Lissa Pattillo has the list of this week’s new manga—and her recommendations—in her latest On the Shelf column at Otaku USA, and the Manga Villagers make their picks as well. Sean Gaffney, meanwhile, looks forward to next week’s bountiful list.
Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez lists ten licensed manga (well, nine licensed manga and one that we would all like to see, actually) that won’t make feminists want to tear their hair out.
Tony Yao looks at ten characters who smile through their tears at Manga Therapy.
Deb Aoki rounds up the digital news at Viz, including their new Android app and their 20% off sale on digital manga.
Congratulations to Erica Friedman on the tenth birthday of Okazu! Check out her blogiversary post, because Erica isn’t sitting still—she’s taking suggestions for the next ten years.
Reviews
Matthew Warner on vols. 1, 2, and 3 of Alice in the Country of Hearts (omnibus edition) (The Fandom Post)
Connie on Ambiguous Relationship (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 13 of Bakuman (Slightly Biased Manga)
Kate O’Neil on chapters 10 and 11 of Barrage (The Fandom Post)
Connie on vol. 9 of Black Butler (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 17 of Black Jack (Slightly Biased Manga)
Ash Brown on vol. 12 of Blade of the Immortal (Experiments in Manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Blood Blockade Battlefront (Slightly Biased Manga)
Alexander Hoffman on vol. 1 of Cousin (Manga Widget)
Connie on vol. 4 of Dawn of the Arcana (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 4 of A Devil and Her Love Song (Slightly Biased Manga)
Chris Kirby on vol. 1 of Durarara!! (The Fandom Post)
Connie on issue 6 of GEN (Slightly Biased Manga)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 6 of Kobato (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
John Rose on vol. 47 of Naruto (The Fandom Post)
Sean Michael Robinson on NonNonBa (The Comics Journal)
Brittany Vincent on vol. 1 of Oreimo (Japanator)
Kristin on vol. 11 of Otomen (Comic Attack)
Chris Kirby on vol. 1 of Puella Magi Madoka Magica (The Fandom Post)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 20 of Ranma 1/2 (Blogcritics)
Connie on Sakuran (Slightly Biased Manga)
Jessi Silver on Short-Tempered Melancholic (The Fandom Post)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 9 of Twin Spica (Blogcritics)