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November 3, 2016 by Sean Gaffney 1 Comment

Manga the Week of 11/9

SEAN: November continues to give us lots of manga, with something for everyone next week.

Dark Horse has Psycho Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami, a prequel to the popular anime series detailing the main character’s days as an Inspector.

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Kodansha gives us Fire Force, from the creator of Soul Eater. It’s about demons causing people to catch fire, and a boy with special powers who joins the fire brigade to help. I look forward to the art if nothing else.

ASH: Looks like it could be fun.

SEAN: Did you enjoy Parasyte? Did you want more from this world, possibly from different creators? Then get ready for Neo Parasyte f, an anthology that collects all sorts of Parasyte-related stories from creators like Kaori Yuki (Godchild), Ema Toyama (Missions of Love), and Yuri Narushima (Planet Ladder).

ASH: I am incredibly excited for this anthology! Asumiko Nakamura (Utsubora, Doukyusei) is a contributor, too.

SEAN: There’s a 3rd omnibus of Princess Jellyfish, as they continue to try to save the apartment complex.

MICHELLE: This is already in my Amazon cart!

ASH: Still incredibly happy this series is getting a print release!

ANNA: I need to put it in my Amazon cart!

SEAN: And a 9th UQ Holder, which finally gave up and subtitled itself Negima 2 in Japan.

I find it hard to believe A Centaur’s Life has reached double digits, but there we are. Seven Seas releases Vol. 10 next week.

And there’s an 11th Devils And Realist, which is less hard to believe.

There’s a new series debuting called Re: Monster, with a fantasy world and reincarnation and a male hero who amasses a harem of zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…

And a third volume of Shomin Sample, which has only its snarky hero to save it from oblivion.

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SuBLime has a 2nd volume of Ten Count, which is still not about boxing, but it does have guys pulling off their shirts. Or possibly eating their shirts.

ASH: Nope, not about boxing. But I did find the first volume compelling.

ANNA: I think I have the first volume stashed somewhere, I need to read it!

SEAN: Vertical gives us the 3rd Seraph of the End novel, a prequel to the Viz manga.

Ranma 1/2 is starting to wrap up, but isn’t quite there yet. Here’s the 17th omnibus.

And a new Requiem of the Rose King, in which I expect Richard to be absolutely terrible, but in a very shoujo way.

MJ: Finally, something for me to get excited about. This is a series I still love.

MICHELLE: Me, too. And I like the cover very much, too.

ASH: I also love this Shakespearean reimagining. All of the covers have been excellent, and Kanno’s interior artwork is wonderfully moody, too!

ANNA: Add me to the list of people who love this series.

SEAN: There’s a new volume of Rin-Ne (the 22nd), though honestly you could swap it with any of the last 15 volumes and the content would be about the same.

MICHELLE: I missed some of the middle teens, but I have a few of the more recent volumes that I plan to read in the near future. Sometimes I appreciate a series where it isn’t necessary to read every volume in order to follow what’s going on in the present.

SEAN: And it’s been a while, but here’s the 9th volume of Tiger & Bunny.

Lastly, Yen released a numbered edition of this last month, but this month comes the mainstream release of Spice & Wolf: The Anniversary Collector’s Edition. This almost-1000 page hardcover collects all 17 Spice & Wolf novels to date, and looks like a Complete Works of Shakespeare. A must for S&W fans, though I myself will be waiting for the digital release that is apparently coming soon.

ASH: That does sound impressive!

SEAN: As I said, something for everyone. But is there something for you?

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  1. JRB says

    November 4, 2016 at 6:56 pm

    #1 on my list is Requiem of the Rose King; Shakespeare, madness, and gender trauma in all their shoujo-tastic glory, yay!

    Very interested in Neo Parasyte f, even though the original Parasyte manga grabbed me not at all; I still can’t imagine why anybody commissioned an all-shoujo-artist take on the topic, although I guess horror is a traditional shoujo subgenre…

    And also Ten Count, because fujoshi. :)

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