Showing posts with label shojo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shojo. Show all posts
Monday, March 14, 2016

Manga Monday: Does love have to be unplanned?

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The truth behind Shiro-sensei's behavior finally becomes clear to even Hina in Suki: A Like Story Volume 3 . Note: Suki: A Like Sto...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

Manga Monday: Does Hina's goodness prevent her from seeing others clearly?

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Hina's sweet nature and love of those around her may make her blind to the dangers around her in Suki: A Like Story Volume 2 . Note:...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Manga Monday: Getting to know a loved one all over again

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Mio and Takumi were high school sweethearts...of a sort.They met in high school, but circumstances kept their relationship from developing u...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Manga Monday: A sunny girl with an overcast life

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Alongside magical girls and androids named Chi, CLAMP told the story of a lonely girl with a cheerful disposition in Suki: A Like Story Volu...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Manga Monday: Like mother, like daughter

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Osamu Tezuka revisits the realm of Silverland from his beloved shojo classic in The Twin Knights . The Twin Knights  is the sequel to...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Manga Monday: Can Ryukku rise to the challenge of protecting his teacher?

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Palace intrigue - and Shurei's temper - really flare up in The Story of Saiunkoku Volume 2 . Note:   The Story of Saiunkoku Volume...
Monday, July 30, 2012

Manga Monday: Is everyone who can see yokai so very odd?

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Takashi puts everything on the line to protect the Book of Friends and the yokai in his care in Natsume's Book of Friends Volume 3 . ...
Monday, July 23, 2012

Manga Monday: Perhaps Lydia needs to listen to her cat more often

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A kidnapping, a betrayal and a death follow Miss Lydia to the Isle of Manan in The Earl and the Fairy Volume 2 . Note:   The Earl and t...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Manga Monday: How far will a young scholar go to win the hand of the maiden?

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A beautiful girl, living in a monastery with her mother and maid, spies a travelling scholar in the orchard in the manga based on a classic...
Monday, April 23, 2012

Manga Monday: Can a naive girl help a young man reclaim his title?

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As the world forgets about the magical, those that bridge the two are left behind in The Earl and the Fairy Volume 1 . Miss Lydia C...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Manga Monday: Natsume finally starts to warm to some humans

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Natsume frees more spirits - and deals with more humans too - in Natsume's Book of Friends Volume 2 . Note:  Natsume's Book ...
Monday, March 19, 2012

Manga Monday: Can someone raised as both a boy and a girl ever be comfortable in her own skin?

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Princess Sapphire comes up against pirates, goddesses, and even Satan himself in  Princess Knight Volume 2 . Note: Princess Knight...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Manga Monday: Instead of fighting spirits, this boy gives them peace

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It's bad enough to be orphaned at a young age.  It's worse to be shuttled from distant relative to distant relative, always a burden...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Manga Monday: Another plucky young girl saving her noble family from poverty

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There are many stories out there in which a semi-noble family falls on hard times and ends up living a life of genteel poverty.  Oftentimes...
Monday, January 9, 2012

Manga Monday: A young angel's slip-up causes all sorts of trouble

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It's a great time to be a manga reader in the US.  Even though recent years have seen the demise of both CMX and Tokyopop, and now even...