Story by Ryohgo Narita, Art by Akiyo Satorigi, Character Design by Suzuhito Yasuda | Published by Yen Press Here is the sum total of my Durarara!! knowledge prior to reading volume one of the manga: 1. It is based on light novels. 2. There is an anime. 3. People were really excited about the license. It turns out that those light novels are by the creator of … [Read more...] about Durarara!!, Vol. 1
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Yurara, Vols. 1-5
By Chika Shiomi | Published by VIZ Media Yurara Tsukinowa can see spirits and sense their painful emotions, but she can’t actually do anything to help them. Or so she thinks. When a new school year finds her in the same class as Mei Tendo and Yako Hoshino, two hunky boys who use their spiritual powers to ward off vengeful spirits, she ends up helping them out, but not … [Read more...] about Yurara, Vols. 1-5
Haunted House
By Mitsukazu Mihara | Published by TOKYOPOP I blame my “meh” reaction to Mitsukazu Miharu's Haunted House—which I honestly wanted to like!—on the back cover, which promises that readers will be “kept guessing—and giggling” by the behavior of Sabato Obiga's flamboyantly goth parents. I might've smiled a time or two, but that's about it. The basic premise here is simple and … [Read more...] about Haunted House
Uzumaki, Vols. 1-3
By Junji Ito | Published by VIZ Media As with Ito’s two-volume work, Gyo, the best word to describe Uzumaki—despite a back cover blurb promising “terror in the tradition of The Ring”—is “weird.” High school student Kirie Goshima lives in Kurôzu-Cho, a small coastal town nestled between the sea and a line of hills. She narrates each chapter in an effort to share the … [Read more...] about Uzumaki, Vols. 1-3
Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking, Vols. 1-10
By Koji Kumeta | Volumes 1-8 published by Del Rey, Volumes 9-10 published by Kodansha Comics When I first set out to read Koji Kumeta's Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei, my goal was to finish the first eight volumes in time for Kodansha's June 2011 release of volume nine. You can see how well that worked out. The problem was that this series simply doesn't benefit from a … [Read more...] about Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking, Vols. 1-10