Vagabond, VIZ BIG vol. 1

While that is a fighting/combat manga, it is one that understands that what it depicts is not and never will be pretty or polite.Vagabond, VIZ BIG vol. Takezo begins the volume, with his friend Matahachi, as a survivor of the Battle of Sekigahara, the battle that ended the Warring States period. …

Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom, vol. 1

Having Kazumi holding onto the keys of Nora’s potential and having his own agenda beyond just defeating the poor guys gives a rationale for that genre staple and makes it more interesting. But Nora is not very bright or very respectful of humans, leaving Kazumi to show Nora how smart but weak hum…

Gankutsuou, The Count of Monte Cristo, vol. 1

that is a leisurely adaptation as the Count only begins moving his pieces into play in that volume against the three that conspired against him by gaining the friendship of their children, who of course are harmless of their parent’s crimes. Manga by Mahiro Maeda, Scenario by Yura Ariwara and Plan…

Yumekui Kenbun Nightmare Inspector, vol. 1

Story and Art by Shin Mashiba Released in the US by Viz Slugline: More horror with a twist in the EC Comics tradition In the Taisho era of Japan (think late Victorian England) there is a baku who eats dreams, and he makes his living by offering to eat the dreams of citizens having nightmares, solv…

Wanted

Not even a restricted zombie pirate?Armeria is a young singer associated with a traveling troupe that is performing at an aristocrat’s dwelling, but the only aristocrat that she likes there is Luce. She spends the next six years chasing after them until she manages to become a cabin boy on the pira…

Mixed Vegetables, Vol. 1

Marriage for love is a western tradition, but it is still a relatively recent one, otherwise it would not be held in such high regard in romantic fiction or in manga. Fortunately in her cooking high school there is a son of a sushi chef family named Hayato whom she decides to pursue. 1 is plus a…

Shinobi Life, vol. 1

Beni’s attempt to keep Kagetora in the dark about his day travel and refusing to acknowledge their attraction could get old fast, and had already started to. Kagetora has been swept through day away from Beni Hime-sama to his princess’s near identical descendant Beni. Beni is confronted with tw…

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