From the creator of Menkui! comes this collection of intriguing (and chaste!) boys’ love stories. “The Fate of a Crime Fighter’s Love” features childhood friends Seigo and Touma, who hail from a village where everyone has super powers. Some seek to do evil with their abilities, while others work to stop them. This story has a fairly comedic tone, but the characters are … [Read more...] about Love Hurts: Aishiatteru Futari by Suzuki Tanaka: A-
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Serenity 2: Better Days by Whedon, Matthews, and Conrad: B
From the back cover: When the Serenity crew uncovers a heaping pile of cash—marking their first successful heist—they divulge their most outlandish fantasies, and look forward to a little R&R in a tropical paradise. Unfortunately for these space cowboys, someone is hot on their heels in search of a prize more precious than money. Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the … [Read more...] about Serenity 2: Better Days by Whedon, Matthews, and Conrad: B
Ciao Ciao Bambino by Momoko Tenzen: B
I think I must be a Momoko Tenzen fan, because this is the second time I’ve been impressed by her ability to create compelling characters in a short story format (the first being Unsophisticated and Rude). Not only that, she’s able to write stories about romance between middle schoolers and teachers that aren’t completely icky (only mildly icky). There are five stories in this … [Read more...] about Ciao Ciao Bambino by Momoko Tenzen: B
Moon Boy 7 by Lee YoungYou: C+
Myung-Ee and her childhood friend, Yu-Da, are “earth rabbits,” and must be on guard against the members of the fox tribe who want to eat them. Yu-Da is particularly special—as the rare “black rabbit,” his liver has the potential to restore the foxes’ queen. For that purpose, he was kidnapped by the foxes as a child and magically kept docile while they wait for his liver to … [Read more...] about Moon Boy 7 by Lee YoungYou: C+
Serenity 1: Those Left Behind by Whedon, Matthews, and Conrad: B+
From the back cover: Here's how it is—in a universe filled with hearts and minds as cold and dark as the reaches of space, one small Firefly-class starship named Serenity takes its ragtag crew of mercenaries, outlaws, and fugitives in search of a job, any job, that'll earn them enough cash to afford that most elusive commodity—peace. Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the … [Read more...] about Serenity 1: Those Left Behind by Whedon, Matthews, and Conrad: B+