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Jinmen
Jinmen
A manga where all animals suddenly have human faces and start murdering humans.
A pretty typical “____ starts attacking humans” story but using animals with faces aka jinmen was fairly unique. The art is good and the human/animal designs are very creepy. Oddly enough, my favorite parts were the bonus 4-panel style comedy strips they had at the end of each volume.
~dakazu
Hawkwood
Hawkwood
A manga that follows a mercenary group fighting in the the 100 years war during the 14 century.
This manga was pretty good. The medieval Europe setting was very similar to Berserk sans demons and monsters. It’s a bit short and kinda has a non-ending but was worth reading.
~dakazu
Boku no Lunch wo Jamasuruna!
Boku no Lunch wo Jamasuruna!
A manga about a freshman in high school who’s obsessed with making box lunches for himself. He constantly has to prevent others from eating his finely prepared meals which lead to comedic situations but he starts making friends though it as well.
A good food manga. Lots of the recipes they use are original and look very tasty. You can tell manga artist Kaho has experience drawing BL because there were heavy BL undertones, especially with the main character. Regardless I enjoyed this one.
~dakazu
Fuku wo Kiru Nara Konna Fuu ni
Fuku wo Kiru Nara Konna Fuu ni
A manga about a young man who rediscovers his fashion sense after his sister helps him out.
I’ve read plenty of DIY/self improvement manga (mostly about food) but this is the first one I’ve seen that covers fashion. I didn’t really like it because pointing out flaws in someone’s fashion sense came off as pretentious instead of helping. This becomes more relevant later in the series when new characters show up that need to have their fashion “fixed”.
Not really for me and happy to read something else instead.
~dakazu
199 – Anime Interlude 7 – Megalo Box
199 – Anime Interlude 7 – Megalo Box
It’s once again that time of the year for our anime expert Miki’s Stopwatch to join us and review the last season of anime. We pick our favorites and also give quick takes on some of the new summer anime as well!
Continue readingMeshiage!!
Meshiage!!
A manga about the food Japanese soldiers ate during the Russo-Japanese war.
It was fun to read about what soldiers ate during this time period. My main complaint is that there wasn’t enough distinction between characters because they all wore the same uniform and had similar haircuts.
~dakazu
Umi-Meshi Monogatari
Umi-Meshi Monogatari
Manga about 2 female friends who travel around Japan to eat delicious seafood and win big at Pachinko.
I love seafood so this was fun to read. I also liked that one of the girls is curvy and they don’t try to body shame her for her weight.
~dakazu
Oni no Sakuza
Oni no Sakuza
A manga focused on the Honda Sakuzaemon, otherwise known as Honda Shigetsugu: a samurai serving under Tokugawa Ieyasu who’s ferocity was feared by even Oda Nobunaga.
I’m not really a fan of warring states period in Japan. I mostly checked out this manga because I was a fan of Shinji Saijyo’s more famous cooking manga Iron Wok Jan! Unfortunately I haven’t found any of his other series compares to that one and this one is no different.
~dakazu
Sengoku Comiket
Sengoku Comiket
A story about an otaku who time travels to the warring states period of Japan and uses his otaku skills to dominate battles under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
It’s a silly series but very enjoyable. I’m only a recent fan of Ryoichi Yokoyama’s work but he has good comedy chops.
~dakazu