Reviews - The Graphic Library

Chainsaw man vol 3 by tatsuki fujimoto

4/27/2023

Cover of Chainsaw Man volume 3. Himeno is holding her palm to her cheek just below the eyepatch covering her right eye. Her black tie sways in the wind, as does her black jacket over her white button-up shirt.

Several of Denji's companions decide that if they kill him, the curse on the hotel will lift and they'll be able to leave. While he's fending off attempts on his life by demons and friends alike, Denji solves the mystery and is able to chainsaw his way through yet another demon. Two of his squadmates feel like quitting after their disgraceful behavior, so Squad Mama Himeno devices a celebration that may help absolve their grief, get Denji's kiss-reward out of the way, and find out what Miss Makima knows about Denji. Himeno gets exceedingly drunk and ends up throwing up in Denji's mouth as she's giving him his kiss! After the night's festivities are over, it's off to Kyoto for Makima and back to work for everyone else, but there are hitmen with actual guns after all of them, and they have lethal aim

The Least we can do vol 1 by iolanda zanfardino

4/26/2023

Cover of The Least We Can Do volume 1. Uriel is holding out her hands and her Justice Stone is floating above them bathing everything in a gold light. Her curly blonde hair frames her face. Behind her is a menacing person with red eyes glaring at us.

Illustrated by Elisa Romboli

In a United Kingdom that has already been ravaged by war, soldiers have magical Medium Stones that augment their deadly fighting skills. Uriel is dissatisfied with the powerful Eden Army, which uses their Medium to oppress and exploit others. She steals a Justice Light, a powerful type of medium, and absconds to join the Eclipse Rebels in the fight to bring Eden down. Uriel also has a mind for inventions and hopes her inside knowledge and creativity can bring more solutions to the Eclipse as they face a foe much larger and much more powerful than they. Along the way, Uriel has to prove herself to the rebels by not only providing them with valuable information but attuning with a stone that already has a master.

Dai dark vol 3 by q hayashida

4/25/2023

Cover of Dai Dark volume 3. Sanko is in front with his dark armor on, while Shimada hangs over him in her armor, colored red here.

Sanko, Avadian, and Shimada have infiltrated a cult devoted to the light that was actually the beginning of Photosphere. Sanko is captured, and the other two disguise themselves as believers in order to save him. Along the way, they find the fourth member of “The Four Little Shits,” Hajime Damemaru, who was taken prisoner in the previous volume. Damemaru appears to be dead, so Avakian brings him along in case his bones can be sold. Meanwhile, a priest takes it upon himself to try and harvest Sanko’s bones for himself. Sanko manages to escape, although badly injured, and he’s finally reunited with his friends. Damemaru’s paggy also reunites with its master and is able to revive him into his old (looking) self. Once back on the Moja, the group gets a tour and finally gets to enjoy all of their purchases from the previous volume.

The abandoned empress vol 2 by yuna

4/24/2023

Cover ofo The Abandoned Empress volume 2. Tia is in a yellow flowery dress holding a white parasol with yellow trim. In her hair is a yellow flower clip. Behind her, kneeling, is Allendis, holding her hand and smiling sweetly at us.

Adapted by INA

Aristia is continuing her sword training, but her frail, sickly body isn’t letting her advance as fast as she would like. One of her instructors warns her not to let her friend, Allendis, get too close to her, so she starts to suspect him for ulterior motives. Later, the riots she was trying to warn against happen anyway - a famine she warned about and the kingdom prepared for still causes some to seize the opportunity for violence. Thus, her sword instructors, Allendis, and her father are all assigned to the riot, leaving Tia alone to tend the house and train by herself. She then meets Sein, the younger Rass son, who, at first, treats Tia with excitement, but after learning she’s the crown Princess, brushes her off and dismissed her interest in swordplay as just a hobby. Tia must prove to him that her training is not just a fancy, that she is actually fighting for her life.

Little witch academia vol 1 by trigger

4/18/2023

Cover of Little Witch Academia volume 1. A witch in colorful, pastel clothing floats above a brightly colored building.

Original story by Trigger/Yoh Yoshinari, illustrated by keisuke Sato

Akko is determined to be a witch. She will follow in the footsteps of her favorite witch, Chariot, who attended Luna Nova Witchcraft Academy. The major obstacle to her attaining her hopes and dreams is that she is not magical -- yet. After a disastrous attempt to get to school that led them through a forbidden forest, Akko and her new friend Lotte make it to Luna Nova. But, going to witch school is nothing like Akko thought it would be! Classes are not as interesting as she would hope, and she hasn't mastered flying a broom. Plus, lots of other witches make fun of her for not being from a magical family. One of the instructors realizes there is tension between the new arrivals, and she matches them up into a "friendly" game of volleyball, hoping they will work out some of their rivalries.

Gunhild vol 1 By Fred Tornager

4/15/2023

Cover of Gunhild volume 1. Gunhild is striding very largely with a giant boot out in front. Several characters are behind her trying to catch up. They are all very colorful.

Vol 1: The New God?

Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 9/10
Suitability Level: Grades 6-11

Publisher: Saturday AM
Publication Date: April 4, 2023
ISBN: 9780760381915 (Paperback)

Tags: Rating: 9/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, OEL Manga, Mythology, Action Adventure, Humor, Saturday AM

Tista vol 1 By Tatsuya Endo

4/15/2023

Cover of Tista volume 1

Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 7/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

Publisher: VIZ Media
Publication Date: April 4, 2023
ISBN: 9781974736713 (Paperback)

Tags: Rating: 7/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Action Adventure, VIZ Media

Call the name of the night vol 1 by Tama Mitsuboshi

4/15/2023

Cover of Book review: Call the Name of the Night vol 1

Booklist Starred review

Sara's Rating: 10/10
Suitability Level: Grades 5-11

Publisher: Yen Press
Publication Date: March 21, 2023
ISBN: 9781975352004 (Paperback)

Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: Elementary School, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Magic, Mental Health, Fantasy, Yen Press

Rooster fighter vol 2 by Shu Sakuratani

4/13/2023

Cover of Rooster Fighter volume 2. Keiji's comb and feathers flow majestically around his face. He's scowling at us. Attached to his head is Chicken Little with her back tattoo showing. She's smiling with her little blushing chick cheeks.

Keiji's back with more Kaiju to kill. This time, one of his lady conquests is also on his tail, claiming he broke her heart and ruined her life with his playboy ways. While the two try to destroy each other, new and more ferocious kaiju start popping up over the city, this time with the ability to transform or change their weaknesses so they are not easily exploitable. Keiji and Elizabeth, his old flame, agree to an uneasy truce, which doesn't make the little chick, who Keiji names Chicken Little, very happy. Keiji is still laser focused on finding the kaiju who killed his sister, so Elizabeth has to resort to some trickery to get Keiji to save an entire village being enslaved by a greedy kaiju.

Friday vol 2 by Ed Brubaker

4/12/2023

Cover of Friday volume 2. Friday sits in the snow with orange flame-like brushstrokes illuminating around her. She's stretching her hand out to something on the ground in front of her, but it's obscured from us.

Vol 2: On a Cold Winter's Night, illustrated by Marcos Martín & Muntsa Vicente

Friday is on her own to solve the biggest case of her life, but she'll have to get over crippling depression and through tons of cryptic clues in order to do it. As she starts to piece together the last few cases Lancelot tried to solve, she realizes there's a much bigger picture that she'll need to look at to connect all the dots. Some of her sleuthing introduces some magical objects and mystical beings, so Lance's hunches for the supernatural being involved prove correct!