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INTERDIMENSION FESTIVAL: IDOLM@STER★♥LOVE LIVE! UTA GASSEN

Information regarding the first IJIGEN FES 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 9th and 10th of December 2023. This first fes will feature three branches of IDOLM@STER performing with four branches of Love Live!

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Asami Takano (Frederica Miyamoto), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura), Yuko Iida (Kanade Hayami), Honoka Inoue (Nanami Asari), Sumire Uesaka (Anastasia), Aya Suzaki (Minami Nitta), Miyu Tomita (Akira Sunazuka), Ru Thing (Syuko Shiomi), Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki), Momo Asakura (Serika Hakozaki), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku), Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama), Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa), Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Amina Sato (Arisu Tachibana), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Natsumi Haruse (Kaoru Ryuzaki), Misaki Kuno (Nina Ichihara), Yuri Komori (Koharu Koga), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Aimi (Julia), Miku Itou (Yuriko Nanao), Ibuki Kido (Kana Yabuki), Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayama), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Rikako Yamaguchi (Rio Momose) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Reina Kondo (Hiori Kazano), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya), Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa), Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi), Rina Kawaguchi (Luca Ikaruga), Haruna Mikawa (Hana Suzuki), Rena Ozawa (Haruki Iketa)

DAY 1&2

AQOURS (LOVE LIVE! SUNSHINE!!) 　Anju Inami (Chika Takami), Rikako Aida (Riko Sakurauchi), Nanaka Suwa (Kana Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (Dia Kurosawa), Shukai Saito (You Watanabe), Aika Kobayashi (Yoshiko Tsushima), Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida), Aina Suzuki (Mari Ohara), Ai Furihata (Ruby Kurosawa) NIJIGASAKU SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Aguri Ohnishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maede (Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashia), Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe), Coco Hayashi (Setsuna Imura), Maria Sashide (Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune), Shu Uchida (Mia Taylor), Akina Homoto (Zhong Lanzhu). 　Support Member: Hinaki Yano (Yu Takasaki) Liella! (LOVE LIVE! SUPERSTAR!!) 　Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), Liyuu (Keke Tang), Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Naomi Payton (Sumire Heanna), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki), Nozomi Suzuhara (Kinako Sakurakoji), Akana Yabushima (Mei Yoneme), Wakana Okuma (Shiki Wakana), Aya Emori (Natsumi Onitsuka), Yuina (Wien Margarete), Sakura Sakakura (Tomari Onitsuka) HASUNOSORA SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Nirei Nozomi (Kaho Hinoshita), Kokona Nonaka (Sayaka Murano), Nina Hanamiya (Kozue Otomune), Kotoka Sasaki (Tsuzuri Yugiri), Kanna Kan (Rurino Osawa), Kona Tsukine (Megumi Fujishima)

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Books Read in 2017

I really don’t know what else to say at this point. Other than I toned it down a bit from last year. ;)

OH actually: I noticed I was being a failure at listing the illustrators of graphic novels. So I’ll try to do that from now on. I apologize to all those artists I’ve neglected to include in my bylines, but thankfully I believe you are all listed on the linked pages. Which is better than no credit at all....

Total: 144

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister

Please Excuse This Poem: 100 New Poets for the Next Generation ed. Brett Fletcher Lauer and Lynn Melnick

But What If We’re Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman

Culture and Customs of Korea by Donald N. Clark

Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940 by Grace Elizabeth Hale

サイレントヒル by Sadamu Yamashita

A History of Nepal by John Whelpton

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

I Little Slave: A Prison Memoir from Communist Laos by Bounsang Khamkeo

Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More by Dustin Hansen

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

DC Universe: Rebirth - The Deluxe Edition writ. Geoff Johns, illus. Gary Frank, Ethan van Sciver, Ivan Reis, and Phil Jimenez

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Pegasus by Robin McKinley

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Silver Child, Silver City, and Silver World by Cliff McNish

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa by I. M. Lewis

Uzumaki Vols. 1, 2, and 3 by Junji Ito

Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route by Saidiya Hartman

One-Eyed Doll by James Preller

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J. K. Rowling

Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

The Vikings: A History by Robert Ferguson

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1-5 and The Kane Chronicles #1-3 by Rick Riordan

Draw The Line by Laurent Linn

Somalia: A Nation Driven to Despair: A Case of Leadership Failure by Mohamed Osman Omar

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology by Valerie C. Scanlon and Tina Sanders

Ultraviolet and Quicksilver by R. J. Anderson

Harmony House by Nic Sheff

Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda by Scott Peterson

Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey by Isabel Fonseca

Cultures of the World: Somalia by Susan M. Hassig and Zawiah Abdul Latif

The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away by Abdi Roble and Doug Rutledge

Half Bad by Sally Green

The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800 by Christopher Ehret

Omega City by Diana Peterfreund

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

The Dragons of Noor by Janet Lee Carey

Asylum, Sanctum, Catacomb, and The Asylum Novellas by Madeleine Roux

Unraveling Somalia: Race, Violence, and the Legacy of Slavery by Catherine Besteman

A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom

Unnatural Creatures ed. Neil Gaiman and Maria Dahvana Headley

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

The Politics of Dress in Somali Culture by Heather Marie Akou

The Foundry’s Edge by Cam Baity and Benny Zelkowicz

Diagnoses From the Dead: The Book of Autopsy by Richard A. Prayson

House of Secrets by Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini

The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear by Seth Mnookin

A Silent Voice #2-7 by Yoshitoki Oima (read the first one last year)

Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan

Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings

Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History by Rebecca Romney and J. P. Romney

The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey

You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Things Happen by Eric Liu

The Father of Forensics: The Groundbreaking Cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, and the Beginnings of Modern CSI by Colin Evans

Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson

It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg

The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class - And What We Can Do About It by Richard Florida

An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal

The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It by W. Chris Winter

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

Dissecting Death: Secrets of a Medical Examiner by Frederick Zugibe and David L. Carroll

Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture - And What We Can Do About It by Kate Harding

ワンパンマン Vol. 1 - 3 writ. ONE illus. Yusuke Murata

Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America by Elliot Jaspin

Forensic Nurse: The New Role of the Nurse in Law Enforcement by Serita Stevens

So Brilliantly Clever: Parker, Hulme, and the Murder that Shocked the World by Peter Graham

The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Beyond Monongah: An Appalachian Story by Judith Hoover

Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favelli and Francesca Cavallo

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth

These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas

Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley

Inferno by Dan Brown

Paper Girls Vol. 1 writ. Brian K. Vaughn, illlus. Cliff Chiang, Jared K. Fletcher, Matthew Wilson

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Warcross by Mary Lu

Life on Mars: Poems by Tracy K. Smith

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World by Reshma Saujani

Head First C: A Brain-Friendly Guide by David and Dawn Griffiths

A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain

Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting it Done by Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser

Coding for Beginners in Easy Steps: Basic Programming for All Ages by Mike McGrath

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening writ. Marjorie Liu, illus. Sana Takeda

Age of Myth by Michael J. Sullivan

Native Son by Richard Wright

Courage is Contagious: And Other Reasons to be Grateful for Michelle Obama ed. Nick Haramis

This is the Part Where You Laugh by Peter Brown Hoffmeister

The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness by Jill Filipovic

Coding for Dummies by Nikhil Abraham

A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Artemis by Andy Weir

Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom

C Programming: Absolute Beginner’s Guide by Greg Perry and Dean Miller

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz

An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield

To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

The Memory Code: The Secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island, and Other Ancient Monuments by Lynne Kelly

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

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AFRICAN SURNAMES

Akintola

Akpabio

Alamieyeseigha

Awolowo

Azikiwe

Babangida

Balewa

Bello

Buhari

Chetty

Chukwumereije

Claassen

Diya

Ebrahim

Erasmus

Ezekwesili

Gbadamosi

Igbinedion

Igwe

Iweala

Jabar

Jakande

Jang

Kemp

Khan

Louw

Madaki

Magoro

Mokoena

Naidoo

Nel

Nortje

Nzeogwu

Odili

Okeke

Okorie

Okotie-Eboh

Onyejekwe

Opperman

Patel

Pillay

Solarin

Soyinka

Swanepoel

Taljaard

Uba

Visser

Yar'Adua

ARABIC SURNAMES

Abbas

Abdullah

Abdulrashid

Abid

Ahmad

Akram

Alaoui

Ali

Amjad

Anwar

Azad

Aziz

Benchikh

Bhatti

HabibAllah

Haddad

Hakim

Hussain

Karim

Khalid

Khan

Khoury

Mahmoud

Mekki

Mohamed

Mustafa

Naaji

Nasir

Omari

Qadir

Rafiq

Saab

Saeed

Saleem

Samara

Saqqaf

Sarwar

Shaikh

Sultan

Tawfeek

Yusuf

Zaman

ARMENIAN SURNAMES

Arshaki

Avagyan

Avetisi

Avetisyan

Gevorgyan

Grigoryan

Hakobi

Hakobyan

Harutyunyan

Hayrapetyan

Hovhannisyan

Karapetyan

Kasabian

Khachatryan

Margaryan

Minasyan

Mkrtichi

Nersisyan

Petrosi

Petrosyan

Sarafian

Sargsyan

Sasuni

Stepanyan

Vardanyan

Zakaryan

CHINESE SURNAMES

Bai

Cao

Chen

Deng

Duan

Feng

Gong

Guo

He

Huang

Jiang

Lai

Lei

Li

Lin

Liu

Luo

Ma

Mao

Meng

Pan

Qiao

Ren

Shao

Sun

Tang

Wan

Wang

Wen

Wu

Xiao

Xu

Yang

Yuan

Zhang

Zhao

Zhou

FRENCH SURNAMES

Andre

André

Ashby

Aston

Barclay

Beecher

Bernard

Bertrand

Bigler

Bodine

Bonnet

Bucher

Burby

Darrell

David

Dubois

Dupont

Durand

Everard

Fournier

Frair

François

Garcia

Girard

Grainville

Hayman

Lambert

Laurant

Lefèvre

Leroy

Maigny

Martin

Martinez

Mercier

Michel

Moreau

Morel

Neff

Petit

Ramsden

Richard

Robert

Roux

Simon

Thomas

Vidal

Vincent

Walter

Wickliff

INDIAN SURNAMES

Babu

Chakpram

Chakyar

Chandra

Chetri

Das

Desai

Dev

Dhar

Dixit

Embranthiri

Gill

Gupta

Haldar

Handoo

Jadhav

Kaamat

Kaur

Kori

Kumar

Mapkar

Mishra

Modi

Mukaddam

Nadar

Nagarajan

Nair

Pamireddy

Patel

Rai

Raina

Raju

Rao

Roy

Sachdev

Sen

Shah

Singh

Varma

Verma

Yadav

Zutshi

ITALIAN SURNAMES

Barone

Bernardi

Bianchi

Bruno

Caputo

Caruso

Colombo

Conti

Costa

D'Angelo

De Alexandris

Esposito

Ferrara

Ferrari

Fiore

Gallo

Giordano

Greco

Guerra

Giuliani

Leone

Leoni

Lombardi

Longo

Luca

Mancini

Marchetti

Mariano

Marino

Mazza

Morelli

Moretti

Negri

Nicoli

Palumbo

Parisi

Pellegrini

Piras

Quattro

Rabito

Ranallo

Ricci

Romano

Rossi

Sala

Santis

Santoro

Segreto

Silvestri

Testa

Valentino

Zucca

JAPANESE SURNAMES

Aoki

Fujiwara

Hashimoto

Hayashi

Ikeda

Inoue

Ishikawa

Ito

Kato

Kimura

Kobayashi

Matsuda

Matsumoto

Nakamura

Nakano

Ogawa

Ono

Sasaki

Sato

Shimizu

Susuki

Takahashi

Tanaka

Uchida

Watanabe

Yamada

Yamaguchi

Yamamoto

Yamashita

Yamazaki

Yoshida

JEWISH SURNAMES

Abrahams

Bernstein

Cohen

Epstein

Feldman

Finkelstein

Friedmann

Goldberg

Goldstein

Gordon

Grossman

Heller

Hoffman

Hyman

Isaacs

Josephs

Kagan

Kaplan

Katz

Klein

Levene

Levy

Lewin

Michaels

Rosenberg

Rosenthal

Roth

Schapiro

Schneider

Schwartz

Segal

Solomons

Weinstein

KOREAN SURNAMES

Ahn

Cheong

Cho

Choi

Hahn

Heo

Hong

Hwang

Jang

Jeong

Ju

Kang

Kim

Ko

Kwon

Lee

Lim

Min

Moon

Paik

Park

Reeh

Ryu

Seo

Shin

Sohn

Song

Sung

Tak

Tan

Toh

Um

Woo

Yang

Ye

Yi

Yoo

Yoon

Yun

SPANISH SURNAMES

Alonso

Alvarado

Alvarez

Campos

Castillo

Castro

Cortez

Delgado

Diaz

Estrada

Fernandez

Figueroa

Florez

Fuentes

Garcia

Garza

Gomez

Gonzalez

Gutierrez

Hernandez

Jimenez

Lopez

Luna

Marales

Martin

Martinez

Medina

Mejia

Montoya

Moreno

Navarro

Ortiz

Pena

Perez

Ramos

Rivera

Rodriguez

Rodriquez

Romero

Ruiz

Sanchez

Santiago

Torrez

Valdez

Vargas

SWEDISH SURNAMES

Andersson

Arvidsson

Axelsson

Bergström

Björk

Claesson

Danielsson

Eklund

Engström

Eriksson

Falk

Fransson

Gustafsson

Holm

Holmgren

Håkansson

Isaksson

Jansson

Johansson

Jönsson

Karlsson

Larsson

Lindberg

Lindgren

Lundqvist

Månsson

Nilsson

Nordin

Olofsson

Olsson

Persson

Pettersson

Pålsson

Sjöberg

Sjögren

Svensson

Öberg

WELSH SURNAMES

Adams

Bennett

Bevan

Bowen

Davies

Edwards

Ellis

Evans

Griffiths

Harris

Hopkins

Howells

Hughes

Humphreys

James

Jenkins

John

Jones

Lewis

Lloyd

Martin

Matthews

Morgan

Morris

Owen

Parry

Pearse

Phillips

Powell

Price

Pritchard

Pugh

Rees

Richards

Roberts

Rogers

Rowlands

Thomas

Watkins

Williams

Have you made a sim who needs an appropriately ethnic surname? Well you’re in luck!

Hey guys I’m back today with a list of ethnic surnames! Obviously I couldn’t include all ethnicities, as it would’ve taken probably a lifetime but I’ve included a few that I’ve needed when naming my sims. Beware, some are umbrella terms (African surnames for example) as I couldn’t go so in depth into the certain countries, provinces, tribes etc. I hope this helps out and I hope I’ve done a decent job at this!

Enjoy   ❤

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OZ Academy Results from September 2018

- 9/2 Suminoe Maikon Hall, Osaka (17:30) - Shinryotouka (315 Fans) * Yoshiko def. Sakura Hirota - Lariato (00:05) * Yoshiko def. Sakura Hirota - Lariato (00:07) * Yoshiko def. Sakura Hirota - Boston Crab (6:22) * Sonoko Kato def. Tsubasa Kuragaki - Kowloons Gate (16:25) * (W)Hikaru Shida, Rina Yamashita def. MK4 (Kaho Kobayashi, (L)Kakeru Sekuguchi) - Falcon Arrow (15:03) * AKINO def. Aoi Kizuki - Counter Backslide (11:40) * Ozaki-gun ((W)Mayumi Ozaki, Maya Yukihi, Yumi Ohka) def. Kemotomo (Aja Kong, Hiroyo Matsumoto, (L)Kaori Yoneyama) - Ozakick (18:46)

- 9/9 Hakata Starlanes, Fukuoka (13:00) - Anger of Wind (535 Fans - Full House) * Tsubasa Kuragaki def. Kakeru Sekiguchi - Argentine Backbreaker (10:19) * 3 Way : Kaori Yoneyama def. Kaho Kobayashi vs. (L)Sakura Hirota - la Magistral (9:09) * (W)AKINO, Yoshiko, Rina Yamashita def. Ozaki-gun (Yumi Ohka, (L)Alex Lee, Maya Yukihi) - Frankensteiner (17:20) * Mayumi Ozaki def. Aoi Kizuki - Tequila Sunrise (10:30) * Kemotomo ((W)Aja Kong, Hiroyo Matsumoto) def. (L)Hikaru Shida, Sonoko Kato - Uraken (15:49)

- 9/17 Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium, Kanagawa (16:00) - Flower Bloom in Yokohama (GAORA Sports 9/29) (2.091 Fans) * Tsubasa Kuragaki, (W)Aoi Kizuki def. Hamuko Hoshi, (L)Ibuki Hoshi - Swivel Diving Body Press (7:43) * Alex Lee def. Sakura Hirota - Diving Foot Stomp (8:26) * Ozaki-gun ((W)Saori Anou, Yumi Ohka) def. Misaki Ohata, Sae - German Suplex Hold (10:44) * ASUKA def. Kaho Kobayashi - Referee Stop (4:36) * (W)Hiroyo Matsumoto, Kori Yoneyama, Yako Fujigasaki def. MK4 (AKINO, Sonoko Kato, (L)Kakeru Sekiguchi) - Rock Drop (15:15) * BEYOND THE SEA Tag Team Champion & OZ Academy Tag Team Championship ~Double Title Match~ : BORDERLESS (Yoshiko, (W)Rina Yamashita) © def. Ozaki-gun (Mayumi Ozaki, (L)Maya Yukihi) © - Splash Mountain (24:34) TITLE CHANGE!! * OZ Academy Openweight Championship : Hikaru Shida © - V1 def. Aja Kong - Tamashi no Three Count (25:11) ~ Info : Kaho Kobayashi suffering left shoulder injury after match with ASUKA, no further details at this time but possibility fractured! And then Kakeru Sekiguchi has been Expelled by MISSION K4 leader AKINO after losing against Kemotomo, as a results her match against Sonoko Kato on 10/7 Shinjuku will be the last match under MISSION K4 flag. And then Kemotomo (Hiroyo, Yoneyama) challenging BORDERLESS for OZ Tag Belt for at Shinjuku on 10/7, and they’re accepted!

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The Manga Revue, 6/18/18

Twice the reviews! Twice the links! This week’s Manga Revue is bigger and badder than the last one, as I weigh in on the latest installments of The Promised Neverland and Silver Spoon, and round up manga review links from around the web. Before I get down to talking about The Promised Neverland and Silver Spoon, however, I want to warn the spoiler-averse reader that it’s impossible to discuss either series without divulging a few plot details. Caveat lector!

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 4 Written by Kaiu Shirai, Illustrated by Posuka Demizu Translated by Satsuki Yamashita VIZ Media Rated T+, for older teens

Though volume three was saddled with too many contrived plot twists, volume four is a return to form, briskly setting the kids’ escape in motion. The pace occasionally flags when Emma, Ray, and Norman explain the finer details of their plan to one another, but those moments serve an essential dramatic purpose, helping the reading appreciate how perilous their journey will be. These conversations also remind us how much the principal trio rely on one another for emotional strength, a point driven home by the author’s decision to sacrifice one of the main characters. (And I mean a main character, not a nameless red shirt.)

Perhaps the most surprising thing about The Promised Neverland is its feminist subtext. In the final pages of volume three, Krone reveals that the brightest orphan girls are groomed for house mother positions. The full horror of this arrangement, however, only becomes apparent in volume four. In a few suggestive images, Posuka Demizu vividly evokes the grotesque sacrifice young girls make in order to survive their twelfth birthday, culminating in a scene of women surrendering their infants in a sterile, factory-like environment. These brief interludes evoke the grim spirit of The Handmaid’s Tale, imagining a world in which young women are cruelly exploited for their fertility, and coerced into perpetuating the very system that oppresses them.

I know — I’m making The Promised Neverland sound like Terribly Serious Reading, but rest assured it isn’t; the story is, at bottom, a juicy prison drama in which the jailers are actual monsters and the prisoners pint-sized MacGuyvers with powerful motivation to escape. Recommended.

Silver Spoon, Vol. 2 Written and Illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa Translated by Amanda Haley Yen Press Rated T, for teens

After an introductory volume in which Hachiken (a) fell face-first into poop (b) insulted his classmates repeatedly (c) joined the equestrian club just to impress a girl and (d) realized that the piglet he was raising would soon be bacon, volume two affords him a rare moment of grace. The students’ discovery of an abandoned brick oven prompts them to make pizza — something only Hachiken knows how to do. The act of cooking for so many people forces Hachiken to improvise, rather than plan, thus forcing him outside his academic and social comfort zone — and making his brief turn in the spotlight even more satisfying.

Lest Hachiken’s triumph seem a little too tidy, the rest of volume two sees him reverting to bumbling city slicker, as he gets lost in the woods looking for cell phone reception, gags at the sight of a newborn calf, and, yes, falls face-first into another pile of manure. Hiromu Arakawa sells these moments with her trademark over-the-top reaction shots; no one can distort or bend a human face with the same verve as Arakawa, who turns every setback, humiliation, and surprise into an opportunity to draw rivers of snot and tears. Though she excels at slapstick, Arakawa tempers the jokes with moments of real drama that make Hachiken realize just how much Komaba and Mikage’s families struggle to keep their modest dairy farms afloat. It’s these quieter moments that remind us just what a capable storyteller she really is, and make Silver Spoon more than just a gag manga with farm animals. Recommended.

Essential Reading, Viewing, and Listening

Zodiac River examines Kyoko Okazaki’s unflinching portrayal of the “beauty-industrial complex” in Helter Skelter, arguing that the manga is really a “hyper-realistic horror story, showing how beauty and body standards are themselves monstrous forces.” Closer to home, my Manga Bookshelf colleague Sean Gaffney explains why you should read Riyoko Ikeda’s poignant drama Claudine.

Over at YouTube, The Black Manga Critic offers his thoughts on chapter 89 of The Promised Neverland and chapters 180-184 of My Hero Academia, as well as his first impressions of Monster and A Bride’s Story. And while you’re browsing YouTube, check out Plutoburns‘ review of My Neighbor Seki, ��a comedy with a simply excellent premise.” The latest Comics Alternative podcast is also a good bet, with reviews of Dead Dead Demon’s DeDeDeDestruction, Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, and The Troublemakers.

New and Noteworthy

After Hours, Vol. 1 (Thea Srinivasan, Comic Bastards)

After Hours, Vol. 1 (Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue)

Arakawa Under the Bridge, Vol. 1 (Faith Orcino, Anime Ushi)

Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest, Vol. 1 (Jason Bradley Thompson, Otaku USA)

Astra Lost in Space, Vols. 1-3 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

Captain Harlock: Classic Collection, Vol. 1 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Devilman: Classic Collection, Vol. 1 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

Devilman: Classic Collection, Vol. 1 (Kathleen Townsend, Looking Glass Reads)

Dragon Half Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Justin, The OASG)

Dragon Half Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Daryl Surat, Otaku USA)

Eclair: A Girl’s Love Anthology that Resonates in Your Heart (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Golosseum, Vol. 1 (Richard Gutierrez, The Fandom Post)

Grand Blue Dreaming, Vol. 1 (Jason Bradley Thompson, Otaku USA)

Hatsu*Haru, Vol. 1 (Krystallina, The OASG)

Horimiya, Vol. 1 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

How to Treat Magical Beasts: Mine and Master’s Medical Journal, Vol. 1 (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

 IM: Great Priest Imhotep, Vol. 1 (Justin, The OASG)

Inuyashiki, Vol. 1 (LG, A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)

Kemono Friends: Welcome to Japari Park!, Vol. 1 (Kory Cerjak, The Fandom Post)

A Kiss, For Real, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)*

Laid-Back Camp, Vol. 1 (Shaenon Garrity, Otaku USA)

The Lion and the Bride, Vol. 1 (Krystallina, The OASG)*

Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen (Marion Bea, Yatta-Tachi)*

Mermaid Boys, Vol. 1 (Melina Darghis, The Fandom Post)

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: Kanna’s Daily Life, Vol. 1 (Faith Orcino, Anime Ushi)

My Solo Exchange Diary, Vol. 1 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

My Solo Exchange Diary, Vol. 1 (Kara Jorgensen, karajorgensen.com)

My Solo Exchange Diary, Vol. 1 (Erica Friedman, Okazu)

My Solo Exchange Diary, Vol. 1 (Publisher’s Weekly)

Nameless Asterism, Vols. 1-2 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

Napping Princess, Vol. 1 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)

Our Story Begins With… (Erica Friedman, Okazu)

Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, Vol. 1 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)

RWBY: Official Manga Anthology, Vol. 1 (Nick Smith, ICv2)

Silver Spoon, Vol. 1 (J. Caleb Mozzocco, Good Comics for Kids)

Silver Spoon, Vols. 1-2 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Vol. 1 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Vol. 1 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1 (Ken H., Sequential Ink)

To Your Eternity, Vol. 1 (Danica Davidson, Otaku USA)

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 1 (Morgana Rhalina, The Manga Maven)

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 1 (Danica Davidson, Otaku USA)

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 1 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 1 (Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue)

Ongoing Series

Akame ga Kill! Zero, Vol. 7 (Krystallina, The OASG)

Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 3 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

Baccano, Vol. 3 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)

Beasts of Abigaile, Vol. 3 (Helen, The OASG)

Cells as Work!, Vol. 5 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

CITY, Vol. 2 (David Brooke, AiPT!)

Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 5 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Vol. 7 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Vol. 11 (Krystallina, The OASG)

The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Vol. 11 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)

Food Wars!! Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 24 (Liz, The Outerhaven)

Flying Witch, Vol. 6 (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

Goblin Slayer, Vol. 2 (Justin, The OASG)

Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl, Vol. 5 (Erica Friedman, Okazu)

Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight, Vol. 5 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)*

Magical Girl Raising Project, Vol. 2 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)

Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-Kun, Vol. 9 (Helen, The OASG)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 9 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 13 (Kathleen Townsend, Looking Glass Reads)

One Piece, Vol. 5 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

One Piece, Vol. 6 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

One-Punch Man, Vol. 13 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 3 (Helen, The OASG)

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 4 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Rose Guns Days: Season Three, Vol. 3 (Kate O’Neil, The Fandom Post)

The Royal Tutor, Vol. 7 (Krystallina, The OASG)

Silver Spoon, Vol. 2 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

Silver Spoon, Vol. 3 (Justin and Krystallina, The OASG)

Skip Beat!, Vols. 7-9 (Alison, Bloom Reviews)

Takane & Hana, Vol. 3 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

To Your Eternity, Vol. 2 (Kate O’Neil, The Fandom Post)

To Your Eternity, Vol. 5 (David Brooke, AiPT!)

Vinland Saga, Vol. 10 (David Brooke, AiPT!)

Waiting for Spring, Vol. 6 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s A Bore)

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 2 (David Brooke, AiPT!)

Yona of the Dawn, Vols. 11-12 (Anna N., The Manga Report)

Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 12 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

From the Vault

Bakuman, Vol. 10 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

Blade of the Immortal Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

A Certain Scientific Railgun, Vol. 1 (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

D-Gray Man, Vols. 9-10 (SKJAM, SKJAM! Reviews)

GTO: The Early Years, Vol. 1 (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics (SKJAM, SKJAM! Reviews)

Slam Dunk, Vol. 3 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

Switch, Vol. 1 (Patricia Beard, The Fandom Post)

By: Katherine Dacey

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Commencement / Britechester (3)

Michiko’s time is limited; she’s got a little time to spend with her family, then she and her boyfriend, Curtis are on their way to San Myshuno. Bjorn Bjergsen isn’t quite done refurbishing the house he’s renting to them, but they don’t care – Michiko’s due to get started as second violin with the San Myshuno Orchestra asap. Her mother Yumi is going with them to help decorate and grocery shop, so they’ve got nothing to worry about. She won’t stay long though; she’s gotta get back to her baby sister, Kori ( her father Kengo told her to take her time, but you get it).

The Fernsbys have traveled the worlds even before Curtis and his brother Cosmo were born, so an adventure moving to San Myshuno’s not that unusual. He knows he can visit his family whenever he wants, and they can come see him. What he’s more excited about is getting started on his new business endeavor with his best friend Zeke.

It may be an unorthodox one, but Maci’s has always had a plan - to learn everything she can about the film industry and run her own crew. Decha believes so much in her abilities, she didn’t even really need a degree. But she’s glad she has one.

One thing she hadn’t planned on was falling in love with Rah (Rarahu), but taking a chance on love was that missing piece; now she can’t imagine life without her. 

Rah (Rarahu) is loving life right now. She’s looking forward to all that life has in store. There is one more thing that would make everything perfect though:

Well, well well… looks like things have taken a delightful turn. These who learners get to start a whole new chapter of their lives together; will they plan a big thing, or just elope this time will tell 🖤✨

Previous / Next / Beginning

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The Manga Revue, 3/5/18

Before we get to this week’s reviews, I have a brief programming announcement. Response to The Manga Revue has been very positive, so I am phasing out the Monthly Manga Review Index in favor of this more flexible weekly format; that way, readers can find reviews of new and noteworthy releases as they arrive in stores, rather than at the end of the month. If there’s a great website or podcast that I should be highlighting, please let me know in the comments; I’d like the Revue to be feature that helps manga fans discover new critics, not just new books.

One my other goals for this column is to review the second, third, or fifteenth volume of an ongoing series. (Focusing on debuts is an occupational hazard of manga reviewing.) To that end, I’m dedicating this week’s column to volume two of The Promised Neverland, which had one of the best debut volumes since Death Note. Does the second volume fulfill the promise of the first? Read on for the skinny.

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 2 Story by Kaiu Shirai, Art by Posuka Demizu Translated by Satsuki Yamashita VIZ Media; 192 pp. Rated T, for Teen

The first volume of The Promised Neverland was a masterclass in how to launch a series: the characters were immensely likable and the plotting intricate, but the brisk pacing and well-timed twists prevented an exposition-heavy story from sagging under the weight of its own ambition. Of necessity, volume two unfurls at a slower clip than the first, as the principal trio of Emma, Ray, and Norman work through the logistics of escaping Gracefield Manor, weighing the pros and cons of each element in their intricate plan. Kaiu Shirai also expands the cast to include other stakeholders, dedicating several chapters to Krone, Mother’s new subordinate, and Don and Gilda, two high-achieving students who haven’t yet learned the true purpose of Gracefield Manor.

These character moments are one of the great strengths of volume two. Krone, for example, turns out to be a more resourceful character than we might have guessed from her brief introduction in volume one; Shirai and Posuka Demizu use a woodland game of tag to reveal Krone’s formidable strength, speed, and cunning, establishing her as yet another major obstacle to escape. At the same time, Shirai peels away the outer layers of her principal characters, complicating the reader’s understanding of who they are, what motivates them to escape, and with whom their true allegiance lies — a necessary corrective to the first volume, which portrayed Emma, Ray, and Norman as just a little too smart, too capable, and too thoughtful to fully register as twelve-year-olds.

Volume two hits an occasional speed bump when characters discuss the escape plan; one overly deliberate scene, for example, finds Roy and Norman in full Scooby Doo mode, explaining how they figured out that there was a mole among the residents. Despite these lapses, The Promised Neverland remains suspenseful. Demizu’s brief but horrific dream sequences provide a potent reminder of what’s at stake if the kids don’t escape while acknowledging that escaping from Gracefield Manor may be easier than what comes next. Count me in for volume three!

Must-Read — and Must-Hear — Manga Reviews

Siddharth Gupta takes an in-depth look at the latest chapter of Dragon Ball Super, while Shea and Derek dedicate their latest Comics Alternative podcast to Red-Colored Elegy and The Promised Neverland. Over at Manga in Your Ears, Kory reviews two manga by Yoshitoki Ōima: A Silent Voice and To Your Eternity. Last but not least, Hans Rollman gives two thumbs up to the new live-action adaptation of Erased that’s currently streaming on Netflix.

New and Noteworthy

Again!!, Vol. 1 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Again!!, Vol. 1 (Kathleen Townsend, Looking Glass Reads)

Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 1 (Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

Astra Lost in Space, Vol. 1 (Ross Liversidge, UK Anime Network)

Battle Angel Alita Mars Chronicle, Vol. 1 (Ross Liversidge, UK Anime Network)

Beasts of Abigaile, Vols. 1-2 (Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue)

Children of the Whales, Vol. 1 (Helen, The OASG)

Generation Witch, Vol. 1 (Ross Liversidge, UK Anime Network)

Giant Spider & Me: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

Giant Spider & Me: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale, Vol. 1 (Justin, The OASG)

Happiness, Vol. 1 (Ross Liversidge, UK Anime Network)

The Royal Tutor, Vols. 1-2 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō, Vol. 1 (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

Silver Spoon, Vol. 1 (Demelza, Anime UK News)

Tales of Wedding Rings, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

To Your Eternity, Vol. 1 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)

Today’s Cerebus, Vols. 1-2 (Nic Willcox, No Flying No Tights)

Ongoing Series

Anonymous Noise, Vol. 6 (Anna N., The Manga Report)

Arakawa Under the Bridge, Vol. 2 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

Black Clover, Vol. 7 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

Black Clover, Vol. 10 (Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

Bloom Into You, Vol. 4 (Erica Friedman, Okazu)

Children of the Whales, Vol. 2 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

The Flowers of Evil Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Evan Bourgault, Boston Bastard Brigade)

Food Wars!! Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 21 (Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Vol. 3 (Alisha Taran, Reality’s a Bore)

Haikyu!!, Vol. 15 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

The Love and Creed of Sae Maki: SAE-ISM, Vol. 3 (Justin, The OASG)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 10 (Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 11 (Nick Creamer, Anime News Network)

Nisekoi: False Love, Vols. 21-25 (Dustin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

One Piece, Vol. 85 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 2 (Donovan Bertch, LRM)

To Your Eternity, Vol. 2 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)

To Your Eternity, Vol. 3 (David Brooke, AiPT!)

Twin Star Exorcists, Vol. 10 (Justin Cabeal, Comic Bastards)

Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 10 (Anna N., The Manga Report)

From the Vault

Bakuman, Vol. 2 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

Butterflies, Flowers, Vol. 1 (Chris Beveridge, The Fandom Post)

Death Note Tome 10 (SKJAM, SKJAM! Reviews)

Helvetica Standard (Krystallina, Daiyamanga)

I Am Here!, Vol. 1 (LG, A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (Krystallina, Daiyamanga)

Ristorante Paradiso (Sakura Eries, The Fandom Post)

Suzuka (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

By: Katherine Dacey