Saturday, January 11, 2014

Wishlist: Mahou Shoujo of the End

This is a weird one to ask for since it's not popular and it's not licensed to be published here in the US. It's about magical girls but not exactly what you think. It's not about Sailor Moon or Meruru, it's more like Attack on Titan but without the human eating and more on the killing of humans.

Nope. Not this kind of Mahou Shoujo.

Warning! This title contains graphic violence, gore, a ton of blood and cute but deadly Magical Girls!

Manga in the Mail: 16

I like drama. Well, the kind of drama that makes you pity a character for his/her situation. Combine my liking for drama with my fascination with psychology, specifically, the autism spectrum disorder. I am sincerely curious about the things that go into an autistic child's mind.


With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child Volume 3

Friday, January 10, 2014

Review: High School Girls Volume 1

So if you've been reading my blog from the very start (which I doubt anyone did), I have posted my now-reading post about High School Girls Volume 1. I've just finished it recently and I want to say, it's a documentary about an all girls high school.


Warning! This contains a bit of fan-service. A bit. A girl can probably stand it.

To start it off, this is a slice-of-life comedy manga that can either make you look at women differently. Your opinion about girls being all tidy and neat might be destroyed so if you don't want to see the ugly side of a girl, then do not read this. If you want to laugh out loud about the facts of the girl-life, then please, do so.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Weekly! & Monthly!

I have thought about this since the start of this blog. I would like to post my opinions on the weekly series I have been keeping up with: Naruto and UQ Holder. The monthly series I would like to post about are: Attack on Titan (both the main series and the side story: Before the Fall) and Mahou Shoujo of the End (if it will even be translated.)

Yes, that means content about your favorite manga. Run.

I'll post my opinions here and they might be just ramblings but I will give it my best so it won't be boring. Anyway, that's my minor update. I'll post the first "Monthly!" when Attack on Titan Ch. 53 comes out from a certain website.

I hope that I some of you will be interested enough to read my post! Thanks!

Manga in the Mail: 15

Since I love Suenobu-sensei's Limit, I bought her other work: Life. I've only read the first few pages online and with a box cutter and a bloody arm greeting me, I was sold! Suenobu-sensei sure knows how to make a dark shoujo manga! I'm excited to read it!


 
 

Life Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

It's another shoujo manga my dear readers! What can we expect?

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Review: What a Wonderful World Volume 1

I got this title recently (if you were reading my past Mail posts then you would know about this) and I've been conservatively pacing myself through this amazing title. This is truly a WONDERFUL manga!


If you read my Mail post about this, please, disregard that. I found a treasure. I hit the mother lode. This title is amazing. Listen to some The End of Evangelion soundtrack while reading this so you can feel the review more. Tearing up is allowed. The feels are intense.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Manga in the Mail: 14

If vampires were real, this is the closest depiction of the mythical creatures.



Lament of the Lamb Volume 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Now Reading: 6

INBO!!! (Japanese for: Conspiracy) If you haven't figured it out, I have one more and you should know it by now (if you are an otaku like me): Nihon Hikikomori Kyoukai (N.H.K. = Nihon Housou Kyoukai [Japanese Broadcasting Association] is a real broadcasting channel in Japan.) I gave you all the clues, and you should know it by now...


Welcome to the N.H.K. Volume 1

Warning! This volume contains mild nudity!

Before we move on, I will explain what a Hikikomori is. The people being called Hikikomori in Japan are shut-ins/recluse who close their worlds and only function within the confines of their apartment/room/house. There are anti-social and usually see the world as a threat to their existence. Hikikomori's are usually otakus who have been hurt by people's comments about them. Some are just afraid of contact with other people and don't feel the need to communicate with other people. I'm also an anti-social person (hence the blog) and I only go out when I need to but that is due to the lack of interpersonal skills on my side. I can understand why people would choose to be Hikikomori and why they choose to be inside their safe zones instead of going with the flow. They are humans too, they are just too afraid of being hurt, either by society's comment or by embarrassment.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Review: Limit Volume 2

So... I'm still in awe after reading 5 volumes and I'm preventing myself from reading the last one. I don't want to kill this feeling of surprise of WHY THE HELL ISN'T THIS A SEINEN SERIES?! (Sorry WcDonalds) I'm lovin' it!


Warning! This volume contains graphic violence, verbal abuse and blood.

I don't even know why this isn't talked about. Most of the manga collections I've seen on video sharing sites don't have this title. Why is it not famous? This is a seinen manga with teenage girls as it's characters. However, the issues that are expressed here are definitely shoujo. Am I repeating myself? I'm sorry, I'm just disappointed to see that this title isn't a part of some famous person's collection. You should have!
It might not be an Attack on Titan but this is Literature!

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Review: Battle Vixens Volume 1

Here's the review for the full-on fan service manga! That's all I need to say right? Wait. Do I need some kind of hook?


Warning! This volume contains mild nudity and explicit language!

It contains ~115 or so pages of actual content. The remaining ~50 pages was a story that happens in the same universe but outside the main story; a side story if you will. There's not much material to work on but I'll make it... somehow.