Anime Review

Shadows House Volume 6 Review

What is the darkest secret of Shadows House? How do young Shadows and their living dolls become adults and ascend to the higher floors of the main mansion? Kate and Emilico are determined to find out – but the Star-bearers suspect them of meddling!

Sarah • 4th April 2024

Manga Review

Medalist Volume 1 Review

Figure-skater Tsukasa is about to give up on his dream of fame on the ice when he encounters eleven-year-old hopeful Inori. Seeing her potential, he decides to coach her. How will this work out?

Sarah • 3rd April 2024

Manga Review

My Lovesick Life as a ’90s Otaku Volume 2 Review

We learn at last exactly why Masamune hates otaku so much.

Ian Wolf • 1st April 2024

Manga Review

Seraph of the End Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen Volume 2 Review

After having his high school attacked, Guren has been taken captive by Kureto Hiragi and must either submit to working under him or watch all those he cares about be killed! What will he choose and will it allow him to get to the bottom of why Mahiru is working with the Hyakuya Sect?

Demelza • 30th March 2024

Manga Review

I Got Reincarnated in a (BL) World of Big (Man) Boobs Omnibus 1 Review

Nagare Otokawa’s gloomy otaku life was cut short by an accident – but then, reincarnated in a handsome new body, he hopes his dying wish ‘to touch boobies’ will at last be granted. Be very careful what you wish for…

Sarah • 28th March 2024

Manga Review

Welcome Back, Alice Volume 6 Review

Welcome Back, Alice is fast approaching its conclusion but has this second-to-last volume made a misstep that can't be recovered from?

Demelza • 27th March 2024

Manga Review

The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter (manga) Volume 4 Review

In the Other World, displaced accountant Seiichirou has been sent to the Demon Forest alongside the Holy Maiden Yua as she performs the ritual to disperse the deadly miasma. It’s a dangerous situation for all involved, but especially the Bean Counter – how will he cope?

Sarah • 26th March 2024

Manga Review

Tales of the Tendo Family Volume 1 Review

Tales of the Tendo Family sees an unnamed protagonist take the place of a woman scared for her life as she's due to wed Masato Tendo, a man embroiled in a bloody succession battle.

Demelza • 25th March 2024

Manga Review

The Villainess’s Guide to (Not) Falling in Love (Manga) Volume 1 Review

The new villainess series by Square Enix, based upon a light novel of the same name, but is (not) a good read? Check out our review!

darkstorm • 23rd March 2024

Manga Review

Ako and Bambi Volume 1 Review

The mangaka who created Horimiya delivers a new supernatural mystery - but is it any good? Find out in our review!

darkstorm • 22nd March 2024

Manga Review

Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You Volume 1 Review

Mizuho has grown up with four male friends: Shuugo, Shin, Airu and Kizuki. On her 17th birthday, 1st July 2020, her world - and love life - is changed forever! Read our review of the first volume here.

darkstorm • 21st March 2024

Manga Review

Blood Blade Volume 1 Review

After being killed in a vicious war, Count Vlad “the Impaler” is resurrected as an immortal vampire girl. 400 years later, after encountering a patchwork teenage girl and a grizzled eyepatch-wearing assassin, Vlad is pulled into a battle against Cerberus, a mysterious organisation trying to take over the world with a human-monster hybrid army.

Onosume • 20th March 2024

Manga Review

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (Manga) Volume 3 Review

Ladybug and Cat Noir have been superheroes of Paris for a while now. How did their superhero journey begin? Find out in the latest volume of the manga adaptation of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir!!

darkstorm • 19th March 2024

Manga Review

Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture (manga) Volume 2 Review

Akira's and Naoya's supernatural secrets are revealed, but it's only by solving case after case that they can get closer to the truth of what really happened to them.

Noemi10 • 17th March 2024

Manga Review

Nude Model and Other Stories Review

An unconventional relationship develops between a high school art student and her classmate who offers to be her nude model; a bored high school boy discovers he has an unexpected talent that draws unwanted attention and a young doctor who can’t stand the sight of blood discovers a rather unusual host club…

Sarah • 15th March 2024

Manga Review

The Great Cleric Volume 1 Review

A Japanese salaryman is reincarnated in Galdardia, a world where magic and monsters exist. His newfound skills will bring a wave of change to its inhabitants.

Noemi10 • 14th March 2024

Manga Review

Rent-A-Girlfriend Volumes 21 and 22 Review

In these two new volumes of Rent-A-Girlfriend, Kazuya vows to tell Mizuhara his true feelings but it feels like the universe is conspiring against him as problems continue to pop up along the way!

Demelza • 13th March 2024

Manga Review

My Dear, Curse-Casting Vampiress Volume 2 Review

In Volume 2 of My Dear, Curse-Casting Vampiress, Isuzu and Baroque find themselves separated and facing off against a pair of vampire sisters! Will they be able to make it through their battles and reunite on the other side?

Demelza • 11th March 2024

Manga Review

I Think Our Son is Gay Volume 5 Review

'Is our eldest son Hiroki gay?' Tomoko has been wondering this for some time even though the exuberant high-schooler has never come out. As her husband Akiyoshi returns home after working abroad, can she persuade him to change his rigid attitudes without upsetting the harmony within the family?

Sarah • 10th March 2024

Manga Review

Wave, Listen to Me! Volume 10 Review

After their friend and colleague Mizuho is kidnapped by the member of a sinister cult, Minare and Chishiro venture out into the frozen tundra to free her, facing harsh conditions and grizzly predators in the process, whilst the cult’s key new recruit plays cat-and-mouse with Chief Director Mato, which jeopardises an upcoming important broadcast.

HWR • 9th March 2024