Before reading Tekkonkikreet, I knew very little about Taiyō Matsumoto or his work. As for the manga in question, I only knew about Treasure Town because I found it when…

Since I honestly think the Pokémon Adventures manga is amazing, I will constantly seize the chance to discuss it. The Pokémon Adventures manga series, which spans from the first Red,…

Fictional love stories often start or end with a lie. This is understandable given the nature of the genre, which requires any adversarial acts to be either absurdly large (such…

As one of the creators of Horimiya, you might be familiar with HERO, and for some readers, that alone will be reason enough to pick this up. However, even without…

An artist may occasionally work on a series that is so excellent that it threatens to overshadow all of their other creations. Fans of Nio Nakatani's Bloom Into You series…

To begin with, let me say that I find smoking cigarettes (or really, any form of inhaling nicotine, be it through cigars, e-cigarettes, or snuff) to be disgusting. It's not…

It makes sense that vloggers have become increasingly popular as a source of internet entertainment in recent years. Corporately and professionally, they have capitalized on the popularity of popular idol…

Chinese science fiction enthusiasts might be familiar with Cixin Liu, the Hugo Award–winning writer of the short tale that served as the basis for this manga. His book The Wandering…

I tend to like the strange, fuzzy, postmodern fantasy genre of fiction about literature. The two best examples of Western comics that come to me are The Unwritten by Mike…

Aside from the fact that they've been doing pretty well with their BL license decisions, Tokyopop's current iteration has one feature that I really value: the way they put content…