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Review: Harukana Receive v. 1-3, by Nyoijizai

August 5, 2019August 8, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments comics, harukana receive, manga, nyoijizai, seven seas

A few months ago, I stumbled across the Otaku USA review of Harukana Receive, a new-ish sports manga from Seven

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Review: Witch Hat Atelier v.1 by Kamome Shirahama

June 3, 2019June 1, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments comics, fantasy, kamome shirahama, kodansha comics, kodansha USA, manga, review, witch hat atelier

Comics are magic, aren’t they? That’s less of a question, and more of a realization; Comics have a profound power

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Review: Saint Young Men #1 by Hikaru Nakamura

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments digital, hikaru nakamura, kodansha comics, kodansha USA, manga, review, saint young men

It’s not often that I review digital-only comics, but I’ll make a concession for Saint Young Men #1, a long-running

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Review: Gleipnir vol. 1, by Sun Takeda

April 11, 2019April 21, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments gleipnir, kodansha, kodansha USA, manga, review, seinen, sun takeda, young the 3rd

Let’s be blunt and call it like it is; a lot of the manga published in the United States is

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Review: An Invitation from a Crab by panpanya

January 25, 2019August 8, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments an invitation from a crab, comics, denpa, manga, panpanya, review

An Invitation from a Crab is a recent release from Denpa, a new manga publisher helmed by Ed Chavez. Chavez

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Review: Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu #1

January 14, 2019January 13, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments manga, Natsuya Semikawa, Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu, udon entertainment, Virginia Nitouhei

IJapanese pop culture has been obsessed with a type of storytelling called isekai over the last few years, and it’s

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Review: Ran and the Gray World vol. 1 by Aki Irie

November 28, 2018December 3, 2018 Alex Hoffman 0 Comments aki irie, manga, ran and the gray world, review, Viz Media

The first volume of Ran and the Gray World was one of the first Japanese language books I ever purchased.

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Review: Giant Spider & Me, Vol. 1-2, by Kikori Morino

October 22, 2018October 20, 2018 Alex Hoffman 1 Comment comics, kikori morino, manga, review, seven seas, seven seas entertainment

I’m fascinated by Giant Spider & Me, a recent release from Seven Seas. It’s genuinely unfathomable to me how a

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Quick Picks Reviews 

Quick Picks #11 – More Manga

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Alex Hoffman 1 Comment How to Treat Magical Beasts: Mine and Master's Medical Journal, manga, quick picks, review, Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, seven seas, short cake cake, Viz Media, yen press

Quick Picks is an occasionally written series of microreviews of books I’ve read over the past two weeks. This episode contains 3 manga microreviews.

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Review: Spirit Circle V 1-2 by Satoshi Mizukami

March 16, 2018October 5, 2018 Alex Hoffman 1 Comment manga, review, satoshi mizukami, seven seas entertainment, spirit circle

The writing here at Sequential State has been a bit sparse – apologies if you’ve been waiting for the latest

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Review: Unmagical Girl, vol. 1, written by Ryouichi Yokoyama and illustrated by Manmaru Uetsuki

January 22, 2018January 21, 2018 Alex Hoffman 1 Comment manga, manmaru uetsuki, ryouichi yokoyama, seven seas, unmagical girl

I read a lot of manga, but I don’t tend to write about it – that’s a problem, and one

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Review: Ginseng Roots #1 by Craig Thompson
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Review: Ginseng Roots #1 by Craig Thompson

June 26, 2019June 25, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0

Craig Thompson has something of a reputation amongst indie comics readers, both good and bad. The first issue of his

Review: Piero by Edmond Baudoin
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Review: Piero by Edmond Baudoin

March 25, 2019August 8, 2019 Alex Hoffman 1
Review: By Monday I’ll Be Floating in the Hudson with the Other Garbage by Laura Lannes
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Review: By Monday I’ll Be Floating in the Hudson with the Other Garbage by Laura Lannes

December 5, 2018April 22, 2019 Alex Hoffman 0
Review: Mother’s Walk by Lauren Weinstein
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Review: Mother’s Walk by Lauren Weinstein

October 3, 2018April 22, 2019 Alex Hoffman 1
Review: The Weaver Festival Phenomenon by Ron Regé
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Review: The Weaver Festival Phenomenon by Ron Regé

July 6, 2018April 22, 2019 Alex Hoffman 1

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Review: The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs by Celine Loup
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Review: The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs by Celine Loup

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Review: Bad Gateway by Simon Hanselmann
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Review: Bad Gateway by Simon Hanselmann

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Review: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, Written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero O’Connell
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Review: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, Written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero O’Connell

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Review: Trans Girls Hit the Town by Emma Jayne
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Review: Trans Girls Hit the Town by Emma Jayne

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