 15th January 2025