One Piece Volume 43

Oda’s question corner that regularly gets featured is always interesting. I highly recommend you to read through them while you read these volumes, there’s much more interesting stuff going on there than you might think. For example, we learn the entire backstory of the gruff carpenter that gave some food to Usopp while the Aqua … Continue reading One Piece Volume 43 →

The Necromancer’s Daughter chapter 11 – Larania

Woodland creature IScurrying through the foliage was a small form. Not much bigger than a human hand when rolled up into a ball but large enough to make an impact when speeding through the underbrush. Fluffy cheeks and a bushy tail accompanying a lean body that darted from branch to branch. There was an energy … Continue reading The Necromancer’s Daughter chapter 11 – Larania →

One Piece Volume 42

Last week’s volume was such a fantastic volume that the only way to go from there was down. Luckily for us, we only went down a comfortable amount and this volume is still great. We pick up right where we left last volume as the gang minus Robin flies into the Justice tower with the … Continue reading One Piece Volume 42 →

Quick Update

Hey folks, time for an update. Not so much because it’s time to let you all know how riveting my life has been, but more because I’ve been struggling to keep up with my writing lately. Part of this is because NaNoWriMo is coming up in about a week and I’m working on preparing some … Continue reading Quick Update →

One Piece Volume 41 – Peak Fiction

One Piece Volume 41 is the single best manga volume ever written and it’s not even remotely close. This entire Water Seven Saga has been a blast from the very start, but this volume has one of my absolute favorite moments in the entire series as well as the backstory of my favorite character whose … Continue reading One Piece Volume 41 – Peak Fiction →

Some thoughts on Hesitant Hero

Quick note: I wrote this on Friday then forgot to upload it. Oops, here it is though! Consistency is key. I believe I heard that somewhere. One downside of writing these stories over such a long time and not going back often to check facts and things because you’re lazy like me is that you’ll … Continue reading Some thoughts on Hesitant Hero →

One Piece Volume 40

Volume 40 is aptly titled ‘gear.’ If this is your first journey through One Piece, the meaning of this volume title will get clear as we continue, but if you’ve been here before, you know all about the gears. We also continue the baroque works escape cover story this volume but the real meat and … Continue reading One Piece Volume 40 →

A hop, a skip and a loafer

Honestly, same. I’ve been consuming and creating stories for over 20 years now. Don’t make fun of my age, I’m sensitive. Either way, there’s one thing that has been consistent throughout the good stories I’ve consumed. The best stories have good character writing. It’s very simple. Your worldbuilding can be amazing, your action scenes can … Continue reading A hop, a skip and a loafer →

One Piece Volume 39

They took the rocketman, going anywhere~ Welcome back to our weekly One Piece manga recap. Today we’re looking at volume 39. Last week everyone set off towards the dangerous Enies Lobby to chase after Nico Robin who has been captured by CP9. Luffy, Sanji, Nami, Robin and many of the people they met on Water … Continue reading One Piece Volume 39 →

Horimiya: Piece by piece

When the original season of Horimiya aired, I wasn’t convinced. I enjoyed the show a lot, but it is rated incredibly high and hailed as an absolutely amazing manga in the romance genre. To me it felt much more like a solid romance anime that had a good beginning, middle and end. So why is … Continue reading Horimiya: Piece by piece →