Editor’s note: Welcome to the beginning of The B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog’s regular coverage of manga. We’ll be featuring primarily series with SFF elements, but, as readers know, it’s a particularly vibrant medium, and occasionally we’ll stray from the genre path to tell you about other titles you can’t miss. We’re kicking things off […]
Manga often features youthful protagonists in perilous situations, but we don’t always think about just how young the characters bearing all this suffering for our entertainment are. From emotional and physical abuse to the imminent threat of being devoured by something out of a nightmare, here are seven manga that pull no punches with their […]
What would you like to read this summer: a classic space opera? A love story set in a Tokyo dance club? The latest from decluttering guru Marie Kondo? Or perhaps something low-key about a cute cat being cute? Whatever it is, manga has got you covered! Here’s a one-a-week roundup of the manga we’ll be […]
The first volume of Erased, a new manga by Kei Sanbe, is strangely atmospheric, one of those seinen stories filled with snow and wide-eyed children, but it’s not at all sentimental. Quite the contrary: it’s a time-travel story with a murder mystery at its heart.
The Victorians were a fascinating bunch, repressed to the point where they covered the legs of their chairs, but indulging in all sorts of depravity behind closed doors or in the squalid streets of London. This tension between elegance and decadence is a rich mine for storytellers, and manga-ka are no exception. To whit: here […]