Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa From Your Host Watch This Space: July MMF! An Introduction to Paradise Kiss Reviews Paradise Kiss — Recommended Series - Johanna Draper Carlson (Manga Worth Reading) Paradise Kiss, Volumes 1-5 (Full Series) - MJ (Manga Bookshelf) Paradise Kiss 1-5 by Ai Yazawa: A - Michelle Smith (Soliloquy in Blue) Paradise Kiss Books 1-5 — Recommended - Ed … [Read more...] about Manga Moveable Feast: Archive
Ai Yazawa
Absolutely Elsewhere
I've been doing a lot of extrablogular writing this month! First, there was the third installment of Breaking Down Banana Fish at Manga Bookshelf, in which we discuss volumes five and six of that series. Next, MJ, Danielle Leigh and I talked NANA—the eleventh and twelfth volumes, specifically—in our latest NANA Project at Comics Should Be Good. Lastly, as part of Fumi Yoshinaga … [Read more...] about Absolutely Elsewhere
NANA 12 by Ai Yazawa: A
Cut for spoilers! From the back cover: Hachi tells herself that she's got her eye on the future and her life with Takumi, but she just can't let go of the past and her friendship with Nana and the rest of Blast—especially Nobu. And the tangle gets thicker when Hachi's wedding has to be postponed in favor of Nana and Ren's nuptials. Can Hachi handle another delay in her … [Read more...] about NANA 12 by Ai Yazawa: A
NANA 11 by Ai Yazawa: A
Cut for spoilers. From the back cover: With the tabloids still out for blood, Nana and her Blast bandmates move into a weird dorm building run by their agency. But they've barely got enough time to settle into their new digs beacuse their crammed schedule has them running from music studio to TV interview. The stress of band life and dealing with a disintegrating Ren have … [Read more...] about NANA 11 by Ai Yazawa: A
NANA 10 by Ai Yazawa: A
NANA is a series I vow never to spoil. From the back cover: Being engaged isn't as wonderful as Hachi thought it would be. She has a trendy new apartment, but she's isolated from all her friends and Takumi is hardly ever home. When scandal hits hard, Trapnest (and her fiancé) flee to Europe, and Hachi is left to watch Blast suffer in the scandal rags and tabloid … [Read more...] about NANA 10 by Ai Yazawa: A