Altair: A Record of Battles, Vol. 1

Altair: A Record of Battles seems tailor-made for fanfic: it’s got a cast of achingly pretty men, a labyrinthine plot,…

A First Look at Tokyo Tarareba Girls

Are you breathlessly awaiting the next installment of Princess Jellyfish? Still fuming over Tokyopop’s cancellation of Suppli? Eagerly searching for a manga romance whose…

Deathtopia, Vol. 1

It’s never a good sign when you enjoyed the Baka-Updates thread about a manga more than the actual manga, but that’s the…

Happiness, Vols. 1-2

The first chapter of Happiness reads like a teenage boy’s answer to Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. Makoto,…

AKIRA, Vol. 1

My first exposure to Katsuhiro Otomo came in 1990, when a college boyfriend insisted that we attend a screening of…