MANGA REVIEWS - Spiral Bonds Reasoning and Prince of Tennis

Starting this week, this blog will feature Manga reviews by one of our manga experts. Expect new reviews roughly every week or every other week. Please feel free to leave your own feedback about the books, both if you agree or disagree with us. The goal with these reviews is to help you better decide what you might want to read from the sea of books out there.



Spiral: Bonds of Reasoning V4
Narumi Ayumu has many puzzles facing him at the moment: is his older brother, Narumi Kiyotaka alive or dead? Will he ever remove himself from his older brother's shadow? What is the purpose of the Blade Children? Will he be able to save them? Before he presses on however, he is in a direct challenge to save his classmate and partner in crime Hiyono from certain death at the hands of Blade Children Rio and Kousuke... Shirodaira Kyo and Mizuno Eita, with one part skill the other part fun, successfully bring together mystery, teenage angst, suspense and problem solving skills to this series. At turns vulnerable, humourous with plot twists to keep one guessing; the read can not help but root for 'Narumi Junior' to solve ALL the mysteries in his life before the manga series draws to a close.



Prince of Tennis V26
Konomi Takeshi had me hooked from volume one of this series, and if you haven't started yet, it is never too late to jump on the bandwagon!! Echizen Ryoma was raised by his father, also known as the 'Samurai Nanjiro', to be the best tennis player in the world!!! (Or at the very least to become an excellent challenge in their personal battle on the tennis court...) This leads the cocky and arrogant twelve year old to join the Seishun Academy Middle School Tennis Team and be a key player in the team's journey to the Nationals! In volume 26, the reader Echizen and Seishun on their quest, during the Singles Match 1 of the Kanto Regional Tournament, Echizen faces his toughest opponent yet in Rikkai's Sanada "The Emperor" Genichiro. Will Echizen's journey to self actualization help him achieve victory? Or will Sanada's Fuu Rin Ka Zan stop him in his tracks?
Although Echizen is the main character, entertaining and appealing supporting characters with their boyish charms, combined with too good to be true tennis techniques gives Prince of Tennis universal appeal with guys and girls alike.