Kim McLeod

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

What Should I Do With My Life? This is a question all of us face at some point, but it wouldn’t be something you would expect from a third-grader.  Nanoha is a third-grade student at Seisho Elementary and she’s worried about her future.  Her friends, Arisa and Suzuka, already know what they want to do with their lives.  Nanoha gets a little depressed at hearing this because she has no path set ou...[Read More]

The Magic Touch Volume 1

I love your ...back? Have you ever fallen in love with somebody’s back?  Chiaki Togu, a somewhat shy freshman, can claim that she has.  Chiaki is a member of her school’s Massage Research Society, and she’s pretty good at what she does.  One day Chiaki is on the bus on her way to school when the most needy back walks on.  She can see the tsubo everywhere! (Tsubo are the pressure points used in ma...[Read More]

Save Me! Lollipop: Complete Series

Ever wonder what it’s like to have your biggest wish come true? Nina, a 12 year old middle school student is about to find out.  Her wish is not very different from most girls: to find a guy that is strong, sweet, good-looking and that will protect her no matter what the cost.  Little does she know that things aren’t going to go exactly as planned.  While she is out eating cake with some friends s...[Read More]

Rozen Maiden: Traumend Vol. 2

A lot of chaos ensues in this volume as the girls vie for Jun-kun’s attention, although the only vying being done is by none other than Suiseiseki.  She is incredibly jealous of how much attention Jun-kun is giving to Shinku, so she tries to prove that she is better.  One day when Jun’s sister, Nori, is away, Suiseiseki attempts to clean the house, starting with vacuuming.  Somehow the back slidi...[Read More]

Tsubasa Vol. 11

Tsubasa continues, and so do we, with our full review of volume 11...

Rozen Maiden: Traumend Vol. 3

This is what you get when you live with your dolls.

Tsubasa Volume 7

Story- Syaoran, Sakura, Fai, Kurogane, and Mokona are at it again. They’ve landed themselves in a new world, one that seems very futuristic, and end up entering a race. They aren’t racing just for fun though, the grand prize is Sakura’s feather. But there’s a catch, they have to learn to race in flying vehicles while someone has it in for them, creating disasters at every turn. When they first arr...[Read More]

Moon Phase

Kouhei is a photographer for a paranormal magazine with an unlikelyskill: he has never actually seen the ghosts that he shoots! Hisco-workers Seiji (who is also his cousin) and Hiromi think that he isjust exceptionally dense when it comes to paranormal activity. Hisgrandfather Ryuuhei, however, knows better. Kouhei has grown-up withmagic surrounding him, seeing as his grandfather is very powerful ...[Read More]

Glass Fleet 6

Everyone takes their last stand in the battle to unite the universe. Michel is working with Cleo to bring freedom to the people while Vetti,the Holy Emperor, is just using it as a means to an end, instead of anend in itself. If Vetti unites the universe then he can prolong hisdeath by many years. But Pope Gorna is planning a coup de' tat, hewants to rid himself of Vetti and take over the Cote d'or...[Read More]

Spiral – The Complete Series

Ayumu Narumi is a slightly rebellious freshman in high school (he never uses polite Japanese when speaking to elders) who has an unusual talent: he is able to use logic and reasoning extremely well.  Only a few others come close to his ability level and they are known as the Blade Children, whom the show is centered around.  Ayumu's older brother, Kiyotaka, went to solve the mystery of the Blade C...[Read More]

Glass Fleet Volume 5

The Story- Unity at Last? While Vetti and his jail friends are all aboard the admirals ship,Vetti and his army surround them. They start firing on the admiralsship, which prompts them to take action. The ship is "old anddecrepit" as Cleo puts it and Eimer has trouble maneuvering it. Theyare up against three of Vetti's ships, a flag ship and two gun ships. After Cleo gets extremely frustrated that ...[Read More]

Glass Fleet 4

TheShow- Prison Break! Cleoand Eimer are still stuck in the prison were they were taken after Cleo wasstabbed by Vetti. Michel is still a captive of Vetti's and she is tryingto forget about him drugging and then taking advantage of her. In heranger she breaks a mirror and it appears that the thought of suicide crossesher mind, but at the last moment Cleo's voice echoes through her head. Meanwhile,...[Read More]