275 – 2019 Year End News & Manga Review

275 – 2019 Year End News & Manga Review

Welcome to the final episode of Manga Machinations for 2019! Seamus is back, which means all the hosts are ready to discuss all the news stories from this year before sharing their personal top 3 manga, honorable mentions, and worst manga of the year!!!

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The Magnificent Grand Scene

The Magnificent Grand Scene

A manga about a young girl’s journey into becoming a ballerina.

Really solid sports manga! Initially I was more curious about reading a non-hentai work by Cuvie but I ended up being pleasantly surprised at how good this series is. Our main character Kanade shares a lot of similar characteristics you find in shonen sports protagonists. She’s upbeat and friendly even to harsh rivals, she fails but always gets back up to try again, and she has her own unique talent that others acknowledge and envy. I also like that it’s a ballet manga that actually focuses on female ballet dancers unlike Dance Dance Danseur, though the artwork is not quite as dynamic in comparison.

A great sports series that focuses on female characters. We need more sports series like this one. It’s available digitally through Kindle & comiXology.

~dakazu

248 – One Shot 21 – Abara

248 – One Shot 21 – Abara

On this episode we take a look at Tsutomu Nihei’s short sci-fi series Abara! We talk about Nihei’s focus on bioorganic designs and compare it to his other works BLAME! and APOSIMZ!!!

Abara is available for purchase from VIZ.

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