Sakuran
The oiran, or Japanese courtesan, is a product of seventeenth century Japan. Like the geisha who eclipsed them in popularity,…
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The Flowers of Evil, Vol. 2
Do you remember the first time you tried to impress someone on a date? I do: I was fifteen, and…
Drifting Net Cafe, Vol. 1
It takes nerve — nay, stones — to update Kazuo Umezu’s bat-shit classic The Drifting Classroom. That’s exactly what Shuzo…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Vol. 1
The opening pages of Puella Magi Madoka Magica suggest a dreary retread of Sailor Moon: Kyubey, a talking cat, appears…
Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 1
Until Death Do Us Part is a slickly packaged compendium of action movie tropes that reads like a story. That’s…