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It’s sweet, but without much to it. I’m sad I couldn’t think of a good pastry analogy.

Michelle and Connie on Sgt. Frog, Slam Dunk, and more!

Featuring cute kimonos, cute characters, and some stereotypical shojo scenarios.

The sad and disheartening tale of a wanderer looking for a bit of happiness.

The PCS crew on Children of the Sea, V. B. Rose, and more!

The boys are cute, but they’re not taking anyone to heaven.

An early Mikiyo Tsuda/Taishi Zaou work that caters to very specific BL tastes.

It makes you feeling something, one way or another.

This latest release from Fumi Yoshinaga made Michelle all sniffly.

Featuring a diverse selection of ninja, samurai, maids, androids, and pirates!

Also featuring Fushigi Yƻgi: Genbu Kaiden, St. Dragon Girl, and the finale of Monkey High!

Also includes reviews of Honey and Clover, S.A, and We Were There.

We also take a look at the latest volumes of High School Debut, Rasetsu, and NANA!

The PCS crew on manga they both received and gave during the 2009 holiday season.

Take a peek into the pre-Akira nightmare that is Domu: A Child’s Dream!

There’s really only one way to say it: Adolf is amazing.

The PCS crew on the best and the disappointing from 2009!

The PCS crew welcomes its newest member, Jennifer Dunbar!

The PCS crew considers the manga series their lives resemble and those they just wish they did.

She’s a wolf god in human form, he’s a traveling merchant with big dreams… Together, they trade goods!

A prince in disguise, a whiny rich boy rescued… you’d think someone could actually make that interesting.

Nearly ten years after its US debut, the Haikasoru folks roll out this revised edition of Battle Royale!

Chloe looks at two books for crafters of canines.

An ex-yakuza finds that sometimes change isn’t possible or desirable.

Melinda, Jennifer, and Michelle on three titles geared for the aspiring artist.