Category: Manga Reviews
Rozen Maiden, Vol. 1–Some Short Observations in Bullet Point Form (Again)
Having seen the anime series a good number of years ago (before this website began), and thus knowing at least the eventual outcome of the…
Alien Nine, Vol. 1: Head Frogs
Just as Half Life had its head crabs, Alien Nine, a bizarre attempt to fuse the school slice-of-life genre with bloody alien hunting antics, has…
Welcome to the NHK! Vols. 5 & 6–Lying To Yourself
The story in the Welcome to the NHK! manga has now fully departed from that of the anime, and the bleakness is almost stifling. Still,…
Let’s Bible One-Shot: The Moe of Christ
Suffering is moe. Crucified on the cross, Jesus Christ knew profound suffering. Therefore, Jesus Christ is profoundly moe. This, along with a few other propositions…
Shitsurakuen: A Tired Argument
Shitsurakuen is metafiction. However, rather than metafiction that cleverly employs existing genre tropes to make an argument, it is metafiction that simply arrives back at…
Bridging The Gap’s “Oh, The Horror!”Halloween Countdown!
Growing up in the latter half of the 70s horror movie boom which included such high profile works such as The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw…