Count_Zero

Very good Cosmic story, with an ending that I didn't quite anticipate.

Interesting manga. While the plot had some interesting turns, I wasn't too impressed with the main character's lack of agency.

This is a really good re-launch for Batgirl, and I can't wait for the next trade of this series.

(Guest critic: Chester A. Bum)

Ohmaigawd! This is the greatest manga I've ever read in my Life!

So there's this girl, named Yotsuba, who is moving into a new house with her adoptive dad.

You know, I moved once! There's really no punch line there, I've moved on several occasions. I'm a bum, what do you expect?!

Anyway, Yotsuba and her dad go on various mundane and ordinary yet hilarious very cute adventures!

No, really, it's a slice of life manga, it's all about making the mundane and ordinary interesting and possibly cute. Or in this case, definitely cute. In fact I think I'm gonna have to go the free dental clinic to have this new cavity looked at, because of all the sweet in this manga.

Anyway, this is Chester A. Bum saying, Change?! Ya got change?! Oh, help a guy out, will ya! C'mon, change?!

Interesting start to the series. I'd like to see more about where it goes though - as while it's got a unique look and style - the fact that James Cameron wants to make a movie out of this is kind of making me look for the “James Cameron” movie in this - and I haven't found it yet.

This is a pretty good Christmas story, but making Batman like Scrooge in this fashion just doesn't quite work.

The later parts of the story were pretty good, but, boy, the New 52 versions of Hal, Bruce, Diana and Clark are absolute freaking dicks.

It's a very interesting start to the series, and it's interesting to see the “castaways” dynamic here, in the context of some of the panels on this topic I saw at OryCon.

Better than the first book, with more of a traditional narrative, and more fleshed out characters.

Very good adaptation of Lovecraft's work.

This series is still incredibly good, and I'd consider it one of my favorite manga series thus far.

It also kind of got pretty political at the end, particularly with Spoilerthe Friends passing a “youth development ordinance” that lets them censor and jail manga writers who write work people in the government don't like. It's particularly prophetic considering the push for expansions to the scope of the Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding the Healthy Development of Youths in 2003, two years after this volume was published in Japan.

Decent enough book. While each entry is fairly light, the size of the book prevents it from being particularly light reading. I do recommend the book though, as the games they've chosen for the list do fit.

I'm rather surprised that this book basically reaches the conclusion of the film in the second volume, but with several more volumes to go.

Very fun hard boiled PI story. That fact that it's set in Portland, and made by a writer from Portland helps. I'm looking forward to whenever the next graphic novel in the series comes out, because this is great, and I look forward to reading more.

Basically, I started reading this because 1) I remember how big Sailor Moon was when I was a kid, and 2) I needed a palate cleanser after reading volume 1 of Uzumaki (so I probably have this read date and start date wrong).

The manga was okay, but I know that I'm not the target audience. It's melodramatic and silly all at the same time - which is kind of what I needed after Vol. 1 of Uzumaki.

So, I decided to pick Uzumaki (all 3 volumes) to wrap up my October Horror Manga reviews for Bureau42, and I'm glad I did. This is freaky, disturbing, and tense. Definitely worth picking up if you're a fan of horror.

And I'm probably going to need a palate cleanser of something more cheerful after each volume of this.

I started reading this today, and blitzed through it. This series, thus far, has been absolutely awesome, and I simply cannot wait for volume 6.

That said, I can't help but have one minor little quibble. The Cabal Of Arbitrary Evil - if they already all but rule the world, what purpose do they have in trying to quash humanity's will (which has clearly been their goal since volume 2)?

Wouldn't it be less expensive, in the long run, to more gently shape humanity's will to fit their purposes, then to force it into shape like a Japanese rectangular melon. What purpose does it serve. They're set for cash, and it seems that before they started clenching their fingers too much, their position was secure. However, their counter-attacks against Taylor, and particularly the actions of Pullman, seem to be doing more to screw themselves over, then to save themselves. It's like trying to put out a fire on a burning ship with gunpowder than with water - it probably won't put out the fire, unless you blow a hole in the ship, but then you have a bigger problem.

Well, maybe next volume will answer these questions.

Holy crap this thing is escalating fast. I think there are 10 more volumes left in this puppy, and we've already hit the “This thing just got real” point - unless we're going to get more “This thing just got real” points, in which case this is gonna be nuts.

Frankly, this is Tom Clancy's magnum opus. If you're going to read only one Clancy novel, read this one.

This was a lot better than I thought it would be. I'd heard that the show based on it was your bog standard moe-siscon-fanservice crap. This was, thankfully, nothing of the kind. Instead, I had fun reading this volume, and I'll probably pick up volume 2, whenever it comes out.

Now the Golden Age arc is really getting rolling here. This volume actually bothers to introduce some legitimate comedy (albeit black comedy) to the work, something the last few had basically been missing, with the sole exception of some material with Puck.

I'll have a broader review on Bureau42.com later.

I read this at the Kumoricon reading room. I thought it was okay, but it didn't really grab me. To be fair, I haven't watched Neon Genesis Evangelion, so this might be hurting my impressions on the comic. I'll probably revisit after I finish watching the show.

Good conclusion to the Guardians of Desire arc, and an interesting start to the Golden Age arc.

Without spoilers, let's just say... The Plot Thickens!

This is the first manga by Urasawa that I've read before, and I'm enjoying it immensely. It's got a great start, and I'm definitely going to read the rest.