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Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts is a unique reversal on the Beauty and the Beast myth–rather than a man cursed to be a beast, the King of Beasts …
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In Tales of Wedding Rings, when Sato loves Hime–not only the girl next door, but the princess next world–he pursues her through a magical portal to a homeworld bubbling with …
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Monster Tamer Girls: in a world subjected to new waves of kaiju, Ion Hidaka and Sora Misumaru are part of the freshest crop of monster tamers, a special girls’ school …
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While Ryoko Kui’s Delicious in Dungeon Volume 3 maintains its ironclad premise of RPG murderhobos that turn their adventures into a gourmet tour, the tale nonetheless continues to evolve, with this …
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While Oh, My Sweet Alien! might have started as a science fiction horror comedy, rooted as it is in an alien abductee’s courtship with his abductor, the manga starts in …
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Though mob and crime fiction isn’t my favorite genre–even when supplemented with an undisclosed urban fantasy element that might be vampires and might be Highlander–I’ve enjoyed my handful of mafia …
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I’m A Spider, So What? is like a disgusting inversion of The Wizard of Oz, in which an otaku high-schooler descends by daydream into a nightmarish fantasy landscape, morphing into …
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In Girls’ Last Tour Volume 3, the series begins to take on the character of Gulliver’s Travels, although instead of finding new peoples, Chito and Yuuri find new persons, individuals …
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Before we look at The Mortal Instruments Volume 1, you should know that I’m not the biggest fan of Urban Fantasy. Urban Fantasy has succumbed to trope fatigue incredibly fast …
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Less college days than Lord of the Flies, the clique wars of School-Live Volume 8 spawn a new wave of human monsters, at times seeming a commentary on The Walking …
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In Murcielago Volume 4, having infiltrated The Virginal Rose cult, Kuroko finds herself sympathetic to their “no men allowed” credo, and becomes indoctrinated to their ways, so that our favorite lesbian …
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In Bungo Stray Dogs Volume 4, while Kyouka is welcomed to the Armed Detective Agency, she gets yanked stage left for the rest of the volume, and Atsushi is partnered …
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