Manga Review

Volume 5 of Magus of the Library shows Theo continuing to struggle with keeping up with his classes. To make matters worse, he's somehow angered his classmate! However, there is more to her story than it first appears...

Protagonist Mito has no one to rely on and lives on the streets disguised as a boy. After being fired from her part-time job, she runs into Ruka, a vampire who, despite finding her blood tastes horrible, decides to keep her by his side. There's just one problem - Ruka has no idea that Mito is actually a girl!

The reorganization of the classes at high school brings shy Yuki into contact with outgoing Hayato – and the start of a friendship that could develop into something more…

When Belle discovers the Beast’s secret – another Belle, his fiancée, imprisoned in crystal in the castle’s rose courtyard – she resolves to help him break the curse placed upon him and the castle by the witch Madame La Médium, as it may give her hints in finding her mother. However, she quickly finds that doing so puts her in greater danger than she might have imagined, while she struggles to accept that she can never have the man, or beast, she loves.

Mr. Kanda and his beloved cat Fukumaru have never been apart until the day Fukumaru suddenly makes a dash out of the front door as his owner is coming in – and disappears. Why has he run off? And will they be reunited? Find out in Volume 5 of A Man & His Cat.

Protagonist Yuji Sano finds himself summoned to another world and coming face-to-face with an adorable slime! With his new familiar by his side, Yuji quickly gathers knowledge about this world and ends up equipping a second character class as a sage. Now he's more powerful than the average adventurer, but will anyone believe that he has two classes?

The first volume of the manga adaptation of Sarasa Nagase’s light novel offers a great read, fixing some of the clunkier aspects of its source material to offer arguably the best way of experiencing this fascinating politically focused take on the villainess isekai trope.

In the third volume of Double, the two aspiring actors move further away from each other as one finds fame and the other is left behind... But will fame prove to be a double-edged sword?

Volume 2 of Pretty Boy Detective Club's manga adaptation sees our cast attend a casino as they follow the trail of counterfeit money while Mayumi struggles with finding her place in the world.

The bounty-hunting cyborg Alita undergoes a different career path in this collection, taking up the world of sport.

Volume 2 of Beauty and the Feast sees protagonist Shuko take an interest in baseball and attend one of Shohei's games! The bond between the two only grows stronger as Shuko continues to feed him delicious meals.

A selection of interconnected short stories about the evolutionary rise of robots as human civilization declines over thousands of years.

What happens when a young woman who’s passionate about good food sets out to become a Michelin inspector? Find out in the colourful pages of Emma Dreams of Stars!

Sweat and Soap Volume 9 offers one of the most emotional reads in the series so far as Asako struggles with her mental health and the demons of her past that threaten to drag her down.

Ghosts and a portion of hotpot are offered in the second volume of this feline harem series.

As Mashuu starts high school, how does he feel now about ‘his’ Miss Satoko? And how does she feel about him? Volume 8 of My Boy continues to dissect a unique age-gap friendship that might be evolving into a relationship of a very different kind.