Author: Hajime Kanzaka Illustrator: Rui Araizumi Translator: Elizabeth Ellis Editor: Megan Denton A cursory Google search can tell you that it's been roughly 50 years since the advent of tabletop role-playing games. Originally an offshoot of war-games and strategy games like chess, they gradually evolved to become storytelling devices, with character writing, elaborate settings, … Continue reading Slayers Volume 1 Review
Ryohgo Narita, the original author of Baccano and DURARARA!!, goes out of his way to craft an entertaining, intriguing, and emotionally affecting tale that takes place in the world of Bleach after the manga's final arc, with Hisagi himself in the eye of the storm.
Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden Volume 2 has to have been the most satisfying entry I've read of this series thus far. There is a level of emotional catharsis drawn from multiple events in the story that up to this point we've only gotten maybe glimpses of beneath the surface. Spoilers ahead for folks who have yet to read this volume or have only watched the anime.
Volume 5 of The Awesome Adventures of Kumoko cap us off at a very neat point in the story--it very much feels like the end of the first "saga" of the story. I'm hesitant to say first "part," because that could very well have been the moment when our protagonist finally exits the Great Elroe … Continue reading “So I’m a Spider, So What?” Volume 5 Review
Fresh from J-Novel Club, now also coming off the heels of an anime announcement, we've finally gotten the otome game inspired female protagonist take on the isekai light novel boom! I've been marginally aware about this for quite a bit, to the point where I was looking up Shosetsuka ni Narou! titles -- a site … Continue reading My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom! Vol. 1
I had the privileged opportunity to snag this book at AnimeNYC, a week before street date. So I'm a Spider, So What has quickly climbed the ranks of my favorite isekai light novels, and this particular volume brings us to a climax on the storyline between Kumoko, the titular girl reincarnated as spider, and the … Continue reading “So I’m a Spider, So What” Volume 4
Culture, the Wavey type 