Readers of Okazu frequently see me request more “After the happily-ever-after” manga; stories in which the girl, having gotten the girl, proceeds to make a life with her. Well, there’s a good reason why we don’t get that so much. For the presume…
In Moribito, Guardian of the Spirit, we learn Balsa’s tragic backstory, and why she cannot return to her country, Kanbal. In Moribito 2, Guardian of the Darkness, she returns to Kanbal to face her past.
Still in New Yogo, Balsa learns that the King w…
In Moribito, Guardian of the Spirit, we learn Balsa’s tragic backstory, and why she cannot return to her country, Kanbal. In Moribito 2, Guardian of the Darkness, she returns to Kanbal to face her past.
Still in New Yogo, Balsa learns that the King w…
In Volume 3 of A Certain Scientific Railgun, the Level Upper Arc comes to a crashing conclusion in which tears are freely shed by many characters and by at least one reader.
Yes, even though I knew what was coming, by virtue of having read this …
Handsome.
Manly.
Feminine.
Pretty.
Think about those words applied to a man, then a woman. For a woman to be “handsome” is perhaps not an insult, but when a woman is called “Manly” it almost assuredly is.
A man who is called feminine is probably …
The first US patent for a Railgun (a device that propels a projectile through electro-magnetic force) was granted in 1918. I mention that only because so much of what populates our scifi seems to be a direct result of World Wars 1 and 2.
In Volume 2 …
Having integrated Syoran into her set of allies, in Volume 2, Sakura is now faced with another, far more powerful enemy. And this time, she’s one ally down, as Mizuho has gone abroad again. This leaves Sakura, Kero-chan, backed up by Syoran and of, co…
Okashi Nako is a young woman living in poverty. When she applies to work at a Gem store, she learns that store owner, Otsuka Ren, is a lesbian. Ren promises that Nako’s not her type, but she may be lying…. Nako takes the job and so begins a comedi…
Welcome back, I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s blackout. As you may have guessed from my many years of writing about it here, freedom of expression is pretty much the one issue I consider to be the single *most* important issue there is. Obviously, as I…
The last volume of Josh Lesnick’s Girly series, Girly Forever, is a testimony to passion. Passion for cartooning, first and foremost, but also the obvious, laudable, passion Otra and Winter have for one another.
Having established Winter and Otra as …
