Bloody Monday, Vol. 1
To judge from all the shonen manga I’ve read, the fate of the world rests in teenage boys’ hands: not…
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Cage of Eden, Vol. 1
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a trans-Pacific flight encounters turbulence, and before any of the passengers can…
Velveteen & Mandala
Jiro Matsumoto’s Velveteen & Mandala, a phantasmagoria of zombie-slaying, nudity, and poop, seems calibrated to shock readers into nervous laughter,…
Manga on the Big Screen: Love*Com, NANA, and Ping Pong
As anyone who’s seen Green Lantern or Captain America can attest, adapting a comic for the silver screen is an…
Now You’re One of Us
Noriko, the young heroine of Asa Nonami’s Now You’re One of Us, initially thinks she’s hit the marriage jackpot. Not…