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
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne
Note: This is the rehearsal script edition. A definitive collectors' edition will be released at a later date. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child joins Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight in the category of “ostensibly canon series continuations that I shall henceforth pretend do not exist.” The play begins with an abbreviated version of the Deathly Hallows epilogue. … [Read more...] about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne
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
The GGK Project, Part 1: The Fionavar Tapestry
For over a decade, I would've named Guy Gavriel Kay as my favorite author. And yet, I have never reviewed any of his books here. Having failed to love The Last Light of the Sun when I read it back in 2004, I think my enthusiasm for him just waned, and though I bought his subsequent novels, I hadn't felt particularly compelled to read them. Now, though, I am determined to tackle … [Read more...] about The GGK Project, Part 1: The Fionavar Tapestry