Reviews - The Graphic Library

The Bride was a boy by Chii

7/5/2025

Cover of The Bride was a Boy. A groom with glasses and rosy cheeks holds up a bride in a rose colored gown. She's holding on to him and the bouquet of flowers is coming at us.

This autobiographical comics essay provides an honest perspective on Chii’s life from her childhood living as a boy through her transition up until her marriage to Husband-kun. Chii provides a detailed look at the laws that prohibit same-sex marriages, legal transitions and gender reassignment surgeries, as well as the reasons she chose the path she did for her own health and well-being. The comic is mostly presented in yonkoma form (vertical 4-panel strips), but interspersed are full page comics providing additional expansion and details not covered in the shorter strips.

Darwin incident vol 2 by Shun Umezawa

7/4/2025

Cover of The Darwin Incident volume 2. Lucy and Charlie, who is a humanzee, sit with their backs towards each other. Lucy is wearing a red shirt and looks to be mid-sentence. Charlie is wearing a white shirt and is holding a semi-automatic weapon.

Charlie heads back to school after the bombing incident, but everyone thinks he’s become embroiled with the terrorists, and now making friends has become even harder. Charlie’s parents have confided in Lucy, the one friend Charlie did manage to make, and they expressed upon her their struggle to try to win rights for Charlie in the eyes of the law. The Animal Liberation Alliance is not giving up, though, and their next attempt includes radicalization of Charlie’s classmates.

the 13th footprint vol 1 by kei sanbe

7/1/2025

Cover of The 13th Footprint volume 1. The family is walking and smiling, wife and husband holding hands. The son is on top of his father's shoulders. Everyone is happy. Pink cherry blossoms are blooming behind them.

Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 8-12

Publisher: Yen Press
Publication Date: July 15, 2025
ISBN: 9798855417326 (Paperback)

Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Mystery, Family, Yen Press

tokyo fears rhapsody vol 1 by akira sugito

7/1/2025

Cover of Tokyo Fears Rhapsody volume 1. A frightening looking monster with large pointy teeth is attempting to lick a swirly ice cream cone.

Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 10-12

Publisher: VIZ Media
Publication Date: July 15, 2025
ISBN: 9781974751457 (Paperback)

Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Action Adventure, Demons, Humor, Superheroes, VIZ Media

Tsumiki ogami's not-so-ordinary life vol 1 by miyu morishita

7/1/2025

Cover of Tsumiki Ogami's Not-So-Ordinary Life volume 1. Tsumiki is waiving at us while she runs into school Her wolf tail is strapped to her thigh and is peaking out from under her skirt.

Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 7-12

Publisher: VIZ Media
Publication Date: July 8, 2025
ISBN: 9781974756025 (Paperback)

Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, School Life, Friendship, Fantasy, VIZ Media

issak vol 1 by shinji makari

7/1/2025

Cover of Issak volume 1. Issak is holding a long rifle and looking down the barrel. He is wearing a white kimono with silver armor and he has a katana hanging from his belt.

Booklist starred review

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

Publisher: Kodansha
Publication Date: June 10, 2025
ISBN: 9798888774953 (Paperback)

Tags: Rating: 10/10, Suitability: High School, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Historical Fiction, War, Kodansha

kill blue vol 1 by Tadatoshi fujimaki

7/1/2025

Cover of Kill Blue volume 1. Ogami is holding a school book in one hand, his bag floating off his shoulder, while he has a gun lazily in his other hand against his head. He's wearing his white school uniform.

Booklist review

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

Publisher: VIZ Media
Publication Date: May 5, 2025
ISBN: 9781974756131 (Paperback)

Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Action Adventure, Regressor, School Life, Humor, VIZ Media

You can't live all on your own! vol 1 by Mizoko Tsuno

6/28/2025

Cover of You Can't Live All On Your Own volume 1. Four women all walking in different directions about to do different tasks -- bake, play guitar, go to work, go on a date perhaps -- and the background is solid pink.

Four women close to thirty live together, and they're all in very different places in their lives. Shuu works hard at her day job and is mostly waiting for love to find her spontaneously, but she’s feeling the pressure to marry as those around her are finding relationships. Mii is a guitarist and has been seeing the drummer in her band, but he drops a bombshell on her that makes her question where their relationship is and where it’s headed. Eika is solidly a career woman who continuously takes on big projects, and she doesn’t let anyone doubt her ability to handle the workload. Shio used to work at a large, successful corporation, but the long hours and stress were not what she was looking for in life.

Witch hat atelier vol 13 by kamome shirahama

6/27/2025

Cover of Witch Hat Atelier volume 13. Cuestas is flourishing his cape and flying upwards with his special stilts that let him walk despite being paralyzed. His brimmed hat is meacingly on his head.

The Knights continue to battle the Leech monster and try to get the wounded citizens to the doctors, who are secluded away from the festival and the city. With Coco being attended to by doctors, Qilfrey has to go after Cuestas alone. Beldarut watches over Coco while Qilfrey is away, and he shows Coco a handy spell where she can make her essence into a smoke creature to follow her master. She hopes to convince Cuestas to come with Qilfrey, but a brimmed hat unexpectedly shows up, and the entire plan goes awry.

Deadman wonderland vol 2 by jinsei kataoka

6/25/2025

Cover of Deadman Wonderland volume 2. Shiro is sitting on the ground with her legs stretched out before her. Her hair is fallling around her.

A deadly power lurks in Ganta, and a prisoner being held in solitary in G-Ward may have answers, including more information about the mysterious Red Man who actually murdered all of Ganta's classmates. But, G-Ward isn’t on any known maps, and nobody seems to know of its existence. Shiro and Ganta’s semi-prisoner friend help break a way into the secret ward where a prisoner known as “Crow” is locked up. He refers to Ganta as “Woodpecker” and reveals little else except that he and Ganta share the same mysterious powers in their blood.