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NEW PODCAST IS UP! 📢✨ Excited for Manga Mavericks Books and want to learn more? @vlordgtz.bsky.social and @redstringtl.bsky.social discuss Manga Mavericks' road into publishing, the partnership between MM and RS, their vision for MMB, and reveal more of what we've got in store! 🔥 - bit.ly/4iFMlcS

CLAMP corner getting pretty full… xxxHolic Omni’s (and Tsubasa 1) are hidden at the moment, but it will make more sense why they’re there after the weekend! For sure need some risers though… Or to do some shelf rearranging lol!

Thanks to @waltscomicshop.bsky.social I’m ready to Clow! And well, Drug and Drop will go on the shelf until later in the year lol

If you happen to be a mango journalist or active podcaster and will be attending AX and or AnimeNYC… Please DM us for potential press opportunities.

Can you believe it's been SIX YEARS since we started this podcast? It blew us away, too. Check out our anniversary episode! clampcastinwonderland.com/2025/04/30/e...

NEW EPISODE! The Mangasplainers are back with a trip to the Louvre! That's right, it's Jiro Taniguchi's GUARDIANS OF THE LOUVRE on Mangasplaining! Listen now at mangasplaining.substack.com/p/ep-118-gua... or wherever you get your podcasts!

On this week’s Manga Tak, @prodtally.bsky.social and I discuss Maison Ikkoku! Often celebrated as Rumiko Takahashi's masterpiece, it trades the alien antics of Urusei Yatsura & martial arts mayhem of Ranma 1/2 for grounded, slice-of-life romance! Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis...

And with that, I can wrap up 3 runs and make room for some new ‘monthly volumes’! Green Yuri was a must when I saw it, but also decided to give Dogsred a look because I adore Noda’s art… Let’s see if I ever find Vol. 1 of Wandering Island though!

🌠NEW MANGA: BONDS by ZENZO (@zettdot.bsky.social) Before they became legends, Son Goku and Sanzo couldn’t fathom trusting each other, much less embarking on an epic adventure. Whether you’re a “Journey to the West” devotee or only familiar with that Goku, this origin story can't be missed!

🌠NEW MANGA: ALTERNATIVE[SELF LINER NOTE] by Chiaki Yagura The “27 Club” is a collective of musical supernovas who have left their sounds in the ear canal of history. Rio is now 28 years old and still struggles to leave her mark. Is she simply a late bloomer, or is she doomed to face obscurity?

NEW SERIES: Zigoku’s Foreman by 9banta You thought your job was hell? After being sent down to hell, Mizuchi gets an upward promotion. Now the foreman of a construction project in the underworld, he and his crew punch in for a hell of a workday!

WHAAAAAAAAT?!

Sabrina’s lettering has been an inspiration for me for two decades, and it was a huge honor to interview her for this series. Please check it out if you love learning about the history of manga loc ✨

Bloggers! Quick accessibility tip! When writing your post, it's okay to use captions for jokes, adding context, and additional commentary! But ALWAYS make sure to leave appropriate image ALT text though and not SEO keyword stuffing. Caption: "An example of how to write ALT text on images."

Oh ho ho! Someone must have requested Giga Town from @udonentertainment.bsky.social / @mangasplaining.bsky.social for the local library… WONDER WHO DID THAT?!?

Ohhhh, I need this kind of post regularly!

On this week’s Manga Tak I chat to @ramzeereads.bsky.social about Yoshihiro Togashi’s Shonen Classic Hunter x Hunter! With the release of the new 3-in-1 omnibus from @viz.com we thought now was the perfect time to discuss Vol. 1! Get it wherever pods are cast: podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/m...

Man-flu has ahold of me, so I will write up my thoughts later but WOW. Number 1 with a bullet - X is a masterpiece that I am so sad will likely never be finished… If anyone wants to slip into my DMs with 18.5 I will forever be in your debt!

XXXHOLiC Rei returns tomorrow with Chapter 57 in Weekly Young Magazine issue 21. Oricon has posted a preview with the first 10 pages of the chapter! I really like the art! It doesn’t feel like 8 years have gone by at all 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #CLAMP #XXXHOLiC

I’m about a third of the way through the second X omnibus and I just can’t get over how good the art is…

The Final Strike by Chikae Ide This will be the first of a handful of works that we will be working on with sensei! Please support. Coming 2026. We will most likely crowdfund this title. More info by the end of the year. Will be available worldwide! We will probably try a crowdfunding campaign

Now is a great time to be supportive of trans people you know, or those you don't. Actually, always is a great time to speak out against the goddamn lying ghouls trying to pretend trans people are some mysterious threat to anyone, and not just people trying to live their lives.

Having now read this volume, I understand that the cover is high art.

I draw everyday, I grew up on manga, comics, videogames and boardgames. I stepped on a 2inch nail that went through my trainers and pierced my foot when I was 8.

Say what you will about Sakamoto Days, but it’s probably the best manga around for generating potential meme panels…