Manga Village

Every week, the Manga Villagers will go through the new releases for the week and pick out the titles they are most looking forward to reading. Whether it’s buying or just window shopping, check out what we’re looking at every week!

Every week, the Manga Villagers will go through the new releases for the week and pick out the titles they are most looking forward to reading. Whether it’s buying or just window shopping, check out what we’re looking at every week!

Every week, the Manga Villagers will go through the new releases for the week and pick out the titles they are most looking forward to reading. Whether it’s buying or just window shopping, check out what we’re looking at every week!

Manga authors’ notes are usually self-deprecating and full of “oh God this is awful I can’t bear to look at it”, and usually I disregard them as the typical perfectionism of artists, not a true indication of the quality of the work. Not so in the case of Amnesia Labyrinth. At the end of this volume, there is a writer’s note that says “I sort of ran out of things to write, and therefore I admit there are a number of lazy, phantom passages scattered throughout.” And sure enough, Amnesia Labyrinth is a frustratingly uneven manga. Story by Nagaru Tanagawa, art by Natsumi Kohane, character design by Hinata Takeda Publisher: Seven Seas Age rating: OT/Older Teen/16+ Genre: Shounen/fantasy Price: $10.99 The story concerns a boy named Souji who moves back to his family’s home from boarding school after his older brother disappears. There’s no sign of his parents; his family seems to consist of his three sisters, who are all more-or-less creepy; all three of them are excessively devoted to Souji (in Saki’s case the devotion leads her all the way into incest). There are hints and overtones of the supernatural that remain mysterious and vague; over and above the…

But trust me, kid. You don’t want to hang around me. You’ll get hurt.