Sad that the holidays are over? Check out this odd little magical manga for more seasonal celebration to recapture feelings of Christmas. Only Sweet Rein is twisted through the lens of another culture, one that loves the holiday without being tied as tightly to the history and expectations. Kurumi is lonely at Christmas. Her mother has passed away, and her father works too much to spend time with her. Suddenly, crossing a busy street, a stranger, Kaito, bumps into her […]

Boy, am I glad I read these volumes together, because if I’d read just volume 2 alone, I would have thrown it across the room and refused to continue. But volume 3 provides some much-need forward motion to the story after the second volume’s continued reliance on having the characters refuse to talk to each other to maintain artificial suspense. As established in the first volume, Chiwa has married Hokuto in order to pay off her father’s debts. She doesn’t […]

It’s more boss/assistant romance with a forbidden aspect. Midnight Secretary by Tomu Ohmi continues by hitting the jealousy button hard in volume 2. Kaya is disturbed by the way her vampire boss Kyohei keeps drinking from other women (which also involves turning them on sexually), although he tells her how fine her blood is and how no one else’s can satisfy him the same way. Kyohei has to learn to accept his feelings for her, while she will have to […]