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Lissa Pattillo picks the best of the latest manga releases in her On the Shelf column at Otaku USA. The Manga Village team reviews their picks as well.

And the Manga Bookshelf bloggers discuss their pick of this week’s new titles at Midtown Comics.

Check out the trailer for Yen Press’s Interview with the Vampire: Claudia’s Story.

Kate Dacey has a nice little Q&A on the history of modern manga at The Bubblegum Post. Over at The Hooded Utilitarian, Kate Dacey joins their roundtable on the worst comics ever with her take on Gandhi: A Manga Biography.

Jason Thompson devotes this week’s House of 1000 Manga column to the totally awesome Genju no Seiza.

Erica Friedman posts the latest Yuri Network News update at Okazu.

Reviews: It’s time for Bookshelf Briefs at Manga Bookshelf. Ash Browh has the weekly manga report at Experiments in Manga. Other reviews of note:

John Rose on vol. 10 of Black Butler (The Fandom Post)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 46 of Bleach (The Comic Book Bin)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 7 of Dorohedoro (I Reads You)
Milo on vols. 1-4 of Fist of the Blue Sky (Blog of the North Star)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 5 of Fluffy, Fluffy Cinnamoroll (The Comic Book Bin)
Adam Stephanides on vols. 1 and 2 of I Am the Beatles (Boku Wa Biitoruzu) (Completely Futile)
Brigid Alverson on vol. 1 of Lizzie Newton: Victorian Mysteries (MTV Geek)
Kate O’Neil on vol. 13 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (The Fandom Post)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 63 of One Piece (The Comic Book Bin)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of Oreimo (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 13 of Otomen (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Lori Henderson on vol. 1 of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Manga Xanadu)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 4 of Toradora (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Anna on vols. 1 and 2 of Twelve Hour Ruler (Manga Report)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 10 of Twin Spica (Blogcritics)
Connie on vol. 7 of Tyrant Falls in Love (Slightly Biased Manga)
Ash Brown on Wolf (Experiments in Manga)

Yen Press has licensed Yoshiki Tonogai’s horror manga Doubt, which it will publish in omnibus form; the series is up to volume 5 in Japan.

The next chapter of Barrage to run in Weekly Shonen Jump will be the last, which means that the series will wind up for North American readers of Shonen Jump Alpha two weeks later.

Sean Gaffney takes a look at next week’s new manga releases.

Laura takes a look at the newest shoujo series heading our way in September at Heart of Manga.

Three Steps Over Japan continues its barrage of magazine posts with commentary on Weekly Young Jump and G-Fantasy.

News from Japan: Tachibana Higuchi is wrapping up Gakuen Alice, which has been running for ten years now; the final chapter will appear in an upcoming issue of Hana to Yume.

Reviews

Sean Gaffney on vol. 6 of Bunny Drop (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Erica Friedman on vol. 2 of Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo (Okazu)
Anna on vol. 1 of Lady Lady (Manga Report)
Drew McCabe on vol. 5 of Psyren (Comic Attack)
Ken Haley on vol. 6 of Rurouni Kenshin (VizBig edition) (Sequential Ink)
Alex Hoffman on vol. 1 of Soul Eater NOT (Manga Widget)

ICv2 reports that Hasbro will not be releasing the Duel Masters manga in the U.S. in conjunction with its Kaijudo trading card game (which is a reboot of the original Duel Masters) because they want people to follow the new version, not the older one.

Bandai Entertainment, which announced it would stop publishing new manga and anime last January, has announced it will discontinue sales of manga and anime as of this fall.

Dave Ferraro and Patrick Markfort discuss two Shigeru Mizuki manga, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths and NonNonBa, in their latest podcast at Comics-and-More.

Three Steps Over Japan takes a look at Comic Ryuu.

News from Japan: Dance in the Vampire Bund is returning to Comic Flapper for a new mini-series, to be followed by a new second story arc. The series Dolls, by manga-ka duo naked ape (Switch) will end in the November issue of Monthly Comic Zero-Sum.

Reviews

Kate O’Neil on chapters 12 and 13 of Barrage (The Fandom Post)
Kate Haddock on Blue Exorcist (The Collegian)
John Rose on vol. 1 of The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan (The Fandom Post)
Erica Friedman on vol. 1 of Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo (Okazu)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 23 of Ranma 1/2 (Blogcritics)

At the Eeeper’s Choice Podcast site, Phillip wraps up the Kurosagi Corpse Deliver Service edition of the Manga Moveable Feast with an overview of vols. 9-12 and a final roundup of posts.

And now on to the next one: Anna will host the next MMF, which will focus on Shojo Beat manga, at her site, Manga Report. And she’s kicking it off with a manga giveaway!

Erica Friedman brings us the latest Yuri Network News update and post what looks like the beginning of a series on the history of Yuri.

The Manga Bookshelf bloggers discuss their Picks of the Week, and Matt Blind counts down the latest Manga Bestsellers (online sales).

The Manga Villagers make the best of last week’s slim pickings.

With Japanese anti-piracy laws possibly threatening posts that include manga images, Three Steps Over Japan kicks into overdrive with inside looks at three manga magazines: Monthly Zenon, Monthly Comic Alive, and Comic Heaven.

News from Japan: Good news for fans of Sherlock: Young Ace will launch a manga series based on the BBC show.

Reviews: It’s Monday, time for a new set of Bookshelf Briefs at Manga Bookshelf! Ash Brown shares a week’s worth of manga reading at Experiments in Manga.

Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 1 of Angelic Layer (Blogcritics)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 14 of Bamboo Blade (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Carlo Santos on vols. 44 and 45 of Bleach (ANN)
Matthew Alexander on vol. 20 of Claymore (The Fandom Post)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 6 of Durarara!! (Kuriousity)
Nicola on vol. 4 of Fluffy, Fluffy Cinnamoroll (Back to Books)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 6 of Itsuwaribito (The Comic Book Bin)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 3 of Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Drew McCabe on vols. 56 and 57 of Naruto (Comic Attack)
Lori Henderson on Olympos (Manga Xanadu)
TSOTE on vol. 7 of Saibara-Dake (Three Steps Over Japan)
John Rose on vol. 8 of Tenjho Tenge (The Fandom Post)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 11 of Toriko (The Comic Book Bin)

It may be the last week of summer vacation, but there are plenty of new manga to get you through the long weekend, as I observed on MTV Geek. Sean Gaffney checks out a bountiful list of next week’s new manga.

Shaenon Garrity fills in for Jason Thompson on this week’s House of 1000 Manga column at ANN, with a discussion of Tokyopop’s short-lived josei manga imprint Passion Fruit.

Philip wraps up this month’s Manga Moveable Feast with roundups of days 5 and 6 of posts about The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service.

Ash Brown is giving away a copy of vol. 1 of Read or Dream at Experiments in Manga.

Reviews

Lissa Pattillo on vol. 12 of 13th Boy (Kuriousity)
Lori Henderson on vol. 5 of Ai Ore (Manga Village)
Erica Friedman on vol. 7 of Aoi Hana (Okazu)
John Rose on vol. 3 of Gate 7 (The Fandom Post)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 8 of Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (The Comic Book Bin)
John Rose on vol. 1 of Oreimo (The Fandom Post)
Michelle Smith and MJ on Sakuran (Manga Bookshelf)

At Eeeper’s Choice, Philip rounds up the links for Day 4 of the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service edition of the Manga Moveable Feast.

Erica Friedman discusses how yuri, unlike all other manga genres, has broken free of the standard manga demographics.

News from Japan: Duel Masters Rev., a manga adaptation of the Duel Masters game, launches this week in Shonen Sunday. GTO creator Tohru Fujisawa and his collaborators have ended their manga Hachikō-Mae -another side-, which ran in the digital magazine Dengeki Comic Japan.

Reviews: Carlo Santos delivers the verdict on a stack of recent releases in his latest Right Turn Only!! column at ANN.

Connie on vol. 21 of 20th Century Boys (Slightly Biased Manga)
Kate O’Neil on vol. 4 of The Betrayal Knows My Name (The Fandom Post)
Sheena McNeil on vols. 46 and 47 of Bleach (Sequential Tart)
Connie on vol. 1 of Castle Mango (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 20 of Claymore (Slightly Biased Manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 3 of The Earl and the Fairy (The Comic Book Bin)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 3 of Gate 7 (Kuriousity)
Wolfen Moondaughter on vol. 20 of Hayate the Combat Butler (Sequential Tart)
Connie on Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 7 of Ooku (Slightly Biased Manga)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 9 of Rin-ne (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 6 of Sailor Moon (Blogcritics)

Philip brings us a roundup of links from Day 3 of the Manga Moveable Feast, which this month features The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service.

Erica Friedman has news of three more yuri titles coming to JManga.

At Fist of the North Star, Milo takes a look at a side of Jiro Taniguchi that is unfamiliar to those of us who read his work in English: The side that delights in drawing men punching other men.

Three Steps Over Japan takes a look at Bessatsu Shonen Magajin, the magazine home of Attack on Titan, Animal Land, and The Flowers of Evil.

Reviews: Ash Brown looks back on a week of manga reading at Experiments in Manga.

Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 13 of Bakuman (I Reads You)
Kristin on vols. 42 and 43 of Bleach (Comic Attack)
Kate O’Neil on vol. 6 of Dorohedoro (The Fandom Post)
Ken Haley on vol. 12 of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (Sequential Ink)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 22 of Ranma 1/2 (Blogcritics)
Alex Hoffman on Wolf (Manga Widget)
Lori Henderson on vols. 6 and 7 of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Good Comics for Kids)

This month’s Manga Moveable Feast is being hosted by Philip of the Eeeper’s Choice Podcast, and he has jumped right in with an overview of the series as a whole, individual overviews of vols. 1-4 and vols. 5-8, and link roundups for Day 1 and Day 2.

The Manga Village team picks the best of the past week’s new releases.

Jason Thompson is going with a Seven Deadly Sins theme in his House of 1000 Manga column at ANN, and this week he goes with “Lust,” counting down seven sexy manga that are more perversion than porn.

Erica Friedman presents a new episode of Yuri Network News at Okazu.

MJ and Michelle Smith discuss their favorite yaoi in their latest BL Bookrack column at Manga Bookshelf.

Also at Manga Bookshelf, Matt Blind looks at some up-and-coming manga in his latest Manga Radar feature.

And finally, Manga Bookshelf is polling its readers to see if they want a forum. Vote now or forever hold your peace.

News from Japan: According to the retailer Mangaoh, vol. 15 of Gunslinger Girl will be the last one. Manga-ka Yoshinori Kobayashi, best known for his manga defending Japan’s role in World War II, has called for Japan to abandon nuclear power, aligning himself with a movement that mostly occupies the opposite end of the political spectrum from his usual roost.

Reviews

Lori Henderson on vols. 12 and 13 of Bakuman (Manga Xanadu)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of A Devil and Her Love Song (I Reads You)
John Rose on vol. 3 of D.Gray-Man (The Fandom Post)
John on issue 14 of GEN (AnimeNation Anime News)
Laura on vol. 1 of Jiu Jiu (Heart of Manga)
Diana Dang on vol. 1 of Kamisama Kazoku (Stop, Drop, and Read)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 20 of Kaze Hikaru (The Comic Book Bin)
Ash Brown on vol. 1 of Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (Experiments in Manga)
Anna on vol. 8 of Library Wars: Love and War (Manga Report)
AstroNerdBoy on vols. 7 and 8 of Rin-ne (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 6 of Sailor Moon (Blogcritics)
TSOTE on The Three-Eyed One (Three Steps Over Japan)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 11 of Toriko (Kuriousity)
Jocelyne Allen on vol. 1 of Wet Moon (Brain Vs Book)
Linda on Wolf (Anime Diet)

New manga time! I check out the latest releases at MTV Geek, and Lissa Pattillo gives her picks in her On the Shelf column at Otaku USA. Sean Gaffney looks forward to next week’s new release—yeah, that’s not a typo. Midtown Comics has just one new manga title next week.

It’s not manga, but definitely of interest to manga readers: Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda, the husband-and-wife team behind Yokai Attack, talk up their new book, Yurei Attack! The Japanese Ghost Survival Guide, at Crunchyroll.

Ash Brown talks about buying manga at RightStuf.

Shuho Sato, who has experimented with a number of different publication strategies for his Say Hello to Black Jack, is going to stop enforcing his copyright on the series after September 15, allowing people to copy, remix, and reuse the manga. He is even going so far as to allow a copier at an upcoming exhibit of his work, so people can copy the pages.

News from Japan: A woman who submitted manga to Shonen Jump claims that an editor touched her and made suggestive comments to her on two different occasions. The Sept. 5 issue of Margaret will feature Jitsuroku! Fudanjuku Monogatari, a 12-page, full-color manga by Arina Tanemura. Umineko When They Cry artist Sōichirō will draw a new manga based on the game Rose Guns Days for Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine.

Reviews

Wolfen Moondaughter on vol. 11 of Arata: The Legend (Sequential Tart)
Karen Maeda on vol. 10 of Dengeki Daisy (Sequential Tart)
Rebecca Silverman on vol. 1 of Soul Eater Not! (ANN)

Rebecca Silverman gets the interview we all dream of, a sit-down with Naoki Urasawa (Monster, Pluto, 20th Century Boys).

The latest Manga Out Loud podcast features guests MJ, Kate Dacey, William Flanagan, and Shaenon Garrity discussing CLAMP with host Ed Sizemore.

Matt Blind compiles the big list of manga best-sellers for the past week, and he looks forward to some new manga releases in the next six months in his Manga Radar column.

At Blog of the North Star, Milo kicks off a multi-part appreciation of Ken Ishikawa, who started his career as Go Nagai’s assistant.

Jeff Blagdon reports in from Comiket, in a story that makes me sorta glad I didn’t go but happy that he did.

The Asahi Shimbun reports on JManga’s translation contest—and quotes Deb Aoki.

News from Japan: Robotics;Notes – Rival Legacy, the fourth spin-off the visual Robotics;Notes visual novel, has launched in Ultra Jump. Manga-ka Azure Konno (Koe de Oshigoto) and Ayami Kazama (The World I Create) announced their marriage via Twitter yesterday.

Reviews: Ash Brown looks back on a week’s worth of manga reading at Experiments in Manga.

Lori Henderson on vol. 13 of Black Bird (Manga Village)
Kristin on vols. 38 and 39 of Bleach (Comic Attack)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 5 of A Certain Scientific Railgun (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Milo on Doll the Hotel Detective (Blog of the North Star)
Ken Haley on Dolls Don’t Cry (Sequential Ink)
John Rose on vol. 6 of Kobato (The Fandom Post)
Erica Friedman on Metersarete Kya (Okazu)
Alex Hoffman on MW (Manga Widget)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 10 of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (The Comic Book Bin)
Matthew Warner on vol. 5 of Psyren (The Fandom Post)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 1 of Soul Eater NOT (Kuriousity)
Kristin on vol. 11 of Toriko (Comic Attack)

The Manga Village team gives their thoughts on the past week’s new releases, and the Manga Bookshelf bloggers discuss the relative merits of this week’s new manga.

MJ and Michelle Smith discuss the end of 13th Boy in their latest Off the Shelf column at Manga Bookshelf.

Erica Friedman rounds up the latest yuri happenings in this week’s episode of Yuri Network News at Okazu.

Tony Yao looks at the laziness of Nara Shikamaru (of Naruto) and how that can be a good thing.

Johanna Draper Carlson has a shopping tip that could save you money if you’re looking for vol. 1 of Wandering Son.

Three Steps Over Japan takes a look at the monthly magazine Dengeki Bunko.

Congratulations to Ash Brown on two years of Experiments in Manga!

Reviews: New volumes of Ai Ore, Bunny Drop, and Puella Magi Madoka Magica are among the short reviews in this week’s Bookshelf Briefs column at Manga Bookshelf.

Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 45 of Bleach (The Comic Book Bin)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 6 of Bunny Drop (Kuriousity)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 1 of Dragon Knights (Blogcritics)
Jocelyne Allen on Hon no Sukoshi no Mizu (Brain Vs. Book)
Anna on vols. 1 and 2 of Late Advent (Manga Report)
Anna on vol. 10 of Oresama Teacher and vol. 4 of A Devil and Her Love Song (Manga Report)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 21 of Ranma 1/2 (Blogcritics)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of Starting with a Kiss (I Reads You)

JManga celebrates its first birthday today by launching a new site, JManga7, that will carry a wide variety of manga by the chapter. The site will be updated daily, and as volumes are completed they will be taken off the site and made available for purchase on JManga. There’s no content up yet—that will be along in October—but you can pre-register now, which will enter you in a contest for a Nexus 7 tablet or a free subscription. I talked JManga business manager Robert Newman about the new site at Comic-Con, so check that interview for more details.

Also, if you sign up with JManga today, they will give you 600 points for free–sort of a reverse birthday present.

Volume 14 of Neon Genesis Evangelion will apparently be the last, according to the French publisher.

Jason Thompson takes a look at the classic manga Trigun in his latest House of 1000 Manga column at ANN.

Helen McCarthy takes a look at Charles Wirgman, who published the satirical magazine Japan Punch in the 19th century and helped shape Japanese cartooning forever.

I know we’re preaching to the converted here, but in case you need more reinforcement, Molly McIsaac explains why you should read manga.

News from Japan: Sakuran creator Moyoco Anno is working on a new series, set in France, and she will discuss the details in a lecture at Ikebukuro Community College in December. Kazuya Minekura will go back to work on Wild Adapter next spring, after a two-year break due to health reasons.

Reviews: Carlo Santos takes a quick look at the newest releases in his latest Right Turn Only!! column at ANN.

Lissa Pattillo on vol. 13 of Bakuman (Kuriousity)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 44 of Bleach (The Comic Book Bin)
Anonymous on vols. 1 and 2 of The Flowers of Evil (Stumptown Trade Review)
Steve Bennett on vol. 1 of Genshiken: Second Season (ICv2)
Kristin on vol. 14 of Vampire Knight (Comic Attack)

Lissa Pattillo has the list of this week’s new manga—and her recommendations—in her latest On the Shelf column at Otaku USA, and the Manga Villagers make their picks as well. Sean Gaffney, meanwhile, looks forward to next week’s bountiful list.

Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez lists ten licensed manga (well, nine licensed manga and one that we would all like to see, actually) that won’t make feminists want to tear their hair out.

Tony Yao looks at ten characters who smile through their tears at Manga Therapy.

Deb Aoki rounds up the digital news at Viz, including their new Android app and their 20% off sale on digital manga.

Congratulations to Erica Friedman on the tenth birthday of Okazu! Check out her blogiversary post, because Erica isn’t sitting still—she’s taking suggestions for the next ten years.

Reviews

Matthew Warner on vols. 1, 2, and 3 of Alice in the Country of Hearts (omnibus edition) (The Fandom Post)
Connie on Ambiguous Relationship (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 13 of Bakuman (Slightly Biased Manga)
Kate O’Neil on chapters 10 and 11 of Barrage (The Fandom Post)
Connie on vol. 9 of Black Butler (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 17 of Black Jack (Slightly Biased Manga)
Ash Brown on vol. 12 of Blade of the Immortal (Experiments in Manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Blood Blockade Battlefront (Slightly Biased Manga)
Alexander Hoffman on vol. 1 of Cousin (Manga Widget)
Connie on vol. 4 of Dawn of the Arcana (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 4 of A Devil and Her Love Song (Slightly Biased Manga)
Chris Kirby on vol. 1 of Durarara!! (The Fandom Post)
Connie on issue 6 of GEN (Slightly Biased Manga)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 6 of Kobato (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
John Rose on vol. 47 of Naruto (The Fandom Post)
Sean Michael Robinson on NonNonBa (The Comics Journal)
Brittany Vincent on vol. 1 of Oreimo (Japanator)
Kristin on vol. 11 of Otomen (Comic Attack)
Chris Kirby on vol. 1 of Puella Magi Madoka Magica (The Fandom Post)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 20 of Ranma 1/2 (Blogcritics)
Connie on Sakuran (Slightly Biased Manga)
Jessi Silver on Short-Tempered Melancholic (The Fandom Post)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 9 of Twin Spica (Blogcritics)

The Manga Bookshelf bloggers discuss their picks of the week.

John Jakala examines the significance of Viz’s announcement that it will be releasing many of its books digitally the same day as print—and he has some questions, too.

Erica Friedman posts the latest edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu.

Jiro Taniguchi’s A Zoo in Winter has been nominated for the Ignatz Award for best graphic novel.

At Blog of the North Star (NSFW image at the link), Milo discusses X-Western Flash, a cowboy manga by the creator of Gon: “X-Western Flash is only three volumes long and filled with more gobsmacking moments than every licensed manga I’ve read in the last three years combined. It’s gorgeous, unpredictable, offensive, and hilarious.”

Reviews: It’s Bookshelf Briefs time again at Manga Bookshelf. Ash Brown stacks up a week’s worth of manga reading at Experiments in Manga.

Lissa Pattillo on vol. 10 of Black Butler (Kuriousity)
Kristin on vols. 40 and 41 of Bleach (Comic Attack)
Erica Friedman on vol. 16 of Hayate x Blade (Okazu)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 20 of Kaze Hikaru (Kuriousity)
Sean Gaffney on Sakuran (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 7 of Ultimo (The Comic Book Bin)
Anna on vols. 1-4 of Walkin’ Butterfly (Manga Report)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 19 of xxxHoLiC (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)

Lissa Pattillo rounds up some manga news briefs, including Viz’s announcement that it will continue to re-release both Skip Beat! and Hana-Kimi as three-in-one omnibus volumes.

Matt Blind lists the manga best-sellers (online sales) for the week just ended. The latest volume of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX tops the list, and Sailor Moon takes five of the top ten slots.

Ed Sizemore reports in from Otakon.

Reviews

Melanie on 5 Centimeters Per Second, vol. 2 of Flowers of Evil, and Sakuran (About Heroes)
Arwen Spicer on Banana Fish (The Geek Girl Project)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 5 of Dawn of the Arcana (The Comic Book Bin)
Noah Berlatsky on Dokebi Bride (The Hooded Utilitarian)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 2 of Gate 7 (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 13 of GTO: The Early Years (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 10 of Kamisama Kiss (The Comic Book Bin)
Jaili on My Darling Kitten Hair (Dear Author)
Lori Henderson on vol. 3 of No Longer Human (Manga Xanadu)