Magical girl spec-ops Asuka

There are two very different books at war here and one is very good and the other is rather not so much. I think the creative team commits fully to both, just one really works more than the other. Asuka is the perfect tragic heroine - in a world where magical girls were militarized, she was the best Leggi tutto

Besides the darkness of the theme and the somewhat graphic violence, it’s not a bad read overall. Check out my full review at lampshadereader.com

Ever since Madoka , I've been curious about what other deconstructions of the magical girl genre were out there. And while they're not all winners, I've found some surprising diamonds in the rough, like the ultra-violent, ultra-fanservice-y, yet unexpectedly engaging Magical Girl Apocalypse (at least Leggi tutto

Not the best manga I've read but definitely worth a read. I'd probably give it 3 1/2. The art is good, the story is fine, if not a little generic. The story is actually unique but the way it's told is sort of generic if that makes any sense. A middle school girl who is a legendary magical girl is inv Leggi tutto

Love the premise and I like Asuka herself a lot so far, but I REALLY REALLY did not need to see that one panel of our traumatized MC’s parents’...severed heads. I mean, I saw it coming the second the Disas monster creatures told her the “sure we’ll give your parents back! Piece by piece!” but still. Leggi tutto