Kodansha has been on a drive with their shoujo and josei digital-ony releases.  I have been getting first volumes of these to try them out, and then buy more if I must have them! Gakuen Prince – Jun Yuzuki Synopsis from Publisher: Joshi High is an elite school that most girls in Japan only dream of attending. Then one...

With the increase in digital releases, I’ve been drawn to review some of the new titles that are digital only. This past month I’ve read three of these titles. Here’s the lowdown on some new digital-only series. Gleam by Aya Shirosaki – Cross Infinite World publishing Synopsis from publisher: The small kingdom of Steliol is rife with the machinations...

LDK is currently running in Betsufure, or Bessatsu Friend, a magazine published by Kodansha. It began publication in 2009 and is currently up to 21 tankobans in Japan.  In April 2014, it was nominated for the 38th Kodansha manga award for best shojo manga. We recently got word that it will be coming to a conclusion soon in Japan and...

I’ve been way behind on manga reviews, but mostly because I’m waiting on a certain amount of volumes before passing judgement on a series.  These two recent series from Shojo Beat, though, have already made the cut. I’ll show you why I’ll be buying the rest of these volumes as they are released. First series is Everyone’s Getting Married...

Summary from BookWalker: “Bloody” Mary is not your typical vampire. He can withstand sunlight, holds a reflection in mirrors, refuses to drink blood—and wants 17-year-old student and priest Maria to kill him. But to Mary’s dismay, Maria doesn’t know how to kill vampires. Desperate to die, Mary agrees to become Maria’s bodyguard until Maria can find a way to...