Details and Symbols: Soul Eater's Sun and Moon
Soul Eater is Ookubo Atsushi‘s labor of love, and he’s packed it full of fun little details, references, and symbols. Among those details are the stylized, demonic sun and moon that can be seen almost...
View ArticleManga Pages: Deus x Machina chapter 12
I don’t plan on blogging anything release-by-release, but what a pleasant surprise to see chapter twelve of Karasuma Wataru‘s Deus x Machina finally done! As the subject of my first post, this series...
View ArticleArt-chitecture: Taboo-Tattoo chapter one
These past 4 days, I’ve been searching unsuccessfully for new manga to read. I like action series with cute girls, so I looked for works in that vein, but time and again I was confronted by failures in...
View ArticleManga Pages: Franken Fran chapter 43
Alright! New Fran! Kigitsu Katsuhisa‘s Franken Fran is my favorite currently-running manga, and even though I said I don’t plan on blogging anything release-by-release, I’ll gladly post on Fran every...
View ArticleWay of the Reader: Magazines vs. Tankouban in the West
Like most American manga fans, I was introduced to the medium through tankouban; and also like most of them, the only other way I can read manga is through scanslations. Reading manga this way, one...
View ArticleManga Pages: Soul Eater Not! chapter 1
I’m not dead! I’ll be slowing down, though; I was on a manga binge when I started this blog, doing a post every three days, so I’ll be cutting back significantly with two posts a month—still better...
View ArticleManga Pages: Yumekui Merry chapters 1–3
Until I’ve passed the anime’s plot, I won’t be able to read Ushiki Yoshitaka‘s Yumekui Merry without thinking about its adaption. The anime disappointed me quite a bit, to the point that I ragequit...
View ArticleHow To Make Your Physical-Copy Doujinshi Readable Without Learning Moon
[Also works with any Japanese manga, but doujinshi tend to be the ones that get bought in Japanese by people who don't know Japanese.] If you’re like me (god help you), then you like owning...
View ArticleIt’s Not My Fault That I’m Not Popular!
I was attracted to this manga by my love of dark circles under the eyes of girls; but make no mistake: Kuroki Tomoko isn’t cute. If she were, this manga wouldn’t work. Sure, she’s probably attractive...
View ArticleDigibro Never Shuts Up Episode 5
This episode came out so well, I didn’t even have to edit it! Tonight, Brandon Tolentino joins me for a cultural exchange. He introduces me to the world of American comics, and I introduce him to the...
View ArticleGhost in the Shell – Franchise Overview
Text version and links: If you enjoyed this video, consider supporting my output via patreon: http://www.patreon.com/digibrony Or paypal: digitalboyreviews@gmail.com Table of contents: 0:00 –...
View ArticleDetails vs. Flow In Manga Panels
Edited by The Davoo Text version: A lot of manga is rightfully celebrated for featuring highly detailed, illustrative artwork, which shows off incredible technical ability, while potentially bringing...
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