Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Vol. 3 Review

Once again, I will shout from the rooftops that, despite the trashtastic title, this series is very sweet and not trashy at all, although I wouldn’t blame someone for not reading it in public with that title splashed across the cover. After the cliffhanger of volume two, Adachi finds himself playing temporary host to Kurosawa, a situation...

Jul 2021

Tearmoon Empire Vol. 4 LN Review

She’s back! Fresh and triumphant off of student council elections, Mia is ready to rest on her laurels for a bit when duty comes calling – the academy city she previously set in motion is already floundering due to the scheming of the Greenmoons, one of the four most powerful aristocratic families of the empire. Ludwig thinks salvation...

Jul 2021

The Emperor’s Lady-in-Waiting Is Wanted as a Bride Vol. 1 LN Review

Too bad she doesn’t want to be one. Lyse Winslette is the orphaned daughter of a baron who works in the palace of the king of Olwen, a vassal state of the Razanate Empire. But Lyse has a secret – she’s actually the reincarnation of a knight of said empire, Qatora, a woman who died while protecting members of the imperial family. Although...

Jul 2021

Accomplishments of the Duke’s Daughter Vol. 1 LN Review

Going to stick to the manga instead for this one. As there isn’t any significant difference between this opening volume of the original light novel series and it’s manga adaptation, forgive me, but I’m going to engage in some self-plagiarism from a review of the manga: “Accomplishments of the Duke’s Daughter starts us out in a...

Jul 2021

Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower Vol. 1 Review

Well… its fine. Ayako is the ninth daughter of the emperor of Konkoku… but she’s spent most of her life as the Umashi-no-Miya, the sacred cook for the god Kunimamori-no-Okami. In practice, this has meant living solely with her older sister, who serves as a living representative of the god. Alas, as much as she values this role, when...

Jun 2021

The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 1-2 LN Review

Worth a try for fans of political intrigue, or fans of female-led stories who are sick of reborn otome villainess tales. I am going to cheat a little and plagiarize a bit of my description of the first volume of the manga adaptation of these light novels, as there are really only so many ways I can manage to summarize the basics twice…...

Jun 2021

Girls Kingdom Vol. 3 Review

Well, its fitting that I’d make my return with the latest volume of Girls Kingdom. Much as was the case in the second volume, in volume three Misaki is continuing to live the maid’s life largely unexamined, with only a scant moments of consideration given to her original goals of getting a good education so she can get a good office...

Jun 2021

Girls Kingdom Vol. 2

I could read this series forever. Having successfully beaten off the attempted takeover of the Sky Salon in the first volume while also neatly helping her room-mate land a gig, volume two finds Misaki reflecting with relief on the latter… and noticing that she’s gotten a bit more into this whole being a Seraph thing than she’d realized....

Mar 2021

I Cannot Reach You Vol. 1 Review

Boring. Kakeru is a bubbly, none-too-bright high school boy who can’t figure out why his classmates are wary of his quiet and handsome childhood friend Yamato (oh damn, I see what you did there). Yamato, for his part, can’t figure out how to ‘fess up to Kakeru that he wants to kiss him, although he comes quite close to telling him straight-out...

Mar 2021

The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 2 Manga Review

The circle widens, the intrigue deepens. Having easily won over the consort Gyokuyo and the Jade Palace in the first volume, Maomao’s got her work cut out for her when the Emperor sends her to look after Consort Lihua of the Crystal Palace. Consort Lihua has not recovered in the wake of the death of her baby son in the first volume,...

Mar 2021