Review: Ao Oni — Grudge (Vol 4)
Ao Oni For general information on this series: Ao Oni entry This review is for the fourth volume of Ao Oni by Kenji Kuroda (with art by Karin Suzuragi). It is based on the Japanese indie game by...
View ArticleReview: JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World
Haru Koyama didn’t want to be reincarnated. Her life as an average high school girl was pretty good, but that otaku loser Chiba couldn’t have just shouted for her to avoid the truck, could he?...
View ArticleReview: My Next Life as a Villainess – All Routes Lead to Doom! (Vol 3)
It’s the start of the new school year after Katarina has successfully avoided any of the Bad Ends threatening her life—living her life to the fullest with all the friends (and delicious food) she...
View ArticleReview: Kieli — White Wake on the Sand
Kieli, volume 2 For general information on this series: Kieli entry This review is for the second volume of Kieli, by Yukako Kabei (with art by Shunsuke Taue). The English edition was released by Yen...
View ArticleReview: JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World: Summer
It’s been almost a year since high school girl Haru Koyama (and her otaku classmate Chiba) was reincarnated in a fantasy world, and since then she’s definitely made an impression. Between her efforts...
View ArticleReview: Kieli — Prisoners Bound for Another Planet
Kieli, volume 3 For general information on this series: Kieli entry This review is for the third volume of Kieli, by Yukako Kabei (with art by Shunsuke Taue). The English edition was released by Yen...
View ArticleReview: Kieli — Long Night Beside a Deep Pool
Kieli, volume 4 For general information on this series: Kieli entry This review is for the fourth volume of Kieli, by Yukako Kabei (with art by Shunsuke Taue). The English edition was released by Yen...
View ArticleReview: Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch and the Country of Fairies
Akko wants to be the best witch there’s ever been, inspired by her childhood hero, Shiny Chariot—only one problem: she’s not actually all that good at magic. Now, she and her classmates are taking a...
View ArticleReview: Your Name
Mitsuha has spent her life in middle-of-nowhere countryside Japan; the oldest daughter in a family of shrine maidens who dreams of the big city and escaping the boring traditions and expectations of...
View ArticleReview: Your Name – Another Side: Earthbound
Recently Mitsuha Miyamizu hasn’t acted herself. For friends and family it’s obvious that something has changed in her behavior—leading to worries about the teen being possessed by a fox. The truth is...
View ArticleReview: The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria (Vol 1)
March 2 should just be another school day for Kazuki Hoshino. Surrounded by his friends, classmates and the girl he’s in love with, he’s not expecting the unexpected late arrival of a new transfer...
View ArticleReview: Full Metal Panic! – Rampaging One Night Stand (Vol 2)
It’s been two months since the skirmish in North Korea, and Kaname Chidori doesn’t think she needs a body guard any more. That hasn’t stopped seasoned soldier and socially-stunted Sousuke Sagara from...
View ArticleReview: Baccano! – 1705: The Ironic Light Orchestra (Vol 11)
The small port town of Lotto Valentina, situated on the outskirts of Naples, is not quite what it seems. As a serial killer takes their twenty-seventh victim, the town is abuzz with rumors. At the...
View ArticleReview: Sexiled – My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With a...
Tanya Artemiciov has lost her job as a Mage. The reason for her eviction is pretty straightforward: women aren’t really suited to be Mages, so it’s better she stop adventuring whilst she’s still young...
View ArticleReview: Full Metal Panic! — Trembling Into the Blue (Vol 3)
It has been another two months since the events of book 2, and Kaname had been surprised and touched by the sudden beach vacation Sousuke had suggested for the two of them during the upcoming...
View ArticleReview: Ascendance of a Bookworm – I’ll Do Anything to Become a Librarian!...
Urano is a self-described book addict. She jokes with her childhood friend that she’d be happy dying under an avalanche of books—that is, until she actually does! It seems the bookish university...
View ArticleReview: Full Metal Panic – Ending Day by Day: Part 1 (vol 4)
Life has settled down (for the most part) after the high stakes of the De Dunaan hijacking. Kaname is preparing for exams, and Sousuke is trying to adapt to a normal life for the first time since...
View ArticleReview: Otherside Picnic (vol 1)
The Otherworld is a dangerous place. When reclusive university student Sorawo Kamikoshi is rescued from a creepy wriggling monster by Toriko Nishina, the two young women decide to team up in order to...
View ArticleReview: Cooking with Wild Game (Vol 2)
After serving his Giba burgers to the Ruu clan, and giving Granny Jiba a new lease on life, Asuta now has to try and convince the head of the family, Donda, that food has more value than just pure...
View ArticleReview: Ascendance of a Bookworm – Pt 1: Daughter of a Soldier (Vol 2)
With the merchant Benno funding her attempts at making paper, now Myne and her friend-cum-business partner Lutz have the resources to try and create plant-sourced paper. Between the two children...
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