Shonen love-hate relationships, food manga, and more

Brad Rice checks the list of this week’s new releases at Japanator, and David Welsh is pleased to see the second volume of Summit of the Gods on the list. At Manga Bookshelf, Kate, David, Melinda, and Michele list their picks of the week.

You can’t have a battle without a rival: At Sequential Tart, Margaret O’Connell discuses the way opponents define each other in shonen manga. It’s almost like a romance, except with hatin’ instead of lovin’, which is why these pairs are often so slashable.

At Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Calvin Reid takes a look at the joint venture between manga publisher Seven Seas and the science fiction publisher Tor. Seven Seas, which looked like it was going quiet for a while, has a robust lineup of 24 manga titles planned for 2011, and Tor is launching its own line of original graphic novels.

David Welsh reaches the letter Z in his seinen alphabet.

At Manga Widget, Alex Hoffman takes an advance look at Bloody Monday, one of the series in Kodansha’s summer lineup.

I noted a few weeks ago that Xiao Bai had won the 4th Annual International Manga Award for her story Si loin et si proche…, but I didn’t notice that the full list of winners had been released. It’s an interestingly international group, with several winners from Belgium and Thailand and one from the U.S.: Abby Denson, who won a Bronze Award for Dolltopia.

At Manga Life, translators Alethea and Athena Nibley use one of their old first attempts at translatoin to explain why a dictionary alone isn’t enough.

The Ateneo de Manila University is opening its Food Manga Library to the public, Khursten Santos reports.

News from Japan: Booth rentals for the Tokyo Anime Fair are way down this year, as exhibitors boycott the fair to protest the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s increased restrictions on what it views as “harmful” manga. A new manga telling the life story (so far) of actress Sasaki Nozomi, which appeared in the fashion magazine non-no as well as the shoujo anthology Margaret, is being published in book form. And the B Gata H Kei manga is coming to an end after 300 chapters.

Reviews

Sean T. Collins on vol. 1 of AX (Attentiondeficitdisorderly)
Kai Charles on vol. 2 of The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga (Fiction State of Mind)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (The Comic Book Bin)
Khursten Santos on Red Blinds the Foolish (Otaku Champloo)
Carl Kimlinger on vol. 11 of Vampire Knight (ANN)
Anna on vol. 11 of V.B. Rose (Manga Report)

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Kaichou Wa Maid-sama!, Vol.12 Ch.057

Once an all boys school, Seika High, a renowned school full of reckless and filthy students, has recently become a co-ed school. However, with the female population still remaining a minority even after the change over the recent years, Ayuzawa Misaki takes it into her own hands to reform the school and allow a chance for the girls to feel safer in the rough environment.

Training, studying and even becoming the first female student council president of the school, Misaki has gained a reputation, among the male students body as an uptight boy-hating demon dictator and as a shining hope for the teachers and fellow female students. However, despite her tough-as-nails appearance, she secretly works part-time at a maid cafe in order to support her family. Unfortunately, her secret is soon revealed when the somewhat impassive Usui Takumi, a popular boy at school, nonchalantly discovers her in a maid uniform after school.

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High School, Vol.05 Ch.025

For fighting and humour fans
Jo Pae, a not really sane boy, in our modern days, he wants to become emperor of Korea... His first step when he enters high school is to become the leader of the strongest school there is. No one expecting it, he actually takes down all of the school's yankees.
Jo Pae is now the enemy to kill! All rival schools wants his head whatever the means!

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Dear, Vol.07 Ch.033

After living alone deep in the mountains with only a television for company most her life, Chiruha gathers up the courage to venture out and explore the local village. There she runs into trouble and is saved by the beautiful and deadly Kisara, who harbors a grudge for the one who cursed him with immortality. Has he finally found her…?

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Gamaran, Ch.080

"Middle Edo Period -- One state becomes the gathering place for sinful martial artists, who believe in nothing other than power, know of no other way of life other than letting oneself go wild in the battle. That state is the Unabara State, the "Haunt of Demons" . . ."

Washitzu Naosata, the ruler of the powerful state, Unabara, is looking for his successor. He calls upons all his 31 sons, and tell them to search for whoever they believe to be the strongest martial artist of all. Each of their chosen martial artists then are to fight against each other until only one is left standing. Whoever is the winner, whoever has the strongest martial artist in nation by his side will become his successor . . .

Out in the midst of the mountain is the doujo of the "Daigame Ryuu" (Giant Tortoise Style). There lives Kurogane Gama, the son of the legendary swordsman, Kurogane Jinsuke, who is believed to be able to kill 1000 martial artists in Unabara. There, one of the son of Washitzu Naosata, Washitzu Naoshi, comes in search of the legendary swordsman, only to find that he had gone missing several years ago. After seeing the battle style of Gama, he instead chooses to ask Gama to come with him. Wanting to become stronger, Gama agrees to his offer, and that marks the beginning of Gama's battle to become the strongest of all . . .

(From Ju-da-su)

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Youth Gone Wild, Vol.12 Ch.002

Yating was working in a recording company until she was fired by her boss (a famous movie actress with a spoiled temperament). Discouraged and jobless, Yating decided to work in a pub where a famous group called "Gangster" regularly played. Along the way, she gets to meet this guy who has the most divine voice. Yating's luck then began to change when her uncle decides to retire and set up his own record company. He asks her to join in his ambition to create the most famous rock group in Taiwan. This is the story of how Yating, being the new manager, tried to create the ultimate rock band!

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Be Heun, Vol.01 Ch.014

Pronounced - Bee heun

From: Easy Going Scans

There are some heroes whose names you do not know, whose faces you have not seen... They operate secretly, and their actions can make a difference in the outcomes of wars. Be Huen is the story of such a man. To follow his story, one must search in the shadows, for that is the only place you could find him...

Webtoon from Naver

Please address this work as a Manhwa (Korean word for cartoons)

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Id, Vol.19 Ch.119

We find Chunwha, a beautiful man, in a world beyond his own... There he will struggle to find his own purpose among the many inhabitants of the new world including elves, dwarves, and even mages! As we watch him grow in strength and spirit, the mangaka creates fascinating characters out of his companions and adversaries and moves past the simple concept of the antagonist vs the protagonist.

To find out what fate has in store for our hero, follow Id in a fantastic adventure, exploring a world where anything is possible and he is constantly mistaken for a girl!

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Gou-Dere Bishoujo Nagihara Sora, Vol.01 Ch.004

Alternative Name?????? ????; ????? ???; Goudere Bishoujo Nagihara SoraTypeJapanese Manga (Read from right to left.)Rank190th, it has 692,215 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.83 / 5 out of 103 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

Shouta is an otaku who's only love in the world is manga. One day, he happens to wish for one of his favorite characters, Nagihara Sora, to be by his side... and so she does! But what is he to do when he finds that his gentle and weak Sora has turned out to be a violent gou-dere* who views the world as a ero-game to be conquered for his sake?

*An unstoppable force that does whatever she pleases for her master, out of her love for her master.

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Style and substance

The Manga Villagers peruse the best of the past week’s new manga.

David Welsh takes a look at the winners of this year’s Shogakukan Manga Awards; only Ooku: The Inner Chamber has been licensed in the U.S., but several of the creators may be familiar to English-language readers. At Manga Widget, Alex Hoffman looks at another award-winning manga, Un Chocolatier de l’Amour Perdu, which won the Manga Taishou award recently.

Erica Friedman keeps us up to date with the latest edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu.

With a slow week coming up, Melinda Beasi devotes her Manhwa Monday post to a look at the books she’s most looking forward to.

Vom Marlowe looks at the inking style of Loveless at The Hooded Utilitarian.

At Otaku, No Video, Brent Newhall has a very interesting post about the effect that the format of manga has on its style. And he points us to the source of that discussion, asiascape vistas, which he describes as “a collective blog made by otaku in academia.”

If you don’t read Japanese but you do read French, and you’re a Shintaro Kago fan, Ryan at Same Hat has some good news for you.

Paul Gravett’s book Manga: The First Sixty Years has been banned again—this time in Malta. The book was pulled from the San Bernardino County Public Library system in 2006 after a politician saw the opportunity to burnish his credentials a bit by making a big deal of some of the illustrations.

Animemiz compares the anime and manga of Kimi ni Todoke at Anime Diet.

Alex Hoffman asks: Why do you like Fumi Yoshinaga?

Reviews: Ash Brown looks back at a week’s worth of reading at Experiments in Manga.

David Welsh on vol. 1 of Arisa (The Manga Curmudgeon)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 2 of Cat Paradise (Panel Patter)
Lori Henderson on vol. 1 of La Corda d’Oro (Manga Xanadu)
Kate Dacey on vol. 2 of Dragon Girl and Mistress Fortune (The Manga Critic)
Emily Kazanecki on vol. 4 of Itazura Na Kiss (Manga Life)
Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of Itsuwaribito (Comics-and-More)
Alex Hoffman on vol. 1 of Itsuwaribito (Comics Village)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of Kamisama Kiss (Comics Worth Reading)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 1 of Karakuri Odette (Panel Patter)
Todd Douglass on vol. 1 of Lives (Anime Maki)
Anna on Not Love But Delicious Foods Make Me So Happy (Manga Report)
Kristin on vol. 1 of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (Comic Attack)
Rob McMonigal on vols. 2 and 3 of One Piece (Panel Patter)
Erica Friedman on vol. 3 of Pure Yuri Anthology Hirari (Okazu)
Lori Henderson on the February issue of Shonen Jump (Manga Xanadu)
James Fleenor on vol. 1 of Summoner Girl (Anime Sentinel)
Lori Henderson on vol. 3 of Tena on S-String (Manga Xanadu)
Erica Friedman on vol. 9 of Tsubomi (Okazu)
Greg McElhatton on vol. 5 of Twin Spica (Read About Comics)
Julie Opipari on vol. 11 of Vampire Knight (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Brett Newhall on vols. 1 and 2 of Whistle! (Otaku, No Video)

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Natsume Ono at TCAF, Naoki Urasawa in the spotlight

David Welsh takes a look at this week’s new manga at The Manga Curmudgeon. And David joins Melinda Beasi, Kate Dacey, and Michelle Smith for a discussion of this week’s pick of the week.

Ed Sizemore invites Melinda Beasi, Erica Friedman, and David Welsh to discuss Peepo Choo with him on the latest Manga Out Loud podcast.

Melinda Beasi expresses a bit of impatience for more web manhwa in this week’s Manhwa Monday post.

Khursten Santos puts the spotlight on Naoki Urasawa, creator of Pluto, Monster, and 20th Century Boys, at Otaku Champloo.

One more reason to go to TCAF: Natsume Ono will be there.

Reviews: The Good Comics for Kids bloggers share what they have been reading this week in the latest episode of The Reading Pile, and Ash Brown gives us a quick rundown of a week’s worth of manga at Experiments in Manga. Other reviews of note:

Kristin on vol. 13 of 20th Century Boys (Comic Attack)
Connie on vol. 7 of Black Bird (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 12 of Blade of the Immortal (Slightly Biased Manga)
Anna on vol. 5 of Butterflies, Flowers and vol. 4 of Seiho Boys’ High School (Manga Report)
Liz Reed on vol. 1 of Cat Street (Manga Life)
Michelle Smith on vol. 1 of Eensy Weensy Monster (Soliloquy in Blue)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 2 of Grand Guignol Orchestra (The Comic Book Bin)
Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of Highschool of the Dead (Comics-and-More)
Julie Opipari on vol. 1 of Highschool of the Dead (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Alex Hoffman on vol. 1 of Kurozakuro (Comics Village)
Nicola on vol. 3 of MAOH: Juvenile Remix (Back to Books)
Connie on vol. 3 of Pokemon Adventures (Slightly Biased Manga)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 4 of Portrait of M & N (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Connie on vol. 1 of Ratman (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Sensual Phrase (Slightly Biased Manga)
Todd Douglass on vol. 5 of (Anime Maki)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 2 of The Stellar Six of Gingacho (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Lori Henderson on vol. 1 of Wolf God and vol. 1 of Fafner: Dead Aggressor (Manga Xanadu)

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Hareluya II Boy, Vol.31 Ch.270

From Eternal-Blue:
Basically, this manga follows Hibino Hareluya as he tries to "conquer the world" by dealing with the everyday punks on the street. Always ready to fight and always winning his fights, he just finds himself in more and more trouble. Along the way he surrounds himself with friends who are all very strong in their own unique way. It's from the same mangaka of Bremen.

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Drifters, Vol.02 Ch.019

TypeJapanese Manga (Read from right to left.)Rank204th, it has 652,755 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.95 / 5 out of 130 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

The story of Drifters takes place during Japan's Sengoku period (roughly XV to XVII century), a time of constant warring between the island's states, and a natural setting of choice for samurai stories. Young samurai on verge of death suddenly finds himself into another, fantastic world. How? Why? These questions remain unanswered

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Manga invades Angoulême

The Angoulême comics festival is just wrapping up in France, and manga seems to have played a prominent part. Riyoko Ikeda, creator of The Rose of Versailles, was a guest of honor, and she sang at the palace of Versailles. An entire section of the festival was dedicated to underground manga by female creators, and there is an entire website, Mangouleme (in French) devoted to the manga happenings at Angoulême.

Melinda Beasi is joining the Digital Manga Guild and plans to write about her experiences there.

Alex Hoffman (possibly NSFW) looks at Manga Taisho Award winners he’d like to see in English.

David Welsh kicks off his josei alphabet at The Manga Curmudgeon with the letter A.

Lissa Pattillo is asking her readers to suggest chibis (-tans) to represent the different manga publishers.

News from Japan: The publisher Kodansha has asked the Chinese portal Baidu to remove manga from their site that have been posted without permission, and Shueisha has told Apple it wants puzzles based on One Piece illustrations and music, also unauthorized, to be removed from the iTunes store. And the manga creator Kazoku Takahashi (Minami no Kazoku) has died.

Reviews: Carlo Santos takes a look at another batch of new releases in his latest Right Turn Only!! column at ANN.

Connie C. on vol. 2 of Ai no Kusabi (Comics Village)
Mark Thomas on vol. 1 of Chobits (omnibus edition) (Mania.com)
Anna on vol. 3 of Demon Sacred (Manga Report)
Todd Douglass on vol. 11 of Higurashi When They Cry (Anime Maki)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 50 of Naruto (The Comic Book Bin)
Oyceter on vols. 3 and 4 of Nightschool (Sakura of DOOM)
James Fleenor on vol. 2 of Ratman (Anime Sentinel)
Emily on Sensei ni Ageru (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)

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Kid Gang, Vol.02 Ch.017

edit Kid Gang Vol.02 Ch.015: Chulsoo's Dad, Younghee's Mom! new Hidden Gems kapera Jan 30, 2011 Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.

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Free manga and Japanese croquet

DMP is offering Reversible for free on their eManga site for the entire month of February.

Melinda Beasi presents three reasons to read Peepo Choo at Manga Bookshelf.

Lori Henderson celebrates the Year of the Rabbit with a post on manga featuring rabbits and other cuddly creatures.

News from Japan: The sport of gateball, the Japanese version of croquet, was falling so far out of fashion that even old men weren’t playing it any more—until a cartoon high school girl took it up! Asahi Shimbun credits the manga Gate Girl for revitalizing interest in what sounds like a fairly sedate sport, thanks to the addition of miniskirts and lots of drama. Meanwhile, Kodansha has announced a digital version of Morning 2 for the iPad, iPhone, and Android devices.

Reviews

Connie on vol. 13 of 20th Century Boys (Slightly Biased Manga)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 1 of Fairy Tail (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Kristin on vol. 2 of Gente and vol. 5 of Ooku: The Inner Chamber (Comic Attack)
David Welsh on vol. 1 of Kamisama Kiss (The Manga Curmudgeon)
Nicola on vol. 3 of Library Wars: Love and War (Back to Books)
Connie on vol. 1 of Kizuna (Slightly Biased Manga)

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Full Lists of Gods, Vol.01 Ch.001

Alternative Name???; ???; Chong Shen Bang; God PretenderTypeChinese Manhua (Read from left to right.)RankUnknown, it has 0 monthly views.RatingAverage 0.00 / 5 out of 0 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

This work won the Best Art Award at the Asia Issued Comics Summit in 1999.

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Vertical nabs Princess Knight, Drops of God

Big news today: Vertical announced two new manga licenses, Osamu Tezuka’s Princess Knight and the wine-tasting manga Drops of God (Kami no Shizuku). Princess Knight was one of the early shoujo manga and features a swashbuckling princess disguised as a boy; Kate Dacey has some good background at The Manga Critic. Drops of God is about the son of a wine critic who finds out after his father dies that he has an adopted brother—and that the inheritance will go to the one who can identify 13 rare wines. Here’s a news story about it from a couple of years ago that gives the gist.

News from Japan: Comic Rush magazine is ditching the dead trees and going to a digital format for iOS and Android devices. And ANN has the latest Japanese comics rankings.

Reviews: Melinda Beasi and Michelle Smith look at some yaoi for the new year at Manga Bookshelf.

Kyla Hunt on vol. 2 of Chi’s Sweet Home (Graphic Novel Reporter)
AstroNerdBoy on Clover (omnibus edition) (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Danica Davidson on vol. 1 of Crimson Hero (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Kyla Hunt on vol. 1 of Dengeki Daisy (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Nicola on vol. 1 of Genkaku Picasso (Back to Books)
Kristin on vol. 5 of Jormungand (Comic Attack)
Anna on vol. 2 of Kamisama Kiss (Manga Report)
Danica Davidson on vols. 1 and 2 of Princess Princess (Graphic Novel Reporter)
David Welsh on vol. 1 of The Story of Saiunkoku (The Manga Curmudgeon)
Lori Henderson on the January issue of Yen Plus (Manga Xanadu)
Leroy Douresseaux on You and Me, Etc. (The Comic Book Bin)

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Ryuuji, Vol.02 Ch.019

From Fate:
Entirely unknown nationwide is a high school student named Shino Ryuuji. At a national convention in his last year of junior high, he was allowed to go to a U-16 training camp as a Japanese representative candidate; that was to show a single part. In a friendly match against the U-17 Spain representative, Ryuuji was selected as one of the chosen to bathe in the severe baptism of the world! In the overwhelming reality, many soccer fans were fascinated by Japan's first-of-its-kind genuine story, the long-awaited serialization!

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Saki, Ch.075

Miyanaga Saki is a high school freshman who doesn’t like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year’s gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost.

As a result, she’s learned to play in such a way that her score always remains plus/minus zero: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she’s being dragged to her school’s mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment?

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Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka, Vol.01 Ch.005

In order to protect the girl Yuuhi Katagiri, a new transfer student, ...from danger, Junichi Nagase is forced to kiss her. Not understanding what happend, she screams at him, not knowing that her father has arranged for her to marry him

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Yumeiro Patissiere, Vol.06 Ch.020

Amano Ichigo is incredibly clumsy and can't seem to do anything right until she is scouted at a Sweets Festival by Henri-sensei, who acknowledges her ability of taste. Henri-sensei suggests that she transfer to St. Marie academy, which she recognizes as the school her Grandmother, a skilled patissiere, was enrolled at. Ichigo has trouble adjusting, but with the help of the three Sweets Princes and their magical Sweets Spirits, as well as her own Sweets Spirit, Vanilla, she gains confidence and is able to work towards becoming a fantastic patissiere.

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Ares, Vol.26 Ch.199

The story takes place in an era similar to that of ancient Rome in a country called Cronos. It follows a group known as the Temple Mercenaries. In particular, the manhwa is about Ares, Michael and Baroona, three young warriors with mysterious pasts and surpassing skills...

The manhwa is notable for its subtle use of anachronistic elements (Ares' shoes are similar to that of classic Adidas), as well as very dynamic and fluid action sequences.

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Waruiko Demo Ii?, Vol.01 Ch.004

Alternative Name????????; ????????; ???????; Tendre Voyou 2 (French); Warui ko Demo ii?; Waruiko Demo Ii; Waruiko DemoIi?TypeJapanese Manga (Read from right to left.)Rank865th, it has 186,755 monthly views.RatingAverage 4.94 / 5 out of 180 total votes. You're more than welcome to Edit the info or Upload a manga chapter for share. Thanks for your contribution.

The continuation of I Want To Be Naughty!

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Eden no Ori, Vol.09 Ch.075

Genre(s) Action, Adventure, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Shounen, Tragedy

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Snowy day update

 Improbable anatomy alert!
Sean Gaffney takes a look at next week’s new manga, and it looks like there’s a better selection this week than last, with new volumes of Black Butler, Gakuen Alice, and Pet Shop of Horrors Tokyo; a new shonen manga, Lives, from Tokyopop; the brand-new Highschool of the Dead, which is pretty much what it sounds like, from Yen; a couple of new yaoi one-shots from Digital and Blu; and the final volume of Mad Love Chase.
Jason Thompson looks at Swan, the surprisingly shonen manga about ballet, in his latest House of 1000 Manga column at ANN.
The latest dish in the Manga Moveable Feast is Ash Brown’s review of vol. 1 of Karakuri Odette at Experiments in Manga, and Melinda Beasi and Michelle Smith come to the table with their Off the Shelf dialogue on the entire series at Manga Bookshelf.
Manga Critic Kate Dacey (who once gave Banya The Explosive Deliveryman an A!) muses on the role of hyperbole and ennui in manga reviews. As always, her readers weigh in with some interesting comments.
Speaking of manga critics, this week, The Hooded Utilitarian unveiled their Best Online Comics Criticism 2010 results. In the interest of full disclosure, I was invited to be a member of the roundtable but dropped out because of work and personal issues. When done right—and this was done right—it’s a big commitment, especially for the organizers, and Ng Suat Tong deserves a lot of credit for making this a year-long effort. Anyway, I can’t argue at all with the results, and for added value, the members are all posting their personal lists along with their comments. Pray for a snow day, because this is a lot of reading: Derik Badman, Melinda Beasi, Johanna Draper Carlson, Shaenon K. Garrity, Tim Hodler, Chris Mautner and Bill Randall.
Melinda Beasi explores the joys of shipping at Manga Bookshelf with a trio of made-up romances from her favorite manga.
ANN rounds up some recent announcements of new manga licenses, ten from Digital and one from Yen Press.

License request: David Welsh would like to see Akuma to Dolce, by Julietta Suzuki (Karakuri Odette):

It’s apparently about a girl with an aptitude for both magic and cooking. She inadvertently summons a powerful demon who, conveniently enough, will do just about anything for a sweet treat. From there, I would imagine that standard but charming, slightly idiosyncratic shôjo antics ensue. And this is sometimes all I require from a series.

Christopher Butcher samples the delights of Shinjuku at Comics212.
Reviews
Lori Henderson on vol. 1 of Kamisama Kiss (Comics Village)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 3 of Peepo Choo (ANN)
Kristin on Romeo x Juliet (Comic Attack)
David Welsh on vols. 9 and 10 of Sand Chronicles (The Manga Curmudgeon)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 32 of Shaman King (The Comic Book Bin)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of What’s Michael (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
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