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  • Review: Undercurrent

    Undercurrent (アンダーカレント), 2004-2005, Toyoda, Tetsuya, Afternoon STORY: 8 Meet Kanae, the owner of a small public bath house, as she tries to go on just after the disappearance of her husband. Can she continue life as usual although she doesn’t even know what happened? Why? Is the husband even alive? One simple volume guides us to…

  • Review: Duet of Beautiful Goddesses

    Duet of Beautiful Goddesses (Megami-tachi no Nijuusou, 女神たちの二重奏), 2010-2012, Hanakouji, Yumi, Manga Sunday STORY: 6 Meet Akane Kida. Broke and alone with her shut-in brother, she is at the end of the rope. But, on a fateful day, she meets Reika Tojo, a rich married lady who looks just like her twin! Is it one…

  • Review: Red

    Red (Red: Living on the Edge), 1998-2005, Muraeda, Kenichi, Young Magazine Uppers STORY: 6 Meet Red: he is the last member of his native American tribe, and he is on a quest for vengeance. What starts as a succession of gunfights in the Far West, becomes more interesting through the chapters thanks to a story…

  • Review: Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

    Bokutachi ga Yarimashita (We Did It, 僕たちがやりました), 2015-2017, Kaneshiro, Muneyuki, Young Magazine STORY: 8 Meet Tobio, Isami, and Maru, three boys who are trying to enjoy their everyday, average life, along with an older and lonely rich boy that provides all the money for their fun. Things could be simple if their school was not…

  • Review: Shigahime

    Shigahime (屍牙姫), 2016-2019, Sato, Hirohisa, Comic Zenon STORY: 5 Meet Hirota, a boy living the school life of a 16 years old. He just met Chika, his first girlfriend, and things are going well. That is, until he crosses the path of a seducing vampire. This encounter changes radically his life and marks the start…

  • Review: High Position

    High Position (Hi-Posi, ハイポジ), 2017-2018, Kira, Takashi, Manga Action STORY: 4 Meet Mitsuhiko, a 46-year-old dull salaryman on his way to divorce, when suddenly.. he hits his head and wakes up in the past! Bam! He is back 30 years before and gets to relive his teenage days. If you feel you have already read…

  • Review: Azumi

    Azumi (あずみ), 1994-2008, Koyama, Yuu, Big Comic Superior Warning for (a lot of) rape and murder. STORY: 8 Meet Azumi, a child soldier raised to become the deadliest assassin of medieval Japan. Follow her along dangerous missions as she murders literally dozens (if not hundreds) of people who could upset the stability of the Tokugawa…

  • Review: Nikutaikan-K

    Nikutaikan-K (肉体漢K), 1989, Yasunaga, Kouichirou, Shounen Sunday Warning for rape. STORY: 3 Meet K, a hero who gets his super power from rape. This is supposed to be hilarious. Oh, and suicide is funny too. Here is a one-shot that someone thought was worthy to translate for a wider audience. From what I understand, the…

  • Review: Eve: The Beautiful Love-Scientizing Goddess

    Eve: The Beautiful Love-Scientizing Goddess (Eve: Koi wo Kagaku suru Uruwashiki Megami, The Love Science Story, イヴ 恋を科学する麗しき女神), 2008-2009, Nabeshima, Masaharu (Story), Hanakouji, Yumi (Art), Manga Sunday STORY: 6 Meet Dr. Maria Eve, a brilliant professor in behavioral studies. She is gorgeous, has an IQ of 183, an assistant with big breasts (which is reminded to…

  • Review: Akagi

    Akagi (Mahjong Legend Akagi, アカギ ～闇に降り立った天才～), 1991-2018, Fukumoto, Nobuyuki, Kindai Mahjong STORY: 2 Meet Akagi, a young gambler who is not afraid of death! And.. that’s it. We have a title purely centered on a single character and, despite the manga running for 27 years, the hero gets zero development! Akagi is just some mysterious,…

  • Review: Chi no Wadachi

    Chi no Wadachi (Blood on the Tracks, A Trail of Blood, 血の轍), 2017-2023, Oshimi, Shuuzou, Big Comic Superior Warning for realistic family trauma and abuse. STORY: 8 Meet Seiichi Osabe, a boy on the path to teenage-hood: new experiences, more freedom, new feelings, independence! Except that.. Seiichi has a mother, Seiko, who is taking a…

  • Review: Gunjou

    Gunjou (Ultramarine, 羣青), 2007-2012, Nakamura, Ching, Ikki magazine STORY: 4 Meet Soko and Chiyomi. The first woman was abused by her husband and the second killed that husband although there is no love to be gained in return. The story revolves around these two female protagonists and their painful relation. There’s three volumes showing the…

  • Review: Batuque

    Batuque (バトゥーキ), 2018-2024, Sako, Toshio, Tonari no Young Jump STORY: 5 Meet Sanjou Ichiri, a young girl with a lot of questions about her past and the meaning of freedom. Her ordinary existence is suddenly gone as she encounters Capoeira at the local public park, the martial art from the far away Brazil! Growth, self…

  • Review: Rouba Shoujo

    Rouba Shoujo (Old Woman Girl, 老婆少女), 1996, Hino, Hideshi, Suspiria STORY: 6 Meet a lot of school students, through different short stories, as they are confronted with supernatural events. Ghosts and monsters are here to make your school days more exciting.. and deadly! ART: 7 Cute little girls with big eyes are getting through horrific…

  • Review: The Legend of the Strongest Man Kurosawa

    The Legend of the Strongest Man Kurosawa (最強伝説黒沢), 2003-2006, Fukumoto, Nobuyuki, Big Comic Original STORY: 4 Meet Kurosawa, an average construction worker who feels he has not accomplished anything in his life. He is grumpy, awkward, envious and immature. We are following his routine of painful moments, as he fails at being respected, attracting women,…

  • Review: Sakuranbo Syndrome

    Sakuranbo Syndrome (Cupid’s Prank II: Cherry Syndrome, Cupid no Itazura II, さくらんぼシンドローム クピドの悪戯II), 2006-2009, Kitazaki, Taku, Young Sunday (Weekly) STORY: 2 Meet Munenori Agawa, your everyday manga office worker. His life takes an ‘exciting’ turn when, for the sake of altruism, he has to french kiss a kid everyday! Here is how I imagine the…