Lissa Pattillo looks at this week’s new manga in her On The Shelf column at Otaku USA. Sean Gaffney looks at next week’s new releases and foresees a quiet week.
Tony Yao discusses his love-hate relationship with Bleach at Manga Therapy.
Melinda Beasi and Michelle Smith discuss ugliness, beauty, and the total cluelessness of Ugly Duckling’s Love Revolution in their latest Off the Shelf column at Manga Bookshelf.
Ed Sizemore looks at two Yen Press books (neither of them manga) and the Yen Press app at Comics Worth Reading.
It’s a manga reader’s dream: Check out CJ’s large and neatly arranged collection of manga.
Congratulations to Erica Friedman, whose yuri-focused blog Okazu is about to finish its ninth year. Send her a suggestion for a celebration and you may win a prize!
News from Japan: Over 2.1 million copies of vol. 63 of One Piece were sold in four days, breaking the record for the most copies sold since Oricon started tracking those numbers in 2008. ANN also has the latest Japanese comics rankings.
Reviews
Danica Davidson on vol. 2 of Ai Ore (Otaku USA)
Queenie Chan on Genshiken (Queenie Chan)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 6 of MAOH: Juvenile Remix (The Comic Book Bin)
Erica Friedman on Morita-san ha Mukichi (Okazu)
Kate O’Neil on vol. 7 of Nabari no Ou (The Fandom Post)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 7 of Seiho Boys’ High School (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Matthew Warner on vol. 8 of Twin Spica (The Fandom Post)