GuideReviews Index

Children of the Sea Volume 1
Read a review of Children of the Sea Volume 1, a seinen manga series by Daisuke Igarashi from VIZ Signature / VIZ Media. Ruka is spending the summer at the aquarium with her oceanographer dad when she meets two boys who seem to be especially attuned to the mysteries of the sea and its creatures.

Dogs: Prelude Volume 0
Read a review of Dogs: Prelude Volume 0, a seinen manga series by Shirow Miwa from VIZ Media. Mihai is a retired hitman who can’t forget the pain of his past. Badou is an “information broker” who has lately has his share of ridiculously bad luck. Naoto is a skilled with a sword, but bears the scars of a twisted childhood. And Heine? Heine is a tormented soul who somehow can’t or won’t die. They’re all “dogs,” and these are their stories.

Clover – Omnibus Edition
Read a review of Clover, a seinen manga series by CLAMP from Dark Horse. Kazuhiko is a black ops agent who is called to take on an unusual mission: he must escort Sue, an innocent-looking waif who has lived in isolation for many years, to an unknown destination. But there’s a dark reason for Sue’s life of captivity, and Kazuhiko discovers that his mission is a lot more dangerous than it looks.

Fairy Idol Kanon Volume 1
Read a review of Fairy Idol Kanon Volume 1, a kids manga series by Mera Hakamada from Udon Kids / Udon Entertainment. Fairy Idol Kanon is a cute fantasy-adventure about three aspiring pop singers and their efforts to hit the top of the charts with the help of a little fairy magic.

Dinosaur Hour Volume 1
Read a review of Dinosaur Hour Volume 1, a kids manga series by Hitoshi Shioya from VIZ Kids / VIZ Media. We’ve seen the pictures and maybe their fossils and bones, but what were dinosaurs really like? They probably weren’t as funny as the T-Rexes, Tricerotops and Pteradons in Dinosaur Hour, but wouldn’t it be cool if they were?

Cirque du Freak Volume 1
Read a review of Cirque du Freak Volume 1, a shonen manga series by Darren Shan and Takahiro Arai from Yen Press. Darren and Steve are best friends who share a fascination with monsters. Then a visit to an unusual circus forces them to make life-changing choices that change both of their lives in strange and frightening ways.

Yokai Doctor Volume 1
Read a review of Yokai Doctor Volume 1, a shonen manga series by Yuki Sato from Del Rey Manga. Kotoko is descended from a long line of exorcists, so she knows all about yokai, or spirits, sprites and demons that most humans can't see. Then one day she meets a classmate who shares her abilities, and has a few extra of his own: he's a yokai doctor who helps heal sickly spirits.

Detroit Metal City Volume 1
Read a review of Detroit Metal City Volume 1, a seinen manga series by Kiminori Wakasugi from VIZ Media. Meet Krauser II, the demonic lead singer of Detroit Metal City, an up-and-coming death metal band. Meet Soichiro Negishi, a dweeby aspiring pop singer with a rice bowl haircut. You'd never know it to look at them, but these two polar opposites are the same person. As his two worlds collide, Negishi is often stuck between rock and a hard place.

Future Lovers Volume 2
Read a review of Future Lovers Volume 2, a yaoi manga series by Saika Kunieda from Deux Press. Kento is a straight-laced chemistry teacher, while Akira is a flamboyant art teacher. Whoddathunk that these two opposites would be attracted to each other, much less still be together after their torrid one-night stand that has turned into a long-term relationship? Now after a year of dating, Kento is ready to commit to something more, like marriage.

Leave It To PET Volume 1
Read a review of Leave It To PET Volume 1, a funny all-ages manga series by Kenji Sonishi from VIZ Kids. PET is a pint-sized, self-proclaimed "super robot" made from a recycled plastic bottle. His mission? To help 9-year old Noboru Yamada to repay him for recycling. Trouble is, PET's ineptitude and misfiring mecha gadgets creates hilarious headaches galore for poor Noburu.

Gakuen Prince Volume 1
Read a review of Gakuen Prince Volume 1, a shojo manga series by Jun Yuzuki from Del Rey Manga. When high school hunk Azusa Mizutani gets transferred to the very exclusive and mostly-female Jyoshioka Gakuen, he discovers that he's not just the new kid in school, he's the new 'meat' for the sex-crazed student body. The only way coming between him and a lusty female mob is mousy honor student Rise Okitsu, the only girl in school who doesn't want to rip his shirt off.

Future Diary Volume 1
Read a review of Future Diary Volume 1, a shonen manga series by Sakae Esuno from TokyoPop. Yukiteru is a quiet, somewhat antisocial high school student who'd rather sit on the sidelines observing people than actually connecting with them in any way. But his obsession with texting to his cell phone diary plays a key part in a high stakes game of cosmic and deadly proportions.

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka Volume 2
Read a review of Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka Volume 2, a seinen manga series by Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki and Osamu Tezuka from VIZ Signature / VIZ Media. As the mysterious robot and human murders continue, robot detective Gesicht tries to warn the four remaining super robots who may be the murderer's next target, including robot boy Atom.

Astro Boy Volume 3
Read a review of Astro Boy Volume 3, a shonen manga series by Osamu Tezuka from Dark Horse. In a book-length story called "The Greatest Robot on Earth," Astro Boy encounters Pluto, a powerful robot who is on a quest to defeat the most amazing robots in the world, including Astro.

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka Volume 1
Read a review of Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka Volume 1, a seinen manga series by Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki and Osamu Tezuka from VIZ Signature / VIZ Media. Based on a classic Astro Boy story "The Greatest Robot on Earth," Pluto is Tezuka's tale as seen through the eyes of a relatively minor character, Gesicht, a German detective who's trying to solve some mysterious murders of robots and humans who have promoted robots' rights.

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Volume 1
Read a review of Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Volume 1, a Seinen manga series by Motoro Mase from VIZ Media. In a Japan not too far removed from reality, the government has instituted a program designed to make its citizens appreciate life to its fullest. How? By randomly selecting citizens to receive an "ikigami" - a death note that informs them that they only have 24 hours left to live.

Ninja Baseball Kyuma! Volume 1
Read a review of Ninja Baseball Kyuma! Volume 1, a kids' manga series by Shunshin Maeda from Udon Kids / Udon Entertainment. Kyuma is a young ninja in training who gets an unusual mission: he gets recruited to save the Moonstar City Club baseball team from a losing season.

Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei Volume 1
Read a review of Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei Volume 1, a shonen manga series by Koji Kumeta from Del Rey Manga. Nozomu Itoshiki is an emo educator who is constantly in despair. However, after his latest attempt to commit suicide is thwarted by exceptionally cheerful student Kafuka, Itoshiki-sensei lives on to discover that his entire homeroom class is filled with students who are even more neurotic than he is.

Orange
Read a review of Orange, a Chinese manhua series by Benjamin from TokyoPop. Orange is an angry, alienated teen living in modern day China. Disappointed by her parents, friends and so-called boyfriends, she decides to end it all by throwing herself off a building. But before she can end it all, Orange meets Dashu, a mysterious older man who encourages her to find a reason to live.

Maid Sama! Volume 1
Read a review of Maid Sama! Volume 1, a shojo manga series by Hiro Fujiwara from TokyoPop. Misaki is strong and smart, so it's little wonder that she became class president at the formerly all-boys Seika Academy. But what her classmates don't know is that their stern, boy-hating president moonlights at a maid café. Much to her horror, Misaki is seen in her frilly maid costume by the one boy who doesn't fear her, Takumi.

Phantom Dream Volume 1
Read a review of Phantom Dream Volume 1, a shojo manga series by Natsuki Takaya from TokyoPop. Tamaki Otoya is the latest in a long line of Shinto shamans who protect humans from vengeful spirits and help tormented souls find peace. With help from his girlfriend Asahi, and guidance of his mother, Tamaki battles restless and dangerous souls while trying to come to terms with his powers and responsibilities.

Happy Happy Clover Volume 1
Read a review of Happy Happy Clover Volume 1, a kids manga series by Sayuri Tatsuyama from VIZ Kids / VIZ Media. Clover is a young girl bunny who goes to school, makes friends and has adventures in the Crescent Forest. While it's undeniably adorable, Happy Happy Clover is also a lot of fun to read.

Tantric Stripfighter Trina Volume 1
Read a review of Tantric Stripfighter Trina Volume 1, a original English language manga series by Ken Faggio and Fernando Furukawa from TokyoPop. Trina Devi saw her tribe killed off by mercenaries. Now the last of the Tantric Strip Fighters is out for revenge.

Kasumi Volume 2
Read a review of Kasumi Volume 2, a shojo manga series by Surt Lim and Hirofumi Sugimoto from Del Rey Manga. Now that Kasumi has discovered that she can turn invisible, she finds out that she's not the only 'gifted' student at Seiran Academy.

Kasumi Volume 1
Read a review of Kasumi Volume 1, a shojo manga series by Surt Lim and Hirofumi Sugimoto from Del Rey Manga. Kasumi is the new girl at the very exclusive Seiran Academy, and from the start, she's not treated very kindly. But after being bullied by the queen bee of the school, Kasumi discovers that she can do something special: she can turn invisible.