Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu
On the surface, Junji Ito’s Cat Diary is a gag manga. J-Kun–a lightly fictionalized version of the author–reluctantly agrees to…
Tag: Yen Press
Barakamon, Vol. 1
Barakamon is a textbook fish-out-of-water story: an impatient city slicker finds himself in the country where life is slower, folks are…
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Vol. 1
The opening pages of Puella Magi Madoka Magica suggest a dreary retread of Sailor Moon: Kyubey, a talking cat, appears…
Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 1
Until Death Do Us Part is a slickly packaged compendium of action movie tropes that reads like a story. That’s…
A Bride’s Story, Vols. 2-3
Around the age of ten, I had a brief but intense love affair with historical fiction. It began with Little…