SEAN: The final week of June, and the end of Manga’s Fiscal Year 13-14. There are a few interesting titles coming out.
It’s right about time for a new Vampire Hunter D novel, so Dark Horse has Vol. 21 all ready for us.
ASH: You know, I’ve read the manga adaptations, but have yet to actually read any of the novels. I should probably get around to that one of these days.
SEAN: There’s also a 31st volume of Air Gear. That is a lot of roller blading.
The volume Attack on Titan fans have been waiting for, here is the first volume of No Regrets, giving us some (not all) the backstory on Levi, along with a good look at Erwin too. It’s a shipper’s dream, even though they barely interact here. I reviewed Vol. 1; it’s a good ‘un.
ASH: I actually just posted my own review of the volume. I’m liking the series, too.
SEAN: The last Sankarea ended with our heroine being spirited away by the morally ambiguous teenage scientist. Will she end up dissected, and thus have this volume be the last? (checks) This volume is not the last, so I guess not.
Vertical has the 2nd volume of Cardfight!! Vanguard, which I have not really looked at whatsoever, so… cards? Fighting? Shonen excitement?
And we have June’s slate of Yen Press. There’s the 5th Are You Alice?, indicting that Alice has still not quite discovered the answer to this himself. Yes, him. It’s that sort of title.
MJ: Heh, I need to get back into this title, I think.
SEAN: I was a bit less enthused with the 2nd volume of Bloody Cross, but there’s still enough potential that I look forward to the third. It’s at its best when the two leads snark at each other.
A new volume of Judge, the 4th, means we are 2/3 of the way through this series, and therefore, what, 2/3 of the cast must be dead by now?
Madoka Magica has the 2nd volume of its Different Story, focusing on Mami and Kyouko.
I was fairly gushing about my praise of the first Sword Art Online manga/novel, to the point where I got several people telling me that it went way downhill with its second arc. Naturally, this makes me want to read the 2nd arc and find all the great things about it, because I am a contrary sort. Here’s Vol. 1 of Fairy Dance (no more omnibuses), where we find out what life is like after Aincrad.
MJ: I thought the anime had some issues in the second arc as well, but I still want to read the novel. Count me in!
SEAN: This Fairy Dance is the manga, actually. The novel ships in December, after the 2nd Aincrad novel in August.
Lastly, remember Tales of the Waning Moon? It’s been almost 2 years since the last volume, possibly as it runs in Houbunsha’s Cita Cita magazine, which only comes out quarterly. But rejoice! Here is Vol. 4!
MJ: This. I. Really, I can’t believe there is enough story left to tell for more volumes. I can’t.
SEAN: What titles make you want to spend your hard-earned cash?
AshLynx says
June 19, 2014 at 10:20 pmYeah, not a big week for me it would seem.
I was curious and so rented Cardfight Vanguard from the library. It’s pretty straightforward, if you think you’ll like it, you will. If you don’t you won’t. It’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect but with less dark shadowy stuff going on in the background. It is drawn nice though. If anyone doesn’t think they have enough Yugioh on their shelves, then get this. I hope it does well for Vertical because I always hope Vertical titles do well, but I’m not going in on this series.
hapax says
June 21, 2014 at 1:38 pmHuh. I don’t think I ever got the third volume of TALES OF THE WANING MOON. Is that the one where the guy’s servant turns into his horse, and everyone is kidnapped by rape-y bandits?
And yet, I think I want to read more…