From the back cover: The school cultural festival is approaching, and the special guest is Reo, a former Alice student turned Hollywood superstar! But Reo is involved in some awfully shady dealings, and when his plans suddenly start to involve Natsume, it's up to Mikan and Sumire to save the day! Review: I never thought I’d be giving a B+ to something featuring a school … [Read more...] about Gakuen Alice 3 by Tachibana Higuchi: B+
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Gakuen Alice 2 by Tachibana Higuchi: B
From the back cover: Young Mikan is the newest student at the mysterious and prestigious Alice Academy, where the most talented and powerful students in the country are united, but for what purpose...? Mikan is officially admitted into Alice Academy, but things still aren't exactly going smoothly. Natsume still bullies her, her class ranking couldn't be lower, some of the … [Read more...] about Gakuen Alice 2 by Tachibana Higuchi: B
Gakuen Alice 1 by Tachibana Higuchi: B-
From the back cover: Young Mikan runs away to Tokyo following her best friend, Hotaru, who has been enrolled in an exclusive, secretive private school for geniuses. But it turns out that Alice Acdemy is a lot more than meets the eye. Whether it's Hotaru's gift for inventing gadgets, the cranky Natsume's firecasting ability, or Professor Narumi's control of human pheromones, … [Read more...] about Gakuen Alice 1 by Tachibana Higuchi: B-
A Distant Neighborhood 1 by Jiro Taniguchi: A
Forty-eight-year-old Hiroshi Nakahara is a businessman with a love of alcohol and little time for his family. One day, in 1998, as he is returning home (hungover) from a business trip to Kyoko, he accidentally boards the wrong train and ends up traveling to Kurayoshi, the town in which he grew up and which he hasn’t visited for many years. With some time to kill before the next … [Read more...] about A Distant Neighborhood 1 by Jiro Taniguchi: A
One Piece 9 by Eiichiro Oda: B+
I enjoyed being unspoiled on this, so if you want to be unspoiled too, go no further. From the back cover: Luffy and crew must contend with "Saw-Tooth" Arlong and his nasty Fish Man pirates, who specialize in using mafia tactics to squeeze the lifeblood from innocent villagers. Needless to say, it comes as a big surprise to everyone that pirate-hating Nami is actually a member … [Read more...] about One Piece 9 by Eiichiro Oda: B+