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The Neverending Battles Get Old

Black Clover vols. 28-31 by Yuki Tabata

February 19, 2023 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I hadn’t realized how long I’d kind of ignored the Black Clover manga series until I was in the library and saw that I was at least 4 volumes behind; this seems to happen with shonen fighting-based series an awful lot – the pattern of lots of fights with sudden power-ups that feel preprogrammed because the user automatically knows what and how to use the newly developed ability. I’ve gotten behind/bored with quite a few series where this happens; at least Yugi-Oh! had the sense […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: #fantasy, action, adventure, anime, Black Clover, manga, Yuki Tabata

CoffeeShopReader's CBR15 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: #fantasy, action, adventure, anime, Black Clover, manga, Yuki Tabata ·
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The manga, "Spy x Family volume one" by Tatsuya Endo standing next to a nearly complete book bingo card.

A spy, an assassin, and a telepath; meet the Forgers! Bingos #8 & 9!

Spy x Family: volume 1 by Tatsuya Endo

November 12, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

CBR14 Bingo: “Font” – I love all the different fonts used for sound effects in comics. Spy x Family is written and drawn by Tatsuya Endo.  It’s the story of an elite spy, known only by his handle, Twilight.  He is an agent for an organization in Westalis and master of disguise.  The agency has learned that a far-right group in the country on their Eastern border, Ostania, is wanting to start a war with Westalis.  Twilight is dispatched to discover what the East is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: anime, assasin, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Dome'Loki, manga, spies, tatsuya endo, telepath

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: anime, assasin, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Dome'Loki, manga, spies, tatsuya endo, telepath ·
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Dramacon

Two works from the same author, two diametrically opposed opinions from me

Dramacon by Svetlana Chmakova

Nightschool Collector's Edition Vol. 1 and 2 by Svetlana Chmakova

July 11, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Dramacon was one of those foundational comics for me and it’s been years since I read it, so I decided to get the 15th anniversary collector’s edition, as my original copies have long since vanished. Then I decided to get the two Nightschool collector’s editions since I’d never read them. Dramacon held up and I’ll be keeping it, but Nightschool didn’t connect with me and I found it to be the weaker of the works. I know this is in large part because Dramacon so perfectly captures the mid-2000s experience of being at […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: anime, manga, Svetlana Chmakova, teen drama

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:66 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: anime, manga, Svetlana Chmakova, teen drama ·
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Something old and something new

Drrr!! SH x1 by Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda

June 4, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’ve been away from the Drrr!! series for a little while; I honestly thought it was over. Apparently, the novels at least keep going and I just found the first one of the next sequence of the story. The original premise is still kind of there, but with some tweaks: there’s a series of interconnected characters in this one Tokyo neighborhood and mysterious goings on (some disappearances) that may or may not be supernatural. There is one character who is not human, although Celty the […]

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: anime, Drrr!! SH, ikebukuro, light novel, manga, ryohgo narita, Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda, Suzuhito Yasuda

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:43 · Genres: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: anime, Drrr!! SH, ikebukuro, light novel, manga, ryohgo narita, Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda, Suzuhito Yasuda ·
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If the formula works, might as well use it

Jujutsu Kaisen, vols. 0-12 by Gege Akutami

May 1, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’ve been seeing comments about the anime for Jujustsu Kaisen is the best thing ever this year, so when I saw almost the first 12 books in the manga series at the library, I decided to try it out. As it turns out the whole thing is relatively formulaic (enough that missing volumes 3, 4, and 11 didn’t seem to matter a whole lot) but still has enough personality to be interesting. The basic gist is that Yuji Itadori who has just lost his grandfather […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, anime, chosen one, combat, Fighting, gege akutami, high school, horror, Jujutsu Kaisen, manga, Speculative Fiction

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, anime, chosen one, combat, Fighting, gege akutami, high school, horror, Jujutsu Kaisen, manga, Speculative Fiction ·
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Not a bad ending but a little uneven with the science and the story

Cells at Work! vol. 6 by Akane Shimizu

January 22, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

There’s seems to have been some drama behind the scenes before Cells at Work! Vol. 6 came out; a few years ago (pre-pandemic I think) it was listed for pre-order then disappeared. Now, it’s out as the final volume of the original series that’s now got a few spin-offs and an animation. Overall, the basic premise of real biology science presented through manga/anime tropes is still here and fun, although maybe worn a touch thin in places. This volume feels a bit more episodic than […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: akane shimizu, anime, biology, blindness, Cells At Work! vol 6, coronavirus, manga, psoriasis, science

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: akane shimizu, anime, biology, blindness, Cells At Work! vol 6, coronavirus, manga, psoriasis, science ·
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