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Manga Reviews

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches- Volume One

Omar "Lightning" Polanco June 2016

 

Yamada-Kun and the Seven Witches is a Supernatural Rom-Com manga series written and illustrated by former Fairy Tail and Rave Master assistant, Miki Yoshikawa. The series' North American release is licensed by Kodansha Comics.

STORY: Everything always happens for a reason... right? Ryu Yamada is a delinquent at Suzaku High. One normal day he was walking up the stairs, he passes by Urara Shiraishi the #1 ranked student in school...

Noragami: False God- Volume One

Omar "Lightning" Polanco April 2016

 

Noragami: Stray God is a Japanese Supernatural manga written by Adachitoka, a pair of female mangakas: Adachi, who draws the characters and Tokashiki, who draws the backgrounds. The manga Noragami is licensed in North America by Kodansha Comics.

 

STORY: When humans are at the lowest point of their existence and don’t know what to do, that’s when Yato comes in to help. Of course there is a price, but of only 5 yen. The reasoning for this is that Yato is a...

Arata: The Legend - Volume One

Omar "Lightning" Polanco November 2015

 

Arata: The Legend (Arata Kangatari) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuu Watase (Fushigi Yuugi, Ayashi no Ceres) and it’s licensed by Viz Media.

 

Story:  First let’s start off in the world known as Amawakuni, where there's a boy named Arata that is to be the successor to an ancient clan named the Hime Clan, and every 60 years there is a ceremony to crown a new governing princess that is chosen from the Hime Clan but because of their lack of females, they dressed Arata... 

Food Wars: Shougeki no Soma - Volume One

Omar "Lightning" Polanco November 2015

 

Bon Apetit! Food Wars (Shokugeki no Soma) is a Japanese cooking manga written by Yūto Tsukuda (Shonen Shikku) and illustrated by Shun Saeki. Food Wars is North American licensed by Viz Media.

 

STORY: Food Wars tells the story an aspiring chief that wants to follow in his father footsteps in running the family business a special-of-the-day-shop and surpass his father with his culinary. Soma Yukihira is forced to go to an elite culinary school by his father, when his father gets a job overseas....

My Hero Academia - Volume One

Omar "Lightning" Polanco November 2015

 

My Hero Academia (Boku no Hīrō Akademia) is a Japanese manga written by Kōhei Horikoshi (Ōmagadoki Dōbutsuen, Barrage). My Hero Academia is licensed in English by Viz Media and Shonen Jump.

 

STORY: The story takes place in your normal seeming Japan until a giant lady crashes into a building. This is a world of superheroes, and quirks. Quirks are traits shown by an individual that is considered to be powers by sort, but in this world mostly everybody has one. Now we go to the main character of this story Izuku Midoriya that seems to be that...

The Garden of Words 

Kevin "K-MO" Mohammed November 2015

 

This manga hit me like 'a clap of thunder.' The Garden of Words is an interpretation of Makoto Shinakai's (5 Centimeters per Second, Voices From a DIstant Star) elaborate work of the same name. The story focuses on Yukino and Takao, two people who meet everyday inside of a garden shrine during rainy days. The manga is written by Shinkai himself, illustrated by Midori Motohashi, and published by Verticle Comics in the West.

 

Story: Takao’s mindset in the beginning of the series focuses on his dreams of becoming a shoe- maker. He often does not trust people with what his...

Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Volume One

Kevin "K-MO" Mohammed November 2015

 

 Seraph of the End (Owari no Serafu): Vampire Reign is written by the light novel author Takaya Kagami (The Legend of the Legendary Heroes, A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives), with art by Yamato Yamamoto (Kure-nai, 9S -Nine S-), and storyboards by Daisuke Furuya (Howl's Moving Castle, Macross Zero.) Seraph of the End is also English licensed by Viz Media and published in Advanced Shonen Jump.

Story: The story takes place in 2016, four years after a terrible plague has killed off all humans over the age of 13, after which the vampires rose to power and enslaved all children as blood...

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