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Review: My Hero Academia vol. 7

By Dustin Cabeal

While I didn’t enjoy the anime adaptation of My Hero Academia all that much, I do still really enjoy the manga. It is by far one of the best superhero comics out there in either the Japanese or American market. For those familiar with Marvel Comics, think of Avenger’s Academy when you first heard about it, not when you read it, and expand that idea. The main character Midoriya is enrolled at UA which is a superhero academy.

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Review: One-Punch Man vol. 11

By Dustin Cabeal

I had quite a few problems with the tenth volume of One-Punch Man, and some of that is echoed in this volume. There is a lot of improvement even if there’s still too much of a dependency on “Bonus” stories to keep the thickness of the volume consistent.

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Review: Twin Star Exorcists vol. 7

By Dustin Cabeal

There are things to absolutely love about this volume and other things to just get through. The opening is incredibly strong and continued the thrilling cliffhanger from the last volume. We learn a least a part of what makes Rokuro so different. It’s just a taste though so don’t get excited. Whatever this mystery is, it’s the one thing that Yoshiaki Sukeno doesn’t blow through.

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Review: Food Wars! vol. 16

By Dustin Cabeal

Holy. Shit.

I can honestly say that I did not see this story direction happening. Volume Sixteen completes Soma’s challenge of the food festival, and if you were feeling burnt out on all the festival challenges, well don’t worry, apparently, the creator was too so he kind of brushes this one under the rug in favor of what he reveals. Hint, look at the cover.

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Review: Sword Art Online: Progressive vol. 1

By Dustin Cabeal

I have never read or watched anything Sword Art Online. I know it’s about people stuck in a virtual world that can’t get out and have several ways that they can die, but that’s about it. I’m not even sure where Progressive fits into the storyline, but I’d guess somewhere after the original series.

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Review: Master Keaton vol. 9

By Dustin Cabeal

I’m often sent comics and manga (in particular) well into a story’s run. It’s not something that scares me off, but that doesn’t mean I’m always able to or have the desire to review something that’s well established. I thought that would be the case with Master Keaton.

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Review: Tomie

By Dustin Cabeal

I read a lot of different genres regularly, but lately, I haven’t had much in the way of horror to enjoy. What little I have read, has been disappointing or amateurish copies of other stories. Along came Tomie by Junji Ito to shake that trend.

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Review: 7th Garden vol. 3

By Dustin Cabeal

I was pretty much done with 7th Garden after volume 2, but Viz sent me this volume for review, so I gave it one last go. One. Last. Go. Not only does this volume not redeem the series, but it also finds itself in a battle to decide what it is at its core.

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Review: Nisekoi: False Love vol. 19

By Dustin Cabeal

That’s more like it. In my last review, I admitted to maybe, kinda sorta being in love with this series. The afterglow has faded, and the series has not only returned to its usual shenanigans but further shows that it has fallen into the trap of success. The trap being needlessly continuing the story when a clear solution is in sight.

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Review: Goodnight Punpun vol. 4

By Dustin Cabeal

I’m pretty sure that my theory about each volume of Goodnight Punpun matching the reading level of Punpun is a bust. It was an interesting thought, but this volume put the kibosh on with a decision Punpun makes in this volume.

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Review: One-Punch Man vol. 10

By Dustin Cabeal

I have one gripe with this volume of One-Punch Man. There’s a lot of filler at the end of the volume. Granted it’s still entertaining and well-illustrated, but it’s not what I’m here for. It feels like Viz trying to pad the pages so that they can get a few extra volumes squeezed into the run. The “Bonus Manga” ends up being just over a fourth of the volume. Add that to the fact that the rest of the volume is split between Saitama, the baseball bat guy, and the current Human Monster bad guy, and it starts to feel stretched.

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Review: Fuuka – Ch. 134

By Dustin Cabeal

This review is my first time attempting to cover an individual chapter of a current manga. Fuuka, if you recall from the CBMFP, was a story that I feel in love with hard! I mean over a hundred chapters in a day. I forgot to eat at one point and wondered why my head hurt because I was so into this story.

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Review: Prison School vol. 5

By Dustin Cabeal

I have been waiting for this volume for what seems like forever. I pre-ordered it and got it on the day of release and unfortunately had to wait an extra day to read it and now review it. It was worth the wait. I’ve read a lot in the past few months… okay, I read a lot in general, but in the past few months, nothing has satisfied my reading appetite. Some left me hungry for more, while others were an undesirable meal leaving me craving a story that had some meat on it. Damn, am I hungry? Are you hungry? Ready to take a big ole’ bite of… butt… or something?