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Lenni Reviews: “Choujin X” Vol. 7, by Sui Ishida

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A year has passed and Tokio’s abilities have brought him a heroic reputation. He may not feel as such but he does use his experience to lead a mission to hobble Zora and her organization.

While it’s nice to see Tokio be efficient and deadly in battle and be a competent planner, he’s still a big doof. He’s my emotional center of this series and so far, his humor is an asset to the plot and not a distraction. As for what Zora is doing… You ever see the villains plan and thought “That just sounds like a bad idea?” How they’re building their army (I think that’s what they’re doing) seems like just a bad idea. Sure they’re the bad guys but it took me 5 seconds to think of multiple ways this could backfire on them. But good luck, I guess. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Fool Night” Vol. 2. by Kasumi Yasuda

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After electing to under go transfloration and acquiring strange abilities, Kamia makes the decision to make the best of the remaining two years of his life and find real meaning, declining to aid Hourai in investigating a series of murders committed by a spiriflor.

I have to admit, a murder mystery was not where I’d expected this to go but it’s very interesting. It’s already been established that these plants still retain some semblance of consciousness since Kamia can communicate with them but they’re not supposed to be able to move, much less hunt down victims to kill. They have mentioned a possibility of a mutation of some kind but ugh. No wonder there’s a movement against this procedure. And the design of the creature reminds me of Ajin. I like it. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “I’m the Grim Reaper” Vol. 1, by Graveweaver

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“Scarlet” is dead and the devil is delighted to have such a wretched soul finally in his grasp. He offers her a deal: become a reaper and supply one soul to hell a day or suffer in the void for all eternity. Given the choice, Scarlet becomes a reaper and despite not retaining all the memories of her former life, it still comes back to cause trouble.

I like this premise; reapers being recruited, some shady organization, corruption in the local police force, goofy cop with an adorable cat; I’m diggin it. The creature design is great and the art style handles Scarlet’s transformations as well as cutesy stuff well. There’s a nice touch of horror and some humor to balance the volume out. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” Vol. 15, by Haro Aso & Kōtarō Takata

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Our group heads to Hashima where Shizuka notices that Akira has accomplished an interesting item on his list: “Meet the woman of my dreams.” This realization causes heavy awkwardness in the group that threatens to split them up for good.

There’s also funny asides to “Kensho in Borderland” and making a zombie movie.

The dolphin thing was kinda cute and I don’t think it’s much of a spoiler to say Akira and Shizuka are adorable together. I do wonder what the next step will be since that’s worked itself out. I would like to see more progress towards a possible vaccine and crossing things of the list rather than add even more people to this growing cast. 3.7 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Bendy: Dreams Come to Life”, by Adrienne Kress & Christopher Hastings 

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Buddy gets a job working for Joey Drew, the owner of an animation studio. It’s the chance of a lifetime for a poor kid from the Lower East Side. A dream that would turn into a nightmare.

Without the supernatural elements, this story feels like the classic rude awakening for an idealistic young person realizing the realities of his dream job are terrible. Buddy is really likeable and although I felt we didn’t have the chance to really get to know the other characters, they all make a decent group despite not having much impact. if you’re a big fan of this property, it may be worthwhile to check it out but aside for that, it’s alright. 2.7 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Dark Gathering” Vol. 8, by Kenichi Kondō

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Faced with the powerful spirit of a murdered child, Yayoi, Keitaro, and Eiko bring forth Otogiri: The Soul Stealing Courtesan to subdue him; a spirit so powerful, Yayoi may not be able to reel her back in. Also, a new student – Dorothy – arrives at Yayoi’s school and quickly puts her friends and classmates in danger.

As usual, the spirits are scary. The art is very effective at making them look terrifying or just WRONG. Even when the Courtesan is all smiling and coy, there’s still just something not right about her. Same goes for Dorothy. She’s villain coded in every scene she’s in. Very creepy and entertaining. Trigger warning for child death in this one. 4.5 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Battle Royale: Enforcers” Vol. 1, by Koushun Takami & Yukai Asada

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After a two decade ban, Program 68 is restarted and the newest crop of ill-fated kids are Daito Academy’s Class F. Now, they will be forced to kill their fellow classmates in order to be the last one standing.

Now, it’s more understandable to have the info dump at the beginning of the story because the games in universe haven’t been a thing in a long time and it’s been awhile since the original series came out. Other than being some creepy masterminds making this decision, we don’t know why this class was chosen to bring this program back but I’m sure the reason will come out later on.

Our cast is the typical school student collection: the idealistic lead, bitchy girls, uncommonly good at killing quiet guy, etc. But it doesn’t waste time getting to the bloodshed. I’m sure we’ll get to know the students better as the series goes; probably right before they’re brutally killed. 3.7 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Alley: Junji Ito Story Collection” by Junji Ito

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This collection of short horror stories leans heavily towards urban legends like spirits in creepy alleys and cursed ice cream trucks. Your scare milage may vary throughout this as the stories are hit or miss for me. The hospital one freaked me out the most. The body horror alone gave me chills and is the best in the volume, in my opinion. It isn’t perfect and I don’t wanna say too much lest I spoil something but it’s a decent collection but if body horror isn’t your thing, best skip this one because Ito is very good at that. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Fool Night” Vol. 1, by Kasumi Yasuda

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In a world where the sun is gone, humanity’s last hope is Transfloration: a process by which human beings are turned into plants to produce precious oxygen for the rest of the population. With a crappy job and a sick mother, Kamiya considers volunteering in exchange for enough money to change whatever life he has left.

This has some impressively creepy body horror and a compelling premise. This is a great first volume; even addressing the moral implications of the Transfloration program. It gets you immersed in the world building and starts toying with the complications and problems with this system right away so, it’s not fucking around. Trigger warning for child abuse and again, body horror. This feels like it’s gonna get wild and I’m ready for it. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” Vol. 14, by Haro Aso & Kōtarō Takata

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Izuna comes into her own and starts fighting back as the group are trapped in a zombie infested facility. We also spend some time with Kencho as he tries to see his family.

While the looming threat of the Umbriel Corporation endures, Kencho’s side story was nice since we get to learn more about him. We know a lot about Akira so it’s good to give other characters some time in the spotlight. I enjoy these little stories even though they’re not focusing on the main plot so much. 3.7 out of 5.

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