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Black Torch Volume 1 Review: More Than Meets the Eye

Black Torch Volume 1 Review: More Than Meets the Eye

Jiro Azuma may be a bit of a delinquent, but he doesn’t get into random scraps with local bullies for any reason as basic as “because he’s a grouch” or “a misunderstanding that escalated badly.”

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My Hero Academia Volume 14 Review: Here It Goes Again

My Hero Academia Volume 14 Review: Here It Goes Again

It’s been a long time coming, but the day is finally here. Bakugo’s been itching to deck Deku something fierce since...well, childhood, but no more so than since he started attending UA. Deku has been

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Tokyo Ghoul re Vol. 3 Review: An Overstuffed Conclusion To An Arc

Tokyo Ghoul re Vol. 3 Review: An Overstuffed Conclusion To An Arc

It can be very easy to get overwhelmed when reading an action series. Juggling the needs of the scene and the needs of the readers can get tough-you want to tell this big epic battle

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Haikyu!! Vol. 19 Review: A Middling Action-Centric Volume

Haikyu!! Vol. 19 Review: A Middling Action-Centric Volume

Sports stories are formulaic. Thereís no getting around that. There's always going to be someone (or a group of somebodies) trying to push their way out of the underdog ranks into the top stars of

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The Promised Neverland Vol. 2 Review: A Thrilling Continuation Of The Dark Tale

The Promised Neverland Vol. 2 Review: A Thrilling Continuation Of The Dark Tale

Trust is a funny thing. When you’re young, trust is automatically given; it’s something that isn’t earned so much as assumed. When someone you trust turns out to not be worth that faith, it’s a

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Shiver Manga Review: Unsettling, Yet Imperfect

Shiver Manga Review: Unsettling, Yet Imperfect

Junji Ito is an author with two major sides to him. The first is the one most know him for the horrific, grotesque, and utterly unsettling master of terror. He's had numerous hits to his

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Promised Neverland Vol. 1 Review: Promising Start To A Deliciously Dark Series

Promised Neverland Vol. 1 Review: Promising Start To A Deliciously Dark Series

Imagine yourself alone in the world, with nothing and no one to your name. You're under the care of a loving parent (maybe not your own, but she's close enough) and you're surrounded by wonderful

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Children Of The Whales Vol. 1 Review: An Exercise In Patience

Children Of The Whales Vol. 1 Review: An Exercise In Patience

Reading the first volume of Children of the Whales is like an exercise in patience. It starts off like it has no real idea of where it's going other than forward, with its setting and

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My Hero Academia Volume 10 Review: Scene-Stealing Brawls & Payoffs Aplenty

My Hero Academia Volume 10 Review: Scene-Stealing Brawls & Payoffs Aplenty

The entirety of My Hero Academia up to this point has been leading to the very last page of this volume. The series is at the precipice of its biggest turn yet, and things are

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Tokyo Ghoul: re Volume 1 Review — A Worthy Follow-Up To The Original Series?

Tokyo Ghoul: re Volume 1 Review — A Worthy Follow-Up To The Original Series?

[caption id="attachment_91289" align="aligncenter" width="627"] TOKYO GHOUL:RE © 2014 by Sui Ishida/SHUEISHA Inc.[/caption] Disclaimer: Review copy provided by Viz Media. Tokyo Ghoul: re has a lot to live up to, which is to be expected given that

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