After watching Horimiya this season, I’ve been in the mood to read more romance manga. It feels really strange to say this because a) I couldn’t get into the Horimiya manga at all, and b) normally I’m not a huge fan of this genre. Yet, here I am, craving some fluffy, friendship-turning-into-lushy-love type shenanigans.
Since Valentine’s Day is looming around the corner, I thought it would be neat to talk about a couple of my favourite Berserk characters, mostly a couple that truly revolutionises the beauty of slow-burn romance and emotional intimacy, a couple known as Guts and Casca.
[Please note that there may be spoilers for Volume 1 in this review. Read at your own discretion. Thank you.] Blue Flag Volume 2 by KAITO continues the story of Volume 1 with a school festival and the continued evolution of complex, youthful relationships as they pertain to friendship and first-loves. In my review for…
Manga has been my practically been my sole resource for reading lately (reading rut wise). With the world going to shit over and over again recently, it’s been mighty difficult to concentrate on novels. So, I’ve turned to Japanese graphic novels and old-school comics for refuge and the experience has quite possibly been life-saving, particularly…
Spy x Family Volume 1 by Tatsuya Endo is a shōnen, action, spy, comedy manga series about an extremely talented spy codenamed Twilight who must acquire a family as quickly as possible in order to complete his latest mission. He ends up coming across a couple of gifted oddballs in their own right, completely unbeknownst…
Good evening, otaku dragons! I began reading manga again earlier today and I realised that I’ve been missing slice-of-life, feel-good manga so much. I remember that when I used to sit down and read through things that would make me laugh or make my heart feel warm and fluffy, it somehow always helped me deal…
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…
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…
Blade of the Immortal is a seinen, chanbara (media about/involving samurai), jidaigeki (period drama) manga series with supernatural elements. It’s a series that has been credited with redefining the jidaigeki genre with its near-flawless execution. Dark Horse Manga picked up the series and has been releasing them in breathtaking (yet very heavy) omnibus editions where…
Planetes is a seinen, science-fiction manga series that is written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura (Vinland Saga). It follows a small group of astronauts who are tasked with keeping near-Earth’s orbit clean of debris. In the four volumes of the series, or two omnibus editions, we get familiarised with the individuals who are doing the…
This manga series has been on my To-Be-Read list for a very long time (about two years or so). I bought them in omnibus editions, which are pretty hefty, and because of their vast size, they were a bit intimidating to me. But one of my book goals for the 2017 year is to read…
