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A rare find for me: a good short story collection

The Ancient Magus' Bride The Golden Yarn by Kore Yamazaki et al

March 10, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

So far I’ve really been enjoying the Ancient Magus Bride in its original manga form; I’ve also liked the anime but haven’t seen the whole thing yet. The general gist is that a Japanese teen, Chise, who has no family who wants her, puts herself up for auction. She is purchased by Elias, a non-human mage who wants to train her/ learn about humans from her. Chise has some magical abilities herself, and she fits in well with the mage’s world. It’s a really sweet story, since both Chise and Elias aren’t emotionally very steady, but they learn and grow […]

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3/10/2019 | CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:13 |

I don’t think I could name all the main characters if my life depended on it

Durarara!! vol. 8 by Ryohgo Narita

May 6, 2018 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I loved the first season of the anime of Drrr!! (or Durarara!!), and I’m part way through season two; I liked the several manga short sets. I have liked several of the light novels. The light novel series is the only one though that seems to be going a little off the rails. The basic story is a bunch or random people cross paths in the Tokyo neighborhood of Ikebukuro, and eventually their various narratives start coming together. Main characters include high schoolers Mikado, Anri, and Masaomi; grown ups (?) include super strength wielding Shizuo and his arch-nemesis creepy information […]

5/6/2018 CoffeeShopReader's CBR10 Review No:25 |

Evil Little Girl Corporate Villain vs God

The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 1 by Carlo Zen, Shinobu Shinotsuki (character design), Chika Tojo (artist)

May 6, 2018 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’m going to be upfront: I like the graphic novel version of this story much better than I do the light novel. I saw this Tanya the Evil series on Crunchyroll (but haven’t watched it yet), and the premise looked interesting, so when I saw the books I figured I’d try those. If I hadn’t read the manga first, I would have given up on the series. The light novel version is just too confusing and monotone; it shifts between perspectives at random intervals and it’s not always clear who the perspective belongs to at times or why they might […]

5/6/2018 CoffeeShopReader's CBR10 Review No:24 |

Immortals, Gangsters, and Bootlegging but no Capone

Baccano! The Rolling Bootlegs by Ryohgo Narita

June 15, 2016 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Baccano!: The Rolling Bootlegs is as the title suggests (‘baccano’ supposedly means ‘commotion’) a crazy story with a lot of characters and a lot of action. I have to admit, I’d seen the anime of this story already (I’m pretty sure there’s a manga too but I haven’t seen that), so I kind of knew who was who, but the novel version actually includes a lot of things that made more sense to me in this format, including the identity of the demon who provides the immortality recipe that tastes like liquor. This book has a complex plot but has […]

6/15/2016 CoffeeShopReader's CBR8 Review No:22 |

KimMiE" on “This book is meant to free, not capture, a life” ~ LindbergI’ve been looking for a good middle-square book. I might steal this one!
Ranjini on Even Peacocks need to spread their wingsI am looking for an answer to this as well
KimMiE" on Any introverts here? There’s a comic book about us!Haha. I guess we have more than a few introverts here.
Scootsa1000 on Officially the weirdest book i have read in the past 8 years.I haven’t...but I’m gonna. That cover!
narfna on Officially the weirdest book i have read in the past 8 years.This does sound extremely weird, but I enjoyed reading about it! Probably not enough to read the book though.

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