Category Archives: Reviews

Chikyu Misaki, vols. 1-3 By Iwahara Yuji Rated T for teen CMX, $9.99 There’s something very comforting and old-fashioned about Chikyu Misaki. It reminds me a lot of the classic books and movies I enjoyed as a child, and it … Continue reading →

Train + Train Story by Hideyuki Kurata Art by Tomomasa Takuma Rated T (Teen 13+) Go!Comi, $10.99 Everyone loves a train. They’re just more interesting than any other means of transit, which must be why the inhabitants of the planet … Continue reading →

Yuri Monogatari 4 Rated MC, Mature Content, 18+ ALC Publishing, $15.99 The fourth in ALC Publishing’s series of anthologies, Yuri Monogatari 4 shows just how wide-ranging the yuri genre can be. The only thing that knits these nine stories together … Continue reading →

Mangaka America Edited by Tania del Rio and Will Staehle Rated Teen + Collins Design, $24.95 Mangaka America is unusual not in that it sets out to be both an art book and an art instruction book but that it … Continue reading →

Densha Otoko: The Story of the Train Man Who Fell in Love with a Girl By Wataru Watanabe Original Story by Hitori Nakano Rated T for teen (violence, language) CMX, $9.99 With this train man, getting there is all the … Continue reading →

Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~, vol. 1 Story by Satoru Akahori Art by Yukimaru Katsura Original character design by Sukune Inugami Rated Older Teen (16+) Seven Seas, $10.99 Kashimashi is a gender-bender manga that alternates between serious and slapstick and somehow … Continue reading →