Tag: shonen
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Manga Review: Chainsaw Man
Title: Chainsaw Man Mangaka: Tatsuki Fujimoto US Publisher: Viz Media / Shonen Jump Status: Ongoing- Now in Part II Age Relevance: Upper High School and Up How Essential Is It?: Must Have Curricular Connections?: Independent Reading Reader’s Advisory Tags: Horror, Action Anime: Crunchyroll Content Warnings: Gore, suicide, death, sexual innuendos, cannibalism, groping Publisher Synopsis: Denji’s a poor young man who’ll do anything…
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Manga Review: Horimiya
Title: Horimiya Mangaka: HERO, Daisuke Hagiwara US Publisher: Yen Press Status: Ongoing (Complete in Japan, should complete soon in US at 16 volumes) Age Relevance: Middle school and up How Essential Is It?: Must Have Curricular Connections?: Independent reading. Reader’s Advisory Tags: Romance, humor, relationships, friendships Anime: Crunchyroll Live-Action: Not available for streaming in US, but you can see the trailer…
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Manga Review: Dandadan
Title: Dandadan Mangaka: Yukinobu Tatsu US Publisher: VIZ Media (Shonen Jump) Status: Ongoing Age Relevance: Adult How Essential Is It?: Nice to Have Curricular Connections?: Not relevant to school collections; please select other titles! My suggestions: Assassination Classroom, Mob Psycho 100, One Punch Man Reader’s Advisory Tags: Aliens, humor, ecchi, absurdist Content Warnings: Sexual assault, crude humor, some violence. Publisher Synopsis:…
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Manga Review: Cat + Gamer
Title: Cat + Gamer (猫暮らしのゲーマーさん, Nekogurashi no Gēmā-san) Mangaka: Wataru Nadatani US Publisher: Dark Horse Status: Ongoing Age Relevance: Elementary & Up How Essential Is It?: Must Have (According to Me) Curricular Connections?: Independent reading. Reader’s Advisory Tags: Video games, cats, female protagonists, humor. Content Warnings: None! Publisher Synopsis: Riko, a twenty-nine-year-old office worker with an obsession for video games, finds…
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Series Review: Flying Witch
Title: Flying Witch (ふらいんぐうぃっち) Mangaka: Chihiro Ishizuka いしずかちひろ US Publisher: Kodansha USA Status: Ongoing. Level: Elementary and up! How Essential Is It?: Nice to Have Curricular Connections?: N/A Reader’s Advisory Tags: Slice of Life, Humor, Magic, Fantasy. Anime: Crunchyroll. Content Warnings: None. Last night I made fiddlehead fern tempura, and it occurred to me that…
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Series Review: Naruto
Title: Naruto ナルト Mangaka: Masashi Kishimoto 岸本 斉史 US Publisher: VIZ Media Status: Complete Level: Upper Middle and High School How Essential Is It?: Must Have (in high school) Curricular Connections?: N/A Reader’s Advisory Tags: action, adventure, ninjas, school Anime: Available through Crunchyroll Content Warnings: Some crude humor and nudity, violence. Naruto is probably a…
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