Book Review

Rascal Does Not Dream of Siscon Idol Review

In Rascal Does Not Dream of Siscon Idol, Mai has swapped bodies with her half-sister Nodoka but neither one knows why or how! Can Sakuta get to the bottom of this supernatural event or will the girls be stuck like this forever?

Demelza • 14th September 2021

Manga Review

Sensor Review

Religion is tied up with natural disasters in Junji Ito's horror story about a woman protected by mysterious golden fibres from a volcano.

Ian Wolf • 12th September 2021

Anime Review

Is the Order a Rabbit? Season 1 Review

Cuteness, comedy and a hell of a lot of coffee are happily served at the Rabbit House cafe.

Ian Wolf • 10th September 2021

Manga Review

Multi-Mind Mayhem: Isekai Tensei Soudouki Volume 1 Review

Multi-Mind Mayhem Isekai Tensei Soudouki is an isekai story where the protagonist Bard has two personalities besides his own! With the knowledge from these two Japanese residents from different eras, Bard starts to make a comfortable life for himself...

Demelza • 9th September 2021

Manga Review

Sweat and Soap Volume 7 Review

In Volume 7 of Sweat and Soap Kotaro and Asako spend Golden Week together before Asako finally gets to meet Kotaro's family for the first time.

Demelza • 1st September 2021

Manga Review

If the RPG World Had Social Media Volume 1 Review

How different would a hero's journey be if their world had social media? Well, enter the new manga series If the RPG World Had Social Media which aims to show us just how much fun the cast could have with the ability to constantly text one another.

Demelza • 30th August 2021

Manga Review

The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious Volume 1 Review

The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious follows the story of Yuuri who constantly worries that his maid Lillith is up to no good, thanks to her being too good at her job!

Demelza • 29th August 2021

Film Review

Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto-Memory Doll Collector’s Edition Review

In this spin-off film in the Violet Evergarden franchise, Violet is sent to a girls' boarding school as a manners teacher for Isabella York. The girl has no interest in learning the ways of the nobility, but perhaps with Violet by her side, she'll begin to open her heart...

Demelza • 27th August 2021

Book Review

Combatants Will Be Dispatched! Volume 5 Review

In Volume 5 of Combatants Will Be Dispatched! Six and his team are invited for peace talks with the Demon Lord, but, as we know, not everything is as simple as it seems when the Kisaragi Corporation are involved!

Demelza • 24th August 2021

Manga Review

The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest Volume 4 Review

Volume 4 of The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest sees Matthias finish off his battle against the demon Ashril, but trouble is never far from our hero and it's not long before he must set out for an abandoned village...

Demelza • 22nd August 2021

Manga Review

Battle Angel Alita Volume One (Paperback Edition) Review

A new paperback edition of Yukito Kishiro's cyberpunk manga - this first release covering the first one-and-a-half volumes.

Ian Wolf • 21st August 2021

Book Review

Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside Volume 2 Review

Volume 2 of Banished from the Hero's Party sees a dangerous new drug spreading through the town of Zoltan. With those he cares about at risk, Red sets out to put a stop to whoever's behind it all...

Demelza • 20th August 2021

Manga Review

Something’s Wrong With Us Volume 6 Review

The Tanabata Festival is fast approaching and Nao has sweets to finish, but when she begins to feel nauseous and someone asks if she has a baby on the way, she wonders if she might be in the early stages of pregnancy.

Demelza • 14th August 2021

Anime Review

Zoku Owarimonogatari Review

Stuck in the limbo between graduating high school and beginning his new college, Araragi finds himself pondering his future. Of course, it's not long before he finds himself wrapped up in a case of the supernatural when he's suddenly pulled into a mirror world!

Demelza • 13th August 2021

Manga Review

The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! Volume 1 Review

When a magical girl destroys the mana crystal holding the Dark Realm together, second-in-command Jahy finds herself stranded in Japan. Now she must find a way to restore her beloved home while also keeping herself fed and with a roof over her head, which is easier said than done!

Demelza • 7th August 2021

Film Review

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Theatrical Review

From beloved Studio BONES comes a new film centred around a university student and the disabled girl he becomes friends with. This meeting changes the course of their lives while pushing the two forward in ways they didn't know they needed.

Demelza • 6th August 2021