This week, I'm taking a closer look at two new coming-of-age dramas: I Hear the Sunspot, which focuses on a college student who's going deaf, and She and Her Cat, which focuses on a young woman who's making the transition from full-time student to full-fledged adult. I Hear … [Read more...]
Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear, Vol. 1
By all rights, Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear should be interesting: it takes place in a rural village where talking bears and humans have peacefully coexisted for centuries. The story focuses on Machi, a priestess-in-training who's learning the ropes from Natsu, her ursine mentor. … [Read more...]
The Best Manga of 2011: The Manga Critic’s Picks
The usual gambit for introducing a year-end list is to remark on the abundance of good titles, acknowledge the difficulty in choosing just ten (or five, or three), and comment on the overall state of the industry. And while I certainly debated what to include on my list, I'll be … [Read more...]
