J.B. Spins

It is not clear whose parents are worse. For a time, the police suspect Yukiho Karasawa’s mother of murdering Ryoji Kirihara’s degenerate pa...

Odd couple Yamane and Nanase have a peculiar thing for track suits. Their relationship is even more profoundly unhealthy. Something awful ha...

The fictional Kaitan is like the Japanese equivalent of Springfield, USA. Though modeled on Hakodate, it could be any industrial city strugg...

A downtrodden traveling salesman is the only guest of a seedy motel who did not check-in for illicit purposes. In a rare stroke of luck, a p...

Imagining the Nana manga with a horrendous serial killer backstory will give you a vague idea of Ma-chan’s life. She suffered unimaginable ...

Terasaka Kichiemon is the 47th Ronin—as in the legendary 47 Ronin. In a departure from traditional Chūshingura story, Kichiemon was instruc...

Speed and strength are all well and good, but a true warrior understands the lethal potential of patience and timing. Kanemi Sanzaemon is su...

People think religion is all about sermonizing and casting judgment, but not Osamu Tezuka. His Eisner Award winning manga serialization of G...