The year is 2024. Fourteen years ago, Japan’s first attempt at a manned space mission ended in disaster, as something went wrong 72 seconds into the flight, causing the craft, “The Lion,” to crash in the middle of a city. The crew, and many civilians, lost their lives. Asumi Kamogawa’s mother was among the wounded, lingering in a coma for five years before finally succumbing to … [Read more...] about Twin Spica 1 by Kou Yaginuma: A-
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Fire Investigator Nanase 3 by Izo Hashimoto and Tomoshige Ichikawa: B
From the back cover: "The Towering Inferno" continues! Nanase and her team are sent into the Astro Tower, a brand new skyscraper that everyone believes to be practically indestructible. But when the anti-fire device system suddenly goes down, there is no advance warning when the boiler blows. Now, Nanase is trapped in the fiery building with all of the terrorists, but the … [Read more...] about Fire Investigator Nanase 3 by Izo Hashimoto and Tomoshige Ichikawa: B
Adolf 4: Days of Infamy by Osamu Tezuka: A
From the back cover: While Adolf Hitler continues to wage war on the world and the Jewish people and Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Japanese reporter Sohei Toge finally falls in love with one of the many women who has fallen for him! Meanwhile, Adolf Kamil, a Jew living in Japan, befriends the Communist son of a Japanese MP in an attempt to deliver the secret documents about … [Read more...] about Adolf 4: Days of Infamy by Osamu Tezuka: A
Mushishi 1 by Yuki Urushibara: A-
From the back cover: Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. Shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze, these deadly creatures, mushi, came into terrifying being. And they still exist and wreak havoc in the world today. Ginko, a young man with a sardonic smile, has the knowledge and … [Read more...] about Mushishi 1 by Yuki Urushibara: A-
Adolf 3: The Half-Aryan by Osamu Tezuka: A
From the back cover: Now that the documents revealing Hitler's secret have apparently been destroyed, it seems Japanese reporter Sohei Toge's ordeal is over. But it turns out the Gestapo, not to mention the Japanese police, are still after him! Miss Ogi, his murdered brother's dedicated school teacher, may be Sohei's only hope! What does she know about the fate of those … [Read more...] about Adolf 3: The Half-Aryan by Osamu Tezuka: A