From the back cover: S-Class quests are so dangerous that one false move means certain death! Now loose cannon Natsu, rookie Lucy, and nearly powerless Happy have embarked on a stolen S-Class quest, setting out for the Demon Island. Can anyone stop them before they get themselves killed? Review: Sigh. Well, the resolution to the cliffhanger of Erza's arrest was completely … [Read more...] about Fairy Tail 4 by Hiro Mashima: C+
Manga
Blank Slate 1 by Aya Kanno: B-
Zen has no memory of the last twenty years, and doesn’t much care. The back cover, with its line “he can’t remember if he’s a killer or a hero,” erroneously leads one to anticipate a story of an amnesiac’s quest for identity. In reality, Blank Slate is all about the action. The story takes place in the country of Amata, which was invaded and conquered in a war two decades … [Read more...] about Blank Slate 1 by Aya Kanno: B-
Touch 1 (Japanese) by Mitsuru Adachi: B+
Book description: The Uesugi and Asakura families have been neighbors for years and their children have grown up together. The kids are now in their third year at Meisei Junior High. The Uesugi brothers, twins Kazuya and Tatsuya, could not be more different. Kazuya is a serious and clear-headed baseball star who scores first in his class on exams while Tatsuya is a slacker … [Read more...] about Touch 1 (Japanese) by Mitsuru Adachi: B+
Akira 3 by Katsuhiro Otomo: A+
From the back cover: In the 21st century, the glittering Neo-Tokyo has risen from the rubble of a Tokyo destroyed by an apocalyptic telekinetic blast from a young boy called Akira—a subject of a covert government experiment gone wrong now imprisoned for three decades in frozen stasis. But Tetsuo, an unstable youth with immense paranormal abilities of his own, has done the … [Read more...] about Akira 3 by Katsuhiro Otomo: A+
Akira 2 by Katsuhiro Otomo: A
From the back cover: Neo-Tokyo has risen from the ashes of a Tokyo obliterated by a monstrous psychokinetic power known only as Akira, a being who yet lives, secretly imprisoned in frozen stasis. Those who stand guard know that Akira's awakening is a terrifying inevitability. Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense—and rapidly growing—psychic abilities, may be their only hope … [Read more...] about Akira 2 by Katsuhiro Otomo: A