From the back cover: In the 21st century, the glittering Neo-Tokyo has risen from the rubble of a Tokyo destroyed by an apocalyptic telekinetic blast from a young boy called Akira—a subject of a covert government experiment gone wrong now imprisoned for three decades in frozen stasis. But Tetsuo, an unstable youth with immense paranormal abilities of his own, has done the … [Read more...] about Akira 3 by Katsuhiro Otomo: A+
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Akira 2 by Katsuhiro Otomo: A
From the back cover: Neo-Tokyo has risen from the ashes of a Tokyo obliterated by a monstrous psychokinetic power known only as Akira, a being who yet lives, secretly imprisoned in frozen stasis. Those who stand guard know that Akira's awakening is a terrifying inevitability. Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense—and rapidly growing—psychic abilities, may be their only hope … [Read more...] about Akira 2 by Katsuhiro Otomo: A
Akira 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo: A-
From the back cover: Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency who will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like … [Read more...] about Akira 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo: A-
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 1 by Eiji Otsuka and Housui Yamazaki: B+
From the back cover: Five young students at a Buddhist university find that there's little call for their job skills in today's Tokyo... among the living, that is! But their studies give them a direct line to the dead—the dead who are still trapped in their corpses, and can't move on to their next reincarnation! Whether you died from suicide, murder, sickness, or madness, … [Read more...] about The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 1 by Eiji Otsuka and Housui Yamazaki: B+
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 2 by Brian K. Vaughan: A
From the back cover: While Buffy is busy trying to uncover the mysterious new Big Bad known only as "Twilight," Giles takes on a mission of his own that will require a Slayer who can handle a little dirty work. He recruits the notoriously rebellious Faith for an undercover job that demands her well-known penchant for violence. She must infiltrate the estate of a rogue Slayer … [Read more...] about Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 2 by Brian K. Vaughan: A