Rainy Days With Amanda

It’s been a hot minute since I wrote a Manga Monday, not because I haven’t been reading manga, but I just haven’t been reading anything that’s finished or that I haven’t already reviewed. However, the last chapter of  Firefly Wedding  came out in January, and I needed to talk about it, so here we are.  SPOILER ALERT! About the Mangaka In 2016, while raising children, Tachibana Oreco began painting landscapes with acrylic paints and shared them on Twitter. Progressing from illustrations to creating doujinshi (self-published works). In October 2016, an original piece she posted on the illustration sharing site Pixiv caught the attention of the Shogakukan MangaONE editorial department. From January 2018 onwards, she commenced the serialization of “Promise Cinderella.” Starting from January 1st, 2023, she began serializing  Firefly Wedding  on MangaONE and Ura Sunday. About the Manga Set during the Meiji era, Satoko Kirigaya is the daughter of an earl and renowned f...

I have been a Rumiko Takahashi fan since I started Inuyasha on Toonami at the ripe age of 9(ish). I've consumed my fair share of the Rumic World, but I have never looked too much into the slice-of-life world of Maison Ikkoku until now. I started checking out the big volumes of this manga at my local library (support your libraries!) late last year. Every time I started reading a new chapter, I was transported into this cozy little chaotic world that I was always happy to be part of.   A Little Bit About the Mangaka  Rumiko Takahashi is one of the best-known Japanese manga artists in and out of Japan. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are known worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages, with over 230 million copies in circulation; making Takahashi one of the best-selling authors of all time.  A L...

 Hey Ya'll! It's been a while since I've made a manga post. I guess I just got busy, but I have been reading lots of great manga! One of those manga happens to be Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! by Yuu Toyota. Yes, I know. The title is long and a little strange, but trust me it's a good read if you're into the seinen/boys love genre. I forgot how I found this manga to be honest, but somehow I stumbled upon it and all it's different mediums. Let's get into it. About the Mangaka Toyota Yuu is a manga creator with numerous series spanning many different genres, from shojo to slice-of-life with her most known creation being Cherry Magic! . The story she originally came up with was about a wizard who had a one-sided crush on someone else, but it turned into something way beyond that. Just like other Mangaka, there isn't much on Yuu, but I did find a great little interview on her on the Otaku USA Magazine . About Cherry Magic! ...

 I have been wanting to read My Little Monster for a long time now. I watched the anime series (that was never completed) sometime when I first got my Netflix subscription. Since we never received a proper ending, I have wanted to watch the conclusion on Haru and Shizuku and the crew. I bought a couple of the manga volumes but have always seemed to put other manga ahead of it. The latter part of 2022, I decided to go through it all and I've finally finished it so here are my thoughts. About the Mangaka (Author) Before we get into my thoughts, let's take a look at our mangaka, Robico. Robico is our authors pen name, and her name is uncertain at this point. Robico attended vocational school with the thought of becoming an illustrator. In 2005, Robico made her debut with Demekinikku published in the May edition of the shojo magazine Dessert . She then went on to create My Little Monster in 2008 where it was serialized in Dessert until 2013 . About the Manga Shizuku Mizutani is a...

 This is technically not a manga and it's more of an illustrated story that's not exactly for children, but I'm going to put it under my Manga Monday category anyways. I found this book while I was wandering around Books-a-Million in Arkansas and when I saw "Miyazaki" on the book I knew I needed this so that I could read it and claim it as part of my Studhio Ghibli collection. Now, this book was made 2 years before Studhio Ghibli was founded and it came to be the only illustrated story that Miyazaki ever published. Without further-or-do, let's get into this beautifully tragic gem.  About the Author  Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. He is a co-founder of Studio Ghibli where he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation.   About the Book   Shuna's Journey is a one-volume watercolo...

 Hey All! I'm back with another Manga Monday that I've been meaning to do since I finished the series in November. But you know, holidays, winter, work, all the adulting things and commitments, bleh . But I finally was able to come around to it, now I want to talk about it, so vamanos , let's go! WARNING: SOME SPOILERS AHEAD!! Some Background The Girl from the Other Side is manga written and drawn by Mangaka, Nagabe . It was serialized in the monthly manga magazine, Monthly Comic Garden , from September 2015 to March 2021. Our story follows Shive, a white-haired, eccentric little girl who is abandoned in a forest. Shiva then meets a beast who seems much nicer than the others. She calls him Teacher. And thus, their journey begins.   My Thoughts I was first drawn to this story because I was looking for something like The Ancient Magus' Bride and was immediately directed to The Girl from the Other Side. I then became more curious because of the artwork. The art in this ...

Hi all! It's been a while since I've written about a manga. I've been doing a lot of video reviews lately, but I still enjoy writing, it's just I don't seem to have enough time for both... most of the time. But today, I really wanted to talk about the Shaman King Osorezan Revoir Arc, because it is one of my favorite arcs in manga of all time. Therefore, I wanted to get my thoughts out in as many ways as I could! So, without further ordo, let's talk about this beautiful arc.   Osorezan Revoir Arc  The Osorezan Revoir Arc tells the story of when Anna and Yoh first met, and it gives us so much more context to some motivation behind Yoh and more story on why Anna is so OP.  Our story starts right after Yoh gives up being the Shaman King in order to save Ren, who has died. The Iron Maiden says she can resurrect Ren only if Yoh gives up being in the Shaman Tournament. He agrees and he starts saying sorry to everyone who he ever made a promise too, and as his oracle h...