[...] I reviewed Yakitate!! Japan Book 2, the manga about baking bread, I mentioned that it contained a recipe to make bread in a rice [...]

[...] Johanna Draper Carlson examines the anthology Japan as Viewed by 17 Creators and the second volume of Takashi Hashiguchi’s Yakitate!! Japan. [...]

[...] Lotsa reviews today: At Blogfonte, Mitch continues to enjoy Skip Beat–he’s on volume 3–but has reservations about Night of the Beasts: “it scans like Red Sonja cast against type as Jane Eyre.” Blogcritics looks at a crossover attempt, Batman: Child of Dreams, by Kia Asamiya and Max Allan Collins. At MangaCast, Ed has a podcast review of Anne Freaks, Nana, and Boogiepop Doesn’t Laugh. Active Anime reviews two volume 3’s, Kame Kaze and Never Give Up. Anime on DVD’s Megan Meinhard looks at the mature title Art of Loving. Comic Book Bin checks out the Del Rey iteration of Train Man. Manga Punk kind of likes Goofyfoot Gurl: Let There Be Lighten Up!, a Christian “manga” from Real Buzz studios (of Serenity fame) but thinks they need to start calling it “comics.” And at Comics Worth Reading, Johanna suspends disbelief and enjoys volume 2 of Yakitate!! Japan. [...]