From the back cover: Jimmy, Rachel and Richard take a vacation aboard a cruise ship, but little do they know that the patriarch of the wealthy Hatamoto family is about to be murdered. With the perpetrator still aboard, can you figure out whodunit before Conan does!? Review: I actually quite liked both cases in this volume, which is good, because as the first chapter started … [Read more...] about Case Closed 3 by Gosho Aoyama: B+
Comics
ZE 1-2 by Yuki Shimizu: B-
When Raizou’s beloved grandmother dies, he leaves the country home where they had lived and moves to the city, where he enrolls in culinary school and takes a job as a live-in housekeeper at a mansion. There, he meets the members of the Mitou family, who wield the word-based power of kotodama, and their kami-sama, human-like creations made from paper who heal the wounds caused … [Read more...] about ZE 1-2 by Yuki Shimizu: B-
Click 4 by Youngran Lee: B-
From the back cover: Carefree player and rich kid Taehyun knows that he feels something for Joonha whether he's a boy or a girl. But he hasn't reckoned on the arrival of music star Jinhoo, Joonha's friend from childhood, who's back in Seoul to stay. That's because Joonha seems ready to pick up right where he and his old pal left off. But can a close friendship remain just … [Read more...] about Click 4 by Youngran Lee: B-
A.I. Revolution 5 by Yuu Asami: B-
Sui Makihara’s father makes robots and has brought his two most advanced creations, Vermillion and Kira, home to learn about humanity from his daughter. Inspired by Makihara’s achievements, but far less scrupulous, his former colleague Sakaki has created AT-6, a robot who lacks the programming that makes it taboo for him to kill humans, to eliminate those people who get in his … [Read more...] about A.I. Revolution 5 by Yuu Asami: B-
A.I. Revolution 4 by Yuu Asami: B
From the back cover: Another robot has been created, but this one is designed to kill! That's not the only complication—can Vermillion and his friends stop a programmed assassin, restore a widow's memory and mend a broken family? Review: Take a good look at that blurb. They're not even pretending that Sui is the main character anymore. Seriously, in one chapter, she literally … [Read more...] about A.I. Revolution 4 by Yuu Asami: B