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Volume 377 ~ Kimi ni Todoke #1

君に届け #1 by: 椎名 軽穂 Kimi ni Todoke #1 by: Shiina Kahoru Hakusensha/Viz Media/shoujo - $8.99 - Rated 13+ You kids aren’t going to like this but I’m gonna have to tell you how to read your manga today. Why? Cause Kimi ni Todoke is here and it like few shoujo titles recently teaches readers that the foundation of every [...]

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オトメン #1 by: 菅野文 OtoMen #1 by: Kanno Aya Hakusensha/Viz Media/shoujo - $8.99 - Rated 13+ So I am a little late to the game. Yeah, I have been aware of Otomen for a while now. I have actually been reading this series for months now. Furthermore, I actually recorded part of this review back in August. But as you [...]

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BLOOD+ 2 by: 桂明日香 Blood+ 2 by: Production IG with art by Katsura Asuka Kadokawa Shoten/Dark Horse/shounen-mediamix - $10.99 - Rated 16+ I remember watching Blood years ago. Heck I remember playing the “game” on the PS2 even before watching the movie or reading the novel. The property was associated with Production IG so I had to give it a [...]

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すももも、ももも＃２ ｂｙ：大塚忍 Sumomomo, Momomo #2 by: Ohtsuka Shinobu SquareEnix/Yen Press/Seinen - $10.99 - Rated 16+ Being a teenager is always complicated. Being a teen in a manga makes survival even more difficult. With all the teenaged ninja and demon slayers running around hacking and slashing things left and right. Then you have yanki and sukeban beating everyone else up for [...]

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ALIVE #2by: Adachitoka& Kawashima TadashiKodansha/Del Rey/shounen - $10.99 - Rated 13+Things are bad enough with global climate change, but when aliens or some extraterrestrial force suddenly decides to rain in on Earth switching humanity’s internal suicide clocks on, then I start thinking…Al Gore was not looking deep enough into the future with his projections [...]

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ALIVE #2 by: Adachitoka & Kawashima Tadashi Kodansha/Del Rey/shounen - $10.99 - Rated 13+ Things are bad enough with global climate change, but when aliens or some extraterrestrial force suddenly decides to rain in on Earth switching humanity’s internal suicide clocks on, then I start thinking…Al Gore was not looking deep enough into the future with his projections [...]

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Higurashi: the Cotton Drifting Arc #1 by: Houjou Yutori & Ryukishi 09 SquareEnix/Yen Press/seinen - $10.99 - Rated 16+ I have said it before and I will continue to say it until all volumes of this property are available in English…Higuarashi is one of the most innovative properties out there period! I cannot think of another title with [...]

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Oishinbo: Sushi and Sashimi by: Kariya Tetsu & Hanasaki Akira Shogakukan/Viz Media/seinen - $12.99 - Rated 13+ Ah, Oishinbo!! In my opinion it is the prime rib of manga. Aged, flavorful, and a bit pricey it is for people who know their manga and understand the subtle differences between a Japanese comic and a Shogakukan Big Comic. And [...]

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キミキス #1by: 東雲太郎KimiKiss  #1by:Shinonome TarouHakusensha/TokyoPop/Seinen - $10.99 - Rated 16+Ahhh dating sims… You know there was a time when I used to enjoy my share of these. To me it was 40% mathematical, 40% ronely otaku syndrome, and 20% waiting for the next tactical RPG for my PSone or Saturn. But there was something about [...]

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ドージンワーク 1 by: ヒロユキ Dojin Work  #1 by: Hiroyuki Houbunsha/MediaBlasters/Seinen - $11.99 - Rated 16+ Ah the world of doujinshi…I know you all too well. The grueling schedule the artists are on to make deadlines. The crazy turnarounds for printers and deliverymen. The complications with event management for potentially huge non-profit events. And the level of perversion that the actual content [...]

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EMMA 9 by: 森薫 EMMA  #9 by: Mori Kaoru enterbrain!/CMX/Seinen - $9.99 - Rated 16+ The original EMMA story might have come to an end in volume 7, but the world of EMMA continues to grow in this latest volume from Mori Kaoru and CMX. We get to see William begin his lifelong rivalry and friendship with Karim. Then have morning [...]

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明日のよいち by: みなもと悠 Samurai Harem #1 by: Minamoto Yuu Akita Shoten/Tokyopop/Shounen - $12.99 - Rated 18+ Talk about culture clash! Samurai were so 19th Century. For the early part of that century the baddest of the bad roamed Japan with swords by their side and they really didn’t need much else. A little food, a little sport, and some time [...]

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Around the start of the year I started to hear people toss around the term “neo-shounen” to describe today’s brand of boys comics. Any way you look at it whoever came up with the term is one either only reading a small sample of shounen titles, possibly from what has become Shounen Jump (in my [...]

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REAL by: 井上雄彦, REAL #3 by: Inoue Takehiko Shueisha/Viz Media/seinen - $12.99 - Rated 16+ You cannot hate the game, as the game is blind to prejudice and it leaves judgement to the participants and their followers. Hating the player is easy cause players can be complete asses. In volume 3 of REAL you have three asses who are on different [...]

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これが私の御主人様 #3 by: まっつー & 椿あす He is My Master #3 by: MATTSU and Tsubaki Asu MediaWorks/Seven Seas/MediaMix - $9.99 - Rated 16+ With the advent of new media and the 24-hour media cycle, we all know that there is nothing more dangerous than a teen with a lot of disposable money. Give Miss Hilton a Black Card and free [...]

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花嫁くん by: 星野リリィ Mr. Flower Bride by: Hoshino Lily Houbunsha/Yen Press/BL - $12.99 - Rated 18+ Ah Hoshino Lily I love your stuff and the boys in this title… Well they don’t make me feel awkward so that’s good I guess. But seriously this Mr Flower Bride is as much about learning to express your love as it is about [...]

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風ノ華 #2 by: 太田顕善 & 巳蔦汐生 Kaze no Hana #2 by: Ushio Mitza & Akiyoshi Ohta MediaWorks/Yen Press/seinen - $10.99 - Rated 13+ Click on badge to listen download the review (21min .mp3). Up Next… Zetsubou-sensei, Mr Flower Bride

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真月譚 月姫 #4 by: 佐々木少年 Tsukihime #4 by: SasakiShonen MediaWorks/DrMaster/shounen - $9.99 - Rated 15+ Ah the power that Tohno Shiki possesses. He’s capable of doing the impossible with his eyes and if used incorrectly he could be considered a monster. But Shiki is attempting to use his“talent” for good as he aides a real monster hunt down a [...]

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ひとひら #2 by: 桐原いづみ HitoHira #2 by: Kirihara Idumi Futabasha/Aurora/seinen - $10.99 - Rated 13+ Oh Mugi if you only had some confidence! You have so much potential. And there are so many cool things out there waiting for you. So you should not run away from the theater. You should embrace it. If not for the experience, then for [...]

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The MANZAI COMICS #1by:あさのあつこ&イマイ ヒヅル the Manzai Comics #1 by: Asano Atsuko& Imai HizuruJIVE/Aurora/seinen - $10.99 - Rated 13+Comedy and manga should go hand in hand right… Well in the Manzai Comics they kinda do and they kinda don’t. The friendship and intense humor that comes from stand-up seems to fuel this [...]

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