By Yuji Terajima | Published digitally by Kodansha Comics Eijun Sawamura really wanted to make some good baseball memories with his middle-school friends, but even though they practiced hard, they couldn’t win a single game. Although he shows talent as a pitcher, his unsportsmanlike behavior after a bitter defeat means most of the good baseball schools are no longer … [Read more...] about Ace of the Diamond, Vols. 1-2
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Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Vol. 1
By Akiko Higashimura | Published digitally by Kodansha Comics I spent all my time wondering “what if,” then one day I woke up and I was 33. Thirty-something Rinko Kamata and her two best friends from high school, Kaori and Koyuki, are still single. They’ve happily spent the last decade getting together regularly for girls’ nights out, during which they get sloshed and … [Read more...] about Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Vol. 1
Chihayafuru, Vol. 1
By Yuki Suetsugi | Published digitally by Kodansha Comics Chihayafuru is a long-running josei sports manga series about a girl who discovers a passion for the Japanese card game, karuta. The very factors that made me sure I’d love the series also made it an unlikely licensing prospect. Happily, Kodansha Comics has started releasing it digitally! I still can’t quite believe … [Read more...] about Chihayafuru, Vol. 1
Wave, Listen to Me!, Vols. 1-2
By Hiroaki Samura | Published digitally by Kodansha Comics In the opening scene of Wave, Listen to Me! we meet Minare Koda, an attractive twenty-something drinking too much and pouring her heart out to a guy she just met forty minutes prior. She’s ranting about her ex, Mitsuo, and after a certain point, she has no recollection of events. To her surprise, when she’s at work … [Read more...] about Wave, Listen to Me!, Vols. 1-2
Sweetness & Lightning, Vols. 1-3
By Gido Amagakure | Published by Kodansha Comics Widowed math teacher Kohei Inuzuka wants to do his best when it comes to raising his daughter, Tsumugi. It’s been six months since his wife passed away, and because he has never had much of an appetite and hasn’t fared well with cooking in the past, he mostly relies on store-bought fare for Tsumugi. However, after they run … [Read more...] about Sweetness & Lightning, Vols. 1-3