Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop [Novel Impressions]

This post was originally published in June 2013. In honor of 2020 being the 25th anniversary of Gundam Wing, here is the republication of my review of the novel sequel to Gundam Wing, Frozen Teardrop.

Important: since it’s been so long since I read what was translated in the novels, I made a slight error that was pointed out by a commenter on the previous blog. I still have the comment somewhere in the massive MySQL file that I managed to save, but it’s buried in my to-do list of other things I got caught up in. Please feel free to (constructively, politely, please) correct me in the meantime!

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Bleach: The Kuchiki Behind the Page (Mild Spoilers)

Do you hate it when you finally catch up on your favorite series–to find that there is more to it from what you read? For me, it bothers me to no end… until you stand up and ask “just who the hell is this guy/girl?” After catching up to an on-going manga series to the latest chapter, I was stumped–until now.

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Dragon Ball Super – Chapter 55: I AM THE HYPE!

Revisiting the previous chapter of Dragon Ball Super, I was skeptical about it as received a notification on my phone that mentioned that Vegeta’s training was underway on Yardrat, and that I expected that he was only going to get about 5 pages, then we would never see him again until a few months later.

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Dragon Ball Super – Chapter 56: Guess Who’s Back?

The 56th chapter of Dragon Ball Super is out, and we get to see our heroes–sans Goku and Vegeta–recruited into the Galactic Patrol to aid against Moro, including Yamacha who finally gets a shot in a fight since attempting to invite himself in to the Tournament of Power.

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One Punch Man’s Saitama Meets Dragon Ball Z’s Vegeta

This is an interesting crossover of One Punch Man and Dragon Ball, which both happen to be a part of the “World’s Most Popular Manga” publication, Shounen Jump. However, unlike the One Piece x Dragon Ball crossover, Cross Epoch, this is not an official crossover–but a fan comic created by @dragongarowLEE. He was recently featured on Kotaku, known for his amazing Dragon Ball fan art, which is very, very close to the style of the author, Akira Toriyama.

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