Title: Hana and Earth Volume 1 (Hana to Earth, 花と地球) Mangaka: Sanae Uno (宇野紗菜） Genre: It straddles the border between shoujo and josei, slice-of-life ISBN: 9784253198431 Purchase: Amazon JP / Yes Asia ($9.98 includes shipping to the US) Genre: It straddles the border of shoujo and josei Synopsis: Hana dreams of running her grandparents’ healing herb cafe and living an
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Title: Alice in the Country of Hearts: The Clockmaker’s Story ISBN: 9781937867645 Purchase: Amazon US / Barnes and Noble Review — B-: For an Alice in the Country of XYZ follow on story, this is pretty good, but compared to other shoujo in general it’s quite middle of road. This story supposes that Alice falls in love with the Clockmaker
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Title: Futari no Renai Shoka (ふたりの恋愛書架） (“Their Love Bookshelf”) Mangaka: Yamazaki Kore (ヤマザキコレ） Publisher/ Publication: Houbunsha / Manga Time Kirara Forward ISBN: 9784832242616 Purchase: Amazon JP / YesAsia Synopsis: Kanako is a free spirited lonely women who lives in and runs a used bookstore, and Akio is a lonely young man who loves books. The two meet at a swap
Read moreTitle: Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: ActivationArtists/Authors: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate, Kunio OkawaraISBN: 9781935654872Purchase: Amazon US / Barnes and Noble First Impression: This book has been sitting on my shelf for a while. I’ve been avoiding this because I feared the old style artwork would turn me off and I know I have trouble following action in seinen
Read moreI’ve decided to start writing reviews of the Japanese language manga I’ve been reading. I used to write synopsis years ago, but I received some complaints because readers could not read the content in English themselves either because the title was not licensed or scanlated. However, now I feel there are a significant number of readers who are learning Japanese
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