Somewhere in the great vastness of Northern Europe, a small, secluded village sits hidden in the snowy mountains. Hostile to visitors coming and residents going, the people of the town live quiet lives disconnected from the rest of the world. Together, a group of immortals—Maiza, Chez, Sylvie and Nile—find themselves here, following the trail of… Read More Review: Baccano – 2001: The Children of Bottle (Vol 5)
Zaregoto volume 3! At long last! Zaregoto volume 3! And some other stuff got licensed too, I guess. ;) Better start with Vertical’s announcements: Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose Resurrection at Nineteen (by Takaya Kagami, with art by You Asami) Hanging High School — Zaregoto volume 3 (by Nisio Isin, with art by take)… Read More New Vertical and J-Novel Club Licenses (March 2019)
We’ve returned to 1930s New York, where criminals run the town, and everyone else just lives there. This time as we rejoin the crazy world of Baccano! we follow a mysterious drug floating around the streets, claiming to have no physical side affects. The Runorata syndicate seems unusually involved in the happenings, and hapless junkie Roy Maddock… Read More Review: Baccano – 1932: Drug & The Dominos (Vol 4)
All aboard readers as we continue our crazy journey on the Flying Pussyfoot, the transcontinental trip from Chicago to New York. Along for the ride is the young boy Chez, train-hopping journalist Rachel and two warring-but-unrelated factions. We jump back to the mysterious events occurring on this trip, and see if everyone makes it out… Read More Review: Baccano! 1931: The Grand Punk Railroad – Express (Vol 3)
English Title: Division Maneuver Japanese Title: ディヴィジョン・マニューム— “Division Maneuver -Eiyuu Tensei-“ Author: Shippo Senoo — 妹尾尻尾 Illustrator: Nidy -2D- Translator: Andrew Cunningham Genre: Action, Fantasy, School Life Original Run: March 2017 – December 2017 English Run: March 2019 – ongoing Japanese Publisher: Kodansha Lightnovel (Kodansha) English Publisher: Seven Seas Volumes in Japanese: 2 (Completed)… Read More Division Maneuver
The menacing serial killer Masquerade is an ever-lurking threat to beautiful young women around the city—multiple bodies have been found with a missing limb and their face removed, earning the killer their name. Newbie Officer Yuri Uguisu has been obsessively dedicated to the case since the first of the slayings—the victim, her younger sister—and now… Read More Review: Masquerade and the Nameless Women
