#IReadsYou Review: VAL X LOVE Volume 8

VAL × LOVE, VOL. 8
YEN PRESS

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MANGAKA: Ryosuke Asakura
TRANSLATION: Ko Ransom
LETTERS: Rochelle Gancio
ISBN: 978-1-9753-0900-8; paperback (April 2020); Rated “M” for “Mature”
194pp, B&W, $13.00 U.S., $17.00 CAN

Val × Love is a Japanese manga series by Ryosuke Asakura.  It has been serialized in Square Enix's shonen manga magazine, Monthly Shonen Gangan, since December 2015.  Yen Press is publishing an English-language edition of the manga in North American as a graphic novel series.

Val × Love focuses on Takuma Akutsu, who has had a scary face every since he was a child.  Terrified of human contact, Takuma just wants to live a quite life.  However, Takuma receives a revelation from Odin, the lord of Asgard, that the world will end soon and that it is on Takuma's shoulders to save the world.  Odin sends his nine daughters, the nine Valkyries, also known as the “Satome Sisters,” down to Earth.  Now, Takuma must raise their fighting level and practice “Val Love.”

As Val × Love, Vol. 8 (Chapters 41 to 45) opens, little Kururi-chan's all grown up.  After she put on a magic helmet, Kururi grew from an adorable kid sister to a rebellious teenager.  Now, it will take all Takuma's wiles to help Kururi gain experience points and level up.  This is especially true when a monster invades the city, and Kururi's weapon, “Rossweisse” the cannon, is much needed.

One high school student and nine Valkyries can make a household budget tight, so when the girls take on a part time job, Takuma tags along.  They'll need his protection because their part time jobs involve them being shrine maidens!  Plus, Shino wants to clean her master's “sword,” and Mutsumi is recruited to be one-half of an idol duo.

[This volume includes bonus manga.]

The Val × Love manga is a surprisingly risque comic fantasy.  I am having a hard time imagining these buxom and/or curvy girls as Valkyries.

Val × Love Graphic Novel Volume 8 is an entertaining read.  I did not have too hard a time figuring out the series – thanks to Google and Wikipedia.  Although there is some internal mythology dealt with in Vol. 8, especially at the end, most of this volume is a collection of comic situations built around Takuma and the sisters working together.

Ko Ransom offers a frothy English-language translation, but readers might not pay too much attention to only reading.  I don't think that I have ever read a manga that featured so many cartoon depictions of female breasts in a variety of sizes and shapes as Vol. 8 does.  This volume is T&A, with a heavy emphasis on the T – titties galore, indeed.  But creator Ryosuke Asakura has fashioned an endearing comedy that might grow on me and you, dear readers, the more we read it.

7 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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#IReadsYou Review: A WITCH'S PRINTING OFFICE Volume 1

A WITCH'S PRINTING OFFICE, VOL. 1
YEN PRESS

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STORY: Mochinchi
ART: Yasuhiro Miyama
TRANSLATION: Amber Tomasaitis
LETTERS: Eric Hickman
ISBN: 978-1-9753-3146-7; paperback (December 2019); Rated “T” for “Teen”
194pp, B&W with some color pages, $15.00 U.S., $19.50 CAN

Mahoutsukai no Insatsujo is a fantasy manga that began as a digital manga written and illustrated by Mochinchi.  Later, Yasuhiro Miyama became series artist, and it began serialization in the manga magazine, Dengeki G's Comic, until the magazine was discontinued.  Yen Press is publishing an English-language edition of the manga in North America as a series of graphic novels entitled, A Witch's Printing Office.

A Witch's Printing Office, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 6) introduces Mika Kamiya, a young woman who is a comic nerd.  Returning home from a recent “Comiket” (a real-life event also known as “Comic Market”), Mika is about to enjoy her haul of comics when she is whisked away to a strange fantasy land.  This is a world similar to the kind that would be the setting of an RPG (role-playing game), but Mika wants to return home.

Searching for a spell that will send her home, Miya Kamiya becomes a young businesswoman.  First, she establishes Protagonist Press, a publishing house that focuses on spell books, scrolls, summoning contracts, and other magical tomes.  She hopes that one day one of those presented to her for publishing will contain the spell she needs.  Then, in a world full of wizards and witches, she decides that she needs to gather them all in one place.  So, Miya starts “Magiket” or “Magic Market,” a place where authors, publishers, and creators and makers of spells can sell magical tomes to witches, wizards, mages, and magic users of all skill levels.  Perhaps, in this market, she can meet someone who has the spell that will transport her home.

[This volume includes miscellaneous back matter in the form of comics, illustrations and text.]

The A Witch's Printing Office manga is not the first time I have come across a manga about a young woman involved in the business of creating and selling magical spells.  It is the first one that has as one of its most important settings, a book festival, fair, and flea market.

A Witch's Printing Office Graphic Novel Volume 1 presents a narrative with a definite goal, something for which writer Mochinchi should get some extra credit..  The heroine is involved in ventures that will allow her to peruse a wide range of magical spells while she hopes to find the spell that will transport her home.  However, the characters are not that well-developed in the chapters that comprise this first volume, even Miya Kamiya.  I would like to see a more in-depth look at the characters in future volumes of this interesting fantasy manga.

The art by Yasuhiro Miyama is beautiful.  Layered, textured, and toned, Miyama's illustrations give the world of A Witch's Printing Office weight and substance.  The art presents a rather engaging graphical storytelling package that is made even better by the English edition lettering by Eric Hickman.  The story potential and the art make A Witch's Printing Office worth another read.

7 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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#IReadsYou Review: KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE Volume 3

KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE, VOL. 3
YEN PRESS

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

MANGAKA: Spica Aoki
TRANSLATION: Taylor Engel
LETTERS: Lys Blakeslee
ISBN: 978-1-9753-0860-5; paperback (April 2020); Rated “T” for “Teen”
164pp, B&W, $13.00 U.S., $17.00 CAN

Otome Kaiju Kyaramerize is a manga written and illustrated by Spica Aoki.  It was serialized in the seinen manga magazine, Monthly Comic Alive, starting in early 2018.  Yen Press is publishing an English-language edition of the manga in North America as a series of graphic novels under the title, Kaiju Girl Caramelise.

Kaiju Girl Caramelise focuses on an outcast girl named Kuroe Akaishi.  She is suffering from a rare, incurable illness that causes frightening changes to her body, and she spends her high school days avoiding all her classmates.  Then, she draws the attention of class idol, Arata Minami, so now, Kuroe questions the weird feelings she has when she is around this popular boy.  But Kuroe's mother, Yuriko Akaishi, knows the truth.  Her daughter is the Godzilla-like kaiju known as “Harugon!”

Kaiju Girl Caramelise, Vol. 3 (Chapters 11 to 16) opens shortly after Harugon's latest appearance.  But Kuroe's real problem is that the new school semester is beginning.  Despite her best efforts to keep her budding relationship with Insta-famous classmate, Arata Minami, a secret from her classmates, Kuroe is thrust into the spotlight.  [“Insta” is this series' Instagram-like social media app.]

Now, the socially awkward girl finds herself attracting unwanted attention from girls who are jealous of her relationship with Minami.  Luckily, she meets a new friend, a gorgeous classmate named Raimu Kouno a.k.a. “Rairi.”  But this uber-attractive girl who has a knack for make-up hides her own dark secret regarding physical transformations.

[This volume includes an “Afterword” in comics form.]

The Kaiju Girl Caramelise manga is another new title to me.  My Yen Press rep included it in a batch of titles for review.

Kaiju Girl Caramelise Graphic Novel Volume 3 won't confuse you, dear readers, if it is your first encounter with the series.  It is too damn good to be confusing.  Creator Spica Aoki hits upon themes and plots that are timeless and familiar in juvenile fiction.  Self-confidence, self-hate, the fear of unwanted attention, acceptance of peers, young love, teen angst, friendship, physical appearance, having a secret side, and more are all there in Vol. 3.

Also Aoki has created such a lovable cast of characters.  Kuroe is endearing, and her friends, classmates, and contemporaries (even the jerks) are engaging characters.  It is just a blast to read their adventures, especially because of Taylor Engel's adaptation, which captures the narrative's serious moments and its comic and sugary side.  Lys Blakeslee's lettering also goes a long way in giving each moment its correct tone.

From what I gather via my research, Vol. 3 may be the final volume of the series... for the time being.  This volume ends with a “to be continued.”  I hope so; this is the best Yen Press manga that I have read to date.

9 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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#IReadsYou Review: GABRIEL DROPOUT: Volume 8

GABRIEL DROPOUT, VOL. 8
YEN PRESS

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

MANGAKA: Ukami
TRANSLATION: Caleb D. Cook
LETTERS: Rochelle Gancio
ISBN: 978-1-9753-0847-6; paperback (April 2020); Rated “T” for “Teen”
130pp, B&W, $13.00 U.S., $17.00 CAN

Gabriel DropOut is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ukami.  The series began serialization in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh G magazine in December 2013.  Yen Press is publishing an English-language edition of the manga in North America as a series of graphic novels under the title, Gabriel Dropout.

Gabriel Dropout focuses on Gabriel White Tenma, the top angel in her class.  She has descended from Heaven in order to attend high school and to guide humans to the correct path.  However, Gabriel has developed a video game addiction, slacks off, and hangs out with other angels and demons that have come to Earth.

As Gabriel Dropout, Vol. 8 (Chapters 58 to 63) opens, Gabriel learns that her worst nightmare is about to become a reality.  Her older sister, the powerful angel, Zeruel, is coming for a visit.  She is Angel Academy's most illustrious graduate ever.  Also known as “The Arm of God,” Zeruel is one of Heaven's mightiest weapons.  Zeruel has a brilliant mind, has looks beyond compare, is a force to be reckoned with... and she is coming to check up on her little sister, Gabriel.

Determined to hide that she is a slacker and video game addict, Gabriel has got a foolproof plan to deceive her older sister.  At least, Gabriel thinks she has a foolproof plan to deceive Zeruel...

[This volume includes bonus manga.]

The Gabriel Dropout manga is another new title to me.  My Yen Press rep included it in a batch of titles for review.

Gabriel Dropout Graphic Novel Volume 8 focuses mainly on the comic conflict between Gabriel and her older sister, Zeruel.  Ukami's art is a super-cute confection of super-deformed, chibi, and sparkles.  It could arouse feelings of “moe” in readers.  I found it pleasantly amusing, but it is not something that I would read on a regular basis.  As much as I like supernatural comedy manga, I think Gabriel Dropout is for a specific readership that likely does not include me.

But I think some readers' moe-dars are already onto it.

5 out of 10

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#IReadsYou Review: A CERTAIN MAGICAL INDEX Volume 21

A CERTAIN MAGICAL INDEX, VOL. 21
YEN PRESS

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MANGAKA: Chuya Kogino
ORIGINAL STORY: Kazuma Kamachi
CHARACTER DESIGNS: Kiyotaka Haimura
TRANSLATION: Andrew Prowse
LETTERS: Phil Christie
ISBN: 978-1-9753-3198-6; paperback (April 2020); Rated “T” for “Teen”
194pp, B&W, $13.00 U.S., $17.00 CAN

A Certain Magical Index is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura.  It has been published by ASCII Media Works (a brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing) under their “Dengeki Bunko” imprint since April 2004.

A Certain Magical Index has been adapted into two manga series.  Chuya Kogino has adapted and illustrated the manga that is directly based on the novels.  Kogino's A Certain Magical Index began serialization in the May 2007 issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan.  Yen Press is publishing an English language adaptation of Kogino's manga as a graphic novel series, also entitled A Certain Magical Index.

A Certain Magical Index is set in a world where supernatural abilities exist.  Touma Kamijou is a high school student who has an unusual ability; his right hand is the “Imagine Breaker.”  It has the ability to negate any supernatural power, but it also negates Touma's own luck.  Touma lives in Academy City, a scientific marvel of the modern world where superhuman abilities are artificially cultivated and commonplace.  Touma meets an English nun named “Index,” or maybe she thinks she's a nun.  Touma's abilities and his relationship with Index prove dangerous to many entities that want to discover the secrets behind him, Index, and Academy City.

As A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 21 (Chapters 123 to 128) opens, protests against Academy City have broken out worldwide, and the never-ending tensions between the forces of magic and science escalate even further.  Who truly stands to benefit from the specter of conflict, and can anything be done to prevent the worst-case scenario?

Touma finds himself confronted by a mysterious old woman who turns out to be Monaka Oyafune, one of Academy City's board of directors.  She sends him on a mission to Avignon, France to discover who is really the mastermind behind the protests against Academy City.  Accompanied by his friend, Motoharu Tsuchimikado, and assisted by a young female magician, Itsuwa, Touma will find himself facing a most fierce enemy, Terra of the Left, a member of “God's Right Seat.”

I had never heard of the A Certain Magical Index manga, nor of the light novel series upon which it is based.  I had to learn about the series when my Yen Press media rep sent me a review copy of the manga.

A Certain Magical Index Graphic Novel Volume 21 is the one I received.  After some intense Internet research, including using Wikipedia and Google, I had some information on the series' publishing history, adaptations and mythopoeia.  I figured out enough to enjoy Vol. 21, and I can see how some readers would drawn into the complicated, complex, and multi-layered world of A Certain Magical Index, both light novels and manga.

I certainly enjoyed the art by Chuya Kogino, who both adapts the novels and draws the manga.  His multi-genre style is appropriate both for the action-fantasy elements of A Certain Magical Index and its comic moments.  I would read practically any manga Kogino illustrated.

The English translation by Andrew Prowse deftly conveys the large cast of characters and the multiple competing interests and conflicts.  I can say that Vol. 21 is good enough to make a new reader consider going back to the beginning of manga series, and giving it a try.

7 out of 10

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#IReadsYou Review: AFTER-SCHOOL BITCHCRAFT Volume 1

AFTER-SCHOOL BITCHCRAFT, VOL. 1
YEN PRESS

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STORY: Yu Shimizu
ART: Kazuma Ichihara
TRANSLATION: Christine Dashiell
LETTERS: Phil Christie
ISBN: 978-1-9753-9922-1; paperback (March 2020); Rated “OT” for “Older Teen”
194pp, B&W with some color pages, $13.00 U.S., $17.00 CAN

Hokago Bitchcraft is a manga from writer Yu Shimizu and artist Kazuma Ichihara.  Yen Press is publishing an English language edition of the manga in North America as a series of graphic novels, entitled After-School Bitchcraft.

After-School Bitchcraft, Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 6) introduces high school student, Ririka Kirise, a “gyaru,” or “party-girl fashion” type.  This style-savvy high school girl is also serious about keeping up with her chemistry class, although she struggles with the subject.  Looking for some help, she opens the door to her teacher's office and inadvertently breaks his magic barrier in the process.

It seems that Renji Fuyumi is both a high school teacher and a sorcerer.  Unbeknownst to Renji, Ririka also has the makings of being a sorceress herself.  Before she knows it, Ririka is Renji's apprentice, and she finds herself wrapped up in the world of witchcraft and stuck in some sticky situations.

[This volume includes four color pages; an “Extra” manga (Episode 4.5); an “Afterword” by Yu Shimizu and Kazuma Ichihara; and “Translation Notes.”]

The After-School Bitchcraft manga has an unusual name.  What is “bitchcraft?”

After-School Bitchcraft Graphic Novel Volume 1 does not introduce us to a high school teenage girl who is a “bitch,” not as far as I can tell.  The first volume presents, in Ririka, a girl who is very powerful, but who is more of a “klutz” or “ditz” type.  However, she is a likable, and readers may find themselves wanting to discover the world of magic through her eyes.  Writer Yu Shimizu, who is also an author of light novels, hints at a complicated and dangerous world of magic that Shimizu is bound to unveil before readers' eyes as the series unfolds.

The art and storytelling by artist Kazuma Ichihara is playful and is filled with “fanservice,” in the form of panty-shots, T&A, and Ririka's curvy figure and bountiful bosoms (which always seem ready to burst forth like eager and playful puppies).  Christine Dashiell's translation plays up the aspects of this story that are a sexy romp and teases the parts of the story that deal with this world of mysterious magic.  Letterer Phil Christie splashes fonts and word balloons across the pages that make this story pop even when it is being teasing and frivolous.

I don't know if After-School Bitchcraft will be exceptional, but the first volume does make me curious about the second volume.  Plus, it is hard to resist Vol. 1's cover art, which features the number “1” emblazoned in red on Ririka's ample left breast.

7 out of 10

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