Manga Artifacts: Princess Knight
What Osamu Tezuka’s New Treasure Island (1946) was to shonen, his Princess Knight (1953-56) was to shojo. Both were long-form…
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Ayako
Ayako is an odd beast. Structurally, it resembles a Russian realist novel, using a once-powerful family of landowners to embody…
Black Jack, Vols. 1-2
Black Jack practices a different kind of medicine than the earnest physicians on Grey’s Anatomy or ER, taking cases that…
Bunny Drop, Vols. 1-2
Fictional bachelor dads come in two flavors. The first is easily flummoxed by diapers, sippy cups, tantrums, and stomach aches,…
3 Reasons to Read One Piece
Why would any sane person commit to reading a series that’s still going strong after sixty volumes? I can think…