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Me to Rei:

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Manga the Week of 2/3/21

SEAN: February! The most depressing month of the year! Let’s cheer ourselves up with some new titles!

Airship has two digital-first light novels: Classroom of the Elite 7.5 and The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent 3.

J-Novel Club has LOTS of stuff. Let’s start with print, as we get two new omnibuses. Banner of the Stars 1-3 is the light novel series, while How A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom 1-2 is a collection of the manga.

ASH: The Banner of the Stars omnibus looks nice.

SEAN: Also in print: Ascendance of a Bookworm 7 (the final volume of the 2nd arc), By the Grace of the Gods 2, and In Another World with My Smartphone 14.

ASH: Hooray for more Bookworm!

SEAN: Digitally, J-Novel Club has two debuts. The Great Cleric (Seija Musou – Salaryman, Isekai de Ikinokoru Tame ni Ayumu Michi), whose manga adaptation Kodansha is already putting out here, is the first. A reincarnated Salaryman decides to try to live to a nice old age by being a healer. Little does he know…

The other debut is She’s the Cutest… But We’re Just Friends! (Ore no Onna Tomodachi ga Saikou ni Kawaii), a relatively recent series. A guy finds that the hottest girl in the school shares the same gaming hobbies he does. They quickly become best friends… so why does everyone think they’re dating? This looks cute and fun.

Also out digitally: Animeta! 5, An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride 4 (manga version), Banner of the Stars 5, I Shall Survive Using Potions! 4 (manga version), Invaders of the Rokujouma!? 35, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen 10, and The World’s Least Interesting Magic Swordsman 5.

MICHELLE: Animeta! is pretty fun.

ASH: I’ve been enjoying the series, too.

SEAN: No debuts in print for Kodansha, but we do get Eden’s Zero 10, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Trinity in Tempest 2, and Witch Hat Atelier 7.

ANNA: Always happy for more Witch Hat Atelier.

ASH: Yes, indeed!

MELINDA: I realize it’s probably a very different slime, but after playing a lot of Genshin Impact, is it weird that I’m suddenly interested in that dude’s reincarnation?

The digital debut is My Dearest Self With Malice Aforethought (Shin’ai naru Boku e Satsui o Komete), a dark title from Young Magazine. Virgin Eiji wakes up one day to find a girlfriend in his bed, his friend saying he got in a fight, and no memory of the last three days. What’s going on?

Also digital: Chihayafuru 24, Otherworldly Munchkin: Let’s Speedrun the Dungeon with Only 1 HP! 3, Our Fake Marriage 5, and The Invincible Reincarnated Ponkotsu 3.

MICHELLE: I can’t let a mention of Chihayafuru go by without saying “Yay!”.

ANNA: Wooo!!!

SEAN: Believe it or not, we now move to Viz. The debut is The King’s Beast (Ou no Kemono), the latest Rei Touma series, and set in the same universe as Dawn of the Arcana. The world isn’t great: those who are half-beast, half-human are discriminated against. So our heroine serves under the king disguised as a man. This runs in Cheese!.

MICHELLE: I really liked Dawn of the Arcana and The Water Dragon’s Bride, so I expect I will like this, too!

ANNA: I like both of those series, and I enjoy it when a heroine has to disguise herself as a man, so I have high hopes for this.

ASH: Ditto what you both said! I’m looking forward to giving this manga a try.

MELINDA: I admit I’m a little tapped out on “heroine disguises herself as a man” when it’s not actually about a trans person, but I’ll give it a shot.

SEAN: Shonen! Blue Exorcist 25, Boruto 10, Chainsaw Man 3, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 20, Dr. STONE 15, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 4–Diamond Is Unbreakable 8, Jujutsu Kaisen 8, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War 18, Naruto: Shikamaru’s Story (a light novel), the 5th and final volume of Samurai 8, Seraph of the End 20, and We Never Learn 14.

ASH: I somehow missed reading the second volume of Chainsaw Man, so I’ll need to fix that. Also need to play some catch up with JoJo, too.

SEAN: Shoujo! Far fewer titles here. Shortcake Cake 11 and Yona of the Dawn 28. (Then again, Yona should count as 4 normal shoujo titles.)

MICHELLE: I’m happy about both of these.

ANNA: Me too!

ASH: Yay, Yona!

SEAN: Yen Press has two debuts. Sasaki and Miyano runs in Gene Pixiv, is based off a webcomic, and sounds sort of like the BL version of Horimiya.

MICHELLE: That’s intriguing!

ASH: Ooooh, when you describe it like that, I may need to check it out!

MELINDA: Sounds like this could be great!

SEAN: The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions (Kyuuketsuki to Yukai na Nakama-tachi) is a title that runs in Bessatsu Hana to Yume. A BL title based off of a novel, with art by the creator of Baby & Me, for those who recall that old Viz series. This is nothing like Baby & Me, but has lots of hot men, hot vampires, and hot vampire men.

MICHELLE: I was just reading about this mangaka yesterday because Kodansha announced their March debits and one of them is Ragawa-sensei’s Those Snow White Notes (Mashiro no Oto). Must be her time to shine.

ANNA: I have to admit, I’m intrigued by all these combinations of hotness.

MELINDA: There are some things that never get old. And by “some things” I mean “hot vampires”.

SEAN: Also out next week: Bungo Stray Dogs 17, Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody 10 (manga version), Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria 14 (manga version), and Sword Art Online Progressive Barcarolle of Froth 2 (also a manga version, though the LN doesn’t have the subtitle).

Chilled to the bone this winter? Heat up with some manga. What are you buying?

By: Sean Gaffney

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Anime Fans React to the Anime Awards Nominees!

  The Anime Awards is now open for voting, and on Friday, we got to see all of the nominees chosen by our panel of judges! Fans have taken to social media to react to the nominees, champion their choices for each category, and lament the exclusion of their favorites. Let's take a look at a slice of the conversation happening on Twitter! 

    — eddie♡ (@kirishimasluv) January 10, 2020

— sachi ♡s overhaul (@egosketchy) January 10, 2020

— Debbie Sturgis (@debostur) January 10, 2020

— Insane Hollow (@gabrielojones) January 12, 2020

  vote mob psycho 100 on the anime awards,, this is a gentle persuasion pic.twitter.com/fMeepSuVyJ

— kay @ comphet for chrom ✨ (@lesboba) January 10, 2020

Hello, this is your daily reminder to vote for Reo and Mabu for best couple in the Anime Awards because they are perfect and I love them and they hurt my heart a little https://t.co/JBZTWCusvV pic.twitter.com/0EAwxhNC3d

— Keanu Reeves ???? ALA (@jazqui) January 13, 2020

I voted for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba for Best Animation! @ me if you dont agree that this anime had BOMB ASS animation You can vote here: pic.twitter.com/WNZ9gbvL44 https://t.co/TvgPF7osO4 #AnimeAwards via @crunchyroll

— Nythusan Sivakumar (@NythusanS) January 13, 2020

I think i chose right. I hope at least that one of them wins. #AnimeAwards pic.twitter.com/nMsJhU5gLA

— Insane Hollow (@gabrielojones) January 12, 2020

I voted for Faye Mata for Best VA Performance (EN) ~ ! You can vote here: pic.twitter.com/1sBCkQ9yGt https://t.co/LXUpDoOEz7 #AnimeAwards via @crunchyroll

— ????Festive Covert Sphinx ???? (@JustanRPaccount) January 13, 2020

everyone vote for overhaul!!! #AnimeAwardshttps://t.co/MhqahsrDB0 pic.twitter.com/dMFBP62z2U

— sachi ♡s overhaul (@egosketchy) January 10, 2020

do you even need to ask #AnimeAwards pic.twitter.com/V9Mw4ld6iu

— tyranno (@not_tyranno) January 11, 2020

Vinland Saga is Anime of the Year. Fight Me. https://t.co/nWR8qGqSGR #AnimeAwards vía @crunchyroll_es

— Amilcar Trejo (@senseiagot) January 13, 2020

Not so friendly reminder to vote for Chika as best girl in the CrunchyRoll anime awards pic.twitter.com/VdGefu3Tm3

— Badgertail (@Badgertail_) January 13, 2020

The best.???????? @Crunchyroll #CrunchyrollAnimeAwards pic.twitter.com/86uNmo2UqS

— Jess???? (@jessykuh19) January 13, 2020

There is only one right choice #CrunchyrollAnimeAwards pic.twitter.com/ZPs3rCp0MF

— Garrett Fredley (@SomeCronzaGuy) January 12, 2020

2019 best anime villain And it ain’t even close #CrunchyrollAnimeAwards pic.twitter.com/GKgFWTnRNN

— Peach Jars Stan (@PeachJarsSimp) January 12, 2020

hoshiai no sora is being nominated for best drama on the crunchyroll anime awards!! please go and vote for it, if it wins i think it would mean great things for the anime!! https://t.co/aOELRhVF0N pic.twitter.com/wpkzhGDDfb

— luna ♡ ceo of hoshiai no sora (@sherpace) January 10, 2020

Let's get these LGBT+ rep in anime get more recognition, vote them on Crunchyroll anime awards pic.twitter.com/dMlUyDzl1i

— Rey/ia (@dazaiangel) January 10, 2020

Aight listen up people: Bruno is up for Best Boy on the Crunchyroll Anime Awards. DO YOUR THING JOJO FANS https://t.co/K2YuDNWpon pic.twitter.com/24x4JgFj7y

— ????Ahurial???? (@ahurial) January 10, 2020

Ignore the Oscars, vote in the Anime Awards https://t.co/Xx8u3k9vNW

— Freedom-Hating Turd (@hitherehaidar) January 13, 2020

  Have you voted yet? Let your voice be heard and let us know in the comments! 

  By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com