Sean Gaffney

Oct 10, 2024 | mangabookshelf.com | Sean Gaffney

Friday at the Atelier, Vol. 2 | By Sakura Hamada | Yen Press – The weirdness gets dialed back a lot in this second volume, though we still see our lead woman posing nude with fish on top of her an awful lot. Both of them are growing and changing, and in good ways. She’s slow to realize this; he does realize it, and it’s making him a little nervous, to be honest. He’s used to being an avant-garde artist, so doing ad work is… well, the money’s good, but is this OK?

Oct 3, 2024 | suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com | Sean Gaffney

By Mori and Huyuko Aoi. Released in Japan as “Yane Urabeya no Kōshaku Fujin” by Kadokawa Books. Released in North America by J-Novel Heart. Translated by piyo. This is the sort of book that I call an “eat your veggies first” book. You know there’s good stuff coming. You want to get to the cool, good stuff. But you have to get the setup for all the cool, good stuff. And sometimes, even though it’s good for the book, it just tastes horrible.

Sep 13, 2024 | suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com | Sean Gaffney

By Kazuki Karasawa and Akane Rica. Released in Japan as “Saikyou Joshi, Isekai e Iku!” by the author on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website. Released in North America digitally by Cross Infinite World. Translated by Marissa Skeels. How much you enjoy this one-shot may depend on how in tune with the standard comedy tropes of anime and manga you as a reader are. It stars a young woman who is not only oblivious as to her own ridiculous strength, but also oblivious to the fact that she has multiple suitors.

Sep 13, 2024 | animeherald.com | Erica Friedman |Sean Gaffney |Samantha Ferreira

The American Manga Awards was an idea whose time had finally come. For years, as we watched manga be relegated to a tiny category among comic awards, many of the people in the industry had been saying that we really needed an awards celebration of our own. One of those people, journalist, podcaster, publisher, and catalyst for change, Deb Aoki, decided to do something about it.

Sep 10, 2024 | suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com | Sean Gaffney

By Inori and Hanagata. Released in Japan as “Heimin no Kuse ni Namaikina!” by GL Bunko. Released in North America by Seven Seas. Translated by Kevin Ishizaka. (This does spoil the spinoff’s one big reveal, but not till after the picture.)And so the I’m in Love with the Villainess story comes to an end once more – this time, apparently, for good, as the author says there are no plans to do a Claire POV for Book 3-5 of the original series.