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2022 books with pan rep 📚

At the time of posting previous lists, there were 57 books in 2020 and 141 in 2021. This year, there are 176!

30 Things I Love about Myself by Radhika Sanghani

Ablaze by A.H. Cunningham

All I’m Asking by J. Marie Rundquist

Apparition by Zahlia Amin

Attraction (Mobsters + Billionaires #3) by Kelly Fox

Bad At Love by Gabriela Martins

Barcelona (Circus After Dark #3) by Chloe Adler

The Barkeep and the Bookseller by V.L. Locey

Barnabas Bopwright Saves the City by J. Marshall Freeman

Bartholomew (The Temple Brothers #2) by Elle Sparrow

Ben and Beatriz by Katalina Gamarra

Bishop’s Opening by R.S.A Garcia

Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai

Blood Bound (Youkai Bloodlines #3) by Courtney Maguire

Blood Legacy (Avators of Ruin #2) by Tej Turner

Bloodmarked (Legendborn #2) by Tracy Deonn

Bound (Fangs with Benefits #3) by Aveda Vice

Bound (Kozlov Chronicles #2) by Elena Sobol

Carnal Cryptids 2: Southeast (Carnal Cryptids #2) by Vera Valentine

Changing the Rules (Rules of the Game: Evanston River Otters #1) by Brigham Vaughn

The Chasm (Finding Humanity #2) by Branwen Oshea

Cold Cases and Bitter Enemies (Cold Case Unit #3) by J.M. Dabney

A Cosmic Kind of Love by Samantha Young

Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

A Cruel and Fated Light (The Hollow Star #2) by Ashley Shuttleworth

Dance with the Devil (Mercenary Librarians #3) by Kit Rocha

The Darkest Edge by Lyra Blake

Dead Draw by Layla Reyne

Death by Society by Sierra Elmore

Dinner with the Schnabels by Toni Jordan

Dominance of the Heart by Char Dafoe

Dragon’s Honor (Irresistible Dragons #2) by Nora Phoenix

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak (Unstoppable #2) by Charlie Jane Anders

D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chenica C. Higgins

The Edge of Being by James Brandon

Electric Idol (Dark Olympus #2) by Katee Robert

Epilogues of Lost Gods (Unwritten Runes #2) by Cat Rector

Errant Vol. 1 (Errant #1) by L.K. Fleet

Eternal Hoptimist by Lee Blair

Every Word You Never Said by Jordon Greene

Exodus 20:3 by Freydís Moon

Extra Witchy (Fix-It Witches #3) by Ann Aguirre

Fabricated by Zoe Lee

The Fae Keeper (The Witch King #2) by H.E. Edgmon

The Fake Date by Trisha Bradley

Fate in Suspension (Horn & Haven #1) by Archer Kay Leah

Fault Tolerance (Chilling Effect #3) by Valerie Valdes

Fight + Flight by Jules Machias

Fighting Monsters: Part One (Fighting Monsters #1) by Sam Hall

Fighting Monsters: Part Two (Fighting Monsters #2) by Sam Hall

Forward March by Skye Quinlan

Furious Heaven (The Sun Chronicles #2) by Kate Elliott

Going Public (Jade Harbor Capital #2) by Hudson Lin

Got Me Looking (Vet Shop Boys #3) by Casey Cox

Griff by Ana Night

Grim and Bear It (Love Me Dead #2) by Heather Novak

Grounded for All Eternity by Darcy Marks

The Heartbreak Handshake by J.R. Hart

Her Stubborn Warrior by Kaylee Pike and Kyra Keys

His Heart Knows by Riley Long

The Hourglass Throne (The Tarot Sequence #3) by K.D. Edwards

Howl Down the Moon by Layla Dorine

How to Love a Dragon (Dragon Tamer #2) by Lila Mina

How We Ricochet by Faith Gardner

I Am Sebastian by Cameron James

I Bought Him, So He’s Mine by Kaylee Pike and Kyra Keys

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

I F-ing Dare You by Emm Darcy

If I Were A Weapon (All These Gifts #1) by Skye Kilaen

The Immortality Trials (The Immortality Trials #1) by Madison Nicole

Incandescent by Christina Lee

Indigo: Nights (Indigo B&B #2) by Adrian J. Smith

Inked Temptation by Carrie Ann Ryan

In the City of Time by Gwendolyn Clare

Irresponsible Puckboy by Eden Finley and Saxon James

It’s Not Unusual To Be Loved by an Alien by Chloe Archer

Jamison by A.N. Waugh

Jilted: Jaren (The Foster Brothers #1) by Nora Phoenix

Just a Touch Away by Jae

Just One Date (Castleton Hearts #5) by Chelsea M. Cameron

Kieran by Avery Tu and Kota Quinn

The Kindred by Alechia Dow

Kink Camp: Hunted by A. Anders

Know It In the Dark (All These Gifts #2) by Skye Kilaen

Kostya the Fallen Star by Melissa Polk

The Last Hero (The First Sister #3) by Linden A. Lewis

Last Resort by Helene Gadot

Lead Me Astray by Sondi Warner

Let Me In (Gods of Hunger #3) by R.M. Virtues

Let the Light Shine Through by A. Marie

Lipstick Lies (The Order Duet #2) by Kris Butler

Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake by Mazey Eddings

London (Circus After Dark #4) by Chloe Adler

Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

Love Me Gently by E.M. Dennings

Love You Like That by Scarlett Cole

Lunar New Love by Ophelia Silk

Man o’ War by Cory McCarthy

Match with the Demon by Chace Verity

Meet Me on St. Patrick’s Day by Bryony Rosehurst

Moon Dark Smile (Night Shine #2) by Tessa Gratton

MumFest & Murder (The Java Tavern #2) by Elizabeth Garver

Music Lights & Never Afters by C.L. Matthews

My Roommate Romeo (First Times #1) by Billie Bloom

Nestor (Green Hill Pride #6) by Catherine Lievens

Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino

Not Your Type by Elizabeth Jeannel

Odder Still by D.N. Bryn

Omega’s Study Partner (Sweet in Silford #3) by Hope Bennett

One Night With You by Laura Jane Williams

One Night With You by Sky McCoy

One Step at a Time by Lily Seabrooke

One Week with His Stepbrother (Daddy Tales #3) by Kelex

The One Who Loves You the Most by Medina

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie

Paris (Circus After Dark #1) by Chloe Adler

Pitcher Perfect (Tap That Brewery #1) by Lee Blair

Playing for Keeps by Jax Calder

Play Me (Dragons Love Curves series #10) by Aidy Award

Pull (Love Is Love #1.5) by Nyla K.

Project Himbo by S.J. Whitby

Promote (Shattered Pawns #3) by Jennifer Cody

Pushing the Limits (Secrets Kept #2) by Riley Hart

Queen of Queens (Our Fae Queen #5) by Traci Lovelot

Queen’s Hope (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy #3) by E.K. Johnston

Reaper Hospital: Code Hot Nurse (Their Repear #2) by Lacey Carter Anderson

Recast (Handled #4) by Romilly King

The Redemption by Alexia Chase

Ripped (Kozlov Chronicles #3) by Elena Sobol

Rookie Mistake (On the Board #1) by Anna Zabo and L.A. Witt

Royal Exposé by Jenny Frame

Royal Lines (Boston Rebels #4) by R.J. Scott and V.L. Locey

Sasha and the Butcher (The Moretti Family #1) by Stephanie Kazowz

The Savior’s Rise (The Windermere Tales #2) by Talli L. Morgan

Scorpica (The Five Queendoms #1) by Greer Macallister

Seize the Castle (A Knight’s Revenge #2) by Elizabeth Dear

Shake Things Up (Love at Knockdown #2) by Skye Kilaen

Silent Secrets (The Secrets of Sorlphi #1) by Miranda May

Silhouette and the Shadows (Silhouette #1) by Delaney Andrews

The Society For Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

Spin the Damn Bottle (All the Games We Play #2) by Emm Darcy

Stiletto Sins (The Order Duet #1) by Kris Butler

Stitched (Kozlov Chronicles #1) by Elena Sobol

Stone Wings (The Gargoyles of Arrington #1) by Jenn Burke

Storm the Gates (A Knight’s Revenge #1) by Elizabeth Dear

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

Sugar Girl by Emma L. McGeown

Sweet to the Core (Lighthouse Bay #3) by Amy Aislin

Temptation Cove (Hot Takes #3) by T.S. Ankney

Tempt Me Tonight by Natasha Washington

A Tended Garden by J.P. Jackson

Thank You, Next by Andie J. Christopher

That Good Mischief (The Nine Worlds Rising #3) by Lyra Wolf

This Cursed Crown (These Feathered Flames #2) by Alexandra Overy

This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart #2) by Kalynn Bayron

Tracking Trouble (Spellster Universe #2.5) by Aldrea Alien

The Trow of Duncaster by Melissa Polk

Twilight’s Touch (Prairie Smoke Ranch #2) by V.L. Locey

Two Rights Make a Wrong by Chloe Liese

Undeniable (Bainbridge University #4) by Andi Burns

Uninhibited (Bainbridge University #3) by Andi Burns

Unlikely Savior (For the Gods’ Amusement #3) by Catherine Lievens

Untitled (The Councillor #2) by E.J. Beaton

Us Against the World by Shayne Prescott

VAMPS: Fresh Blood by Nicole Arend

Venice (Circus After Dark #2) by Chloe Adler

Violet is Nowhere by Faith Gardner

Warrior Queen (Our Fae Queen #6) by Traci Lovelot

Warwick (Rebel Sky Ranch #4) by Kelly Fox

What’s Mine Is Yours by Willow Renee

When the Walls Come Down by Harper Robson

Wicked Beauty (Dark Olympus #3) by Katee Robert

The Wicked Love by Pru Schuyler

Wrong Hunt by J.S. Harker

Have you read any of these books? Or books with pan rep at all this year? Let me know! Happy Pan Week!

#pan week #pansexual #panromantic #pan positivity #pan pride #pan books #text #mine #long post

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Feral/crack batfam headcanons? please? 🥺

This is the nicest way I’ve seen anyone ask for crack

Nobody could open drawers for a month without fear when Damian took in a family of snakes whose home was destroyed by landscapers

Jason makes a point of waking up before Dick just to 1) get the good bathroom and 2) use up all the hot water

Duke went to a cosplay convention as a dragon tamer. Cass and Cullen were supposed to be in a two-person dragon costume, but they mistakenly bought a dinosaur one instead

Tim hates when Steph enters his room saying “check this out” because it always ends in her cracking her knuckles right by his ear

Because they felt like giving Bruce a heart attack, the kids linked arms and had Kon dangle them from two hundred feet up like a monkey chain

Harper made a Robin trebuchet, and it’s exactly what it sounds like

Everyone was fighting over who took the last brownie. Jason insists it's Dick, while most people suspect Steph and Carrie. It was Bruce

Duke does blackout poetry with case files

Kate uses the “I am Batman” voice on villains all the time, and the kids think she pulls it off better than Bruce

Dick and Babs frequently swap costumes, so it’s not uncommon to find redheaded Nightwing manning home base and Batgirl doing extravagant flips off of skyscrapers

Zatanna put an enchantment on Alfred’s pockets so that they’re endless, and he holds everything from dog treats to entire bat-costumes

The first time Damian went on the date, the other siblings agreed to spy on him discreetly from the bushes. Only Carrie didn’t get the “discreetly from the bushes” memo, so for the entire evening she sat next to Damian holding a pair of binoculars next to his head

#ask #anonymous #batfamily #batfam #batkids #batsiblings #batclan #batman family #dc comics #headcanon #crack #tw food mention #tw snakes

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The Manga Revue, 8/27/18

It’s been a while since I added a new Shonen Jump title to my pull list. Don’t get me wrong: I love One-Punch Man and The Promised Neverland, but I find that many shonen titles overstay their welcome (usually around the fourth or fifth tournament arc). Still, it’s hard to resist the allure of a great shonen series, especially if it has snazzy art and a great hook, so I decided to check out two recent debuts: Black Torch and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaba, both of which draw inspiration from Japanese folklore.

Black Torch, Vol. 1 Story and Art by Tsuyoshi Takaki VIZ Media, 200 pp. Rated Teen+, for older teens (violence)

Black Torch suffers from an unusual problem: it has a terrific introductory chapter with emotionally resonant scenes, followed by two additional chapters that seem stale in comparison.

The opening pages introduce us to Jiro Azuma, a sensitive young man who has an unusual talent: he can hear animals’ thoughts. At the urging of his childhood pet, Jiro has pledged to use his gift wisely and kindly by helping animals in need. A chance encounter with a wounded mononoke, however, turns his life upside down, putting him on the run from both the demon and human worlds, and pitting him against his grandfather, a ninja with serious monster-hunting skillz.

The story then makes a U-turn into conventional territory with the introduction of the Oniwabanshu, a top-secret government agency that kills demons. These scenes rehearse familiar beats as the bureau’s mission and personnel are fleshed out, one antagonistic exchange at a time. Only the fight sequences provide relief from these info-dump passages; they’re briskly choreographed affairs, notable both for their inventive use of perspective and sparing use of screen tone, speed lines, and sound effects. The same crisp, minimalist approach informs the character designs as well, giving Black Torch a distinctive look that’s not fully matched by its Tokyo Ghoul-by-way-of-Bleach plotting. Your mileage may vary.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1 Story and Art by Koyoharu Gotouge VIZ Media, 192 pp. Rated Teen, for readers 13 and up (fantasy violence)

Demon Slayer isn’t the slickest or coolest title in the Shonen Jump catalog, but it has heart — miles ‘n miles ‘n miles of heart.

The plot is set in motion by a tragedy: the hero returns home from an errand only to discover that a demon slaughtered his family. One sibling clings to life, but shows signs of becoming a demon herself, putting Tanjiro in a terrible bind: should he kill her now, or risk being killed in a week, a month or a year? In a desperate bid to save her, Tanjiro embarks on a quest to find a cure and become a master swordsman, capable of protecting his sister from harm. These training scenes form the emotional core of volume one, showing us the emotional and physical toll of Tanjiro’s two-year ordeal.

Koyoharu Gotouge’s thin, spidery lines and grotesque monsters have a pleasantly retro feel, the kind of artwork you might have found in Weekly Shonen Jump in the late 1980s. Even though his bodies and heads are sometimes a little awkwardly drawn, or his monsters too obviously fashioned from screen tone, the overall design is visually consistent from page to page; if anything, the lack of polish makes Tanjiro more plausibly vulnerable, especially when confronting monsters who are bigger, meaner, and more cunning than he is. I’m not sure that Demon Slayer is headed anywhere new, but Tanjiro is the kind of hero I’d like to see more often: a frightened but determined character who seems like a real person confronting the impossible, rather than a resolutely optimistic kid whose pluck carries the day. Recommended.

Must-Read Manga Reviews

Over at Okazu, Erica Friedman reads Mushroom Girls in Love so that you don’t have to, and Murciélago in the hopes that you might like it, too. Elsewhere on the web, Krystallina jumps in the WABAC machine for a look at Angelic Layer, while Alexander Hoffman dedicates his latest Quick Picks column to “micro reviews” of three new titles: Shortcake Cake, Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, and How to Treat Magical Beasts: Mine and Master’s Medical Journal.

Debut Volumes

Black Torch, Vol. 1 (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

Chio’s School Road, Vol. 1 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Dr. Stone, Vol. 1 (Keith Hendricks, NerdSpan)

Hungry for You: Endo Yasuko Stalks the Night, Vol. 1 (Che Gilson, Otaku USA)

Kenka Bancho Otome, Vol. 1 (SKJAM, SKJAM! Reviews)

Kokoro Connect, Vol. 1 (Demelza, Anime UK News)

Monster Tamer Girls, Vol. 1 (David Estrella, Otaku USA)

Ping Pong Dash!, Vol. 1 (Kathleen Townsend, Looking Glass Reads)

A Polar Bear in Love, Vol. 1 (Allison, Bloom Reviews)

Shortcake Cake, Vol. 1 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)

Teasing Master Takagi-san, Vol. 1 (J. Caleb Mozzocco, Good Comics for Kids)

That Blue Sky Feeling, Vol. 1 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Done-in-One

A Death Wish and an Alien (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

Slum Wolf (Publisher’s Weekly)

Voices of a Distant Star (Dennis Amith, J-Ent! Online)

The Continuing Adventures of…

Anonymous Noise, Vols. 8-9 (Anna N., The Manga Report)

Assassination Classroom, Vol. 21 (Dennis Amith, J-Ent! Online)

Baccano!, Vol. 3 (Kate O’Neil, The Fandom Post)

Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicles, Vol. 4 (David Brooke, AiPT!)

Black Butler, Vol. 26 (Krystallina, The OASG)

Bloom Into You, Vol. 5 (Erica Friedman, Okazu)

A Bride’s Story, Vol. 9 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Dance in the Vampire Bund, Vol. 13 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 3 (Cold Cobra, Anime UK News)

Food Wars!! Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 25 (Dennis Amith, J-Ent! Online)

Happy Marriage?!, Vol. 3 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

Idol Dreams, Vol. 5 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt, Vol. 8 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 13 (Robert Prentice, Three If By Space)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 14 (Nick Creamer, Anime News Network)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 14 (Robert Prentice, Three If By Space)

One Piece, Vol. 10 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

Platinum End, Vol. 6 (Jos Piedra, The Outerhaven)

Pokémon Adventures, Vol. 2 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

The Promised Neverland, Vols. 4-5 (Helen, The OASG)

Slam Dunk, Vol. 16 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!, Vol. 3 (Justin, The OASG)

What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Vol. 13 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 13 (Kate O’Neil, The Fandom Post)

Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 13 (Anna N., The Manga Report)

Yowamushi Pedal, Vol. 9 (Krystallina, The OASG)

By: Katherine Dacey

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The Manga Revue, 5/14/18

Hey, y’all… apologies for the radio silence last week! I was knee-deep in term papers and final exams, but I submitted my course grades yesterday and am back in the manga-reviewing saddle. As penance for skipping a week, today’s column is super-sized, with review links galore and the low down on Cutie Honey a Go Go!, Seven Seas’ newest Go Nagai offering.

Cutie Honey a Go Go! Original Story by Go Nagai; Story & Art by Shimpei Itoh; Planning Cooperation by Hideaki Anno Translated by Zack Davisson an Adrienne Beck Seven Seas, 400 pp. Rated T, for Teen (Nudity and bloodless violence)

Cutie Honey a Go Go! is not a conventionally good manga. Its plot is riddled with holes, its characters are two-dimensional, and its artwork is an unholy marriage of Nixon-era character designs and Photoshopped backgrounds. Yet for all its obvious limitations, Cutie Honey a Go-Go! is cheeky fun in the manner of an Austin Powers movie; it’s a cartoon of a cartoon, an irreverent send-up of the original source material that simultaneously captures the original manga’s naughty tone while updating the plot and characters for contemporary readers.

The source material is a mixture of Hideaki Anno’s 2004 film and Go Nagai’s original 1973 manga, plucking characters and storylines from both and combining them into something new. Per Anno’s film, the story’s characters are primarily adults, not teenagers, and the Catholic overtones of the original series are muted. Per Nagai’s original Weekly Shonen Champion series, the final act of Cutie Honey unfolds at the Saint Chapel School for Girls, where the transforming android and her human pal Aki Natsuko square off with the lethal beauties of the Panther Claw organization.

Shimpei Itoh’s greatest skill as an adaptor is his comic chops. In Cutie Honey a Go Go!, Aki Natsuko is no longer a blushing school girl with a crush on the titular android; she’s a hard-charging inspector who supervises a bureau of men and faces down danger with the brash confidence of a Harrison Ford character. Most of the manga’s best gags involve Aki and her hapless subordinate Todoroki, who plays Hildy Johnson to her Walter Burns. Itoh also has a flare for introducing the Panther Claw ladies, all of whom look like Betty Paige cosplayers wearing outlandish animal print bathing suits; their entrances are choreographed like musical theater numbers, complete with synchronized minions dancing, prancing, and throwing lethal objects with consummate precision. The sheer exuberance of these sequences helps distract from the clunky artwork and cheesy dialogue, goosing the proceedings with an infectious energy that’s impossible to resist.

As for the fan service, it’s there — Itoh serves up plenty of gratuitous nudity, just as Nagai did in the original. (Cutie Honey’s clothing dissolves to tatters whenever she transforms.) Yet for all the T&A, Cute Honey looks more like a 1962 issue of Playboy magazine rather than a contemporary manga; there’s a pin-up coyness about the cheesecake that renders these images benign. And c’mon… how can you not cheer on a heroine who’s rocking a half pair of assless chaps while saving the world? I rest my case. Recommended.

Must-Read Reviews

Siddarth Gupta pores over last week’s Weekly Shonen Jump Bonus Issue. Over at Hakutaku, Alana posts a thoughtful introduction to Leiji Matsumoto’s Captain Harlock, tracing the character across the creator’s entire oeuvre. And while you’re there, take a minute to appreciate her review of Hello Baby, a one-shot title from Takeshi Obata (Death Note, Platinum End) and Masanori Morita (Rookies, Shiba Inu) that focuses on “wannabe gangster” who “plots to murder a high-ranking yakuza boss.” Further afield, Kelly Chiu explains why every series manga fan should read Fullmetal Alchemist.

New and Noteworthy

Again!!, Vol. 1 (Helen, The OASG)

The Bride Was a Boy (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

The Bride Was a Boy (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

The Bride Was a Boy (Maxy Barnard, Friendship! Effort! Victory!)

The Bride Was a Boy (Morgana Santilli, The Manga Maven)

The Bride Was a Boy (Publisher’s Weekly)

Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage, Vol. 1 (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

Chi’s Sweet Adventures, Vol. 1 (Sarah, Anime UK News)

CITY, Vol. 1 (Tobias, Third Impact Anime)

Claudine (Erica Friedman, Okazu)

Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, Vol. 1 (Jordan Richardson, AiPT!)

Devilman vs. Hades, Vol. 1 (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

Dragon Half Omnibus Collection, Vol. 1 (T. Shapira, Multiversity Comics)

Everyone’s Getting Married, Vol. 1 (Allison Ziebka, Bloom Reviews)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Edition, Vol. 1 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)

I Give to You (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures, Part 3: Stardust Crusaders, Vols. 1-6 (Matt Brady, Warren Peace Sings the Blues)

Kenka Bancho Otome: Love’s Battle Royale, Vol. 1 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight, Vol. 1 (Faith Orcino, Anime Ushi)

Monoke Sharing, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

Monster Tamer Girls, Vol. 1 (Jordan Richardson (AiPT!)

Monster Tamer Girls, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

Moteki: Love Strikes!, Vol. 1 (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

Moteki: Love Strikes!, Vol. 1 (Manjiorin, The OASG)

Perfect World, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)*

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1 (Faith Orcino, Anime Ushi)

Silver Spoon, Vol. 1 (Maxy Barnard, Friendship! Effort! Victory!)

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Vol. 1 (Thea Srinivasan, Comic Bastards)

Tales of Wedding Rings, Vol. 1 (Keith Hendricks, NerdSpan)

That Wolf-Boy Is Mine! (Marion, Otaku She Wrote)

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 1 (David Brooke, AiPT!)

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 1 (Katherine Dacey, The Manga Critic)

The Young Master’s Revenge, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

The Young Master’s Revenge, Vol. 1 (Allison Ziebka, Bloom Reviews)

Yuuna and the Haunted Springs, Vol. 1 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Ongoing Series

Again!!, Vol. 2 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s a Bore)

Black Clover, Vol. 11 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)

Bleach, Vol. 72 (Cold Cobra, Anime UK News)

A Bride’s Story, Vol. 2 (Allison Ziebka, Bloom Reviews)

Complex Age, Vol. 2 (Ken H., Sequential Ink)

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Vol. 5 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Everyone’s Getting Married, Vol. 8 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Food Wars!! Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 23 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)

Gabriel Dropout, Vol. 3 (Krystallina, The OASG)

Haikyu!!, Vol. 19 (Donovan Bertch, LRM)

The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Vol. 8 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s a Bore)

Imperfect Girl, Vol. 3 (Eva Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures, Part 3: Stardust Crusaders, Vol. 6 (Kyle Lesniewicz, LRM)

Kakeguri: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 4 (Matthew Alexander, The Fandom Post)

Kiniro Mosaic, Vol. 6 (Krystallina, The OASG)

Log Horizon: The West Wind Brigade, Vol. 8 (Kate O’Neil, The Fandom Post)

Love at Fourteen, Vol. 7 (Krystallina, The OASG)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 6 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

Nameless Asterism, Vol. 2 (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

One Week Friends, Vol. 2 (Justin, The OASG)

Silver Spoon, Vol. 2 (Krystallina, The OASG)

Silver Spoon, Vol. 2 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)

Skip Beat!!, Vols. 4-6 (Allison Ziebka, Bloom Reviews)

Yowamushi Pedal, Vol. 8 (Krystallina, The OASG)

From the Vault

Angel’s Coffin (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

Appleseed Alpha (Ken H., Sequential Ink)

Himeyuki & Rozione’s Story (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

Mr. Mini Mart (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

Once Upon a Glashma (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

Present for Me (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

Queen Emeraldas, Vol. 2 (Ken H., Sequential Ink)

SP Baby, Vol. 2 (Thea Srinivasan, Comic Bastards)

Tokyo Mew Mew, Vol. 1 (SKJAM, SKJAM! Reviews)

Tropic of the Sea (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

Uncomfortably Happily (Dani Shuping, No Flying No Tights)

Yukarism, Vol. 4 (LG, A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)

* Denotes a digital-first or digital-only release

By: Katherine Dacey

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The Manga Revue, 4/16/18

Today’s super-sized Manga Revue comes to you courtesy of Patriot’s Day, my second favorite Massachusetts-only holiday. (The first is Evacuation Day, a thinly-disguised attempt to give Boston’s civil servants permission to skip work on St. Pattie’s.) In addition to a bumper crop of links, I have two reviews for you: volume four of D&D cooking extravaganza Delicious in Dungeon, and volumes three and four of everyone’s favorite backwoods culinary adventure Golden Kamuy. Looking back on food manga’s early history in the US, who could have predicted that readers would be feasting on such a wide array of titles in 2018, from Sweetness and Lightning and What Did You Eat Yesterday? to Giant Spider & Me: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale, Food Wars!! Shokugeki no Soma, and Toriko. Maybe the North American market is finally ready for an Iron Wok Jan renaissance…

Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 4 Story and Art by Ryoko Kui Translated by Taylor Engel Yen Press, 192 pp. Rated T, for Teens (13+)

If the first volume of Delicious in Dungeon was about assembling a posse, and the second and third about turning monsters into meals, then the fourth is about friendship — specifically, the strong emotional bond between Laois, Marcille, and Falin — and revenge, as the gang finally comes face-to-face with the Red Dragon. The showdown takes place inside a walled city whose narrow, maze-like streets give them a strategic advantage over their Godzilla-sized foe. And as exciting as the fight is, the real payoff is what follows, as Laois and Marcille discover that bringing Falin back from the dead isn’t a simple proposition. It’s in these moments that Ryoko Kui proves a more deft storyteller than we initially realized, effortlessly shifting gears from comedy to drama without mawkishness or cheap jokes. Instead, we’re allowed to contemplate the real horror of being eaten alive — as Falin was — and the real possibility of a character dying for good.

If I’ve made volume four sound like a bummer, rest assured it isn’t. Seshi gets his turn in the spotlight with a lethal display of culinary bravado, while the rest of the gang endures its share of fumbles and miscommunications on the way to catching their dragon adversary. Though I suspect the next volume of Delicious in Dungeon may revert to its monster-of-the-week formula, that’s OK, since Kui has left the door open for more moments of earnest reflection. Recommended.

Golden Kamuy, Vols. 3-4 Story and Art by Satoru Noda Translated by Eiji Yasuda VIZ Media Rated M, for Mature (18+)

The strengths and weaknesses of Golden Kamuy are neatly encapsulated in a conversation that happens midway through volume four. Asirpa coaxes Sugimoto to try fox meat, to which he responds, “You know, I’m not out here to try all the delicacies in Hokkaido.” In this exchange, author Satoru Noda tacitly admits that Golden Kamuy is more compelling as a study of Ainu culture than a bloody frontier adventure, a supposition borne out by the series’ frequent and fascinating detours into the food, medicine, and mythology of the Ainu; I’ve learned more about bear-hunting techniques from the last two volumes than I did in forty-five years of walking the Earth.

Golden Kamuy is on weaker footing when introducing new characters and subplots. None of the other gold-seekers are fleshed out as carefully as Asirpa and Sugimoto, reducing them to mere obstacles despite Noda’s efforts to give each villain a unique motivation for wanting the treasure. The newest baddie — Kazuo Hemni — exemplifies this problem to a tee: though he’s been given a particularly grisly backstory to explain his murderous proclivities, he’s such a textbook sociopath that he barely rises above the preternaturally-calm-and-savage type. His main function seems to be ramping up the body count, rather than complicating Asirpa and Sugimoto’s quest in a meaningful way.

The art, too, sometimes has a perfunctory quality; in several scenes, Noda’s use of a Photoshopped background doesn’t mesh well with the hand-drawn elements, resulting in an image that inadvertently calls attention to its artificiality. Noda’s use of perspective, too, is sometimes a distraction. He has difficult drawing bodies to scale, especially when he’s depicting Asirpa and her family, some of whom look more like Smurfs than people in their head-to-body ratio.

Still, the camaraderie between Asirpa and Sugimoto, and the well-staged action scenes more than compensate for the occasional roughness of the execution or flatness of the characterization. Golden Kamuy continues to entertain, horrify, and educate in equal measure — something I can’t say for any other manly-man manga that’s currently being published in English. Recommended.

Must-Read Reviews

Sean Gaffney offers a thoughtful appraisal of My Boy, pronouncing it “a good, meaningful work, told with a deft hand,” while Chris Galaver declares Seiichi Hayashi’s Red-Colored Elegy a classic. Over at NerdSpan, Keith Hendricks checks in with Delicious in Dungeon and One-Punch Man.

New and Noteworthy

Again!!, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

Again!!, Vol. 1 (Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue)

Again!!, Vol. 1 (Ross Liversidge, UK Anime Network)

The Ancient Magus’ Bride, Vols. 1-8 (Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue)

Children of the Whales, Vol. 1 (Faith Orcino, Anime Ushi)

CITY, Vol. 1 (Ian Wolf, Anime UK News)

CITY, Vol. 1 (Martha Cornog, Library Journal)

CITY, Vol. 1 (Ross Liversidge, UK Anime Network)

Cutie Honey a Go Go! (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

Cutie Honey a Go Go! (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Devilman Grimoire, Vol. 1 (Robert McCarthy, Otaku USA)

Fire Punch, Vol. 1 (Theron Martin, Anime News Network)

Goblin Slayer, Vol. 1 (Bill Curtis, Yatta Tachi)

Goldfisch, Vol. 1 (Kathleen Townsend, Looking Glass Reads)

Kenka Bancho Otome: Love’s Battle Royale, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

Kenka Bancho Otome: Love’s Battle Royale, Vol. 1 (Katherine Dacey, The Manga Critic)

Laid-Back Camp, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

Laid-Back Camp, Vol. 1 (J. Caleb Mozzocco, Good Comics for Kids)

Mermaid Boys, Vol. 1 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Monster Tamer Girls, Vol. 1 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Monster Tamer Girls, Vol. 1 (Justin, The OASG)

Moteki: Love Strikes!, Vol. 1 (Mehsi, Twirling Book Princess)

Moteki: Love Strikes!, Vol. 1 (Sally, Sally After Words)

Moteki: Love Strikes!, Vol. 1 (Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue)

My Boy, Vol. 1 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

Nameless Asterism, Vol. 1 (Erica Friedman, Okazu)

Real Life, Vol. 1 (Carlos Frigo, The Fandom Post)

RWBY (Jason Bradley Thompson, Otaku USA)

Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 1 (Sakura Eries, The Fandom Post)

Slumbering Beauty, Vol. 1 (Faith Orcino, Anime Ushi)

A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School, Vol. 1 (Melina Dargis, The Fandom Post)

Though You May Burn to Ash, Vol. 1 (Justin, The OASG)

Tokyo Ghoul:re, Vols. 1-4 (Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

Waiting for Spring, Vols. 1-4 (Krystallina, Daiyamanga)

The Young Master’s Revenge, Vol. 1 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

The Young Master’s Revenge, Vol. 1 (Anna N., The Manga Report)

your name, Vol. 1 (Brittany Vincent, Otaku USA)

Ongoing Series

Anonymous Noise, Vol. 6 (Gabe Peralta, The Fandom Post)

Assassination Classroom, Vol. 21 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

Battle Angel Alita: Deluxe Edition, Vol. 3 (David Brooke, AiPT!)

Case Closed, Vol. 66 (Sally, Sally After Words)

Dimension W, Vol. 8 (Melina Dargis, The Fandom Post)

Dragon Ball Super #33 (Siddharth Gupta, All-Comic)*

Dragon Ball Super #34 (Siddharth Gupta, All-Comic)*

Dreamin’ Sun, Vol. 6 (Aaron, Manga Energy)

Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Vol. 4 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)*

Golden Kamuy, Vols. 3-4 (Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

Good Night Punpun, Vol. 7 (Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)

The Isolator, Vol. 3 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)

Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 13 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Kathleen Townsend, Looking Glass Reads)

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Vol. 13 (Dennis Amith, J-Ent! Online)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt, Vols. 5-6 (Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 12 (Trevor Richardson, AiPT!)

My Monster Secret, Vol. 10 (Aaron, Manga Energy)

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 2 (Helen, The OASG)

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 3 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Sweet Blue Flowers, Vol. 2 (Melina Dargis, The Fandom Post)

Sweet Blue Flowers, Vol. 3 (Erica Friedman, Okazu)

Sweetness & Lightning, Vol. 8 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Takane & Hana, Vol. 2 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Takane & Hana, Vol. 2 (Anna N., The Manga Report)

A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School, Vol. 2 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)

Tokyo Ghoul:re, Vol. 3 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 5 (Aaron, Manga Energy)

W.I.T.C.H., Vol. 4 (Kate O’Neil, The Fandom Post)

Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 11 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

your name, Vol. 3 (Helen, The OASG)

your name, Vol. 3 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)

From the Vault

Butterflies, Flowers (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

Kabuki: Flower (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

Master Keaton, Vol. 12 (Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

Pink (Trevor Richardson, AiPT!)

Swan, Vol. 1 (SKJAM, SKJAM! Reviews)

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1 (Trevor Richardson, AiPT!)

Voice Over! Seiyuu Academy, Vol. 2 (SKJAM, SKJAM! Reviews)

* Denotes a digital-first or digital-only release

By: Katherine Dacey

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