By Tsunami Umino | Published digitally by Kodansha Comics Mikuri Moriyama is a 25-year-old licensed clinical psychologist who hasn't been able to find a job after grad school. She's been living with her parents and working for a temp agency, and when she's laid off her father arranges for her to assume housekeeping duties for a guy he used to work with. Hiramasa Tsuzaki is … [Read more...] about The Full-Time Wife Escapist, Vols. 1-2
Dreamin’ Sun, Vol. 1
By Ichigo Takano | Published by Seven Seas Even without knowing much about Dreamin’ Sun, I was sold by the fact that it’s an earlier series from Ichigo Takano, creator of orange, which I loved dearly. Dreamin’ Sun is more of a straightforward and comedic shoujo story in which characters do not contend with letters from their future selves or how to save a suicidal friend, … [Read more...] about Dreamin’ Sun, Vol. 1
My Brother’s Husband, Vol. 1
By Gengoroh Tagame | Published by Pantheon Books Yaichi is a single dad who works from home managing the rental property his parents left to him and his brother, Ryoji, after being killed in a car accident when the boys were teenagers. He considers his real job to be providing the best home he can to his daughter, Kana. On the day the story begins, Yaichi is expecting a … [Read more...] about My Brother’s Husband, Vol. 1
A Silent Voice, Vols. 1-7
By Yoshitoki Oima | Published by Kodansha Comics In elementary school, Shoya Ishida often engaged in foolhardy stunts to stave off boredom. When hearing impaired transfer student Shoko Nishimiya joins his class and causes disruption within the class, she becomes Shoya’s target. Initially, the other kids laugh at Shoya’s antics but when he goes too far and destroys several … [Read more...] about A Silent Voice, Vols. 1-7
Several from Seven Seas
In the past couple of months, Seven Seas has published several new releases of interest to me! Bloom Into You, Vol. 1 by Nakatani Nio Koito Yuu has just begun her first year of high school. Pressured by her friends to participate in club activities, she ends up assisting the student council, where she meets elegant second-year student Nanami Touko. Yuu has been trying to … [Read more...] about Several from Seven Seas