Illustrated by Sonia Paoloni and Thibault Balahy
Delve into the formation of the first all American Indian Rock Band: Redbone, as told from Pat Vegas’ perspective. Before they were a full band, Lolly and Pat Vegas played clubs in LA and jammed with some of the greats - Jimmy Hendrix before he was Jimi, Sonny and Cher, and more. They start to collect other talented musicians who were also passing as Hispanic Americans, and formed a band that then went on to proudly use elements of Native American instruments and musicality in their songs and display their Native American heritage. While they weren't always a commercial success, and their ancestry brought them discrimination and missed gigs, the members of Redbone felt it was necessary to continue their musical careers as noble Native Americans who would not bend to the pressure of their record label or the music industry.
0 Comments
Rin finally learns some control on his flame, and it come when his friends are in danger the most from the Impure King. He uses his power to burn all the spores of the Impure King from their skin, and leaves all his friends untouched. Finally, the battle with the Impure King is over. After wrapping up some details with Bon’s family and the Myodha camp, it’s off to the beach for a little “vacation” - except they’re there to help kill a kraken demon that has already destroyed one deep sea finishing boat. Rin charges in head first again and Shiemi and Yukio get caught up trying to stop him. They find shelter from the impenetrable kraken on an island, home to a forgotten sea god.
Illustrated by Boichi
One day, all of humanity, and some animals, turn to stone, right as Taiju was confessing his love for Yuzuriha. Time ticked on, and now it’s thousands of years into the future. Senku has been awake for six months, after counting all the seconds while conscious in his stone body. Taiju wakes after holding on to his love for Yuzuriha while he was stone. The two work on a formula for breaking down the stone of others when they are beset by a pack of lions. They use their liquid to de-stone Tsukasa, the strongest and most primitive of their high school class. Tsukasa wins against the lions but has some funny notions about restarting the world with only pure souls and no adults. He smashes several stone people, effectively murdering them. Senku and Taiju decide they need to create a weapon to stop the super-strong Tsukasa. 
Illustrated by Posuka Demizu
We finally get some much-needed reveal as to why the world is the way it is with farms such as Grace Field House, and, of course, it makes things look bleak for our heroes. The band is miraculously saved from pursuers and deadly demons by a duo of altruistic demons who don’t eat humans for religious reasons. The two teach the kids how to cook and teach Emma how to hunt with a bow and arrow. We learn the reason behind the flower that we see sticking out of dead things throughout the series, and it's actually a nice symbol rather than something perverse. In the end, the kids finally make it to the coordinates they've been moving towards, but what they find is not what they expected at all. 
The Impure king is almost to his full form, which means his body has begun to form a city with spores attacking anyone or thing who sets foot on the ground. Rin and Bon hitch a ride on an enlarged Kuro, who whisks them towards the growing poisonous mega-spore. When the mega-spore explodes, poisonous gas will be released and float down the mountain to the unsuspecting city of Kyoto below. Bon takes his new power from Karura and creates a fire barrier to lock in the Impure King’s poisonous gas. Yukio tries to fight off Todo, who has absorbed the Phoenix abilities of Karura, which he stole from Bon’s father. The Shima brothers also aid Yukio in his battle. Mephisto is being annoying and lounging on a couch in the sky just watching the action and providing a bit of color commentary.
The end of Round three of the UA Sports Festival is all one-on-one matches between heroes. Each tries to our maneuver their classmate. Deku is up against Todoroki, and Deku challenges him to fight with his full potential, not just is one half. The boys had some heart-felt conversations in the previous volume that continued into this novel, and Deku's love of heroes and fascination with their abilities wins out over his competitive nature. Todoroki doesn't understand that Deku would sacrifice the win in order to help Todoroki embrace everything about himself. Until this point, Todoroki has been suppressing his fire abilities because he father is a foul git who forced his mother into marriage to make a stronger hero than All Might. In the end. Deku still comes out with many broken limbs, and Recovery Girl refuses to continue healing Deku's injuries from using his Quirk. All Might and Deku must find another way to train his use of One for All.
As the merry band of misfits travels across the country to find the Green Dragon, they come to a port town where the people feign liveliness and truthfully have soulless eyes. That’s because the town is run by a corrupt man who deals in human trafficking, among other things! Yona is confronted with a disturbing truth when she finds out this has been like this since her father ascended the throne. Gija and Sinha (the Blue Dragon) can sense the Green Dragon is near, but his exact position keeps changing rapidly. Meanwhile, Hak is being recruited by a band of pirates for standing up to local officials, and the persistent the pirate Jaeha won't take no for an answer
Illustrated by Lissa Treiman, colored by Whitney Cogar
College roommates Susan, Ester, and Daisy navigate their budding college lives together. Ester is the feature of some cyber stalking when a photo of her at a party ends up on a website rating hot first years. After they both took a gap year, Susan’s “nemesis” comes to her university, and she uses the power of her feminist magazine to splatter his reputation. Daisy’s new friend furnishes her with some pills to make sure she really enjoys her 18th birthday party. Daisy isn't sure if the pills have made her attracted to her new friend, or if this feeling is natural. 
We finally learn all the secrets about the Impure King and what Bon’s father has been doing, including how some of this is tied to Rin. We learn the origin of the Koma Sword that binds Rin's power, although that bit is still a mystery. The Vatican sends Mephisto to collect Rin for using his blue flame back in Volume six, but Mephisto thinks it would be infinitely more amusing to watch Rin go against the Impure King. Rin starts to doubt his control and worries he will fully become a demon if he draws his sword again. But he needs to find his confidence again because Bon is going to need him when he goes up against the Impure King.
Vol 3, Encore: illustrated by Sam Johns, Rian Sygh, Brittney Williams, Caitlin Rose Boyle, Katy Farina, Walter Baiamonte
This graphic novel is a collection of Valentine's Day and Halloween stories featuring our favorite Stage Crew. Beckett hates Valentine’s Day and emotions in general, and usually spends Valentine’s Day watching scary movies. But everything turns out great when his crush joins him for some slasher thrillers. In the Halloween stories, Sasha hates Halloween for showing him clowns aren’t real, but he solves the mystery of a scary giant bug that comes out in the theater on Halloween every year. |
About MeI've been reading manga and comicbooks for years. Now, I write reviews and other helpful things for School Librarians, teachers, parents, and students. Search this site
Ratings, Audience, and Subject Tags
All
Archives
June 2025
|
© 2025 Sara Smith |
|
|
