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After School Times to Pass On

After School Hanako-kun by Aidalro

May 30, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

After-School Hanako-kun feels a little like a bunch of pieces that might have been intended for the original main series but had to be cut for one reason or another. Several of the vignettes are probably supposed to be versions of standard high school manga/anime episodes like the beach day trip or main character catches a cold and has to stay out of things but is still somehow manages to be part of the story. In fairness, this collection is supposed to be a “behind […]

Magic and Alchemy at School

The Ancient Magus' Bride vol 13 by Kore Yamazaki

May 16, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The Ancient Magus’ Bride might be one of my favorite anime/manga series that’s currently running. I like the basis in Celtic folklore and mythology with the addition of alchemy, a Japanese main character, and now a little more importance for a character who has had probably about 5 panels total in the previous 12 volumes. Volume 13 of the manga has some movement in both plot and world building for this newish College arc, where Chise is basically going to alchemist school, even though she’s […]

A Video Game with an Unbeatable Hero?

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime vol 15 by Fuse, Taiki Kawakami, Mitz Vah

May 9, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’m probably going to be on my manga review for a little while yet, while I recover from the Spring 2021 semester. Until then, here’s my review of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime vol. 15 (manga). As I’ve noted in reviews of previous volumes, this story seems to have a protagonist who cannot be defeated, only temporarily maybe a little slowed down. That has not changed; what has changed is something of a personality shift in Rimuru, the titular slime. In the […]

Light Fluff is Good Sometimes

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Vol. 5 by Satoru Yamaguchi, Nami Hidaka

May 7, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

So certain times of year coincide with heavier professional workloads, and when that happens, I tend to gravitate towards much lighter reading, things like My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (volume 5). This is a light novel series that has been turned into both a manga and an anime. The premise is that a high school girl obsessed with a certain kind of video game dies, and is reincarnated as the antagonist of her favorite dating video game. A bump […]

Maybe I’ll have to keep going with this a while longer

Blue Exorcist vol 25 by Kazue Kato

March 14, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

So I was getting ready to give up on Blue Exorcist on account of it getting borderline maudlin which is pretty bad in combination with upping the ‘drama’ to some pretty dark yet soap-opera-esque levels. I’m actually pretty sure I may have skipped a volume, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t miss much. It’s probably just as well because it looks like things are finally turning a corner with a lot of the things that were turning me off on the series. The basic story […]

Yet another side series but this one works

My Hero Academia Team Up Missions vol 1 by Yoko Akiyama

March 7, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I have lost track of the My Hero Academia spin-offs; there’s at least 3 that I can think of, and now here’s number four: My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions. Basically, it’s an excuse to put random characters together and have a little fun. I liked this collection because it is more on the light side, and the main series is getting darker by the moment. Some of the scenarios and pairings are not that original like Bakugo and Deku to see if they can manage […]

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