Manga reviews

• Story: Type-Moon
• Drawing: Dat Nishiwaki
• Editor: Tokyopop
• Japanese Editor: Kadokawa Shoten
• Genre: Fantasy, Shonen, Action
• Tankōbon Number: 7 in corso.

Shiro Emiya is the only survivor of frightening fire that swallowed hundreds of people, among which all his family. It was adopted by his rescuer, a wizard, that from that moment, started to represent a model for him. After ten years, Shiro frequents the high school and, in virtue of a promise that he has done when was a child, that is he should be become a justice hero and he should have helped the people, he is a gentle student always ready to help everyone. One day after that he has done... [Continue...]

• Story: Tatsuhiko Takimoto
• Drawing: Kendi Oiwa
• Editor: TOKYOPOP
• Japanese Editor: Kadokawa Shoten
• Genre:
• Tankōbon Number: 8

Tatsuhiro Sato is a Hikikomori, that is a boy with problems into relate himself with other people, and that close himself in his home, to insulate himself. The theme treated can seem to give origin to a sad story , also because in Japan this phenomenon is flooding between the youths, but in the realty the all is told  with ironic and hope. Sato, in fact, when touches the less point between desperation and synthetic hallucinations, he meets Misaki, a strange moé girl that proposes... [Continue...]

• Story: Yuu Watase
• Drawing: Yuu Watase
• Editor: Viz Media
• Japanese Editor: Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
• Genre: Fantasy, Shoujo
• Tankōbon Number: 1

Fushigi Yuugi returns with a great prequel that deals with the adventures of Takiko Okuda as priestess of Genbu and of the seven celestial warriors who protect her. This manga is still on-going in Japan and two chapters are released every 3 months on Perfect World magazine. But it's worth the waiting, since it's one of the best works of Watase. It's called Genbu Kaiden, that is, "The legend of Genbu". The story is settled in Taisho era (1923) and relates how Takiko's father, Einosuke Okuda, a... [Continue...]

• Story: Shou Tajima
• Drawing: Shou Tajima
• Editor: Any
• Japanese Editor: Kadokawa Shoten
• Genre: Comedy School Life Shounen Slice of Life
• Tankōbon Number: 3

Three twins linked by a deep bond: Anko, Shunpei and Kyoei are the protagonists of the improbable triangle that the Korean Tajima proposes on the pages of his "Brothers". You are wrong if you think it's familiar ( "Georgie" n.d.a.), "Brothers" is not a drama in a shojo sauce but it's an irreverent comedy that seemed to possess all the requirements to become an unexpected and pleasant revelation.   The story of the pretty Anko, of the irascible Kyoei and the mild Shunpei, plays between... [Continue...]

• Story: CLAMP
• Drawing: CLAMP
• Editor: Tokyopop
• Japanese Editor: Kodansha
• Genre:
• Tankōbon Number: 8

Chobits is one of the most recent mangas created by Clamp. It has an unique style: even if the plot is not original, the manga does improve it, making it very funny, entertaining and above all very enthralling. The first volume will strike you and for sure you will read it all at once, even though the main plot formula has already been heard a number of times. Even if in the beginning the story can seem too common, from the second volume the intrigues and misteries that envelop the character of... [Continue...]