Sarah

Sarah's been writing about her love of manga and anime since Whenever - and first started watching via Le Club Dorothée in France...

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Manga Review

Minato’s Laundromat Volume 1 Review

Minato has escaped the corporate daily grind to take over his grandfather’s shabby laundromat. So why does he feel so hot and bothered when a friendly, good-looking high-schooler starts using the facilities?

Sarah • 4th December 2023

News

CRUNCHYROLL ANNOUNCES SOLO LEVELING PREMIERE SCREENING

Premiere Screening to take place in December in UK, France and Germany

‘The beloved Korean manhwa Solo Leveling, written by Chugong and illustrated by DUBU (REDICE Studio), will be adapted…

Sarah • 29th November 2023

Manga Review

Sasaki and Miyano Official Comic Anthology Review

It’s always interesting to see little glimpses of other mangakas’ interpretations of a well-loved manga series – and here the characters from Sasaki and Miyano get the full anthology treatment!

Sarah • 27th November 2023

Manga Review

Super Morning Star Volume 1 Review

When two high school students bump into each other backstage at a super sentai show, Honda is surprised to discover that his classmate Kaido is performing as one of the Rangers! But now Honda knows Kaido’s secret – can he be trusted to keep it?

Sarah • 24th November 2023

Manga Review

Kowloon Generic Romance Volume 5 Review

Take another trip to bustling Kowloon Walled City where Reiko Kujirai (A) is trying to unravel who she really is and disassociate herself from the other Reiko Kujirai (B) in the fifth volume of Jun Mayuzuki’s must-read manga: Kowloon Generic Romance!

Sarah • 19th November 2023

Manga Review

Mr Villain’s Day Off Volume 2 Review

Everyone needs a day off – even the leader of an evil alien organization plotting to take over the Earth. So why does ‘The General’ choose to spend his downtime on Earth, in disguise as a human? Could it be because he’s obsessed with pandas?

Sarah • 16th November 2023

Manga Review

Send Them a Farewell Gift for the Lost Time Review

Tsukushi and his novelist boyfriend Toui have been together for four years – until one day, Tsukushi walks out. When did they stop communicating? Is their relationship beyond saving? Do they really want to break up?

Sarah • 14th November 2023

Manga Review

Twilight Out of Focus 3: overlap Review

Second-year students Mao and Hisashi met as roommates in the school dorm, made a film together, and are now in a secret relationship! But their busy lives mean they have little time to spend together…and as the third year approaches, important decisions have to be made about the future…

Sarah • 9th November 2023

Anime Review

Tsurune Collector’s Edition (Season 1 Episodes 1-14) Review

Minato used to love kyudo – the Japanese art of archery – until he developed target panic in middle school. Now he’s starting high school and there’s a struggling kyudo club that’s desperate for new members; can he be persuaded to put his fears aside and try again?

Sarah • 3rd November 2023

Manga Review

Never Let Go Volume 1 Review

All the students welcome good-looking Alpha student Haruto when he transfers into an all-gender high school – except the student council president Miyabi who treats him with contempt. Haruto is intrigued – and determines to find out why Miyabi is so hostile.

Sarah • 31st October 2023

Roundup

Autumn Season 2023: Some Anime UK News Picks

For once, the hype was real: Frieren is as good as they’d predicted it would be, perhaps even better. But how many of the other slew of brand-new autumn shows are proving as impressive? And the returning…

AUKN Staff • 26th October 2023

Manga Review

Lullaby of the Dawn Volume 2 Review

Alto has grown up protecting and serving Elva, the white-haired battle shaman, who nightly fights off monsters emerging from the Black Sea. But the two have been separated. Elva is adrift without Alto and the signs of his curse, the black stains on his body have begun to reappear. Is he, too, doomed to die young, like the others marked this way?

Sarah • 24th October 2023

Manga Review

Lullaby of the Dawn Volume 1 Review

Alto is only a boy when he first meets Elva, the young battle shaman who protects the village from the monstrous creatures that live in the Black Sea, but he’s so impressed that he wants to stay by his side. When he learns that Elva is cursed, doomed to die from the effects of the Black Sea, Alto resolves to do all he can to save him…but how?

Sarah • 18th October 2023

Manga Review

10 Dance Volume 7 Review

Ballroom dance champions Suzuki and Shinya have broken up – and the dream of excelling in the 10-Dance Competition seems further away as they start to train with different coaches.

Sarah • 15th October 2023

Manga Review

The Red Thread Volume 1 Review

Pharm is just starting university and is looking forward to life at college – but why does he react so badly to sudden loud noises? And why does his first sight of swimming club captain Dean provoke such a strong reaction? They’ve never met before but…

Sarah • 13th October 2023

Manga Review

A Man & His Cat Volume 9 Review

Kittens! Fukumaru’s peaceful home life has been disturbed by five kittens, humans, and now, even worse, it’s time to go to the vet’s. What else could possibly go wrong?

Sarah • 11th October 2023

Manga Review

Manner of Death Volume 2 Review

Investigating a supposed tragic suicide, coroner Dr. Bun has unwittingly been drawn into a web of murder and lies. On the run with Tan, the two men must try to expose the true criminals without becoming the next victims...

Sarah • 7th October 2023

Manga Review

Sasaki and Miyano Volume 09 Review

Sasaki and Miyano are dating – but at a distance! Sasaki is now in his first year at university and Miyano is in his third year at high school, so meeting up requires some planning. How will being apart affect their relationship?

Sarah • 3rd October 2023

Roundup

Summer 2023 Overview

Summer 2023 is all but over, except for ongoing series – and those, like Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead that have been beset with production delays and now seems to be on hiatus. Maybe it’s not so …

AUKN Staff • 2nd October 2023

Manga Review

SOTUS Volume 3 Review

Fresher engineering student Kongpob has tried to hide his feelings for faculty upperclassman and head hazer, Arthit. But now the training period is over, he can’t pretend any longer – but will proud Arthit reject him, once and for all?

Sarah • 1st October 2023