Whatever you may think of the ending for The Devil Does Exist — I liked it — the path Takanashi took to get characters there was angst-ridden and interesting. I never quite got into Crimson Hero, which is still running in Shojo Beat, and I’m not sure why. (I need to revisit it again and… Continue reading THE DEVIL DOES EXIST, Vols. 10 & 11 by Mitsuba Takanashi
BOYS OVER FLOWERS, Vols. 25 & 26 by Yoko Kamio
Boys Over Flowers is always fun because it’s a relentless drama-rama in the very best sense of the word. Tsukasa’s mother is also an effective villain. I like how Kamio just doesn’t say Kaede is controlling. She demonstrates it multiple times — now she has SPIES(!) — and gives readers another reason to root for… Continue reading BOYS OVER FLOWERS, Vols. 25 & 26 by Yoko Kamio
BASARA, Vol. 24 by Yumi Tamura
It breaks my heart that hardly anyone else seems to be talking about Basara, especially as it turns the corner into the final volumes of VIZ Media’s English-language release. (It is older, but the writer in wants the quality factor to triumph over the age factor.)