After I read (and loved) Onna no Sono no Hoshi, more than one of you lovely readers came forward to…
The Transgender Issue: Shon Faye
I really wish this book didn’t need to be written, and I didn’t need to be writing about it. But…
Chakkun: Sora Mizusawa
TCAF was last month, and it was my first time not working the festival since…2008? Usually, I’m glued to the…
Ryukyu Kitan Bebeku no Noroi: Kohara Takeshi
Have you been to Okinawa? If not, I recommend it. But not in the summer. You will melt. The winter,…
Fire!: Mizuno Hideko
Fire is a legend. If you start getting into the history of shojo or just reading older shojo, you will…
Parade no System: Takayama Haneko
There’s this D.H. Lawrence quote that’s been hanging around in my head for decades now, but in the vague way…
Dobugawa: Ikebe Aoi
Since I got back to Canada, I’ve been feeling oddly disconnected in a way that I felt back when I…
Doujinshi Round-up: Time is a Flat Circle Edition
I keep saying “a couple of years ago,” and then catch myself and have to clarify, “a couple of years…
Daru-chan: Haruna Lemon
I’m sure I’m not the only book nerd out there who falls in love with a new author and then…
Onna no Sono no Hoshi: Wayama Yama
This is one of those books that chased me around the city until I finally gave in and bought it,…