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About the Mangaka

Hasekura Isuna is a new writer on the block, with this series, Spice & Wolf, being his first published work.

About the Manga

When I originally watched the anime of this I was unimpressed, rather I thought it was crap. I also didn’t understand all the hype surrounding it, supposedly it was the best anime ever made. In the end I thought the anime was a pathetic waste of time since it didn’t do anything it set out to do. As such you can imagine my total apathy towards reading the novels…

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Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy

About the Mangaka

This series is a collaboration between Ryukishi07 who, as well as doing the original game, does the story. And Houjyou Yutori who does the art.

Ryukishi07 is the pen name of a member of a doujin group called 07th Expansion. They are famous for their visual novels, of which Higurashi is the most famous. You can check out their website here (NSFW & Japanese).

Suzuki Jiro has two other pieces of work, I, Otaku and Magical Muso. Though he has worked on several other projects in one form or another. He does however have a website, be warned it’s all in japanese and potentially NSWF

About the Manga

What a horrid cover, and sadly the art is just as bad inside. I almost didn’t finish reading it because the art was so bad.

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About the Mangaka

The mangaka this time is rather unusual, since Peach-Pit is actually a female duo. Sendo Banri and Ebara Shibuko have had success after success, though they did go through three other group names, before settling for Peach Pit. Every piece of work they have done has gone on to become both a hit as a manga, and a hit as an anime. DearS, Rozen Maiden have been licensed, both in anime and manga format. Only Shugo Chara and Zombie Loan’s anime remain unlicensed. Their other work, is a a series of short comics called, Peach-Pit’s Three Titles Collaboration Comic, and mixes the characters from the three big manga, DearS, Rozen Maiden, and Zombie Loan. This is also unlicensed, though unconfirmed rumours stated that at one point it was picked up by Tokyopop.

About the Manga

Another awesome volume from Peach-Pit, though in the grand scheme of things not a lot really happens.

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About the Mangaka

Kamatani Yuhki has only done two works to date, this Nabari no Ou, and a single volume work titled Liberamente. Nabari no Ou was her debut work, and is still currently running after ten volumes. She maintains a blog, but bear in mind it’s all japanese.

About the manga

I really loved this volume, mainly because we have a story here where there is no out and out good guy or bad guy scenario. I also love the way the various characters interact and grow, though I think to much has been revealed to fast, in some places.

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About the Mangaka

Not a lot of information on So-Hee Park unfortunately, this seems to be her second work, the first being Real Purple. She’s being working on manhwa since 2000 when she won the Seoul Media’s silver medal for Best New Manhwa Creator.

About the Manga

*sigh* once again this series epically fails to impress me on so many levels. Though admittedly there were a few chuckle worthy moments in the volumes.

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