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The Earl and The Fairy Volume 1
Lydia Carlton is a fairy doctor, one of the few people with the ability to see the magical creatures who share our world. During one of her rare trips to London to visit her father, Lydia’s quiet life is suddenly transformed when she is rescued from kidnappers by a mysterious young man! Edgar Ashenbert claims to be descended from the human ruler of the fairy kingdom, and he urgently needs Lydia’s help to find and … Read entire article »
Angelic Runes Volume 2
“This darkness leads to where you want to go. You must not stop. You must not look back.” … Read entire article »
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Fruits Basket Roundtable: Manga Movable Feast
It’s just the girls this time as the Manga Villagers discuss the latest title for the Manga Movable Feast this month, Fruits Basket. This is a shojo title created by Natsuki Takaya and published by Tokyopop. This 23 volume series was among the first big hits in the US, and was Tokyopop’s biggest seller. It’s the story of Tohru Honda, a high school girl who has recently lost her mother, and … Read entire article »
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He Said She Said: Dengeki Daisy
Reviews are subjective things. A reviewer is drawing on many things when they write their review. Besides technical things such as story structure, character development and art, a reviewers personal preferences and experiences can affect their feeling about a book. And sometimes, even their gender can make a difference as to whether a book gets a good score or bad. In the following discussions, reviewers Alex Hoffman and Lori Henderson will look at different books … Read entire article »
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Library Wars: Love and War Volume 1-4
Iku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the Library Forces ever since one of its members saved her book from a MBC raid when she was in high school. A new recruit in the Library Forces now, Iku is training hard to become a full-fledged member, but is finding that not everyone is like her Prince. Especially not Sgt Dojo, her drill instructor, who seems to have it in for her! … Read entire article »
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Black Bird Volume 8
Raiko, the demon hunter who has been staying at Misao’s house, is determined to save her–even if that’s the last thing she wants! Kyo won’t allow a threat to Misao to go unchecked and plans to take care of the problem in his own special way. Misao, however, hopes that she can broker a peace between Raiko and Kyo before things get out of hand. But when Raiko’s attempts to “free” Misao fall, he hatches … Read entire article »
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Stepping on Roses Volume 4
New maid Keiko Kinoshita enters the Ashida household under the guise of helping out, but she’s actually a spy for the vice president of Soichiro’s company. As Sumi struggles to keep her past a secret, will Keiko’s insidious schemes destroy the couple? … Read entire article »
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He Said. She Said: Oresama Teacher Volume 1
Reviews are subjective things. A reviewer is drawing on many things when they write their review. Besides technical things such as story structure, character development and art, a reviewers personal preferences and experiences can affect their feeling about a book. And sometimes, even their gender can make a difference as to whether a book gets a good score or bad. In the following discussions, reviewers Alex Hoffman and … Read entire article »
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Secret Notes of Lady Kanoko Volume 1
Kanoko Naedoko, a third-year student in junior high, doesn’t want to make friends and keeps to herself. Which is fine by her because then she can be the ideal “objective observer.” Steamy love triangles, school gossip and courtyard politics only mean more data for Lady Kanoko! Bus when she befriends some of her classmates, what will happen to Kanoko? Will she become more than just an observer? … Read entire article »
The Beautiful Skies of Houou High Volume 1
Kei Saeba is a girl who loves girls, so she knows something’s gone seriously wrong when she ends up at a prestigious boys’ boarding school. Now she has to pretend to be a boy — and she doesn’t even like boys! What’s more, there’s some seriously weird stuff going on at Houou High… … Read entire article »
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