Manga Review

Snow White with the Red Hair Volume 1 Review

Snow White with the Red Hair Volume 1 Review

Snow White with the Red Hair Volume 1 Review

Snow White with the Red Hair is off to a fine start. With a relaxed story, strong female lead and likeable set of characters the series has a promising future. Fans of the anime won’t be disappointed and newcomers are certainly going to be coming back for more.

Demelza • 12th June 2019

Dragon Ball Super – Volume 5 Review

Dragon Ball Super – Volume 5 Review

Dragon Ball Super – Volume 5 Review

The manga version of Akira Toriyama’s Super storylines continue their release here in the UK with Volume 5, containing the final chapters of the Future Trunks arc, and the start of the next, rather crazy, storyline…

Cold Cobra • 6th June 2019

Kino’s Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 2 Review

Kino’s Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 2 Review

Kino’s Journey: The Beautiful World Volume 2 Review

Volume 2 of Kino’s Journey: The Beautiful World continues to offer a compelling adventure series. Although it's not for the faint-hearted, if you can look past the depressing nature of these stories you’ll find a fascinating message about humanity.

Demelza • 5th June 2019

Love in Focus Volume 2 Review

Love in Focus Volume 2 Review

Love in Focus Volume 2 Review

Love in Focus hasn’t managed to break free of the tropes it started out with but it succeeds at being a fun read. Shojo fans will certainly enjoy their time spent with the likeable cast of characters, especially knowing that it’s a shorter series in the genre.

Demelza • 28th May 2019

My Boy Volume 4 Review

My Boy Volume 4 Review

My Boy Volume 4 Review

My Boy continues to intrigue and beguile as the two-year gap in the narrative and change of point-of-view character provide a welcome change of focus.

Sarah • 22nd May 2019

Emanon Volume 1 Review

Emanon Volume 1 Review

Emanon Volume 1 Review

The mangaka behind Eisner-nominated series Wandering Island, Kenji Tsuruta, is back! Teaming up with the winner of the Nihon SF Taisho award, Shinji Kajio, the two have created Emanon. The manga promises a whimsical look at what it means to carry memories with you from the beginning of time, but does it deliver?

Demelza • 21st May 2019

Dive!! Volume 2 Review

Dive!! Volume 2 Review

Dive!! Volume 2 Review

Volume 2 of Dive!! moves the series from being a story about diving to more common slice-of-life matters.

Demelza • 18th May 2019

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare Volume 1 Review

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare Volume 1 Review

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare Volume 1 Review

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare combines magic realism with the cruel realities of everyday life in a compelling and beautifully drawn manga; this title is absolutely not to be missed!

Sarah • 16th May 2019

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Complete Four-Panel Comics Review

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Complete Four-Panel Comics Review

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Complete Four-Panel Comics Review

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Complete Four-Panel Comics deserves a place in every Fullmetal Alchemist fan’s collection. Containing hidden gems that are being released outside of Japan for the first time, this release is a treasure trove of content.

Demelza • 7th May 2019

Witch Hat Atelier Volume 1 Review

Witch Hat Atelier Volume 1 Review

Witch Hat Atelier Volume 1 Review

Superb artwork that mixes influences of east and west, combines with a compelling story with an ingenious twist to deliver one of the most exciting new fantasy manga to emerge from Japan: Witch Hat Atelier is a must-read!

Sarah • 29th April 2019

O Maidens in your Savage Season Volume 1

O Maidens in your Savage Season Volume 1

O Maidens in your Savage Season Volume 1

Overall, O Maidens in your Savage Season is off to a good start. Fans of Mari Okada’s work will find a lot to like here, as will those looking for a more realistic look at puberty and growing up.

Demelza • 19th April 2019

That Blue Sky Feeling Volume 2 Review

That Blue Sky Feeling Volume 2 Review

That Blue Sky Feeling Volume 2 Review

Dai Noshiro and his school friends return for another slice of everyday high school life in the second volume of That Blue Sky Feeling.

Sarah • 18th April 2019

Knights of Sidonia: Master Edition 1 Review

Knights of Sidonia: Master Edition 1 Review

Knights of Sidonia: Master Edition 1 Review

Tsutomu Nihei's mecha manga returns in this extra large, expanded edition.

Ian Wolf • 17th April 2019

Smashed Review

Infectious laughter, a paranoid book lover, and the ghost of a flood are featured among the stories in the latest collection from horror manga master, Junji Ito.

Ian Wolf • 14th April 2019

Mob Psycho 100 Volume 2 Review

Mob Psycho 100 Volume 2 Review

Mob Psycho 100 Volume 2 Review

Mob enters into a battle with another psychic - a battle in which he doesn't fight.

Ian Wolf • 6th April 2019

Candy Color Paradox Volume 1 Review

Candy Color Paradox Volume 1 Review

Candy Color Paradox Volume 1 Review

Looking for a new Boys’ Love manga with believable characters and an engaging, well-written story? Why not try Candy Color Paradox – set in the world of scoop journalism, it could be your next favourite series!

Sarah • 2nd April 2019

10 Dance Review Volume 2

10 Dance Review Volume 2

10 Dance Review Volume 2

10 Dance is definitely manga for grown-ups; Inouesatoh's love for ballroom dance shines through on every well-drawn page.

Sarah • 28th March 2019

Bloom Into You Volume 3 Review

Bloom Into You Volume 3 Review

Bloom Into You Volume 3 Review

Bloom Into You continues to be a highly entertaining and refreshing yuri manga with a more grounded and realistic take on relationships in general, while showing that the genre can take same-sex relationships seriously when it tries.

Onosume • 25th March 2019

Yuri Is My Job! Volume 2 Review

Yuri Is My Job! Volume 2 Review

Yuri Is My Job! Volume 2 Review

Volume 2 of Yuri Is My Job! continues the story strongly by allowing events and relationships to progress naturally rather than trying to stretch the clichés to ridiculous extremes.

darkstorm • 22nd March 2019

My Boy Volume 3 Review

My Boy Volume 3 Review

My Boy Volume 3 Review

As we reach the third volume of sensitive slice-of-life My Boy, is mangaka Hitomi Takano able to ramp up the tension without sliding into soap territory?

Sarah • 21st March 2019