manga review
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A Manga About Urban Horror Stories Become Real
Upon hearing the news that Big Order, the newest manga by Future Diary‘s Sakae Esuno, is getting a short anime adaption next month, I re-read the whole manga. But when that wasn’t enough to satiate me, I had no choice but to pick up the author’s premier work: surreal detective story Hanako and the Teller…
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Manga Offers Smart Commentary On Modern Video Games
Every now and then, some excerpt or scene from a manga or movie or TV series will make the rounds on the internet that will pique my interest. In most cases, that one scene or excerpt will be the most notable thing, with everything else paling in comparison. Literacy of Nana was one of the…
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This Manga Is As Hardcore As The Vikings
If there’s one lesson I’ve learned from Vinland Saga, it’s that you don’t screw with Vikings. I first picked up Vinland Saga because it’s by Makoto Yukimura, who wrote one of my all-time favourite manga series, Planetes. While I did expect a story of decent quality going in, what I didn’t expect was a fascinating,…
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Cockroaches From Mars Are Out To Kill You
Imagine if the king of scavengers was two metres tall, bipedal, and had a bone to pick with humanity. It’s said you can’t judge a book by its cover, but I freely admit I picked up テラフォーマーズ (Terra Formars (“Terra for Mars” get it?)) based solely on the cover art — and I didn’t regret…