My Love Story!!: Ore Monogatari!!
This is a review of volumes 1 to 3
I’ll be the first one to admit it – I am not My Love Story!!’s target audience. For one thing, I am not a teenage girl. For another, I tend to hate romance stories, myself…
QQ Sweeper Volume 1
“Never sweep. After four years the dirt gets no worse.” – Quentin Crisp
Fumi Nishioka is a new transfer student at Kurokado Private High School. She has suffered a lot: her…
Komomo Confiserie Volume 1
“There are two things I like stiff and one of them’s jelly.” – Dame Nellie Melba
When she was growing up, the five-year-old Komomo Ninomiya had just about everything.…
Maid-Sama!: Omnibus 1 (Vol. 1-2)
“My mother had bought a sewing machine for me. When I went away to college, she gave me a sewing machine, a typewriter and a suitcase, and my mother made $17 a week working as a maid 12 hours a …
The Demon Prince of Momochi House Volume 1
May contain spoilers.
“Housework can kill you, if you do it right.” – Erma Bombeck
At the age of 16, orphaned girl Himari Momochi inherits her ancestral home – not that…
Amnesia
Amnesia may be a rare occurrence in the real world but in fiction it’s a common trope inflicted either on the main character or sometimes the love interest. It’s exploited to achieve several goals…
Let’s Dance a Waltz Volume 1
“I can’t dance, I can’t talk. Only thing about me is the way I walk. I can’t dance, I can’t sing. I’m just standing here selling everything.” –…
07-Ghost Volume 14
“You need to remember, Teito. If you don’t remember what’s real, how can you live honestly?” Ouka, First Princess of the Barsburg Empire.
Warning: Spoilers! Lots…
Vampire Knight: Fleeting Dreams
This review contains spoilers for the Vampire Knight manga series.
Fleeting Dreams is a collection of short stories written by Ayuna Fujisaki based upon the shojo manga series, Vampire Knight.…
My Little Monster Volume 2
“Love has but one word and it never repeats itself.” – Jean Lacordaire.
Having originally come across this series when it was animated and streamed on Crunchyroll back in …
La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia
On the Italian island of Regalo, the Arcana Tarocco organization led by Mondo (the Papa) keeps the inhabitants safe from smugglers and runs the casino. The members of this close-knit Famiglia…
Say “I love you”. Volume 1
Mei Tachibana is a high school girl with no friends or boyfriend; in fact many students have never even heard her voice. She’s a loner who shunned all others due to a betrayal many years ago, but changes…
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: #11 & #12
The final arc of the Sailor Moon manga (Stars) starts in Book 11 with Usagi having a tearful farewell with Mamoru, who’s off to study abroad. Just as Mamoru gives Usagi a ring, strongly signalling…
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Volume 10
With the whole Sailor Senshi team reunited once more, it’s time to finally take on the Dead Moon Circus. However with Usagi and Mamoru made ill by the Dead Moon’s power, the world of Elysion in danger…
Library Wars Volume 9
“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.” – Joseph Joubert.
In this ninth volume of the manga adaptation of Hiro Arikawa’s light novels,…
Jiu Jiu Volume 3
“The family you come from isn’t as important as the family you’re going to have.” – Ring Lardner
While the second volume for this shojo manga was a bit quiet, the third…
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Volume 9
The new enemy, the Dead Moon Circus, have switched Usagi’s and Chibi-Usa’s body sizes! Will they be able to return to normal? Also; Mamoru has been feeling poorly lately, coughing up strange black…
Vampire Knight Volume 15
With Kaname nowhere to be found and his murderous actions unexplained, Yuki is taken into custody by the Vampire Hunter Society and questioned by her former guardian Kaiden Cross. Yuki herself…
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Volume 8
Volume 8 sees the long awaited conclusion to the ‘Infinity’ arc with the biggest battle the senshi have faced so far. Naoko Takeuchi doesn’t hold back in this one; the entire planet is in danger,…