The Seven Princes of the Thousand Year Labyrinth looks like an entertaining fantasy-mystery series. The basic premise is that seven different attractive young men wake or end up in the Castle-of-the Thousand-Year-Labyrinth. They are candidates to be the next emperor, since hereditary monarchy was outlawed centuries ago, and they can’t leave the castle until they decide among themselves who will be the next emperor; everyone else becomes the ruler’s new advisors.. Ewan is the main character and he looks like a naïve country boy, while […]
Watch out boy she’ll chew you up!
Junko Mizuno is a Japanese artist whose style is usually described as “Gothic kawaii”. Her illustrations are cute and childish but also erotic and grotesque. After Cinderalla and Hansel and Gretel, Princess Mermaid is her third and darkest retelling of a classic fairytale, and the one that differs the most from the original version (I’m referring to the Hans Christian Andersen story, not the sanitized Disney version). Princess Mermaid tells the story of three mermaid sisters who have sworn to avenge the death of their […]
We All Need Gale Force Reading Glasses
Gale Force Reading Glasses, in the world of Fairy Tail, allow the reader to read two to thirty-two times faster, depending the on the quality of the book. Which, I think we can all agree, would be a godsend to all the cannonballers out there. This issue picks up in the middle of Natsu and Lucy’s first real guild mission. They’ve been sent in to infiltrate an arrogant millionaire’s household and steal back a book. Only Lucy doesn’t appear to be his type. So they […]
Just A Simple Story about a Boy and His Friendship with His Cat
A few years ago, I wondered why I hadn’t gotten into manga the same way I had graphic novels, so I decided to give it a go. I went with Fairy Tail after binging the first few seasons of the anime already on Netflix. In retrospect I probably should have started with a series that has already ended, so I have some sort of goal line on the horizon, but, you know, hindsight and all. So I yoked myself to a current series and the burden […]
A super quick review of an all-time classic, but as manga!
This was my first manga, and I honestly didn’t really know what I should expect. Would it be confusing to read a book backwards? Would it be too cartoony? I had no idea, but I was really interested in finding out. I saw this at the library — they have a whole section of manga based on classic novels, and I plan on reading as many of these classics as I can at some point. Pride & Prejudice was actually the perfect entry point for […]
Panzer Vor!: Part 2
The second installment of the Girls und Panzer graphic novels picks up where the first left off, mid-contest. Having encountered some difficulty the girls from Ooarai Academy’s begin “Operation More Sneak Around” against St. Gloriana Women’s Academy during their first tankery team practice match. The match ends with a close call defeat for our heroes. The disappointment is of course cut short by the appearance of the St Gloriana captain, Darjeeling whose conversation with Miho and gift of tea (apparently this means that Darjeeling views […]