Day 16 of 25 Days of Manga is a digital exclusive I found on the Shonen Jump app: The Emperor And I Vol. 1, a goofy comedy series about a high school girl and her penguin friend… that she finds stuffed in the fridge, right next to the eggs and jam!
Bingo Card: Read a Digital Only Manga
Continue readingDay 15 of 25 Days of Manga takes me back to my library haul with Inio Isano’s Downfall, a Viz Signature title -and Winter 2020 release- that takes a hard look at creating, especially when it comes to being a mangaka looking for the next big thing…
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Continue readingDay 14 of 25 Days of Manga is draws deep from my Manga TBR Pile with a Summer 2020 purchase: A Bride’s Story Vol. 12, which is a decadent treat as the weather turns colder and the skies become more grey!
Bingo Card: Read a Seinen Manga
Continue readingDay 13 of 25 Days of Manga is a recent purchase: The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 1, a new Square Enix Books manga focused on one girl’s rise from maid to food taster to “curse-breaking” apothecary!
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Continue readingDay 12 of 25 Days of Manga is another pick from my library haul: Saint Young Men Vol. 3, a two-volume omnibus that continues to follow Buddha and Jesus on their romp through Tokyo during their heavenly gap year.
Bingo Card: A Hot Drink to Keep the Chill Off
Continue readingDay 11 of 25 Days of Manga takes me to the local library and lets me pick up a title I’ve been aching to read: How Do We Relationship? Vol. 1, a manga series with an excellent title and an even more superb inaugural volume.
Bingo Card: Read A Shounen Manga
Continue readingDay 10 of 25 Days of Manga focuses on a brand new Yuri anthology: Éclair Orange, the fifth installemnt of Eclair and a collection of stories focused on young love and girls being pals with gals!
Bingo Card: Mistletoe Worthy First Kiss(es)
Continue readingDay 9 of 25 Days of Manga is a Rumiko Takahashi classic: Viz Media’s Maison Ikkoku Collector’s Edition Vol. 1, a playful, late ’80s manga about a bunch of eccentrics, a ronin college student, and a beautiful new residential manager.
Bingo Card: Christmas Tree
Continue readingDay 8 of 25 Days of Manga is the heartbreaking, heartwrenching, but incredibly powerful and sometimes darkly comedic, My Broken Mariko, a story about death, grief, and resolution.
Bingo Card: Someone On the Nice List
TW / CW: Discussions of Suicide, Death by Suicide, Depictions of Intentional Self-Harm via Cutting, Child and Childhood Abuse, Statements/Discussion of Childhood Sexual Assualt from a Parent, Parent/Child Incest, Emotional Abuse
Continue readingDay 7 of 25 Days of Manga continues the monstrous fun with The Witch and the Beast Vol. 1, a story about powerful women, vengeance, and all the things that Santa probably won’t stuff my stocking with since I’ve been Very Nice this year.
Bingo Card: Someone on the Naughty List
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