Manga Review: Kurohime Vol.14
A beautiful, but deadly, Kurohime had been robbed of her powerful abilities as a witch-gunslinger (a term used to describe sorceresses who can summon powerful witch-beasts by firing bullets through witch-guns) and found a young man named Zero who is the only one able to break the curse put upon her by the Gods. Sadly, she must go back in time to save Zero from a horrible fate.
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Manga Review: Vampire Knight Vol. 8
Vampire Knight Volume 8
It's a new century, and the vampire race is starting to try to get along with the human race. A private boarding school, Cross Academy, is the middle ground for these two conflicting races. Yuki's memory has been locked deep within her mind, but it is constantly knocking. Yuki has been under the care of the headmaster of Cross Academy, so she knows the secret of the "Night Class". She has even fallen in love with the top of the Night Class students.
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Manga Review: Flame of Recca 33
The long-running shonen series Flame of Recca by manga-ka Nobuyuki Anzai focuses around sixteen-year-old Recca, who dreams of becoming a ninja. He vows to always protect Yanagi, his classmate and girlfriend who has the ability to heal any injury, with the powers he has inherited from the Hokage bloodline. Recca is able to use items called madogu, which allow him to manipulate the elements, especially the element of fire. With his friends — all weapon-wielding warriors like himself — Recca is out to stop the villian Mori from acquiring the madogu Tendō Jigoku, which will grant him eternal life!
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Manga Review: Phantom Dream volume 4
Phantom Dream is a fantasy shoujo series by Natsuki Takaya, manga-ka of popular series Fruits Basket. The protagonist, Tamaki, is a young man whose destiny is simple — protect the human race from a species of demons called the Jaki — but his life is far from it. His best friend, Eiji, has inherited the blood of King Hira and therefore makes him Tamaki's enemy. Then there is Tamaki's girlfriend, Asahi, who is the reincarnation of Suigekka, the woman whose death brought the end of a friendship, a friendship that has been reborn in Tamaki and Eiji, conflicts and all. When you aren't sure who your enemy is, and when your duties from eras past go against love itself, who can you trust and who can you protect?
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Manga Review: B.O.D.Y. volume 7
B.O.DY. is a shōjo romance/comedy revolving around Sakura Ryouko, an ordinary high school girl, who constantly thinks of Fuji “Ryu” Ryuunosuke, her classmate. Her friends think she has strange taste, but Sakura is attracted to Ryu's aloofness and strict personality. When she finds out he has a host club she is conflicted, but eventually overcomes her hesitation and asks him out, to which he agrees.
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Manga Review: InuYasha – BIGVIZ Volume 1
InuYasha, the famous long-running shonen action/comedy/romance series by Rumiko Takahaski, is being reprinted in the the VIZBIG wide-ban format with the first three volumes in the original reading format (right-to-left).
