Reader's Corner Reviews New Manga Including Void: No. Nine and Black Cat Nyango
The column highlights Void: No. Nine as an unusual manga blending Western comic aesthetics with a Tsutomu Nihei-style bleak setting, featuring a gay protagonist and a trans man character, while noting some awkwardness in how the latter is introduced.
Reporting from 1 sources: Beneath the Tangles.
Beneath the Tangles' latest Reader's Corner column reviews seven manga volumes, including the debut of Void: No. Nine, a postapocalyptic story from author Shima Shinya with a diverse cast, and The Adventure of the Black Cat Nyango: Since I Got a Rare Attribute, I Aim to Be a Carefree Adventurer. Other titles covered include Four in Love, Immortality and Punishment Vol. 2, Magical Midlifer Vol. 2, On the Boundary's Road, and Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale Vol. 4.
Beneath the Tangles' weekly Reader's Corner column on May 26 covers seven manga volumes, with the review staff giving particular attention to the first volume of Void: No. Nine. The reviewer notes the manga's visual style resembles Western comics despite its Japanese origins, and describes its postapocalyptic Reclamation City No. 9 setting as akin to Tsutomu Nihei's work. The cast includes a gay protagonist and a trans man character, though the reviewer found the trans character's introduction jarring compared to more seamless representation in Witch Hat Atelier.
- The Adventure of the Black Cat Nyango: Since I Got a Rare Attribute, I Aim to Be a Carefree Adventurer (Vol. 1): described as a 'relatively fun romp' despite a cliché title
- Four in Love
- Immortality and Punishment (Vol. 2)
- Magical Midlifer (Vol. 2)
- On the Boundary's Road: The Works of Suzuka Morino
- Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale (Vol. 4)
- Void: No. Nine (Vol. 1): postapocalyptic story with Western comic aesthetics and a diverse cast, published by Yen Press
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