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Katherine Dacey

The Manga Review: Saturday Morning Cartoons

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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

Complete, Ongoing, and OOP Series

* Final volume

Pick of the Week: Soviet Politics? Or Baseball?

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KATE: As a ride-or-die Shostakovich fan, there’s really only one choice for me: Snegurochka of the Spring Breeze. It has everything a student of the old USSR could hope for: political intrigue, real historical actors, and a character whose code name is Bielka (that’s “squirrel” in Russian). Here’s hoping Dmitri Dmitrievich makes a cameo!

SEAN: I will never say no to more manga from Mitsura Adachi, so my pick this week is Short Game: Mitsuru Adachi’s Baseball Short Story Collection.

ANNA: Short Game For me as well, always happy to read more Adachi.

MICHELLE: I am very intrigued by Snegurochka of the Spring Breeze, but it’s gotta be Adachi for me, too, this week. I’ve had this pre-ordered for a while.

ASH: While Short Game is certainly of interest to me, Snegurochka of the Spring Breeze is a manga that I’ve been anticipating since was licensed. I will always give a new Samura manga a try.

The Manga Review: Simply the Best

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On Tuesday, Anime NYC and the Japan Society announced the nominees for the 2025 American Manga Awards. Thirty-five series and individuals were nominated in categories that ran the gamut from Best New Manga to Best Publication Design. Three titles—Ashita No Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow, The Legend of Kamui, and Search and Destroy—were nominated in multiple categories including Best Continuing Series, Best New Edition of Classic Manga, and Best Lettering. While the winners will be determined by popular vote, voting eligibility is limited to “professionals working in an editorial capacity as employees or freelancers with English language manga publishers.” Click here for more information.

NEWS AND VIEWS

If you’re still reading One Piece on MangaPark, now is a great time to explore this handy list of websites where you can access manga legally. “Whether you prefer reading on your phone or computer, in English, French, Thai, or another language, or prefer free access, subscriptions, virtual currency systems, or just buying digital volumes outright, this guide covers it all,” compiler Matias De la Piedra notes. “Hopefully, you’ll find a platform that truly fits your reading style.” [The Beat]

If you’re feeling nostalgic for the aughts, I have good news for you: Yen Press and Kodansha will be releasing CLAMP Official Art Books this fall. [The Outerhaven]

Manga Mavericks just added three more titles to its summer 2025 line-up: Now No One Lurks Beneath the Snow, The Murderer and Her Runaway Desire, and Senpai no Kohai. [The Outerhaven]

Brigid Alverson files a report on the latest developments in the Diamond Comic Distributors saga. [The Comics Journal]

David and Jordan take Donten Prism Solar Car for a test drive. [Shonen Flop]

The Manga Machinations crew debate the merits of Mujina Into the Deep, Welcome Back Alice, and Vampeerz. [Manga Machinations]

Naoki Urasawa dropped by Chiba Tetsuya‘s studio for a lengthy conversation with the creator of Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow. In Japanese with English subtitles. [NHK]

Ayumi Naraoka and Jon Holt translate a passage from Shimizu Isao’s Hokusai Manga: The Origin of Manga. In their preface, Naraoka and Holt note “the essay helps provide more information about how Hokusai developed his signature and bestselling picture-book series, copies of which made it to Europe in the early half of the 19th century and would go on to influence Western painters, such as Van Gogh, Manet, and Monet.” [The Comics Journal]

REVIEWS

The latest Reader’s Corner offers a smorgasbord of short reviews… Ashley Hawkins posts a glowing assessment of The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All… and Erica Friedman describes S.I.R. as “a fast-paced, electric comic that seamlessly integrates a bunch of things lesbians love: Utena, absurd dueling hierarchies, motorcycles and a heroine named Sir Athene.”

New and Noteworthy

Continuing, Complete, and OOP Series

Pick of the Week: Double Your Picks

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SEAN: I cannot decide between The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You 14 and Medalist 12, two series whose venn diagram of readers who love both may be just me.

KATE: This is one of those weeks when I’m torn between two very different titles: the part of me that likes streaming crime procedurals is intrigued by The 13th Footprint, while the part of me that has fond memories of reading Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day? is excited about Cats With Jobs.

MICHELLE: My official pick would be The 13th Footprint, but if we’re doing auxiliaries, then I’ll say the swanky reissue of Codename: Sailor V.

ASH: I fully support all the picks that have been mentioned , but I’ll go ahead and highlight two more releases that have caught my attention: Senpai is an Otokonoko (which I’ve heard a few good things about in passing) and Shout Loud, My Heart (because I can’t resist a music-related BL).

ANNA: It is Codename: Sailor V for me!

The Manga Review: I’m a Maverick

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Another podcasting crew is making the leap from talking about their favorite manga to publishing it. Manga Mavericks’ initial line-up debuts on July 16th, and includes a fresh take on Journey to the West, a short story about an indie musician, and an “action isekai” series about a demonic construction crew. Brigid Alverson has more details at ICv2, while Adam Wescott has an in-depth interview with two of the company’s founders, Varun Gupta and Mike Jokoh.

NEWS AND VIEWS

Buckle up: 2026 is going to be a big year for VIZ Media! The publisher just unveiled its newest acquisitions, which run the gamut from familiar franchises and familiar names to art books, ice-skating manga, and a box set. [Behind the Manga]

Josh Piedra offers a brief recap of Seven Seas’ latest licensing news. [The Outerhaven]

Solo Leveling dominated the May 2025 Circana Bookscan Top 20 Graphic Novels list. [ICv2]

Jocelyn Allen explains why Fumi Fumiko is one her favorite authors. [Brain vs. Book]

Elif Sinem Erdem explores the idea of gender fluidity in Sailor Moon S and Revolutionary Girl Utena. “Depictions of butch, masculine, or more gender-non-conforming sapphic women are very rare in both Anglophone literature and animanga,” she notes, “though they make up a foundational part of shoujo.” [Anime Feminist]

George Horvath lists twelve influential manga artists whose work hasn’t been translated into English… yet. Here’s hoping someone finally decides to publish Aim for the Ace! [Land of Obscusion]

Dr. Slump fans rejoice: translator Kaoru Kumi has just posted an in-depth look at Akira Toriyama’s classic comedy that explains how the series found its groove after Toriyama’s editor offered the following advice: “Forget the doctor — make Arale the lead.” [The Comics Journal]

REVIEWS

The crew at Beneath the Tangles review the latest volumes of Choking on Love, Dandadan, Diary of a Female Lead, and other current series… Okazu contributors Eleanor and Luce discuss The Summer You Were There… and Masha Zhdanova offers a spoiler-free assessment of The Moon on a Rainy Night.

New and Noteworthy

Complete, Ongoing, and OOP Series

Pick of the Week: June Is Bustin’ Out the Picks

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MICHELLE: I had no idea that I Didn’t Mean to Fall in Love had a sequel, so I’ll choose that very pleasant surprise for my pick this week!

KATE: What’s that you say—a Tezuka title that I haven’t read? In that case, I’m making Neo Faust my Pick of the Week! (C’mon… I’m very, very predictable.)

SEAN: I’m going to go with the final volume of Sketchy, which will hopefully nag me to catch up with this underrated series.

ANNA: I’m going to go with the latest volume of Nina the Starry Bride, even though I’m a bit behind, I am very fond of that series.

ASH: Now that Issak will be available in print, I plan on finally getting around to reading it.

The Manga Review: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

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As we celebrate another Pride Month, now is a good time to remember that books by queer creators are among the most challenged books in American libraries. There are a number of small things that you can do, however, to ensure that readers can continue accessing This One Summer, Flamer, Our Colours, and Gender Queer: A Memoir. One is to support the work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which has been helping schools and libraries challenge book bans since 1986. As the CBLDF’s latest newsletter points out, activists regularly target manga and graphic novels on the grounds that stories with images have a uniquely powerful effect on young readers. The American Library Association, which compiles data on banned books, is another organization worthy of your support. The ALA has created a number of resources for combatting censorship, offering advice on how to challenge a banned book, how to make a meaningful impact at a school or library board meeting, and how to report book censorship in your community. These tools aren’t just for librarians; anyone can use them to defend readers’ right to access books.

NEWS, VIEWS, AND INTERVIEWS

Lynzee Loveridge interviews Sumiko Arai, the creator of breakout hit The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All. [ANN]

UDON has joined a long list of companies that are no longer distributing comics through Diamond. Brigid Alverson has the details. [ICv2]

Josh Piedra has the skinny on the latest licensing announcements from Seven Seas. [The Outerhaven]

Wondering what’s new in stores this month? Katy Castillo has you covered with a comprehensive list of manga, books, and light novels slated for June release. [Yatta-Tachi]

The folks at Anime Feminist want to know: what’s the rarest manga in your collection? (FWIW, my answer would be Four Shojo Stories.) [Anime Feminist]

Muraktama Rodrigues explains why you should be reading Golden Kamuy. [How to Love Comics]

In honor of Pride Month, Anime UK News discusses “the anime and manga characters that break gender norms, the ones who do not conform to the binary, the ones who celebrate who they are and make us love them, regardless of how they choose to identify.” [Anime UK News]

Last but not least, the latest issue of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics offers an in-depth essay by scholar Ashley Morningstar, who argues that “Naoko Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon helped spark a turning point in the shōjo genre, introducing a subversive trend of action-oriented narratives that featured fighting girl protagonists.” [Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics]

REVIEWS

Erica Friedman recommends Class X, an “obscure but wonderfully astonishing story”… Kara Dennison weighs in on Snowball Earth, a new VIZ title… and Jackson Brown is back with a fabulous review of The Great Snake’s Bride. “Don’t let the winking and nudging and giggling from us adult children fool you,” he notes. “The Great Snake’s Bride by Fushiashikumo is a brilliantly crafted story about family, trauma, healing, and how to find kinship in unlikely places. Alongside these themes is a salient commentary on womanhood and misogyny, which is expected from a gothic tale, and this manga is a fitting contribution to the genre.”

New and Noteworthy

Complete, OOP, and Ongoing Series

* Complete series review

The Manga Review: Hark the Herald!

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Big news from Anime Herald: the popular website will launch a companion magazine in October! Site founder and editor-in-chief Samatha Ferreira noted that the inaugural issue will celebrate Anime Herald’s fifteen-year history with reprints of “eight classic articles” but will also feature nine new essays from well-known journalists and critics in the field including Lynzee Loveridge, Daryl Surat, Chiaki Mitama, Erica Friedman, Red Bard, Borealis Capps, and Lucas DeReuyter. You can pre-order a print or digital copy by clicking here; the print version will retail for $17.95, while the digital version will have a “a suggested price of $12.75.”

NEWS AND VIEWS

Party like it’s 2007! Yen Press just announced that it would be releasing a deluxe box-set edition of Fruits Basket in November. [ICv2]

Justin and Helen round up the latest manga licensing news. [The OASG]

Naina Singh posts a thoughtful analysis of how Indian characters are depicted in Toboso Yana’s long-running series Black Butler. [Anime Feminist]

Elliot and Andy discuss The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You. [Screentone Club]

Helen, Kory, and Apryll dedicate their latest podcast to Kowloon Generic Romance and Neighborhood Story. [Manga in Your Ears]

On the latest Manga Machinations episode, the gang convenes a round table on Fumi Yoshigana’s Tamaki and Amane, then checks in on one of my personal faves, Irie Akie’s Go With the Clouds, North by Northwest. [Manga Machinations]

REVIEWS

Erica Friedman gives Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android? a solid B…. Beneath the Tangles publishes a team review of Girl Crush, a new series about Japanese teenagers trying to break into the K-Pop industry… Johanna Draper Carlson checks in on some of her favorite ongoing food manga as well as some cute cat series… and Sarah just persuaded me to pick up Love in the Palm of His Hands.

New and Noteworthy

Complete, OOP, and Ongoing Series

Pick of the Week: Witches, Senpais, and Doodles

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KATE: I’ve been jonesing for A Witch’s Life in Mongol since I first encountered the title on Tumblr several years ago. Based on what I’ve read about this series, it checks all of my boxes. Historical setting? Yes! Originally published in a magazine for women readers? Yes! Capable female lead? Yes! Oh, and the artwork looks pretty great, too. So, yes, A Witch in Mongol is my PotW.

MICHELLE: Stardust Family sounds legitimately good but serious, and I think I am more in the mood for fluff, so I’ll go with I’ll Forget You Starting Today, Senpai!.

SEAN: I am always so happy to read anything by Ryoko Kui, so my pick this week is Doodles by Ryoko Kui: Daydream Hour.

ASH: Lots of great things being released this week! I’m definitely interested in Kui’s artbook, but I’ll be joining Kate this week in selecting A Witch’s Life in Mongol as my pick. I’ve likewise been looking forward to this manga for quite some time.

The Manga Review: Robot Cat from the Future

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When Toei Animation released its 2025 Business Outlook Report last week, fans immediately began translating the document. Twitter user @Venixys reported that Toei was planning to expand it use generative AI tools in several ways including “storyboard creation,” “coloring,” and “background creation” from photographs. While using AI to perform these kind of detail-oriented, labor-intensive tasks could streamline production, it most likely comes with a human cost, as this work has traditionally been performed by teams of animators. In her coverage of the story, CBR’s Renee Senzatimore noted that Toei and Kodansha had both invested in Preferred Networks, Inc., a startup firm in the generative AI field.

One additional note: if you’re headed to San Francisco this fall, be sure to check out the de Young Museum’s Art of Manga exhibition, which opens on September 27th and runs through January 25, 2026. You can save $5.00 per ticket by pre-ordering them and using the code KODANSHA when checking out. (The fine print: the offer is “valid online only for adult and senior tickets to see Art of Manga from September 27 though October 25, 2025, subject to availability. This offer expires at 11:59pm (PT) on July 1, 2025.”) I’m sorry I don’t have a reason to be in San Francisco this fall, as the show looks great. How could it not be when Deb Aoki and Shaenon Garrity are on the advisory committee?

NEWS ROUND-UP

In international publishing news, Kadakowa recently announced that it has acquired a 70% ownership stake in Edizioni BD, the largest Italian publisher of manga. As part of the deal, Edizioni BD will become a subsidiary of Kadakowa at a time when the Italian manga market is booming.  [Animeconomics]

ICv2 is offering readers a sneak peak at Infini-T Force, a forthcoming series about a high school student who has the power to summon Gatchaman when she’s in a bind. Hilarity ensues (or so I’m guessing from the jokey tone of the press release). [ICv2]

To mark its tenth anniversary, Shonen Jump+ has commissioned anime adaptations of series that ran on the platform. Matt Schely has the details. [Otaku USA]

ICYMI: Brigid Alverson investigates “the ongoing saga of the Diamond bankruptcy,” walking readers through mountains of legal documents to explain why this messy situation isn’t fully resolved. [The Comics Journal]

Your feel-good story of the week: the residents of Takaikamishima—population 11—decided to open a manga academy to put the island back on the map. The school is open in the summer, and caters to tweens and teens. [The Asahi Shimbun]

ESSAYS AND PODCASTS

If Helen Chazan’s writing hasn’t been on your radar, now is an excellent time to get acquainted with her work. TCJ just published her essay on Hunter x Hunter in which she characterizes Yoshihiru Togashi’s series as the “shōnen manga of a free man, every page crackling with hard-earned creative agency.” She elaborates: “The generic springboard of the Shōnen Jump manga premise is an opening for Togashi to draw whatever he pleases, in any style, setting or tone he wishes to explore.” I’ve never been particularly interested in Hunter x Hunter, but she’s persuaded me to give it a second chance. Go, read! [The Comics Journal]

David and Jordan debate the merits of Rash!!, a short-lived series set in a prison infirmary. [Shonen Flop]

The Manga Machinations team has a full plate this week, with Look Back, The Legend of Kamui, and Silver Mountain on the menu. [Manga Machinations]

Gee and Ray dedicate their latest podcast to romantasy, focusing on Dawn of the Arcana and The King’s Beast. [Read Right to Left]

Should you read War of the Adults? Rob offers his two cents as a parent and manga fan. [Dad Needs to Talk]

Petter and James tackle volume twenty-two of To Your Eternity. [Umami Manga]

ICYMI: Xan revisits Kingyo Used Books, which documents the manga-reading habits of the store’s clientele. [Spiraken Manga Review]

And speaking of old school titles, Kory, Helen, and Apryll jump in the WABAC Machine for a look at The Legend of Chun Hyang, an early CLAMP classic  [Manga in Your Ears]

Over at The Outerhaven, Richard Heaton explains why Dungeon Friends Forever is begging for an anime adaptation. [The Outerhaven]

Jocelyne Allen—another writer you should be following—sings the praises of Crystal Dragon, an epic shojo fantasy steeped in Celtic folklore. “While pretty much every panel is a work of art,” Allen notes, creator Ashibe Yuho “pulls off some truly glorious moments of visual storytelling.” Don’t hold your breath for the license, however; the series has been unfolding in fits and starts for forty years and still isn’t finished. [Brain vs. Book]

REVIEWS

Kirkus Reviews gives solid marks to Eike Exner’s forthcoming Manga: A New History of Japanese Comics, which will be released in August… Kathryn Hemmann reviews She and Her Cat, an anthology of short stories inspired by Makoto Shinkai’s short film of the same name… Rebecca Silverman recommends The 13th Footprint, a new mystery from the creator of Erased… and the latest recent installment of The Beat’s Bizarre Adventure focuses on A Drifting Life, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, and Seduced by the Demon King: A Sensual Rebirth.

New and Noteworthy

Complete, OOP, and Ongoing Eries

 

The Manga Review: School’s Out for Summer

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Before I get to this week’s links, I want to share some great news: MJ Beasi, webmaster and founder of Manga Bookshelf, can add another title to their impressive resume: author! MJ’s novel I Was a Teenage Death God will be published by Page Street YA in 2026. The novel  sounds like it would make a swell manga:

For Charlie, stealing life from high school randos is an okay price to ensure their twin sister and best friend-slash-crush remain off-limits to Lou, the ghost who’s been threatening Charlie their whole life. When Lou’s demands go too far, Charlie resorts to extreme measures to get a handle on their own powers. Though crossing state lines to meet strangers from the internet might seem like a great idea, Charlie’s literal road trip to self-discovery sets them and everyone they love on a collision course with a dark family legacy not even their mom’s Toyota can outrun.

The book is the first in a two-part series. Congratulations, MJ!

NEWS AND VIEWS

The 2025 Eisner Award nominations are in! Among this year’s picks for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia are Search and Destroy, an adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo, and Last Quarter, a supernatural romance by Ai Yazawa. [San Diego Comic-Con International]

And speaking of the Eisners, ICv2, The Beat, and SOLRAD all made this year’s short list for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism. [San Diego Comic-Con International]

Matt Schely highlights the winners of the 49th annual Kodansha Manga Awards. [Otaku USA]

The last volume of Akiro Hiiragi’s manga adaptation of The Devil Is a Part-Timer! will arrive in stores next month. [Otaku USA]

Brigid Alverson parses the April 2025 Circana Bookscan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels list. [ICv2]

Wrestling fans rejoice: the Kyodo Printing Company will be publishing a new deluxe version of Baki the Grappler for English-speaking audiences. [The Outerhaven]

The Mangasplaining team is back in action with Naoya Matsumoto’s monster battle manga Kajiu No. 8. [Mangasplaining]

REVIEWS

Over at The Comics Journal, Jacob Ahana-Laba introduces American readers to Rapid Commuter Underground… Kara Dennison offers a sneak peak at Yan, a new series from the creator of Oldman… Lauren Orsini lists her 10 favorite (and least favorite) manga of the year so far… Demelza gives high marks to The Apothecary Diaries Art Book… and Gabriel Rodriguez calls Berserk “the most beautiful story ever told.”

New and Noteworthy

Complete, OOP, and Ongoing Series

Pick of the Week: Witches, Dancers… and Giant Chickens?

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MICHELLE: I’m dreadfully behind at this point, but I really liked what I’ve read of Wandance so far, so the latest volume is what I’m most looking forward to, this week.

SEAN: I’ll go for the new volume of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, which I can always count on to be wonderful.

ASH: I don’t know if it’ll be wonderful, but I am intrigued enough by the prospect of retreating to the mountains to live with giant chickens that, long story short, I’m going to go with Long Story Short, I’m Living in the Mountains.

ANNA: I’m going to go for Merry Witches’ Life because I’m intrigued by the premise of this josei series.

KATE: As usual, I’m late to the party, but two titles caught my eye: Merry Witches’ Life—because you can never have too much josei—and Dr. Mashirito’s Ultimate Manga Techniques—because even a manga critic can learn something useful from a how-to book.

Pick of the Week: Boxers, Idols, and Vampires

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MICHELLE: This week, it’s Ashita no Joe that appeals to me the most. I continue to be grateful that this is being released!

KATE: I second Michelle’s pick! We need more classic sports manga available in English.

SEAN: Because I enjoyed New Game!, I’ll give my pick this week to a new work from its author, Idol x Idol Story!.

ANNA: I’m also making Ashita no Joe my pick!

ASH: I do love that Ashita no Joe is being translated, but this is likely the only chance I have to pick A Vampire in the Bathhouse which looks like an utterly ridiculous (in a good way) josei manga. It was the rubber duckies on the cover that tipped the scales for me.

Pick of the Week: Tamaki & Amane (and They Were 11!)

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SEAN: Of course, we already picked They Were 11! unanimously back in January when the preorder pages fooled us all. As such, of course, that is our pick this week as well. HOWEVER, we will also be picking another title in the interests of fairness. So I’m picking the new Fumi Yoshinaga, Tamaki & Amane, which looks fantastic.

MICHELLE: I can’t conceive of a time when I *wouldn’t* pick a new Fumi Yoshinaga! So, yes, same for me!

KATE: At the risk of being boring, I, too, choose Fumi Yoshinaga!

ANNA: I agree!

ASH: I adore Fumi Yoshinaga’s work, so I am incredibly excited for Tamaki & Amane. (And also Moto Hagio’s.)

Pick of the Week: Climbing and Clouds

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MICHELLE: I am looking forward to both Riverbay Road Men’s Dormitory and The Little Bird Sleeps by the Sea. Presumably, the latter will be much more wholesome, however, so I will pick that one for brain-balm purposes.

SEAN: Gonna have to give it to the manga with the most striking cover this week, because The Climber makes me want to see what his deal is.

KATE: That sound you hear right now? That’s me screaming with excitement over a new installment of Go With the Clouds, North by Northwest, one of the weirdest and most consistently satisfying series I’m reading right now. I’m also going to hop on The Climber bandwagon, as it looks great, if potentially vertigo-inducing. This is definitely a head-to-the-comic-shop week for me!

ASH: While I am intrigued by several of the novel offerings this week, it’s The Climber for me, too!

ANNA: I’m with Kate this week, I’ve ordered both Go With the Clouds, North by Northwest and The Climber. What an exciting week!