A Springtime with Ninjas (花と忍び) is a shōjo, romance comedy, martial arts manga series written by Narumi Hasegaki and has four total volumes. I originally came upon the manga on My Anime List and laughed a little bit at the title as it sounded very silly to me. Yet, something about the title called out…
Black Butler (黒執事) is a shōnen, dark fantasy, historical manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It was originally published in 2006 and is an ongoing series with 27 currently released volumes. Square Enix (Japan) and Yen Press (North American) publish it. Recently, I got the urge to watch the anime for Black Butler—I…
Erased (僕だけがいない街) by Kei Sanbe is a seinen, mystery, crime thriller manga series that I decided to pick up after watching both the anime and Japanese live-action adaptations. There are eight total volumes, or four omnibus volumes, which are the editions that I read. I was quite surprised by the quality of the manga when…
Welcome to the second half of June’s Blogsphere highlights! In case if you are new here, or just checking out these posts for the first time, this is a bi-monthly segment here on BiblioNyan where I share some really fantastic posts I’ve discovered from fellow bloggers during the month. Since there are so many wonderful…
One of my favourite things about reading shōjo manga, aside from the fluffy romance and feel-good vibes, are the covers! Most shōjo manga volumes tend to have beautiful, aesthetically pleasing covers that make you want to grab it off the shelves and take them home with you immediately. I will confess that shōjo cover buying…
Erased by Kei Sanbe is a seinen, crime thriller manga series that has been adapted into both an anime and a Japanese live-action. I watched the anime first while it was simulcasting a couple of years ago, and then watched the live-action about a month or so ago on Netflix. The story really intrigued me,…
Oishinbo, A La Carte is a seinen, comedy manga series, written by Tetsu Kariya and illustrated by Akira Hanasaki, that revolves around food culture in Japan, and specifically how some of the dishes came be a marker of Japanese identity through time. There are seven English volumes in the series collectively, and in Japan there…
Yona of the Dawn (Akatsuki no Yona) by Mizuho Kusanagi is one of my favourite manga serials of all-time. It’s a shōjo, historical fiction, fantasy series that revolves around a princess named Yona who is exiled from her kingdom in the wake of terrible deception. She flees with her close comrade and bodyguard to avoid…
Happy Saturday, everyone! I recently recorded a BookTube video where I chatted about some of my bad reading habits. You can check that out here if you so wish! In that video, I mentioned that one of my biggest unhealthy habits is stress-book-shopping. As I prepare for my return to university, I have been feeling…
Good morning, otaku, and bookish mates everywhere. Today, I wanted to share with you my five most-anticipated anime titles for the upcoming Spring 2018 season. These are not all the anime that I plan on checking out, just the ones that have caught my interest with most-enthusiasm. After taking an hour or so yesterday to…
Brave 10 is a historical fiction, fantasy manga series written by Kairi Shimotsuki. I originally read the first volume back in 2014, shortly after watching the anime. The premise intrigued me enough to see if the manga called for my attention. I do remember not being impressed with it at all and decided to drop…
Death Note is one of the most popular manga (and anime) serials that I have come across in my past 15+ years of being an otaku. A few years ago, during a holiday sale, I finally found and bought all six volumes of the beautifully remastered Black Editions of the manga. However, the continued hype…
Happy Sunday morning to you all! I am very excited to announce that a few weeks ago I was nominated for the Unique Blogger Award by Moyatorium, which is an amazing blog to read well-written and thoughtful anime related posts. If you haven’t do so already, please check her out! I’ve shared a couple of…
Good morning and happy Friday to you all! With the weekend upon us, I decided to catalogue all of the books that I received during the holidays so that Sir Betrothed and I can spend the entire weekend marathoning video games. We began doing this to celebrate the end of 2017, and it’s been so…
In celebrating all of the things that made 2017 awesome this week, today I’m going to share with you all my top seven manga serials that I absolutely loved and will always recommend to anyone in search of amazing stories in the graphic novel medium. Each one of these completely blew me away by either…
