Rachel’s been filling out some of the series we don’t have as many volumes of this month, or completing others! For your reading pleasure this August, we offer: Nightschool: the Weirn Books volume 3, by Svetlana Chmkova. Karakuridoji Ultimo volume 4, by Hiroyuki Takei (based on the idea by Stan Lee). Arisa volume 2, by [...]

While we’re on the subject of otaku, let’s dip into a discussion of their also-oft-denigrated cousins, the NEETs. “NEET” is a Japanese acronym for “Not in Education, Employment, or Training” (yep, it’s Japanese, even though it’s in English), and is basically a way of saying someone is a jobless bum. It is not a kind [...]