“Manhwa Novella Collection” is Netcomics’ umbrella title for a series of anthologies containing shorter works, each focused on a notable Korean comic author. Here, I’m looking at Volume Two: 9 Faces of Love by Wann (whose Can’t Lose You has also been published by Netcomics).
9 Faces of Love
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Personally, I’m not always fond of [...]
Sumire Iwaya is a highly educated, accomplished, beautiful woman who puts most of herself into her newspaper job. Her fiancé dumped her because he’s uncomfortable with her — she makes more money than he does and is smarter than he is — and she was demoted from breaking foreign news to the [...]
These two volumes contain major changes for the series. To keep any possible spoilers to a minimum, I won’t give a summary. I’ve previously reviewed two other volumes of this series if you’d like to learn more.
Tail of the Moon Book 12
It’s getting harder for me to find new ways of [...]
Usagi is a female ninja in training. She is undercover in Kyoto when her true identity is discovered. Her finance and fellow ninja, Hanzo, rescues her and takes her to his safe house in the city. Ranmaru, a retainer for the local lord, is scouring the city to find the ninja spies [...]
This volume opens with Usagi and Hanzo, her fiance, enjoying some time together at a hot spring. However, their bliss is interrupted when they’re attacked by an enemy ninja. Hanzo is hit with a poisoned throwing star and collapses. Usagi administers first aid but needs stronger medicine to counteract the poison. [...]
I’ve read manga aimed at more mature female audiences before, women (josei) instead of girls (shôjo), but none of it hit me quite this passionately. Sensual Phrase combines the things I like best about both shôjo (stories about love, searching for meaning in life’s choices, and figuring out what kind of person [...]
As I thought previously, this series is growing on me, just like Macharu, the boy who looks like a baby monkey, is growing on Haruna.
Monkey High! Book 2
When I first started this series, I thought it was another shojo high school romantic comedy full of hijinks, but it’s turning out to [...]
Maison Ikkoku is a classic romantic comedy. Rumiko Takahashi presents a motley group of housemates in a funny farce, complete with frequently slamming doors and mistaken identities. The inhabitants include Godai, a failing student; Akemi, a brazen barmaid who wanders around in her negligee; and Mrs. Ichinose, a tipsy gossip. When [...]
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this romantic comedy, especially coming in a book late. It’s a classic pairing of opposites executed with believable teenage romantic confusion.
Risa’s the tallest girl in the class, and Otani’s the shortest boy. Both have crushes on more typically attractive students, so they try [...]
Yû Watase is best known for her two fantasy series, Fushigi Yûgi and Ceres: Celestial Legend. Although it takes place in a more normal school setting, Imadoki! (Nowadays) still has quite a fairy tale air about it.
Imadoki! Book 1
Tanpopo is so eager to check out her new Tokyo school that she [...]
