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Review: THIGH HIGH: REIWA HANAMARU ACADEMY
This month we'll be looking at some the ways that manga plays with flipping sexes and genders. Since March is also the time for the start of the…
Review: THIGH HIGH: REIWA HANAMARU ACADEMY
This month we'll be looking at some the ways that manga plays with flipping sexes and genders. Since March is also the time for the start of the…
Review: HAPPY CRAPPY LIFE
It takes a lot of talent to write a BL comedy about two messy dudes trying to fix their respective lives and make it work, and this manga…
Review: HAPPY CRAPPY LIFE
It takes a lot of talent to write a BL comedy about two messy dudes trying to fix their respective lives and make it work, and this manga…
Review: PETER GRILL AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S TIME
It's so hard (pun not intended) to find a good sex comedy manga, and crap like this isn't helping things.PETER GRILL AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S TIME (Pita Guriru to…
Review: PETER GRILL AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S TIME
It's so hard (pun not intended) to find a good sex comedy manga, and crap like this isn't helping things.PETER GRILL AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S TIME (Pita Guriru to…
Review: TO SIR, WITHOUT LOVE: I'M DIVORCING YOU
February means another round of Bad Romance manga here at the Manga Test Drive, and it's only fitting to start with a romance that begins with a demand…
Review: TO SIR, WITHOUT LOVE: I'M DIVORCING YOU
February means another round of Bad Romance manga here at the Manga Test Drive, and it's only fitting to start with a romance that begins with a demand…
Review: GATE KEEPERS
Of course, for every successful sci-fi manga there are far more that fail to find an audience outside of Japan and this is just one of them.GATE KEEPERS…
Nobunagun, Rosario + Vampire, Sakura Wars, To Heart, Gate Keepers
Review: GATE KEEPERS
Of course, for every successful sci-fi manga there are far more that fail to find an audience outside of Japan and this is just one of them.GATE KEEPERS…
Gate Keepers, Gurren Lagann, Martian Successor Nadesico, mono, Nobunagun
Review: SUIHELIBE!
This one is a decidedly more lighthearted take on sci-fi, dug up from the dregs of the CMX library.SUIHELIBE! (Suieribe!), by Naomi Azuma. First published in 2006 and…
Review: SUIHELIBE!
This one is a decidedly more lighthearted take on sci-fi, dug up from the dregs of the CMX library.SUIHELIBE! (Suieribe!), by Naomi Azuma. First published in 2006 and…
Review: PLANETES
This month we're reviewing science-fiction manga, and you'd be hard-pressed to find one that's more "hard" sci-fi than this one.PLANETES (Puranetesu), by Makoto Yurikuma. First published in 1999…
Review: PLANETES
This month we're reviewing science-fiction manga, and you'd be hard-pressed to find one that's more "hard" sci-fi than this one.PLANETES (Puranetesu), by Makoto Yurikuma. First published in 1999…
2025 In the Rear View Mirror
First of all, it's time to announce this year's Holiday Review Giveaway winner! gimmickpunk decided to revisit a shonen classic this year, one that's near and dear to my…
My Sister, My Writer, Gundam Build Fighters, Magic Knight Rayearth
2025 In the Rear View Mirror
First of all, it's time to announce this year's Holiday Review Giveaway winner! gimmickpunk decided to revisit a shonen classic this year, one that's near and dear to my…
Gundam Build Fighters, Magic Knight Rayearth, My Sister, My Writer
Holiday Review #25: STOP!! HIBARI-KUN
With so many long-shot older manga releases coming out this year from so many different publishers, it was legitimately hard to pick one to close out this year's…
Holiday Review #25: STOP!! HIBARI-KUN
With so many long-shot older manga releases coming out this year from so many different publishers, it was legitimately hard to pick one to close out this year's…
Holiday Review #24: CAT'S EYE
This year also brought us quite a few older manga titles from some surprising sources. Kana took advantage of their French heritage and that country's long-standing love of…
Bubblegum Crisis, Cat's Eye, City Hunter, mono, Space Battleship Yamato
Holiday Review #24: CAT'S EYE
This year also brought us quite a few older manga titles from some surprising sources. Kana took advantage of their French heritage and that country's long-standing love of…
Bubblegum Crisis, Cat's Eye, City Hunter, mono, Space Battleship Yamato
Holiday Review #23: KINGDOM
They say Christmas is a time of miracles, and there certainly were a lot of manga license miracles happening this year, including this long-requested shonen title.KINGDOM (Kingudamu), by…
Holiday Review #23: KINGDOM
They say Christmas is a time of miracles, and there certainly were a lot of manga license miracles happening this year, including this long-requested shonen title.KINGDOM (Kingudamu), by…
Holiday Review #22: A VAMPIRE IN THE BATHHOUSE
Of course, it's also fun to take figures of horror and put them into wacky situations for the sake of comedy. For example, you could have...A VAMPIRE IN…
Holiday Review #22: A VAMPIRE IN THE BATHHOUSE
Of course, it's also fun to take figures of horror and put them into wacky situations for the sake of comedy. For example, you could have...A VAMPIRE IN…
Holiday Review #21: MANSECT
With so many horrors happening in the real world, it's almost a relief to turn to one of Living the Line's latest horror manga releases and enjoy a…
Holiday Review #21: MANSECT
With so many horrors happening in the real world, it's almost a relief to turn to one of Living the Line's latest horror manga releases and enjoy a…
Holiday Review #20: YOU CAN'T BLUFF THE SHARP-EYED SISTER
These last few years have been great one for Natsu Hyuuga, mostly due to the incredible success of The Apothecary Diaries. This year we started to get some…
Holiday Review #20: YOU CAN'T BLUFF THE SHARP-EYED SISTER
These last few years have been great one for Natsu Hyuuga, mostly due to the incredible success of The Apothecary Diaries. This year we started to get some…
Holiday Review #19: NEIGHBORHOOD CRAFTSMEN - STORIES FROM KANDA'S GOKURA-CHOU
Now this is more of what I was looking for! This is the sort of hyper-focused historical story that you could only ever get from manga (even if…
Holiday Review #19: NEIGHBORHOOD CRAFTSMEN - STORIES FROM KANDA'S GOKURA-CHOU
Now this is more of what I was looking for! This is the sort of hyper-focused historical story that you could only ever get from manga (even if…
Holiday Review #18: WASH IT ALL AWAY
Ok, after all that horny nonsense we need a palate cleanser of a manga. I thought this next book would be ideal for that purpose but after reading…
Holiday Review #18: WASH IT ALL AWAY
Ok, after all that horny nonsense we need a palate cleanser of a manga. I thought this next book would be ideal for that purpose but after reading…
Holiday Review #17: GUSHING OVER MAGICAL GIRLS
Not all of this year's yuri titles were so sweet and heart-warming, though. This one was particularly notorious, even before it got an anime, as well as a…
Holiday Review #17: GUSHING OVER MAGICAL GIRLS
Not all of this year's yuri titles were so sweet and heart-warming, though. This one was particularly notorious, even before it got an anime, as well as a…
Holiday Review #16: LOVE BULLET
It's seasonally fitting that after we got a Green Yuri last year, we get a Red Yuri this year to match it.LOVE BULLET (Rabu Baretto), by inee. First…
Holiday Review #16: LOVE BULLET
It's seasonally fitting that after we got a Green Yuri last year, we get a Red Yuri this year to match it.LOVE BULLET (Rabu Baretto), by inee. First…
Holiday Review #15: BLACK BLOOD
Only one book this year dared to ask the question "can you make a BL manga about a man and a cyborg, much less make it good?"BLACK BLOOD,…
Holiday Review #15: BLACK BLOOD
Only one book this year dared to ask the question "can you make a BL manga about a man and a cyborg, much less make it good?"BLACK BLOOD,…
Holiday Review #14: HABERDASHERY GINMOKUSEI
But that's enough straight romance! There was plenty of fine BL released this year and this series in particular was one of the most handsome examples to hit…
Holiday Review #14: HABERDASHERY GINMOKUSEI
But that's enough straight romance! There was plenty of fine BL released this year and this series in particular was one of the most handsome examples to hit…
Holiday Review #13: BETRAYED BY THE HERO, I FORMED A MILF PARTY WITH HIS MOM!
That last review represented one of the earlier, classier isekai offerings! These days, it seems the only way these creators can distinguish themselves is by getting hornier and…
Holiday Review #13: BETRAYED BY THE HERO, I FORMED A MILF PARTY WITH HIS MOM!
That last review represented one of the earlier, classier isekai offerings! These days, it seems the only way these creators can distinguish themselves is by getting hornier and…
Holiday Review #12: CAMPFIRE COOKING IN ANOTHER WORLD WITH MY ABSURD SKILL
Of course, most of the fantasy manga we got this year was nowhere near so ambitious. Most of it was your bog-standard isekai light-novel adaptations, like this one…
Holiday Review #12: CAMPFIRE COOKING IN ANOTHER WORLD WITH MY ABSURD SKILL
Of course, most of the fantasy manga we got this year was nowhere near so ambitious. Most of it was your bog-standard isekai light-novel adaptations, like this one…
Holiday Review #11: DUR-AN-KI
There was some original fantasy manga to be found in 2025. Fittingly enough, some of it came from the team that helped to craft one of manga's greatest…
Holiday Review #11: DUR-AN-KI
There was some original fantasy manga to be found in 2025. Fittingly enough, some of it came from the team that helped to craft one of manga's greatest…
Holiday Review #10: THE TOO-PERFECT SAINT: TOSSED ASIDE BY MY FIANCE AND SOLD TO ANOTHER KINGDOM
Of course, a lot of the romance manga these days comes in the form of light-novel adaptations, which are often just as much about the self-improvement of the…
Holiday Review #10: THE TOO-PERFECT SAINT: TOSSED ASIDE BY MY FIANCE AND SOLD TO ANOTHER KINGDOM
Of course, a lot of the romance manga these days comes in the form of light-novel adaptations, which are often just as much about the self-improvement of the…
Holiday Review #9: ASSASSIN & CINDERELLA
Of course, there were plenty of spicy romance manga to go around as well.Doesn't necessarily mean they were all good ones, though.ASSASSIN & CINDERELLA (Asashin & Shinderera), by…
Holiday Review #9: ASSASSIN & CINDERELLA
Of course, there were plenty of spicy romance manga to go around as well.Doesn't necessarily mean they were all good ones, though.ASSASSIN & CINDERELLA (Asashin & Shinderera), by…