World Comic Book Review

19th March 2024

Gisou Furin Prologue (Review)

Gisou Furin Prologue XOY, December 2017 Writer: Akiko Higashimura On 16 December 2017 online manga site XOY released a preview of a forthcoming romance manga, Gisou Furin (“Disguised Adultery”). The series is written by Akiko Higashimura. Higashimura is best known for two manga series, Princess Jellyfish and Tokyo Tarareba Girls. Both titles concluded in 2017. … Read more

Rurouni Kenshin creator arrested for possession of child pornography

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (るろうに剣心 明治剣客浪漫譚, Rurōni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Rōmantan), also known as Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X, is a very popular Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki (a pseudonym – the creator’s real name is Wataruki Nishiwaki). The title commenced publication in 1994, published by the … Read more

Missile Response Manga distributed in Hokkaido

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

Sakamoto Desu Ga? (“Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto”) (Review)

Sakamoto Desu Ga?/Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto Enterbrain/Seven Seas Entertainment, 2012-2015 Writer: Nami Sano “Sakamoto Desu Ga?” is a four-volume, “slice of life” genre manga from Japanese publisher Enterbrain. The manga ran from 2012 April to December 2015. While it did not achieve the levels of commercial success that shonen franchises otherwise tend to achieve … Read more