Bloody Monday, Vol. 1
To judge from all the shonen manga I’ve read, the fate of the world rests in teenage boys’ hands: not only do they have the…
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Cage of Eden, Vol. 1
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a trans-Pacific flight encounters turbulence, and before any of the passengers can shout “J.J. Abrams!” — or…
Velveteen & Mandala
Jiro Matsumoto’s Velveteen & Mandala, a phantasmagoria of zombie-slaying, nudity, and poop, seems calibrated to shock readers into nervous laughter, though it’s never entirely clear…
Magic Knight Rayearth, Vol. 1
Shonen manga in drag — that’s my quick-and-dirty assessment of CLAMP’s Magic Knight Rayearth, a fantasy-adventure that adheres so closely to the friendship-effort-victory template that…
The Best Manga You’re Not Reading: Samurai Crusader
Whenever I see Ryoichi Ikegami’s name attached to a project, I know two things: first, that the manga will be beautifully illustrated, and second, that…