Rapid Manga Review: Osamu Tezuka’s ‘Bomba!’

Bomba! by Osamu Tezuka is a bit like Death Note, but the main character has some development in the end.

Rapid manga review: Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida

A short review of Sui Ishida’s series, Tokyo Ghoul.

Tokyo Ghoul, Vols. 3 & 4—Thoughts

The third and fourth volumes of Sui Ishida’s series, Tokyo Ghoul, includes Touka fulfilling her revenge against the investigator Mado, and Kaneki embracing his ghoul-side in his fight against Amon. With Mado out of the way, Ishida suggests that Amon will seek out the ghouls responsible. Later, Kaneki encounters Nishiki, the ghoul that tried to…

First impressions: Me Before You, Tokyo Ghoul, and others

In this post, I share my first impressions of 3 manga series and 1 novel that I’m currently reading: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes; Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida; Kaiju No. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto; and Fire Punch by Tatsuki Fujimoto.

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 2—Thoughts

The second volume of Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida continues with Kaneki’s struggle to self-actualize as a ghoul. He still refuses to eat human meat despite his hunger pangs and disgust for “human food.” And while Kaneki continues to struggle with this new side of him, he also gains the opportunity to look into the…

I picked up ‘Tokyo Ghoul’ again… Vol. 1—Thoughts

Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida is a dark fantasy manga that’s set in an alternate reality where man-eating beings called “ghouls” live in secrecy. The story follows Kaneki Ken, a survivor of a ghoul attack who then undergoes a harrowing transformation that changes his life. Ishida’s manga series wasn’t something that I considered reading this…

JJBA: Diamond is Unbreakable—Rapid Review

In the fourth part of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Jotaro Kujo arrives at Morioh, a small Japanese town, in search of a teenage boy named Josuke. It turns out that Joseph Joestar once had an affair and Josuke was the result of it. Jotaro meets with Josuke, who has no interest in the Joestar family. However,…

JJBA: Stardust Crusaders—Rapid Manga Review

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki continues with Joseph Joestar’s grandson Jotaro Kujo, a teenager with an interesting ability that’s new for the Joestar family: the stand. After Holly, Joseph’s daughter and Jotaro’s mother, falls ill from her own Stand, Joseph and his friend Muhammed Avdol deduce that Dio has returned and is causing issues….

Rapid review and short analysis: ‘The Sad Tale of the Principle Post’ by Junji Ito

The Sad Tale of the Principle Post is a one-shot manga written and illustrated by Junji Ito. It’s one of two shorts included in the 2-in-1 Deluxe edition of Gyo: The Death Stench Creeps. In The Sad Tale of the Principle Post, a family and their friends enjoy a dinner. A guest notes that the…

Rapid Manga Review: ‘Gyo’ by Junji Ito

Gyo, or Gyo Ugomeku Bukimi, is a horror seinen manga by Junji Ito that follows the story of a couple (Tadashi and Kaori) as they struggle to survive against undead fish with metal legs that are powered by their “death stench.” Gyo is a strange, but intriguing apocalyptic story with incredibly grotesque art. About the…

JJBA: Phantom Blood—Rapid Manga Review

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki is one of the most dramatic pieces of fiction that I have ever read. Before starting the manga series in early February, I had finished watching the anime adaptation of Part 6, Stone Ocean. So, yes, this would be the second time I dive into Araki’s world full of ghouls, vampires, and other mysterious things. However, reading Part 1 of JoJo’s made me realize how much of the story I either forgot or did not pay close attention to.

Review: ‘Hell Baby’ by Hino Hideshi

About the Manga Hell Baby (1982) Summary From one of Japan’s most accomplished artists comes this new graphic novel, the unsettling saga of twin sisters born one dark and stormy night in Tokyo: one normal, and one a demon baby with a taste for blood – a Hell Baby. Tossed into a garbage dump, Hell…