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Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts
Tuesday, 19 January 2021

Review by Neil Fulwood of "Venus in the Blind Spot" by Junji Ito

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This beautifully produced volume collects ten short stories in manga form, two based on works by Edogawa Ranpo, one from a story by Robert H...
Thursday, 14 January 2021

Review by Rosalind Taylor, aged 12, of "Uzumaki" by Junji Ito

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Uzumaki  is by Junji Ito and is a book about a town infected by spirals. People in  Kurôzu-cho   are becoming abnormal, having obsessions wi...
Friday, 3 April 2020

Review by Rosalind Taylor of "Demon Slayer" vol.11, by Koyoharu Gotouge

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In this manga, the main character Tanjiro is fighting two powerful demons from the Upper Moon 6, called Daki and Gytaro. Uzui and his th...
Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Review by Thilsana Gias of "A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees" by Yoshida Kenkō, trans. Meredith McKinney

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A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees is a short selection of essays taken from Yoshida Kenkō's longer collection called Tsurezure...
Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Review by Elizabeth Morgan of "The Last Children of Tokyo" by Yoko Tawada

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Generations after a fictional (and very vague) environmental catastrophe, Japan struggles. The elderly often outlive their grandchildren...
Saturday, 14 December 2019

Review by Miranda Taylor of "Tokyo Ghoul" by Sui Ishida

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Humans are meant to be at the top of the food chain but instead, in this manga, ghouls feed on humans to survive. They can easily blend ...