Golden Japanesque: A Splendid Yokohama Romance Volume 1 Review

When male lead Rintarou sees protagonist Maria's blonde hair and blue eyes for the first time, he remarks she's like the Little Mermaid. But...
School-Live! Volume 10 manga cover

School-Live! Volume 10 Review

This...was an odd volume of School-Live!. It goes from the end of an arc to the moment of truth in just a couple of...
Yuka Nagate's Gift ± Volume 1 manga cover

Gift ± Volume 1 Review

I was reminded of something a food show had said about using every part of an ingredient while cooking as I read Gift ±....
Dawn of the Mapmaker: The Surveyor Girl and the Forbidden Knowledge Volume 1

Dawn of the Mapmaker: The Surveyor Girl and the Forbidden Knowledge Volume 1 Review

Mapmaker Unen has her first major gig, but she needs another bodyguard besides her friend Irena. Just as the strange voices in her head...
Sarazanmai Reo and Mabu cover

Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu Review

Reo and Mabu are partners who live and work in a police box in Asakusa. They keep the peace by arresting purse-snatchers, helping lost...
Sexiled both covers

The Anti-Social Geniuses Review: Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I...

Helen: Tanya is feeling pretty pissed: she's just been kicked out of the adventuring party she helped found because the party leader has decided...
Peach Girl Next Volume 2

Peach Girl NEXT Volume 2 Review

In romances, particularly shoujo manga, it's fairly common with a love square to have the rivals of the main/end couple end up together. In...
Our Dreams At Dusk Shimanami Tasogare volume one manga cover

Our Dreams At Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare Volume 1 Review

Tasuku Kaname still feels awkward in his new school in a new town where he and his mother rent a house on a hill,...
Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun

Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun Volume 7 Review

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun volume 7 was originally published in Japan 2015, well into the smartphone era, but alas, Nozaki and the gang are from...
As The Villainess, I Reject These Happy-Bad Endings!

As The Villainess, I Reject These Happy-Bad Endings! Review

A 28-year-old woman realizes she's been reincarnated in an otome game she loved. But unlike most romance visual novels, HanaKoro's high-affection endings were dark...