Manga on Rinsland's Corner

The One Piece Manga

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:40:05 -0600

Shōnen: One of the four demographic categories of manga, targeting boys 9-18.

I did it. I’m all caught up on the One Piece manga.

One Piece isn’t just a shōnen manga. It is the shōnen manga. There are many who came before, and many that came after, but this behemoth of a series created by Eiichiro Oda is the granddaddy of them all. It has been published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump since July of 1997 and has as of the time of writing this, 1108 chapters collected in 108 volumes.

Ajin: Demi Human

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 12:14:12 -0600

Ajin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gamon Sakurai. And it is really, really good. It is nothing more than a straight up action-horror manga with smart writing and cinematic art. It is built onan interesting premise, that certain people are starting to appear globally that simply regenerate back to life when they die, and supernatural creatures are involved.

Actually I am… (Review)

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:53:18 -0500

cover for Jitsu wa Watashi wa vol. 1

Jitsu wa Watashi wa (Translated as Actually I Am), is a Manga series written and illustrated by Eiji Masuda. It was published by Akita Shoten in Weekly Shōnen Champion and ran from January 2013 – February 2017. It has been collected into 22 volumes, with Seven Seas Entertainment translating and publishing it under the name My Monster Secret in North America starting in 2016. It has also been adapted into an anime, but I’m going to stick with the manga here.

The Best Anime I watched in 2021

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:34:40 -0600

Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) [Anime and Manga] The manga is a deeply emotional experience, and it has a single panel with Shouko, one of the major characters, laying on a bed that I consider one of the most heart wrenching moments in a manga I’ve ever experienced. It’s a story about bullying, redemption, friendship, and hardship. It’s very heavy, as it revolves around a deaf girl who spend a part of her youth being bullied. But told from the perspective of her bully. The movie will make people cry, but it’s just a cliffs’ notes version of the manga. Definitely one of the most impactful things I’ve read and seen in a very long time.

Manga Current Reads January 2022 Edition

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:14:38 -0600

DanDaDan DanDaDan is weird. Really, really weird. In a WTF is going on I need more kind of way. I don’t really know where it’s going but I am really enjoying the characters. Momo Ayase believes in ghosts and supernatural, due to her grandmother (who is hilarious) being an exorcist. She does not believe in the existence aliens/ufos/etc. Ken Takakura is the exact opposite, he believes in aliens/ufos/etc, and does not believe in the existence of the supernatural. They challenge each other to visit a specific place that is ‘well known’ to (in Ken’s case) be a supernatural hotspot or (in Momo’s case) be an alien sighting spot. Turns out aliens exist, and the supernatural is real, and they wind up fighting for their lives. This manga goes from 0 to 100 really quick, with a fast pace, horror elements, and comedy wrapped into a coming-of-age adolescence story. I am really enjoying this one.