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Kenka Bancho Otome: Love’s Battle Royale, Vol. 1

April 6, 2018 Katherine Dacey Leave a Comment

Kenka Bancho Otome: Love’s Battle Royale, Vol. 1

For a manga based on a dating game, Kenka Bancho Otome is far better that it ought to be. It’s a fast-paced, loose-limbed story that’s both cheerfully stupid and mildly subversive, buoyed by its deliciously queer premise: a girl goes undercover in an all-boys’ high school where … [Read more...]

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CITY, Keiichi Arawi's latest series, charts the misadventures of Midori, a feckless undergrad who's behind on the rent, in … [...]

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