Manga Review: That Blue Sky Feeling

That Blue Sky Feeling Okura|Coma Hashii That Blue Sky Feeling is a gentle slice of life manga centering on the lives of two high school boys: Dai Noshiro and Kou Sanada. The title of the manga isn’t self-explanatory like other titles I’ve seen, and lets readers take from it what they want to experience, much like the…

Manga Review: Princess Jellyfish

Princess Jellyfish Akiko Higashimura Equal parts subversive, hilarious, and a little awkward, Princess Jellyfish is a sweet slice of life manga series that focuses on a group of 20/30-something otaku women, specifically Tsukimi Kurashita, and how their lives are suddenly changed when the stylish and beautiful cross-dressing Kuranosuke manages to insert himself into their lives. Tsukimi…

Manga Review: Interviews with Monster Girls vol. 1

Interviews with Monster Girls – Vol. 1 Petos This manga lured me in with the cover art of a cute girl with a fang in her grin, and kept me reading with its hybridization of slice of life and monsters. The basic premise of the manga is: what if monsters didn’t have to hide and…

Manga Review: Mermaid Boys

Mermaid Boys Yomi Sarachi Mermaid Boys (aka Let’s Draw Tons of Men Shirtless and Justify It Because “Mermen”) is the manga fractured fairytale romp I’ve been waiting for without knowing it. It operates on the premise that you already have watched Disney’s The Little Mermaid (which is probably a safe bet if you’re picking up a…

Manga Overview: New Manga That You Need to Add to Your Shelves

The one section in my library that gets routinely plundered is the manga section. My teens will check out 8-10 novels at a time, and they don’t want to wait until the other parts of a series to come in from other libraries for them. They want it NOW. Needless to say, a lot of…