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The characters and places of Astra: Lost in Space are almost allegorical: Aries Spring, Planet Camp, a girl with a bad attitude named Quitterie. The situations similarly seem grown from the …
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Golden Kamuy Volume 3 begins when Asirpa and Yoshitake Shiraishi, a roguish escapist, conspire to free Sugimoto from the seventh division barracks, and Sugimoto adds his own twist (sorry, not …
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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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Food Wars Volume 21 continues the events of Volume 20, in which Erina found herself in the position of wealthy benefactress, doling out lessons with magical efficacy like Mary Poppins, …
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The Promised Neverland Volume 1 begins in Grace Field House, which looks like a new age temple and Miss Hannigan’s School for Girls were blended into a frothy cult of …
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Erased Volume 3 begins with Satoru shifting the focus of his heroics from Kayo Hinazuki, who no longer needs to be saved, to a wide-angle view of the enigmatic killer. …
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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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On November 28th, 2017, Viz Media will release SP Baby, a new shojo manga from Maki Enjoji, author of Happy Marriage?!.

SP Baby is described as:

As the …
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Children of the Whales has an intriguing pitch: when psychic children drift through an abyssal desert on a tumbleweed city state called the Mud Whale, their nomadic way of life …
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My Hero Academia Volume 10 concludes the training camp arc with the League of Villains’ defeat and full retreat, though it may have been in part a distraction, in order …
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