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Lenni Reviews: “Love’s in Sight!” Vol. 8, by Uoyama

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Morio and Yukiko get their trip to the beach, Morio meets Akaza (Yukiko’s father) and they couple takes their first overnight trip together. Izumi finally handles her crush and Yukiko begins to think about her future and attending college.

Now that they’re established, we’re in full on slice of life territory and it’s adorable. They’re both such cinnamon rolls and even the asides with Yukiko’s father and Izumi moving on are heartwarming. It’s just sweet and light and I love reading it. It’s entertaining enough that I look forward to more adventures with them. 4.5 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Mao” Vol. 18, by Rumiko Takahashi

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As the hunt for the Box of Monstrosity continues, tensions come to a head in the Hosho family due to a rivalry between Kagari and her older sister, Ayame. Their conflict draws in Mao and Nanoka to face Kagari and her poisoned needles.

The multiple adventures in this volume are cool. In addition to what’s in the summary, there’s also a cursed village suffering a drought caused by the Goku clan. I am loving the powers Nanoka is developing and her involvement in more battles. But, with so many stories going on, I wonder how or if all these people will factor in to the final battle against the Goku. Will Ayame assist in some form? That’d be cool She’s kind of a bitch but no nonsense. I like her. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Dark Gathering” Vol. 9, by Kenichi Kondō

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Yayoi and her friends are trapped at school by a dangerous spirit forcing them to play a deadly game of dream tag and Yayoi has only one spirit of her own to fight back with. After overcoming this challenge, Yayoi prepares to face the god that has laid claim to Ai.

Dorothy is awful. Just, horrid and I can’t wait for her to get far, far away from everyone in the cast. Other than that, Yayoi’s plan is wild but it kinda disappointed me that this volume felt like another round of fetch quests before we get to fighting this god. I liked it before because it was gathering these powerful spirits to face the god and each one was unique and terrifying. This time it felt more like padding to me. The spirit designs are still creepy and they’re a menace so it’s not all bad. 3.7 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Like a Butterfly” Vol. 8, by Suu Morishita

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Suiren and Kawasumi are now second years and in the same class. With everyone around them crazy about dating and Kawasumi back into karate, Suiren feels lonely.

The emotions are all over the place in this volume. It’s a typical teen type of lack of communication happening here but it’s good to see Suiren flat out saying what she wants in the end. It sucks to see her unintentional popularity interfere with her happiness. Why can’t the other kids just leave this poor girl alone to live her life? And clearly, Kawasumi has to be more open with Suiren about whatever he’s dealing with. It’s like they’re dating each other but not together, if that makes any sense. But, it’s all done well enough that I’m emotionally invested. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Insomniacs After School” Vol. 7, by Makoto Ojiro

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The consequences of Magari disobeying her parents come when they ban her from seeing Nakami outside of school. With their relationship a secret and Magari grounded, the future of the astronomy club is in jeopardy.

Yup, the parents were as thrilled about that little excursion as I thought they would be. The kids seem to take it in stride and are focused on their fledgling club and taking any opportunity to promote it. Not much progress is made towards that and I wish we had more emphasis on Nakami’s photo; the photo taken on the trip that cause all this drama in the first place. It’s just kinda dropped in exposition and I’d hoped to see more about that contest. 3.8 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Call of the Night” Vol. 17, by Kotoyama

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Nazuna and Mahiru continue to talk before Nazuna leave to allow Mahiru and Ko to finally have a conversation. The outcome of Kiku and Mahiru’s plan finally comes to fruition, leaving Ko with mixed emotions.

I’m so glad the mess with Kiku is over. My dislike of her and the lives she’s destroyed makes it hard for me to feel satisfied but at least it’s over. Now I’m hoping to get more of whatever Ko’s powers are shaping up to be and his relationship with Nazuna now that “Wee, I’m gonna be a vampire” fervor has calmed down with the reality of such an act not being so much fun. 4 out of 5.

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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: “Fist of the North Star” Vol. 14, by Buronson & Tetsuo Hara

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The Asura recognize Ken’s techniques from when Rao, The Supreme Ruler of Terror, had visited them and they have more information about where Ken and Rao came from.

With all the plot twists in this volume, it felt like I needed to stretch after reading it. I still get left with the feeling that other characters are being neglected or killed off to give Ken a chance to punch more things. It’s okay, bloody battles are plentiful which at least keeps up the pace so it doesn’t feel like a slog to read. 2.5 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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