Spice Beam
A manga about a young man who starts working at the Thai restaurant Chang run by the mysterious master and the beautiful Paula.
This series is EXACTLY the same another series by Akira Fukaya called Spicy Cafe Girl. This book is almost feels like a remake considering it came out 5 years later.
While I liked this book I think I preferred the characters and stories from Spicy Cafe Girl in comparison.
~dakazu
Spicy Cafe Girl
A manga about stories revolving around the Thai restaurant Duan in Tokyo. New hire Tetsuya ends up getting wrapped up in some crazy adventures because of the potential shady past of the master.
I’ve talked about Akira Fukaya’s Mitsurin Shounen before. Fukaya likes to create a lot of manga based around South Asian countries and cuisines. The master of the Duan is a reoccurring character in a few other Fukaya titles. I like his art style and loved the fun cast of characters from the little Afghanistan girl to the badass Ellie. I’m sad this is only a single volume release and would have loved to read more stories about them all.
~dakazu
Mitsurin Shounen
Just finished an amazing biography manga about deminer Aki Ra’s life as a conscripted child soldier who established Cambodian Self Help Demining and created the Cambodian Landmine Museum to help fund his cause!!!
~dakazu