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Reader’s Corner: Yashahime, A Nico-Colored Canvas, and Wandance

It’s double the Rumiko Takahashi this week as we review the newest release in the special edition of her classic, Maison Ikkoku, as well as the manga adaptation of Yashahime, a spin-off of her famed series, InuYasha. Other volumes we’re looking at include a new villainess series and art-school shoujo!

Maison Ikkoku Collector’s Edition, Vol. 8

Yagami, Yagami, who is she again? Oh yes, the school girl in love with Godai! I don’t feel too bad about forgetting her momentarily since, as she herself says, it’s been six months since she last saw Godai. Dozens of chapters will often go by in Maison Ikkoku with significant characters barely receiving a mention, but when they do, they typically receive significant focus for chapters on end. And when the content continues to be as humorous as it is (in this case with Yagami becoming increasingly desperate but also tactical in her attempts to get near Godai and separate him from Kyoko), I can leave my own frustration behind and instead just enjoy the characters’ angst. And believe me, there is plenty of that to accompany a whole lot of laughs! This volume is marked further by the increasing persistence of Godai in seeking a stable career, and Kyoko in making a decision about him. The two remain wishy-washy, but there’s more resolve to Kyoko than there once was, and Godai experiences difficulties that can no longer be fully blamed on him. Both are growing up, which may be a strange thing to say about a widower in his mid-twenties, but it simply describes where these two are in life. There’s maturation happening, and still so much more to go—but doesn’t that ring true for most of us? The charm of this series lies in the fact that it’s impossible not to root for this pair through all their foibles and silliness. And just maybe that says a great deal about us as well. ~ Twwk

Maison Ikkoku Collector’s Edition (manga) is published by Viz Media. Volume eight releases on July 28th.

Wandance, Vol. 1

So, you think you can dance? Well, to be honest, Kaboku’s not sure he can. A past experience also has him frightened to death of trying, but after seeing the cheerful Wanda doing a solo dance, he decides to try to overcome his fear, joining her as a new member of their school’s dance club. Although I knew this basic premise by the volume’s description, I was still surprised as it unfolded because of the excellent execution. Kaboku isn’t the type I assume a dancer to be; he instead reminds me a lot of awkward high schoolers like I once was—the incredibly self-conscious type. When he decides to pursue dance, I was happy to see that it’s with an authentic sense of trepidation and that Wanda isn’t his pure, guiding light, but rather a strong support to help (not carry) him along the path he’s chosen. In terms of characterization, Kaboku’s stuttering adds another layer that makes the story interesting; I’m eager to see how the mangaka continues to work with that trait. I’m also excited to see more of Coffee’s artwork. It took me a while to adjust to how Coffee conveyed dance by using alternately very dark or bright backgrounds, with smudges, bursts, and dashes of shading to indicate movement. But once it clicked for me, I could “see” the dance and feel the rhythm. I typically stay away from musical manga because I feel I’m missing too much, so I must say bravo to Coffee for finding a way to help this critical reader see the musical movement. Speaking of critical, I should note that Wanda and Kaboku compare very favorably to My Dress-Up Darling‘s Gojo and Marin—they’re not quite as cute, bursting with personality, or shippable, but they are more authentic and believable, and just as easy to root for. Fans of that series will like this one. For everyone else, give it a try, as you might just find yourself, as I did, catching the beat. ~ Twwk

Wandance is published by Kodansha.

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Vol. 1

The tropes seem common enough: a “protagonist meets with a terrible fate, then goes back in time” plot, starring a standard light novel “villainess” (daughter of a duke, engaged to a prince). The tale opens as Rishe is publicly denounced by her princely fiancé…for the seventh time?! Yep. In six previous cycles, Rishe was dumped and exiled at age fifteen, lived to around age twenty, and died, only to restart at the scene of her rejection. As this seventh cycle kicks off, she takes a different route while fleeing the palace, leading to a (literal) run-in with Arnold, crown prince of a neighboring empire…and the bloodthirsty warmonger WHO JUST KILLED HER five years in the future, ending her sixth life and initiating this seventh. Quite taken with this unconventional young noblewoman, Prince Arnold is surprisingly quick to propose, and—despite her bafflement and misgivings—she ends up accepting. She aims to avert the devastating war she knows is coming, save Prince Arnold from becoming the evil emperor of her past lives, and above all, survive past age twenty. Rishe is a delightful protagonist—physically she’s fifteen, but thanks to the time loops she has an extra thirty years of life experience, and she leverages all the skills and knowledge she obtained in the prior loops to make the most of her seventh chance at life. She also has the confidence, eccentricity, and mild cynicism you’d expect from having gone through so many time loops. Arnold, for his part, is wonderfully respectful of his peculiar fiancée. Great book, definitely looking forward to the next volume. ~ jeskaiangel

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! is published by Seven Seas.

A Serenade for Pretend Lovers, Vol. 1

“Cute and silly” veers toward “erotic and creepy” when the fake relationship motif shifts from high school-aged characters who barely have any physical contact and blush at the slightest suggestion that they might actually like one another, to full-grown adults, including a woman just out of a relationship where she has been deceived into being “the other woman,” who decides that sexual contact should be part and parcel of the fake relationship. For his part, musician Chizuru Kobuchi feels that this is the only thing romance is about, and Akari Sayo, who has been cajoled into doing a documentary on him, doesn’t seem to much more about relationships and accepts the invitation to become his “pretend lover” in an attempt to inspire him to finish a piece he’s composing for a romantic film. The intimacy and urgency of the relationship, with Akari put into vulnerable positions several times over, is troubling. But most dreadful to me as a reader is how the mangaka wants to have his cake and eat it too, creating erotic panels for several pages and then jumping back to “tee hee” cutesy panels to keep from being a full-blown adult series. And perhaps that’s what makes the scenario most conspicuous: in a series with a consistently cute tone, the physicality would normally be toned down, while readers might expect the challenging or abusive elements in a harder-edged series. But put them all together and it results in a volume that doesn’t work at all. ~ Twwk

A Serenade for Pretend Lovers (manga) is published by Kodansha.

Yashahime, Vol. 1

Life is challenging for Towa, what with her white hair, unusual eyes, and cool mystique creating an unapproachable aura around her. But these social difficulties are a cakewalk for Towa compared to her side gig exorcising demons that virtually no one else can see. Gifted with a special power, Towa is about to realize that her life is even more epic than what she’s known so far, when her twin sister, Setsuna, and cousin, Moroha, travel through a dimensional portal to feudal Japan and take her back with them. There, it is revealed that Towa is the daughter of Sesshoramu and Rin, and niece to InuYasha and Kagome, and that it has been foretold that she and her two companions will set out on an adventure to save their respective parents! This adaptation of the anime, itself a sequel to the beloved anime based on Rumiko Takahashi’s classic manga, impressed me to no end. Although I’ve heard good things about the Yashahime anime, I’ve stayed away—it’s not a Takahashi work (though developed with her blessing and character designs), so how good could it really be? Well, potentially really, really good. Developed by mangaka Takashi Shiina, the series features plenty of throwbacks to the original manga, as it should, but also creates three distinct characters who are loveable in their own right: the earnest and caring Towa, excitable and fierce Moroha, and cursed and cool Setsuna. Volume one sets up their story, and by the end of it, I already cared about the trio, not only for their connections to those treasured characters of the past, but because they’re compelling in their own right. Though staying true to Takahashi’s unique atmosphere and tone, the manga is also its own animal, and volume one is dynamic and fun because of Shiina’s artistry and voice. An interview with him and Takahashi makes a nice bookend to volume one, right after the final panel showing the girls starting on their path to save their parents. They’re ready to go—and I’m ready for the journey with them as well. ~ Twwk

Yashahime (manga) is published by VIZ Media.

A Nico-Colored Canvas, Vol. 1

You’d think a free spirit would be right at home at art school, but Nico might be a little too unconventional even for her new college. From painting her professor’s face to organizing a showing of “failed” artists, Nico subverts expectations, supported by a talented friend and egged on by a boy who may or may not have her best interests at heart. Nico is adorable. In the vein of characters like Sarasa from Kageki Shoujo, Nico is hyperactive, genuine, and kind—a terribly easy protagonist to root for. But the rest of the volume leaves much to be desired. The other characters aren’t compelling, and the first “showdown” being set up feels both a bit too early and rather rote; there’s nothing in this volume that I haven’t read a thousand times before. You’d be wise to pick this series up only if you’ve finished better fine arts fare like Honey and Clover and the aforementioned Kageki Shoujo. ~ Twwk

A Nico-Colored Canvas (manga) is published by Kodansha.

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#Manga #Light Novels #Maison Ikkoku #Wandance #Loop 7 kaime no Akuyaku Reijou wa Moto Tekikoku de Jiyuu Kimama na Hanayome Seikatsu wo Mankitsusuru #7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!#A Serenade for Pretend Lovers #Renai Gokko Sayokyoku #Yashahime: Princess Half Demon #Iden Ehon Zoushi: Hanyou no Yashahime #A Nico Colored Canvas #Niko iro no Canvas #Reader's Corner #Articles #Author: TWWK #Author: Jeskai Angel

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Pick up My Hero Academia, Promised Neverland, and More for Free Comic Book Day!

Looking to score some new manga today? If there's a shop participating in Free Comic Book Day near you, there are some good options!

Several companies are putting out samplers and special issues of manga titles to whet your appetite. Here's a run-down of what you can expect to find on the J-side of things:

Pokémon: I Choose You! / Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon: I Choose You!: When Ash Ketchum oversleeps on his 10th birthday, he ends up with a stubborn Pikachu instead of the first partner Pokémon he wanted! But after a rocky start, Ash and Pikachu become close friends and true partners-and when they catch a rare glimpse of the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh in flight, they make plans to seek it out together.

Pokémon Adventures: Red doesn't just want to train Pokémon, he wants to be their friend too. Bulbasaur and Poliwhirl seem game. But independent Pikachu won't be so easy to win over!

Kino's Journey -the Beautiful World- Sampler

Kino's Journey is about a character named Kino who travels around the world with a talking motorcycle named Hermes. Kino travels to many mystical worlds, each with its unique customs and people. Kino's policy is to only stay three days in every town without exception, saying it's enough time to learn about the each place and moving on to explore the next new place.

Kodansha Comics All-Ages Sampler

This all-ages sampler features a much-anticipated preview of the classic Cardcaptor Sakura: Collector's Edition by CLAMP, plus the US premiere of Witch Hat Atelier, by renowned Marvel and DC variant cover illustrator Kamome Shirahama. and the adventure about the "magic" of reading, Magus of the Library by Mitsu Izumi!

My Hero Academia / The Promised Neverland

My Hero Academia: What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks"? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?

The Promised Neverland: Life at Grace Field House is good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides them with delicious food and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not everything is as it seems...

Robotech

The radical reimagining of beloved sci-fi anime Robotech gears up for a brand new event, and bestselling writer Brenden Fletcher joins the superstar creative team alongside Simon Furman (Transformers) and artist Hendry Prasetya (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers)! Free Comic Book Day is the perfect place to jump aboard the SDF-1!

Street Fighter: Sakura vs. Karin

They've been adversaries since high school, but now Sakura and Karin's rivalry enters a new arena - the arcade! Martial arts meets e-sports as two of Street Fighter's fan-favorite femmes battle it out through both jabs and joysticks! It's all-new action in UDON's newest Free Comic Book Day adventure!

Disney Descendants: Dizzy's New Fortune

A full-color, manga-style graphic novel telling a brand-new story in the world of Disney Descendants, starring Dizzy, the granddaughter of Lady Tremaine, and featuring a host of Villain Kids from the Isle of the Lost! This is the first chapter of Disney Descendants: Dizzy's New Fortune.

Which are you looking forward to grabbing? Get out to your closest participating comic book shop and find yourself a new or returning favorite to read!

>> Free Comic Book Day Website

>> Find a Participating Store Near You

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Kara Dennison is a writer, editor, and interviewer with bylines at VRV, We Are Cult, Fanbyte, and many more. She is also the co-founder of Altrix Books and co-creator of the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. Kara blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos.

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Manga the Week of 6/24/20

SEAN: Look out, folks. The danger of COVID-19 may still be here, but the dam has broken. There are SO MANY BOOKS next week.

ASH: Woo!

SEAN: We’ll start with Dark Horse, who have a 5th volume of Mob Psycho 100.

ASH: I’ll be picking this up.

SEAN: J-Novel Club’s debut is Deathbound Duke’s Daughter, which is another in the “I’ve been reincarnated as a villainess in an otome game” genre. Really nice artwork for this novel series. It’s from Futabasha’s M Novels.

Also from J-Novel Club: An Archdemon’s Dilemma 10, Ascendance of a Bookworm 7 (which finishes the 2nd arc, the one currently being animated), the 2nd Sorcerous Stabber Orphen manga, and a 4th Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!

Kodansha has a lot. Debuts? We have three. One even is in print: the first volume of The Ghost in the Shell: Human Algorithm, a spinoff of the legendary manga/anime franchise.

ASH: It’s always interesting to see how various creators envision Ghost in the Shell.

SEAN: A new digital-only title is Abe-kun’s Got Me Now! (Abe-kun ni Nerawaretemasu), a shoujo title from the online replacement for Aria, Palcy. A comedy manga about a girl who finds the school’s karate champ confessing to her… and he’s not going to take no for an answer.

Also digital (at least for now) is Sue & Tai-chan, another cat manga from the creator of Chi’s Sweet Home. This one runs in Be Love magazine, so seems more for housewives than kids. But… I mean, it’s still a cute cat manga.

MICHELLE: I’m looking forward to it!

SEAN: Scheduled (at the moment) for Digital next week and print later, we see Cardcaptor Sakura Collector’s Edition 5 (along with 3 and 4, whose print are out already), Fire Force 19, Love and Lies 9, O Maidens in Your Savage Season 7, and Yuri Is My Job! 6.

ASH: As usual, I’ll be waiting for the print release, but O Maidens in Your Savage Season is really good.

SEAN: Digital-only titles out next week? Altair: A Record of Battles 19 (I swear this is now weekly), Asahi-sempai’s Favorite 7 (the final volume), Hotaru’s Way 14, I Fell in Love After School 5, Kounodori: Dr. Stork 15, and Watari-kun’s ****** Is about to Collapse 7 (which also feels like it’s out every week).

MICHELLE: Of these, I’m only currently reading I Fell in Love After School, but I do enjoy it.

SEAN: KUMA has a digital-first, print later debut: Canis: Dear Mr. Rain. This BL title originally ran in Opera a few years back, but is now in Takeshobo’s Reijin. It’s about picking up a stray on the side of the road, only this is a human, not a dog.

MELINDA: Maybe?

SEAN: One Peace has a 13th Rising of the Shield Hero (manga version).

Seven Seas, in print, has New Game! 9.

Seven Seas, digitally, has a bit more. We have two debuts. Peter Grill and the Philosopher’s Time (Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan) runs in Futabasha’s Manga Action, which means it can’t be full-on porn, but it sounds like it. Peter Grill has a lovely fiancee and has just won a tournament pronouncing him the World’s Strongest. Unfortunately, this means all the women in the world – elves, ogres – want to bone him. Poor guy, can he escape his horrible fate?

MELINDA: …wow.

SEAN: The other digital debut is Syrup, another yuri anthology of short stories – this one from Futabasha – and featuring the creators of I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up and Kisses, Sighs and Cherry Blossom Pink.

ASH: Oh! That sounds like it has promise!

MELINDA: This might be good!

SEAN: There’s also the 3rd Arifureta manga, Gal Gohan 3, GIGANT 2, a 2nd Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard light novel, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: Elma’s Office Lady Diary 3, Non Non Biyori 13, the 3rd Reincarnated As a Sword manga, and the 10th and final Toradora! light novel. (Yes, I know there are short story volumes. No, they aren’t. No, it’s unlikely they will be.)

Square Enix has – digital first – the 3nd Hi Score Girl manga and the 2nd Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town manga.

Tokyopop has two new series. Don’t Call Me Daddy (Daddy Darlin’) is a BL manga, sequel to Don’t Call Me Dirty.

The other is No Vampire, No Happy Ending (Ringo to Bara to Kyuuketsuki (Kari)), a goofy Mag Garden comedy about a vampire enthusiast who finally meets one and discovers they’re not up to snuff.

MELINDA: This actually sounds fun, maybe in a What We Do in the Shadows kind of way, but …Tokyopop. Not sure I’m ready.

Vertical has (digitally) Bakemonogatari’s 4th manga, APOSIMZ 5, and Kino’s Journey 6.

MELINDA: I’ve been kind of out of it and have lost touch with the Kino’s Journey manga adaptation. I should try to fix that.

SEAN: That’s it! We’re done! Wait… (giant pile of Yen Press falls on Sean) Riiiiiight. Yen’s back in town.

ASH: Whoa! Hang on for the ride!

SEAN: All of the light novel debuts got moved to July. But there’s still a lot of Yen On. We get The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Hey, How About Treason?) 3, I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 7, Last Round Arthurs 2, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected 6.5 (yes, the numbering is deliberate), Overlord 12, The Saga of Tanya the Evil 7, A Sister’s All You Need 7, That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime 8, Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina 2, Woof Woof Story 4, and World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker 3. Guh. So many books, so many long titles.

ASH: For sure!

SEAN: Manga? Well, there we have a few debuts. Bestia is a fantasy series about magical beasts, looks cute, and runs in Kadokawa’s Shonen Ace.

Breasts Are My Favorite Things in the World (Sekai de Ichiban Oppai Ga Suki!) is sort of Knight of the Ice if the knight was a girl and instead of wanting to hear magical girl songs she had to fondle huge breasts in order to do well in competitions. It looks… a bit over the top. This runs in Media Factory’s Comic Cune.

MELINDA: What is happening??

SEAN: Lust Geass is from the creator of Evangelion spinoff The Shinji Ikari Raising Project, runs in Kadokawa’s Young Ace, and seems to be Death Note only with sex instead of death.

MELINDA: Yen Press is really losing me lately.

SEAN: And there’s Restaurant in Another World, the manga version of the light novel. Old-school Crunchyroll manga readers may recall this title.

ASH: Oh, I may need to check this one out.

SEAN: Lastly, Sekiro Side Story: Hanbei the Undying seems to be a side story to something I don’t know (it’s certainly not Sekirei), and I guess is based off a game.

Ongoing titles? Well, Umineko: When They Cry comes to an end with the 3rd and final omnibus of Twilight of the Golden Witch. We’ve figured out by now that most everyone in the cast is really, genuinely dead. But did ANYONE other than Ange survive? Read to find out.

And… Bungo Stray Dogs 15, Chio’s School Road 9, Dead Mount Death Play 4, Divine Raiment Magical Girl Howling Moon 2, Do You Love Your Mom (and Her Two-Hit, Multi-Target Attacks?) 3 (manga version), Eclair Bleau (another yuri anthology volume) Goblin Slayer 8 (manga version), KonoSuba Explosion 5 (manga version, technically a final volume but there’s a sequel), Little Miss P: The Second Day, Phantom Tales of the Night 4, The Saga of Tanya the Evil 10 (manga version), and A Witch’s Printing Office 3.

MICHELLE: So many paragraphs of things I’m not reading, with the probable exception of Eclair Bleue.

ANNA: I’m going to have a hard time doing pick of the week this week, despite this deluge of manga.

ASH: I’m glad to see publishers getting their books out there, but that is certainly a lot all at once!

MELINDA: A lot of… what?

SEAN: Stay masked even though all the manga is back! What are you getting?

By: Sean Gaffney

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Manga the Week of 5/27/20

SEAN: It’s the end of May, and the schedule is still not back to normal, but we soldier on regardless.

ASH: Bring on the manga!

SEAN: Ghost Ship has Parallel Paradise 2 (digitally) and Yokai Girls 10 (in print).

I’m starting to give up on predicting when Kodansha’s “digital early” releases of their print books will come out. Theoretically we’ll see Cells At Work: Code BLACK 5 and Yuzu the Pet Vet 2.

That said, actually coming out in print are the first two volumes of Wave, Listen to Me!. Now with a polarizing anime!

MICHELLE: Yay!

ANNA: I want to check this out.

ASH: I’m thrilled this is being released in print!

MELINDA: Definitely ready to give this a look!

SEAN: Digital-only volumes are out for Altair: A Record of Battles 18, DAYS 18, I Fell in Love After School 4, and Watari-kun’s ****** Is about to Collapse 6.

MICHELLE: I’ve enjoyed I Fell in Love After School thus far. And of course I am here for DAYS.

SEAN: One Peace has the 2nd volume of The New Gate.

Seven Seas have three debuts, all digital-first. Makeup is Not (Just) Magic: A Manga Guide to Cosmetics and Skin Care (Make wa Tada no Mahou Janai no Beginners) is actually a josei title from Kiss, and sounds like one of those “The Manga Guide To Quantum Mechanics” style books. A young woman learns about makeup through her glamorous friend. It’s done in one, though there is an (unlicensed) sequel that came out this year in Japan.

ANNA: I am intrigued by skin care manga.

ASH: I’ll admit, I am, too.

SEAN: My Senpai Is Annoying (Senpai ga Urusai Kouhai no Hanashi) is a comedic romance that runs on Ichijinsha’s Comic Pool site. It’s the same magazine that has Wotakoi. Let’s hope it is as good as Wotakoi: the premise of “huge guy with his tiny office coworker who looks like a child” starts with a strike against it. (He’s the annoying one.)

ASH: Hmmm…

SEAN: And the first PENGUINDRUM light novel is out digitally. Yes, I know I said it was back in March. It got bumped.

ASH: Will be waiting for this one to be released in print, personally.

SEAN: Also out (digitally) are Adachi and Shimamura’s 2nd light novel, A Certain Scientific Railgun 15, and Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid 9.

Vertical has a 4th Bakemonogatari manga out digitally, which should start the Suruga Monkey arc.

And now Yen Press, who nostalgically are releasing everything on the same week. This month is smaller than usual for them, though. And these ARE print (and mostly digital too).

ASH: Ah, remember the days?

SEAN: Yen On debuts – finally, it was originally scheduled for August 2019 – A Mysterious Job Called Oda Nobunaga. From the creator of I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and You Call That Service?, this light novel seeks to answer the question “do casuals know enough about the Sengoku Period to know what this is talking about?”. It helps that the fantasy world this kid lives in doesn’t know either – when he gets “Oda Nobunaga” as his chosen calling, no one has any clue what it is. This could be a disaster, but it’s only 3 volumes long, so…

Also out from Yen On is The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life 3, The Asterisk War 13, Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody 11, Strike the Blood 15, and Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town 2.

Yen Press has no new debuts, but they are putting out the first Collector’s Edition of Nightschool, the OEL series from Svetlana Chmakova.

MICHELLE: I had this idea that Chmakova was going to continue Nightschool at some point, but that doesn’t seem to have happened. Perhaps this rerelease is to remind people about the series and gauge interest? I certainly would read more!

ASH: It’s been a while, but I do recall liking Nightschook.

MELINDA: I would read more Nightschool!

SEAN: Hey, remember when I said that The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan 11 was the final volume? Back in 2017? Possibly as it had the word ‘FINAL’ on its cover? Guess what, folks, the real final volume is out next week. You can tell it’s really finally final as they’re running away while waving to the reader on the cover.

ASH: Ha!

MELINDA: Huh.

SEAN: We also get Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody 9 (manga version), Happy Sugar Life 5, IM: Great Priest Imhotep 3, I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years 2 (manga version), Kakugurui Twin 6, Karneval 10, the 6th and final volume of Nyankees, Overlord’s 12th manga volume, Trinity Seven 20, and the 2nd Woof Woof Story manga volume.

What manga are you reading instead of going to a parade?

By: Sean Gaffney

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