Lighthearted and cheerful, Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me To You stars an awkward high schooler named Sawako Kuronuma whose resemblance to a creepy horror movie character has derailed her social career. (It’s hard to make friends when rumor states that eye contact with you can curse a person with diarrhea). But golden boy Shota Kazehaya’s…
Not that I’m trying to render myself useless here, but in some ways a review like this has very little predictive value. What, exactly, can I tell you about the manga version of a hit steampunk series? It depends, right? It depends whether you like manga, or have been exposed to it. It depends whether…
Manga is a booming business in Japan. For the uninitiated, manga is a Japanese art form that has been adopted and adapted by publishers worldwide. Manga, roughly defined, is the Japanese word for comics or drawn cartoons. In reality it’s far more than that. Manga are not just comics for kids. Subject matter can range…
I’ve read comic books for years, and worked in a bookstore when the manga craze hit. I knew how popular they were, but I hadn’t read any manga, so when Blythe said that she had some Harlequin novels in manga form, I asked for one. Harlequin Violet: Response is based on one of Penny Jordan’s…