Isn’t that a lovely seasonal cover from when this came out last year? Too bad there is no Halloween party in the book — the costumes are terrific for their personalities. It has taken me so l...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2024/03/09/what-did-you-eat-yesterday-volume-20/
With this latest installment, What Did You Eat Yesterday? volume 19, the series by Fumi Yoshinaga remains my favorite manga. One of the strong reasons is that it’s so rare to see comic characte...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/12/31/what-did-you-eat-yesterday-volume-19/
What Did You Eat Yesterday? volume 18 is another outstanding example of my favorite manga series. It’s the story of Shiro, a lawyer, and his partner Kenji, a hair stylist, and the meals they ha...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/06/16/what-did-you-eat-yesterday-volume-18/
There’s a cute chapter in What Did You Eat Yesterday? volume 17 that has a lot happening. Ultimately, it ends with Shiro taking care of Kenji in a variety of ways, which I found heartwarming. K...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2021/12/05/what-did-you-eat-yesterday-volume-17/
What Did You Eat Yesterday? volume 16 continues in the consistently appealing mode of this Fumi Yoshinaga series: small stories about mature life experiences, all revolving around making food. Fo...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2021/10/06/what-did-you-eat-yesterday-volume-16/
Obviously, I’m not rushed to keep up with Fumi Yoshinaga’s What Did You Eat Yesterday? series — but since we’re at a point where we’re lucky to get one volume a year, I think I’m bett...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2020/11/22/what-did-you-eat-yesterday-volume-14/
What Did You Eat Yesterday? isn’t my favorite manga series because every chapter has yummy-sounding (or eye-opening) recipes for home-cooked Japanese meals. It’s not my favorite manga because...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2018/08/26/what-did-you-eat-yesterday-volume-13/
Flying Witch volume 3 doesn’t differ appreciably from the first book in the series. That’s its strength — calm, lightweight stories about everyday life with just a soupçon of magic to make...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2017/12/03/flying-witch-volume-3/
In looking over the manga I’ve read from Vertical, I’ve come to realize that they specialize in challenging works. With the exception of their two longest-running series — the heart-warming...
Now that we’ve caught up to the Japanese releases, enjoying this excellent cooking and relationship manga requires patience. In other words, What Did You Eat Yesterday? volume 12 is the only vo...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2017/08/27/what-did-you-eat-yesterday-volume-12/
As always, this recipe manga series by Fumi Yoshinaga shares principles about cooking and eating that are universal and welcome, even if I can’t make the exact dishes. (Since the meals are base...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2017/04/15/what-did-you-eat-yesterday-volume-11/
Don’t be misled by comparisons to Sabrina the Teenage Witch — Flying Witch by Chihiro Ishizuka is more in the vein of Yotsuba&!, a comfortable exploration of everyday domestic life, with a co...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2017/04/02/flying-witch-volume-1/
It’s been nine months since the previous volume, but What Did You Eat Yesterday? volume 10 was worth the wait. As the series has progressed, Fumi Yoshinaga has expanded the world of her charact...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2016/05/10/what-did-you-eat-yesterday-volume-10/
I thought, by this point in the series, I wouldn’t have much to say about My Neighbor Seki volume 7, but then I remembered the earlier books. Back then, Rumi watched Seki’s creative transform...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2016/05/01/my-neighbor-seki-volume-7/
Missing cat manga now that Chi’s Sweet Home has concluded? Never fear, author Konami Kanata has a new series with an adorable kitten. FukuFuku: Kitten Tales has an advantage over the previous s...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2016/02/28/fukufuku-kitten-tales-volume-1/
It’s interesting to see how Takuma Morishige’s My Neighbor Seki, based on a classically simple premise, has changed over its run. Previously, Rumi used to observe the crazy things Seki did du...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2016/02/28/my-neighbor-seki-volumes-5-6/