By Yoko Nogiri | Published by Kodansha Comics After making a social blunder at school that results in being shunned by her female classmates, Komugi Kusunoki is glad of the chance to start over in Hokkaido when the demands of her mother’s job mean Komugi will need to live with her father instead. At Maruyama High School, she quickly befriends a couple of nice girls (Kana and … [Read more...] about That Wolf-boy Is Mine!, Vols. 1-2
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The Prince in His Dark Days, Vol. 1
By Hico Yamanaka | Published by Kodansha Comics Seventeen-year-old Atsuko is desperate for cash. Her father is an ungrateful drunk, they're so poor that she's mocked by classmates for her lack of personal hygiene, and she has resorted to fleecing perverted old men just so she can eat. Shortly after a chance meeting in which she runs into her male doppelganger, Itaru, she is … [Read more...] about The Prince in His Dark Days, Vol. 1
Liselotte & Witch’s Forest, Vol. 1
By Natsuki Takaya | Published by Yen Press On the one hand, it’s exciting to be reading something new by Natsuki Takaya, creator of my beloved Fruits Basket. On the other, it was kind of weird to embark upon an unfamiliar story whose artistic style was so very familiar to me. This volume goes by quickly, with its large, pretty panels unencumbered by much in the way of … [Read more...] about Liselotte & Witch’s Forest, Vol. 1
Yona of the Dawn, Vols. 1-2
By Mizuho Kusanagi | Published by VIZ Media In the kingdom of Kohka, kindly King Il adores his only child, Princess Yona, and throws a celebration for her sixteenth birthday. Red-haired Yona is primarily preoccupied with getting her cousin, Su-Won, to see her as a woman. After the festivities, she decides to go tell her father that she simply must be allowed to marry Su-Won, … [Read more...] about Yona of the Dawn, Vols. 1-2
Tidbits: Now We Are Six
Originally, this post was supposed to go up several months ago, when the sixth volumes of these series were newly released, but time conspired against me. And so, belatedly, I present reviews of volumes five and six of Kamisama Kiss and Oresama Teacher. Also included is perennial favorite Skip Beat!, which is on a similar trajectory, just twenty volumes ahead. Kamisama … [Read more...] about Tidbits: Now We Are Six