This week’s column looks at the Brave Story novel, as well as The Cute Book, Kanna and Narration of Love at 17.

Mini-reviews of Heroes Are Extinct!!, Pine Kiss and Truly, Kindly, plus this week’s shipping list.

New releases plus reviews of Chunchu: The Genocide Fiend, ME2 and Million Tears.

Mini-reviews of Hanami: International Love Story, Monster, Run, Bong-gu, Run! and XS Hybrid.

Quick-n-dirty reviews of Canon, Hoshin Engi, Junko Mizuno: Pure Trance, Platina, Princess Resurrection and Vampire Knight.

This entertaining dramedy about a teen, her mom, and her twenty-something cousin is a winner.

Bite-sized reviews of In the Starlight, Kurogane, Trinity Blood and Yukiko’s Spinach.

Forest of Gray City is a funny, moving March-December romance about a twenty-something woman and her teenage roommate.

Shaman Warrior looks sharp, reads quickly, and promises more volumes of political intrigue, supernatural thrills, and good old-fashioned throw-downs.

If you like your manhwa with a healthy dose of pow! and splat!, then Banya The Explosive Delivery Man is for you.