Sasaki and Miyano First-Years Review
Book Review

Sasaki and Miyano First-Years Review

Sasaki and Miyano First-Years Review
If you’ve been following Sasaki and Miyano through their days at high school, you’ve probably wondered about Kuresawa’s girlfriend or Tashiro’s skills at ping pong. Find out more about your favourite characters in these novelised glimpses that bring many hitherto unseen scenes to life!
• 18th April 2023
My Dear Agent Volume 1 Review
Manga Review

My Dear Agent Volume 1 Review

My Dear Agent Volume 1 Review
My Dear Agent introduces us to Riichi, the leader of a bodyguard unit, who finds his stressful days made all the worse when rookie Tachibana joins the team and spends his time flirting with Riichi! But they do say that opposites attract, so perhaps their differing attitudes toward work will lead to something more blooming between them...
• 1st April 2023
Hirano and Kagiura Volume 02 Review
Manga Review

Hirano and Kagiura Volume 02 Review

Hirano and Kagiura Volume 02 Review
How do you negotiate sharing a dorm bedroom when you’ve developed a crush on your (older) roommate? Kagiura is trying to come to terms with his feelings for Hirano in the second volume of Shou Harusono’s spin-off to fan-favourite Sasaki and Miyano.
• 31st March 2023
Welcome Back, Aureole Review
Manga Review

Welcome Back, Aureole Review

Welcome Back, Aureole Review
Can a childhood friendship survive the stresses and strains of junior high and high school? What happens when one of the two boys develops feelings that go far beyond friendship? Find out in the BL standalone by the mangaka of Skip and Loafer…
• 17th March 2023
SOTUS Volume 1 Review
Manga Review

SOTUS Volume 1 Review

SOTUS Volume 1 Review
First-year student Kongpob stands up for his fellow freshmen when Arthit and the other third years impose a strict regime of hazing on the new members of the engineering faculty. Has Arthit met his match in this stubborn young man?
• 27th February 2023
Hirano and Kagiura (Novel) Review
Book Review

Hirano and Kagiura (Novel) Review

Hirano and Kagiura (Novel) Review
How will the high school’s ‘buddy system’ work out for first-year Kagiura when he finds he’s rooming with second-year Hirano? Suppose the two don’t get on? It’s going to be a journey of discovery for both students as the new school year begins…
• 23rd February 2023
Sasaki and Miyano Volume 07 Review
Manga Review

Sasaki and Miyano Volume 07 Review

Sasaki and Miyano Volume 07 Review
It’s taken Miyano a long time to realize that he likes Sasaki ‘in that way’ – and becoming a couple just as third year exams and university entrance are taking place is the first of many external pressures that they’re going to have to face together…
• 20th February 2023
Barbarities Volume 1 Review
Manga Review

Barbarities Volume 1 Review

Barbarities Volume 1 Review
Strait-laced justice minister Lord Montague needs a bodyguard. Who should the king send but devilishly handsome and charming Adam, Viscount Canning? But Adam is intrigued by Joel, Lord Montague’s scholarly nephew – cue a romantic comedy of manners, with darker shadows of treason and rebellion on the horizon.
• 15th February 2023
Cut-Over Criteria Review
Manga Review

Cut-Over Criteria Review

Cut-Over Criteria Review
Systems engineer team manager Seto has turned thirty and devotes all his time to his work. So when a bright young graduate, Jin, joins his team, he has high expectations – but the last thing he’s expecting is a declaration of love from the new recruit!
• 10th February 2023
I Want to Be a Wall Volume 1 Review
Manga Review

I Want to Be a Wall Volume 1 Review

I Want to Be a Wall Volume 1 Review
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?
• 10th January 2023
Snow Fairy Review
Manga Review

Snow Fairy Review

Snow Fairy Review
In the snowy wastes of Hokkaido, local farmer Haruki comes across wildlife photographer Narumi snapping wild swans – and, on impulse, offers him a place to stay to complete his project. Will this chance meeting lead to friendship for solitary Haruki – or maybe something more?
• 17th December 2022
The Snake Who Loved a Sparrow Review
Manga Review

The Snake Who Loved a Sparrow Review

The Snake Who Loved a Sparrow Review
Members of the sparrow clan should be terrified of snakes – but when Komazu’s life is saved by a white snake, it’s the start of an unusual relationship in a world in which forest creatures can assume human form.
• 7th December 2022
Scramblues Review
Manga Review

Scramblues Review

Scramblues Review
Designer Haru Kurosaki finds himself working on an album cover for musical prodigy Eddie Astley, a man known for being intimidating and fussy. Is Eddie all his reputation makes him out to be or is there someone gentler to be found beyond the reputation?
• 24th November 2022