Nyankees Vol. 1 Review
Gangsta kitties! Call it my crazy cat bias, but Nyankees possesses the most arresting visual premise I’ve recently encountered in manga. The title’s joke referencing its core premise of “Japanese cats acting like yankees” (“Nyaa” being Japanese for “meow”), the fluctuation of stray cats visualizing themselves as rough-and-tumble gangsters…
Case Closed Vol. 69 Review
An English-friendly Conan? You’re kidding! Ah, the rare Case Closed volume where there’s not a drop of kanji/Japanese wordplay around! We’ve long since elaborated on the unavoidable language barriers within Gosho Aoyama’s famous mystery series, but even if I prefer to simply let the cases coast along and surprise…
Dr. Stone Vol. 3 Review
“Get excited!!” Now this is more like it: steady pacing! A burgeoning new world! An engaging cast! In Dr. Stone’s rush to dodge the editorial axe, its opening fumbled with inconsistent, one-note protagonists and hurried storytelling. When the titular Dr. Stone (brainy Senku Ishigami, for those just catching up)…
The Promised Neverland Vol. 7 Review
The Man — and by that, I don’t mean the police — is here. Now this is more like it — fascinating as demons Mujika and Sonju were, The Promised Neverland‘s at its best when continually instilling cutthroat pressure threatening to terminate our young heroes’ jailbreak (and, by association,…
Silver Spoon Vol. 6 Review
Before I review Silver Spoon Volume 6 proper, I must first apologize for not reviewing Volume 5. That absence was a last-minute cut, as arriving smack-dab within last fall’s VIZ review copy tsunami rendered Hiromu Arakawa’s slice-of-life series a lesser priority (recall it’s instead localized by Yen Press; in…
My Hero Academia Vol. 16 Review
Red Riot Strikes! So, uh, awkward confession from yours truly: for whatever reason, components of My Hero Academia in everything from character deaths to cast members slip from memory easily — can you believe there was a time I forgot Tokoyami existed? — and having read through Volume 16…
Top 5 Series Telltale Should Make Into Games
Time to tell some new tales… Telltale have been credited with rejuvenating the point n’ click adventure game. Not only have they given new life to this flagging…
Criminal Girls: Invite Only Review (PC)
These criminal girls invite only the most generic anime protagonist dudes to dungeon crawl with them! Death is the final frontier of the human experience. What lies beyond it…
One Piece Vol. 87 Review
Cue endless chasing. And so, it begins: The Straw Hats’ three-volume escape from Big Mom. Let it be known that while series creator Eiichiro Oda is no stranger for…
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