Manga Review

In these two volumes of A Galaxy Next Door, we watch over Ichiro and Shiori as they navigate the difficulties of their new relationship. From telling Ichiro's siblings to a visit from Shiori's parents and a few cute dates in between, there's a lot happening here!

Detective Yukito Ayatsuji's nemesis is still alive and causing even more chaos as he creates a dangerous mystery for Yukito to solve. With their backs against the wall, can the detective and trusty partner Mizuko find a way to bring their enemy to justice once and for all?

The end of first-year art show looms large for Yatora and his fellow students – and he’s struggling to decide what to paint. Has he fallen out of love with making art?

After seeing off the Eight-Foot-Tall Lady, Sorawo and Toriko are spirited away to “Station February”, an abandoned railway station on the Otherside where a lost platoon of US Marines is defending against a literal horde of faces.

In Volume 2 of this romance series, the world-building is growing but it’s the gentle romance of the leads and the peeling back of layers from the growing cast of characters that make it an absorbing read.

First love may not have worked out for protagonist Maki, but when she's reunited with high school sweetheart Midori, she begins to realise that even ten years later her feelings haven't faded. Could this reunion be destiny?

Art student Yatora is about to start the second term of his course at TUA – but he seems to be suffering from some crippling kind of block. Is this the end of his dreams to become an artist?

Yuriko and Gakurouta have just got married – but they've embarked on a twenty-first century marriage of convenience and companionship, not a partnership based on love, as she’s asexual and he’s gay. Can this evolve into a rewarding relationship for the two of them?

Up-and-coming J-pop duo ZINGS start to attract attention – but no one guesses that they have supernatural assistance – from the ghost of a famous young idol!

Geralt the Witcher is on a mission in snowbound Edo-period Japan to find the Lady of the Snow in this original manga spin-off from Andrej Sapkowski’s popular fantasy series.

Volume 6 of Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town brings the luxury hotel arc to an end as Lloyd and his friends end up facing off against a Demon Lord!

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? author Fujino Omori teams up with mangaka Toshi Aoi to debut an original manga series about a young boy living in a magically driven society but who has no talent for magic itself. Instead our protagonist dives into the dungeon, heroically fighting monsters with nothing but a sword as his weapon.

The Obsidian Eight finally rear their heads in the battle for Awaji Island, laying waste to the Uesugi army. In a back-and-forth tactical battle, it's up to Kuroko Usami to guide everyone around Seiroku Inukawa's villainous plans as he backs up the demon god Orochi. Meanwhile, Musashi has his own battle to fight as he battles to free Michiru from the clutches of her vile father and Obsidian Eight member, Yataro Inuda.

This ‘awkward dorks falling in love’ romcom has some promise, but so far feels a bit undercooked. Take a look at our review!

Reiko Kujirai is confused. She has feelings for Kudou, her co-worker in Kowloon Walled City – but he isn’t interested. So why has she found a photograph in a file, showing them together – at their engagement party?

Christmas is approaching and Yamato wants to ask his childhood friend Kakeru out on a date – but will Kakeru accept? And will going on a date place too much strain on their changing relationship?