Title:  Kurohime Vol 6

Author: Masanori • Ookamigumi • Katakura

Publisher: Viz

ISBN:  9781421516356

May Contain Spoilers

I’m not sure yet how I feel about this gentler, softer Himeko who has been left behind after the tragic events of the last volume.  She is a shell of her former self, having regained the love that she had lost when she was ( Read more... )

Title:  Otomen Vol 2

Author:  Aya Kanno

Publisher:  Viz

ISBN:  9781421521879

May Contain Spoilers

Asuka is having a very difficult time keeping his feminine side under wraps.   When a first year picks him for a mentor, Asuka has to keep his girly side firmly in check.  This proves harder than he expects, and it’s his cute bentos that let the ( Read more... )

Title:  Train*Train Vol 1

Author:  Eiki Eiki

Publisher: Doki Doki

ISBN: 9781569700969

May Contain Spoilers

Asahi wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a train operator.  He’s worked hard to make his dreams come true, and now he’s one step closer.  He’s just been assigned to Minami-Kitazawa Station, where he’ll learn about the ( Read more... )

Title:  Love*Com Vol 12

Author:  Aya Nakahara

Publisher: Viz

ISBN:  9781421523705

May Contain Spoilers

Risa is still unable to decide on a plan for her future.  Otani has finally got his act together, and Risa’s other friends have, too.  When Suzuki’s carefully laid out path takes an unexpected turn, everyone is shocked by his failure.  Will ( Read more... )

Title:  Future Lovers Vol 2

Author:  Saika Kunieda

Publisher: Deux

ISBN:  9781934496626

May Contain Spoilers

Nobody ever said that love was easy, and Kento and Akira are proof of that.  Total opposites, they have to deal with very different outlooks on life and love.  Kento plays by the rules, always trying to do what’s expected of him and ( Read more... )

Title: Pig Bride Vol 1

Author: KookHwa Huh

Art:  SuJin Kim

Publisher:  Yen Press

ISBN: 9780759529564

May Contain Spoilers

When Si-Joon gets lost in the woods, he’s afraid that he’ll never make it home again.  The eight year old is at summer camp, and all he’s done so far is cause mischief.  He’s found during his wanderings by a strange ( Read more... )

Title:  Beauty Pop Vol 10

Author:  Kiyoko Arai

Publisher: Viz

ISBN:  9781421525945

May Contain Spoilers

It’s series finale time!  Beauty Pop wraps up after 10 volumes of intense hair-styling battles, and this last installment does not disappoint.  The action picks up with the All Japan Beauty Contest, and all is not well with the Scissors ( Read more... )

Title: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Vol 2

Art:  Gaku Tsugano

Story:  Nagaru Tanigawa

Characters:  Noizi Ito

Publisher: Yen Press

ISBN:  9780759529458

May Contain Spoilers

This is one weird ass title.  Haruhi is bored with the status quo, and so she longs for strange and wonderful things to happen.  She’s on the lookout for aliens, ( Read more... )

Title: Naughty but Nice

Author:  Naduki Koujima

Publisher: Deux

ISBN:  9781934496589

May Contain Spoilers

Kakeru used to think that his homeroom teacher, Mr Wakasa, was the nicest guy around.  He never got mad, was always kind, and everyone liked him.  One night on his way home, he comes across some drunks giving a guy a hard time.  When he ( Read more... )

Title:  Love Round!

Author: Hinako Takanaga

Publisher: Deux

ISBN:  9781934496558

May Contain Spoilers

Boxer Kubo gets the surprise of his life when he finds Kaoru Komatsuna’s notebook.  When pretty boy Kaoru overhears him make fun of his name, he goes ballistic and KO’s the burly Kubo.  Impressed with the force of his punch, Kubo is ( Read more... )