Manga-ka: Ryo Saenagi
Publisher: Tokyopop
Rating: Teen (13+)
Released: February 2008

Synopsis: “It’s back to the amusement park for Shima and his supermodel pal, Kaori. They’ve been invited to test out a new attraction: a mystery-maze game. The dynamic duo is joined by old rivals Mai and APP, but along with them is a snooping reporter who wants to get the goods on Kaori. When Kaori collapses during the game, who will learn the secret of his other personality?”

It’s more of the same in volume 6 and unfortunately it’s finally reaching the state of getting a little old. A game put in place by Kaori’s sister creates the perfect opportunity for characters to engage in mystery solving, Indiana Jones type treasure hunting without the need for any sustaining plot behind it. Read more…

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Manga-ka: Kazuya Minekura
Publisher: Tokyopop
Rating: Mature (18+)
Released: Febuary 2008

Synopsis: “Pursued by rival Yakuza factions and linked to the mysterious and dangerous drug, “Wild Adapter”, the distant Kubota and prickly Tokito have formed a relationship where they trust no one but each other… When Kubota ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time, he is called in for questioning by the police, and his silence to protect himself and Tokito is left in the dark, homeless and incommunicado, and with no coice but to try to uncover what happened to his friend and companion.”

With the search for clues to the mysterious, and deadly, W.A. drug moved to the backburner, volume four of Wild Adapter sees Kubota arrested for a crime he didn’t commit and Tokito on the hunt for information about his friend’s past.

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Manga-ka: Matsuri Akino
Publisher: Tokyopop
Rating: Older Teen (16+)
Released: Febuary 2008

Synopsis: “It’s been several years since the bizarre Chinese count known only as D left L.A.’s Chinatown. In that time, life has returned to normal in the world, and the nightmares associated with Count D’s pet shop of horrors have ceased. But across the Pacific, amidst the bright lights of Tokyo, a mysterious Chinese man has been spotted, and he seems to be opening a new shop…”

Three years after the final volume of Petshop of Horrors was released in English by Tokyopop, comes its sequel series, Petshop of Horrors: Tokyo. After the events of the parent series, Count D has fled around the world, settling now in Neo Chinatown, Tokyo where he’s opened the same mysterious shop that promises rare animals and fulfilled dreams.

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Manga-ka: Ryo Saenagi
Publisher: Tokyopop
Rating: Teen (13+)
Released: February 2006

Synopsis: “As a school punishment, Kanata has to ring a bell in a deserted church. But when the floor collapses, he falls into a room where he discovers a coffin – from which a vampire rises, killing Kanata! But Kanata’s soul is saved, and he and the vampire soon realize that they are bound to each other through a magic spell! With a cool style and sensibility, Sequence showcases the ultimate in pretty boys and vampire slayers!”

Sequence doesn’t waste anytime in giving readers most of what the back cover synopsis promises: within the first ten pages, Kanata, a young high school student, accidentally discovers a vampire in a coffin, hidden within an abandoned church, and is promptly killed by him. Moments later he awakens with no clear memory of what happened… though he is alive so all’s right with the world, right? Not quite. Strange occurrences at his school bring about Kanata and the vampire, Kamyu Titi’s, second encounter when they both realize they’ve been connected through a magic spell, one that combined their souls and leaves both their bodies susceptible to the other one’s pain, including death.

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