Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit… Stripp’d
Some would say that beautiful lives bloom only in the shadow cast by death. But while this may very well be true, how could we ever know for sure? Statements like this one and Plato’s ‘the unexamined life is not worth living’ are supposed to be useful and practical advice that help us to determine [...]
Kimi ni Todoke Live Action Movie review: Otaku Trauma
Let me tell you all a secret–Blu-rays in Japan are the same regional coding as America. Meaning if there’s a movie you’re quite desperate to see, but can’t make it to Japan for nor can you afford to have several different DVD region players…buy the Blu-ray. This one was heck of a lot of money ($71 on [...]
Mangakissa – Alien Nine and MeruPuri
My daughter’s elementary school has a tradition involving the sixth graders; in the morning and afternoon, they take turns as crossing guards at the drop-off/pick-up line, holding bright neon flags and keeping their eyes on the smaller children as they walk from or to their parents’ cars. In Hitoshi Tomizawa’s Alien Nine, sixth grade students are chosen to [...]
Mangakissa – Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori
When Haruhi searches for a quiet place to study in the halls of her private high school – the library is crowded with social activity – she stumbles onto an elite group of rich students operating a “host club.” She knows right away that she’s made a huge mistake. She expected an empty music room [...]
Ōoku 1 and 2 by Fumi Yoshinaga – review
When I first stumbled upon Ōoku in the bookstore, I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t connect Fumi Yoshinaga’s name with Antique Bakery (though I should have, as she’s the manga-ka of both series), and I wasn’t clear on what the story was about (a hazard when the bookstore places a manga in the [...]
Comic Book Review – Death Note (Volume 1)
Writer: Tsugumi Ohba Penciler: Takeshi Obata Cover Artist: Takeshi Obata Publisher: Viz Media Publication Date: October 10, 2005 Format: Paperback Death Note is the story of Light Yagami, a seventeen year old over-achieving student who looks at the world from a seat of pessimism. Wanting to rid the world of corruption and evil himself, his [...]
