Manga Review

Avant-Garde Yumeko is Shuzo Oshimi's first single-volume series from way back in 2003. Here we meet phallus-obsessed Yumeko Mochizuki and unsuspecting art club member Shoichi Honda - who may be just the person to help her...

The immortal vampirnellas: Edgar, Alan and Marybelle are back to haunt their descendants in this second collection of Moto Hagio’s classic manga.

Aria The Masterpiece Volume 4 focuses more on the bonds between characters, especially how mentors influence their pupils, and also continues to grow Akari’s bond with the citizens of Neo-Venezia, whilst providing more striking imagery and fantastical happenings.

Inspired by Hikari Wanda’s charismatic dance moves, Kaboku has joined the high school dance club – to find out he’s the only first-year boy! Find out how that’s working out for him in the second volume of Wandance.

Usotoki Rhetoric follows protagonist Kanoko Uraba who has the ability to "hear lies", an ability that has brought her no small amount of hardship. When she meets detective Iwai Souma, her fate begins to change for the better...

Mangaka Masakazu Ishiguro is known for being the mind behind SoreMachi: And Yet the Town Moves and the ongoing series Heavenly Delusion, but here we check out Skygrazer, one of the creator's single-volume works.

Enter Geoffroy Lambert, the handsome and charismatic concert pianist who’s been nursing a grudge against Fuyuki Kanda for many years. Why has he suddenly asked Mr. Kanda if he can study piano with him? Find out in Volume 7 of A Man & His Cat (and look out for kittens)!

When the village of Phastan finds itself under attack from some fearsome monsters, Yuji and his slime companions step in to protect everyone. But now seen as the hero of the village, Yuji considers moving on to pastures new...

Nomoto is a keen cookery blogger in her spare time but has a tendency to get carried away and make too much! What will happen when she invites her neighbour Kasuga to dinner one night…?

Influential Japanese hatter Satoru Kutsuna is forced out of his comfort zone when a friend/rival enters him for New York Fashion Week – but can he break out of his creative slump?

Isolated from the rest of his band of samurai, Musashi not only has to take on rivals such as Akihiro Shimazu and Katsumi Amako but must survive the first assault on Awaji Island as they are attacked by hordes of gigantic demons which threaten to sink their ships.

In a world where beastmen serve and obey humans, what happens when a young man begins to develop feelings for his faithful beastman caretaker?

Yatora and his fellow first-year art students are getting to know each other – although, given they’re all highly creative individuals, there’s bound to be clashes!

All his life, Kaboku has struggled to express himself. Inspired by seeing his classmate Hikari dancing, he joins the high school dance club. Has she shown him the way to overcoming his stutter and communicating non-verbally?

In Heaven’s Door: Extra Works, take a peek into the mind of manga artist Keiichi Koike with a trippy and fantastically written collection of psychedelic science fiction one-shots.

Intrepid round-the-world travellers Asahi and Mitsuki reach the United Kingdom in this lively and engaging third volume of Our Not-So Lonely Planet Travel Guide.