1 Light Novel and 4 Volumes of Manga this week
RECORD OF LODOSS WAR: THE GREY WITCH, Ryo Mizuno
WITCH HAT ATELIER VOL 2, Kamome Shirahama
WITCH HAT ATELIER VOL. 3, Kamame Shirahama
DEAD DEAD DEMON’S DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION, Inio Asano
DEAD DEAD DEMON’S DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION, Inio Asano
Lodoss War was fun, I actually think the anime adaptation was better, but I enjoyed reading the book as well. Disappointed the further volumes haven’t been translated and released in English.
Witch Hat is a good story about a young witch apprentice, the best thing about it is the absolutely GORGEOUS artwork. Such beautiful detail and incredible backgrounds. That would be enough, but the story is also pretty engrossing and the cliffhangers each volume has ended on have been very good.
I’m a big Inio Asano fan, NIJIGAHARA HOLOGRAPH is one of the best graphic novels I have ever read and this series about a group of high school girls living in a Tokyo 3 years into an alien invasion. A gigantic flying saucer hovers above them and occasionally releases smaller saucers. The news is constantly abuzz with discussion of the invaders and the potential for armageddon and against this backdrop we get a real existential slice of life drama/comedy about these girls day to day lives. I’m loving it.
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