Manga Review

Finder, Volume 8 Review

Copyright: Finder no Mitsuyaku © 2016 Ayano Yamane

WARNING: This article covers an adult title and may cause offense. May also contain spoilers from earlier volumes.

“A photograph is neither…

• 10th April 2017
Kiss Him, Not Me! Volume 1
Manga Review

Kiss Him, Not Me! Volume 1

Kiss Him, Not Me! Volume 1

Who decided the prince should be with the princess?

We’ve all (probably) been there, haven’t we? Our favourite character in a TV series is suddenly – and without warning – killed off. For heartbroken…

• 1st November 2015
Love Stage!! Volume 1
Manga Review

Love Stage!! Volume 1

Love Stage!! Volume 1

It’s tough to be the younger son of a gorgeous model turned actress and a singer/talent agency CEO, especially when your older brother Shogo is the lead singer in a world-famous rock group. And …

• 25th June 2015
Does the Flower Blossom? Volume 1
Manga Review

Does the Flower Blossom? Volume 1

Does the Flower Blossom? Volume 1

Workaholic ad-man Kazuaki Sakurai (37) is returning late – and weary – to his empty flat (his latest girlfriend has left him) after yet another long day at the office. But a chance encounter (a collision…

• 21st February 2015
Manga Review

Drug & Drop Volume 1

Drug & Drop is the long awaited continuation of Legal Drug, picking up with Kazahaya and Rikuo still working in the drugstore whilst picking up additional supernatural side jobs from owner…

• 30th January 2015
Manga Review

Legal Drug: Omnibus

Legal Drug, the latest CLAMP manga to get the omnibus re-release treatment from Dark Horse, follows a pair of boys working at a drugstore. Kazahaya Kudo is a naïve young man with a special gift to…

• 7th January 2015
Manga Review

Wolf Magic

“Honestly, I wish there was just one person who actually loved me…I’m so tired of being lonely.” Manabu Natsume

Zippo Natsuki is another new mangaka in June’s Boys’ Love list, gifted with…

• 13th December 2014
Anime Review

DRAMAtical Murder

This is an adult title. Please do not read if you are under 18.

Episodes 1-4 (Streaming on Crunchyroll)

“The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no-one wants to go there now.”…

• 30th July 2014
Anime Review

Love Stage!!

Episodes 1-2 (Streaming on Crunchyroll)

Eighteen-year-old Izumi has it tough. His mother, Nagisa Sena, is a famous actress, his father is a famous singer-turned-impresario, and his older …

• 20th July 2014
Crimson Spell Volume 1
Manga Review

Crimson Spell Volume 1

Crimson Spell Volume 1

“Of the myriad of monsters I have seen, none have been as beautiful as this one.”

The capital of the Kingdom of Alsvieth is under attack by demons, so young Prince Valdrigr of Alsvieth, desperate…

• 4th January 2014
Manga Review

Tableau Numero 20

“A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.” – Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

The yaoi artist known as “est em” has risen through the ranks of her field…

• 1st November 2013
Manga Review

Hide and Seek Volume 1

“First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.” – Steve Martin.

SuBLime has recently been releasing the work of yaoi mangaka Yaya Sakuragi.…

• 11th August 2013
Manga Review

Tokyo Babylon: Omnibus

Continuing their wonderful tradition of re-releasing CLAMP’s work in gorgeous omnibus editions; Dark Horse has brought Tokyo Babylon back to the West, a prequel to the infamous X, set nine …

• 26th June 2013
Blue Morning Volume 1
Manga Review

Blue Morning Volume 1

Blue Morning Volume 1

This latest yaoi offering from SuBLime follows the relationship between a young boy who inherits a viscountship at the age of 10 and his butler. Do not worry however, as the story quickly jumps …

• 27th May 2013
Manga Review

Egoistic Blue

Egoistic Blue © 2012 Mio Tennohji/Libre Publishing Co., Ltd.

“The best way of reproducing the ancient Greek temperament would be to cross the Scots with the Chinese.” – Hugh MacDiarmid…

• 23rd April 2013
Manga Review

Ninth Life Love

Make the most of this title, fujoshi and fudanshi, while you can – because if, like me, you still prefer your BL manga to come in good old-fashioned paper book form, this is the last title (apart…

• 5th January 2013
Manga Review

Secretary’s Job?

Thirty-something Takase is known as the ‘Legendary Secretary’, so the company president thinks that he’s just the right man to sort out his lazy and unmotivated son Toshiaki…

• 4th August 2012
Manga Review

Castle Mango Volume 1

“A love hotel is a place to nurture love…and love wins against all odds.” Toshio Shirosaki.

High school student Yorozu Shirosaki helps his mother run the gloriously kitsch…

• 25th July 2012
Manga Review

I Give to You

“The world…is rejecting me.”

Ryoichi’s life has gone badly wrong. Betrayed by a lover who has run out on him, leaving him saddled with his enormous debt of thirteen million yen, he finds himself…

• 27th September 2011