Reviews

Kei X Yaku: Bound by Law Volume 6 Review

It’s Christmas – but there’s little time to celebrate for Ichiro and Shiro as they close in on the shadowy figures behind the Tetra Building terrorist explosion…

Sarah • 8th June 2025

Manga Review

I Want Your Mother to be With Me! Volume 1 Review

One Peace Books latest debut is a slice-of-life romance between a part-timer and the single mother he's been in love with for six months. Will he be able to get her attention and prove himself worthy of becoming her boyfriend?

Demelza • 7th June 2025

Manga Review

Spacewalking With You Volume 1 Review

Spacewalking With You depicts the lives of two boys who have found themselves somewhat adrift in the world compared to their friends and classmates, but perhaps together they can find a way forward.

Demelza • 6th June 2025

Film Review

The Rose of Versailles Review

Despite the amount of story cuts needed to make fourteen volumes of manga fit into a two-hour movie, the film brings the original story to life for a modern audience.

darkstorm • 5th June 2025

Anime Review

BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense. Season 2 Review

The second season of BOFURI doesn’t quite hit the same highs as the first season, but if you’re looking for more epic overpowered hijinks with Maple and the gang, this delivers it in spades!

Onosume • 4th June 2025

Manga Review

Drifters Omnibus 1 Review

An action-packed isekai in which real-life figures from history battle each other in a fantasy world. Who will win between Oda Nobunaga and Joan of Arc?

Ian Wolf • 3rd June 2025

Manga Review

The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride Volume 2 Review

Nanao, rescued from a life of drudgery by the ‘Tsubaki Demon’, Yako, begins her new life in the imperial capital…

Sarah • 2nd June 2025

Manga Review

Honeko Akabane’s Bodyguards Volume 1 Review

When Arakuni Ibuki learns that his childhood friend is the secret daughter of a yakuza leader, he vows to protect her from the assassins coming for her life. So begins a tale of romance, comedy and a whole heap of action-packed fights!

Demelza • 31st May 2025

Anime Review

Riding Bean Review

Riding Bean is an odd one because it’s a 45-ish minute OVA that never became a series, so even though its characters were later repurposed into a successful manga/show it’s kind of like a pilot to a show that never was. So how does it stand on its own? Quite well actually…

Cold Cobra • 30th May 2025

Manga Review

The Fable Omnibus 7 Review

The hitman undergoes something he has never experienced before - a Christmas party.

Ian Wolf • 29th May 2025

Manga Review

Love in the Palm of His Hand Volume 1 Review

Fujinaga dreams of becoming an actor; Keito longs to be able to deal with his deafness and communicate effectively. Could a chance meeting on a train be the best thing that’s ever happened to them?

Sarah • 27th May 2025

Manga Review

Initial D Omnibus 5 Review

Takumi is in for some shocks - and not just when it comes to racing.

Ian Wolf • 26th May 2025

Manga Review

Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet Volumes 7 and 8 Review

It's time for the school cultural festival! As Fumi spends her time practising for the beauty pageant with new friend Eito, she begins to wonder if Akatsuki even sees her as a woman. And elsewhere, love is in the air for Yoh and Aioi...

Demelza • 24th May 2025

Manga Review

Thunder 3 Volume 4 Review

The series continues with more fighting and... not much else.

Ian Wolf • 22nd May 2025

Book Review

Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days Review

Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days offers a selection of short stories revolving around the main cast and the customers of Café LycoReco.

Demelza • 21st May 2025

Manga Review

Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture Volumes 4 and 5 (Manga) Review

Naoya and Professor Takatsuki are finally involved in cases that might prove the existence of the supernatural!

Noemi10 • 20th May 2025

Manga Review

Guardians of the Far Frontier Review

Banished to patrol the far frontier, disgraced officer Ashath is resigned to a life in exile to expiate his guilt… but then he meets the mage Durant.

Sarah • 19th May 2025

Manga Review

Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow Omnibus 2 Review

Still locked up in juvie, Joe finds himself taking part in a prison tournament, while being ignored by his coach.

Ian Wolf • 18th May 2025

Anime Review

Kamisama Kiss Season 1 Blu-ray Review

Nanami’s ordinary high school life will never be the same again! She’s been made land god of a run-down shrine and inherited a demon fox spirit, Tomoe, as her reluctant familiar. But can he protect her from the other yokai?

Sarah • 15th May 2025

Book Review

The Apothecary Diaries Art Book Review

The Apothecary Diaries Art Book is here! This release includes all of Touko Shino's illustrations for the light novel series Volumes 1-14 and many other must-see pieces.

Demelza • 14th May 2025