Fire Punch Chapter 82 Shonen Jump (Japanese), Viz Media (English), 2017 Writer: Tatsuki Fujimoto This dystopian tale has been released this month in English by Viz Media. Viz Media’s promotional copy for the manga, which appears on its website, is brief in the extreme and does no credit to the quality of the conclusion of … Read more
Penguin Random House describes Japanese manga My Brother’s Husband in the following terms: Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower … Read more
Kengan Ashura Ura Sunday 2012-2017 Writer: Yakabo Sandrovich Kengan Ashura is a Japanese “fighting” shonen manga written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by Daromeon. The underpinning plot is straightforward. In an alternate-universe Japan, unarmed gladiators engage in combat. The contestants are backed by corporations (including banks – one fighter is sponsored by the fictional Dainippon … Read more
Missile Response Manga distributed in Hokkaido Hokkaido Prefectural Government, October 2017 Writer: Manabu Yamamoto This year, North Korea’s regime has, notoriously, tested various types of ballistic missiles, and conducted nuclear tests. Some of those missiles have flown over the Japanese archipelago. Two have flown directly over Hokkaido, Japan’s largest northern island. With each missile launch, … Read more