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Kekkaishi Volume 1
Here’s a manga that flew under my radar for the longest of time. Bloodline abilities, spiritual combat and warm humour are some of the things that pop into my head here, and while it’s not one of those mangas that you’ll notice because it’s so damn outrageous in some way, you’ll probably be [...]

So there’s this relatively new manga out, Veritas (Wiki Link), that’s quickly fallen into my good graces. Thus far it’s turned out to be fairly interesting, no shark-jumping, and a few principles introduced there, like focusing and distilling the “power” already within a person, and skill, instead of pure volume, and stamina. That’s pretty neat. [...]

You know how every damned action manga out there has a hero. Every freakin’ one of them has a dream, all of them are bloody paragons of virtues, and they’ve ended up being lonely for daft reasons we struggle to care about. They’re all so damned special for some unique aspect of their being, and [...]

I discovered a new manga the other day, My Lovely Ghost Kana by Yutaka Tanaka, the same guy that did the bittersweet Ai-Ren series (another one I highly recommend checking out). Kana’s got some nudity and sexual situations in it, so if you think that’s an aberration you can nicely steer clear of it. You [...]

Some time ago I sat down to figure out what the differences between Naruto and One Piece were, and I’d quickly write down some notes about both series before I wrote a comparison post. It didn’t happen. I had so many opinions about Naruto, and only the energy to focus on a few points, if [...]