If you’re a teacher, librarian, or parent, this week’s newsletter is for you! To celebrate Pride Month, manga experts from around the web have been highlighting great, queer-friendly titles for young adults. The all-librarian staff at No Flying No Tights, for example, just compiled an excellent list of nine LBGTQ-friendly titles for older teens that touch on many aspects of the queer experience, from first love to gay marriage and gender dysphoria. For readers more interested in queer-friendly manga for women, Alex Henderson has a short but thoughtful list of yuri titles that run the gamut from After Hours to She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat. Also worth a look is Cy Catwell’s in-depth discussion of Run Away With Me, Girl, about a pair of young women who buck societal expectations about love, marriage, and family to find their own pathway to happiness.
NEWS AND VIEWS
File this under It’s About Time: Dark Horse announced that it will be publishing a new, deluxe edition of Lone Wolf and Cub with unflipped pages and oversize trim. Look for the first volume in March 2026. [ICv2]
In other licensing news, Graphix will publish Spider-Man: Shadow Warrior, a manga that finds Peter Parker and friends transported to feudal Japan. The title, which is aimed at elementary and middle-school readers, arrives on shelves in September. [ICv2]
What LBGTQ+ manga would you like to see make the leap from print to screen? [Anime Feminist]
Once again, Jocelyne Allen highlights a manga that isn’t available in English, but really ought to be: Cats~Yojo-han Bura Bura Bushi~. [Brain vs. Book]
Lace up your skates: Deb, David, Chip, and Christoper debate the merits of Dogsred, a melodramatic sports manga from the creator of Golden Kamuy. [Mangasplaining]
REVIEWS
The latest Reader’s Corner covers everything from seventh volume of My Girlfriend’s Child to the first installment of Kaiju No. 8: B-Side… Giovanni Stigliano gives high marks to Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda’s Gokura-cho… and if you have a young cat lover in your house, check out A Library Girl’s review of A Man & His Cat Picture Book: Fukumaru and the Spaceship of Happiness.
New and Noteworthy
- BONDS (Giovanni Stigliano, Asian Movie Pulse)
- The Colour Out of Space (Edward Picot, Broken Frontier)
- Guardian: Zhen Hun, Vol. 1 (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
- Lycoris Recoil Official Comic Anthology: React (Danny Lee, Asian Movie Pulse)
- My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending, Vol. 1 (Demelza, Anime UK News)
- Not So Shoujo Love Story, Vol. 1 (AJ Mack, Yatta-Tachi)
- Otonari Complex, Vol. 1 (AJ Mack, Yatta-Tachi)
- Silkscreen (AJ Mack, Yatta-Tachi)
- Snegurockka of the Spring Breeze (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- Teppeki Honeymoon, Vol. 1 (Demelza, Anime UK News)
- Watari-kun’s ****** Is About to Collapse, Vol. 1 (MrAJ Cosplay, ANN)
- A Witch’s Life in Mongol, Vol. 1 (Claire, Beneath the Tangles)
Complete, Ongoing, and OOP Series
- Adults’ Picture Book: New Edition, Vol. 3 (Mark Thomas, The Fandom Post)
- Aria of the Beech Forest, Vol. 1 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- Call of the Night, Vol. 20 (King Baby Duck, The Boston Bastard Brigade)*
- Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 2 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- The Gay Who Turned Kaiju (AJ Mack, Yatta-Tachi)
- Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 25 (King Baby Duck, The Boston Bastard Brigade)
- Jungle Juice, Vol. 5 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus Edition, Vol. 5 (SKJAM! Reviews)
- Let’s Do It Already, Vol. 5 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)
- Oshi no Ko, Vols. 9-10 (darkstorm, Anime UK News)
- Pink Candy Kiss, Vol. 2 (Eleanor Walker, Okazu)
- Rainbows After Storms, Vol. 3 (Erica Friedman, Okazu)
- The Shiunji Family Children, Vols. 2-3 (Demelza, Anime UK News)
- A Star Brighter Than the Sun, Vol. 2 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)
- Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- Suzume, Vol. 3 (Sara Smith, The Graphic Library)
- A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School, Vols. 15-16 (Noemi10, Anime UK News)
- Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood, Vol. 3 (HWR, Anime UK News)
- The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 13 (King Baby Duck, The Boston Bastard Brigade)
- Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games, Vols. 5-6 (luce, Okazu)
* Final volume