Sleep Is For the Weak

Bad Jew’s resolution for 2009 is to write more for the site, so his first Mini Review is of solanin, the manga every critic loves with the fire of a thousand hot Latin suns. It’s got indie appeal, is about 20-somethings who don’t know what to do with their lives, and features a not-very-good amateur [...]

It’s Geek Current Events time! 1.) I still haven’t been laid off from Tokyopop, huzzah. I even got a new series from them, one with VAMPIRES IN IT. Mweh heh heh. 2.) Speaking of vampires, for any of you who heard the scream of a thousand fangirls this week, that’s because there was a climactic [...]

Several weeks ago, in a living room: Bad Jew: So, are you ever going to update the f*cking website? Lianne: I don’t see you doing it. NotHayama: *snores in easy chair* Lianne: …I think I’m going to jump on her knees-first. Bad Jew: You could be spending that time updating the website. Lianne: Is there [...]

In honor of Tuesday’s sure-to-be-terrifying election, we have a special review from Bad Jew: a combo of two political manga, Eagle and First President of Japan. The manga are old, but so is the concept of politics making for good entertainment. Didn’t the Romans start that? Something about feeding political opponents to the lions or [...]

Recently our site has been having a problem with trolling comments. In a way, it’s a good thing: trolls mean that someone is actually reading our stuff! Always a nice to hear. The admins have been discussing how best to deal with this. I (badjew) am in favor of us just deleting the worst of [...]

Oh man oh man…so much good starts in October. I mean, seriously. And who wanted more of this, this, and this? And look what we get in November! Yesssssss. Also, Bad Jew did a Mini Review of Mixed Vegetables. Exciting! We should be back next week, since I’ve discovered I can now do these updates [...]

Working on Tactics has made me partial to stories about cute boys and awesome monsters, so when I heard about Natsume’s Book of Friends, I got excited. It turns out the show is way, way better than I was expecting. Here’s a Mini Review for you. Want a taste first? Here you go. Note that [...]

Let me be PERFECTLY clear about something. My use of the word “lolz” in last post was intended to be snarky and topical, since “lol” and “lolz” are often associated with the Internet’s obsession with kitties. It was brought to my attention that some might interpret my use of the word as an acceptance of [...]

Real life sucks. That is all. I’m going to update a few times this week, since we, um, FELL BEHIND QUITE A BIT. Viz sent us a number of review copies of stuff right before our blogging blackout, so we’re currently making our way through those. Here’s the first of those reviews: Matsuri Hino’s one-shot [...]

It’s a little lame, but I only updated the Reviews and Mini Reviews archives and the Vampire Knight review a little bit (I really wanted to link to an amusing MMV in there). Still, in other news, did you all hear about Youka Nitta? She’s the most recent mangaka to pretty much lose her career [...]