Girls’ Last Tour, Vol. 1
Was Tsukumizu an architect in a previous life? That question lingered with me as I read volume one of Girls’ Last Tour, a…
Tag: Yen Press
Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1
Food manga comes in two flavors: the tournament series, in which a brash young baker or chef enters cook-offs that…
Ne Ne Ne, Chapters 1-4
Ne Ne Ne sounds like E.L. James fanfic: the lead character is a virginal lass who’s forced into an arranged…
Handa-Kun, Vol. 1
By the time we meet Sei Handa in the first pages of Barakamon, he’s a twenty-something jerk who bristles at criticism, resents…
The Best and Worst Manga of 2015
After a two-year hiatus from blogging, I donned my critic’s cap again in 2015. I’ve enjoyed writing my quasi-weekly column,…