Manga Review

Manga Review

Jiu Jiu Volume 3

“The family you come from isn’t as important as the family you’re going to have.” – Ring Lardner

While the second volume for this shojo manga was a bit quiet, the third…

• 17th March 2013
Manga Review

Ayako

“No one who has not sat in prison knows what the State is like.” – Leo Tolstoy.

In terms of Osamu Tezuka’s work, Ayako certainly fits into his darker side. It is not as dark however …

• 27th February 2013
Manga Review

Ninth Life Love

Make the most of this title, fujoshi and fudanshi, while you can – because if, like me, you still prefer your BL manga to come in good old-fashioned paper book form, this is the last title (apart…

• 5th January 2013
Manga Review

Vampire Knight Volume 15

With Kaname nowhere to be found and his murderous actions unexplained, Yuki is taken into custody by the Vampire Hunter Society and questioned by her former guardian Kaiden Cross. Yuki herself…

• 5th January 2013
Manga Review

Cyborg 009 Volume 1

“Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.” – A. Whitney Brown.

If you have been following the news recently you may be aware that Digital…

• 7th December 2012
Manga Review

Missions of Love Volume 1

To her classmates, Yukina Himuro is the ‘Absolute Zero Snow Woman’, a strange girl with cold hands and an equally cold stare, avoided by everyone apart from her cousin Akira. Little do they know …

• 23rd November 2012
Manga Review

Vampire Knight Volume 14

Sara is still on the loose turning helpless female students into her vampire slaves, making Kaname’s lack of involvement to stop her suspicious to the Vampire Hunters Society. However the current…

• 3rd October 2012
Manga Review

Message to Adolf Volume 1

“What luck for rulers that men do not think.” – Adolf Hitler.

Osamu Tezuka may be better known for his children’s work, especially Astro Boy, but this thrilling historical…

• 23rd September 2012
Manga Review

Secretary’s Job?

Thirty-something Takase is known as the ‘Legendary Secretary’, so the company president thinks that he’s just the right man to sort out his lazy and unmotivated son Toshiaki…

• 4th August 2012
Manga Review

Castle Mango Volume 1

“A love hotel is a place to nurture love…and love wins against all odds.” Toshio Shirosaki.

High school student Yorozu Shirosaki helps his mother run the gloriously kitsch…

• 25th July 2012
Manga Review

Jiu Jiu Volume 1

“When novelist Margaret Atwood asked women what they feared most from men, they said: “We’re afraid they’ll kill us.” When men were asked the same question …

• 14th July 2012