I'm not living, I'm just killing time

The sweet release of death, the cold embrace of solitude.

Deathco ch. 31

Everything is apocalyptic when you're a teenager, the end of the world comes every day.

Tokyo Girls Bravo ch. 14

We forgot to clean the cover for the second volume of TGB so we'll fix that next week.

When it rains it pours

And that's a wrap for volume 1 of Tokyo Girls Bravo. I think it's really hard to balance humor and sadness, everyone wants it, that's why all those awful hollywood movies release in the past 10 years are full of dumb low effort and unfunny jokes at dramatic moments, as if they're afraid to let the audience feel. Kyoko Okazaki is a master at portraying life, with all its sadness and all its joy and her art style... like I said, after a while it grows on you and it's hard to imagine her works with a different artstyle. Rays of sunshine in the middle of a storm.

Tokyo Girls Bravo ch. 13
and

Tokyo Girls Bravo Vol. 1

You can move forward, but the past is always in front of you, around you... time is not flat.

Also guest starring this issue: BATMAN! ... or maybe not.

Deathco ch. 30

The Sick Rose

And so we have finally completed Water. by Kiriko Nananan. I will repeat myself (probably for the third time) but I don't recommend reading the entire thing in one sitting. And it's not just because I think you should ponder a bit on every chapter of a good mango and look at the various symbolism and metaphors he author uses, but in this case the oneshots in this collection are fairly simple and you can miss the little things, you can forget to relate to a feeling despite the fact that the situations might not be the exact same situations you lived, but a feeling... you can always related to a feeling. You wanna read some more Kiriko Nananan? Come join us as a ts.

Kiriko Nananan - Water ch18-19

I included the 3 chapters we didn't do here:

Water by Kiriko Nananan (complete)

And a double dose of Deathco because what's the best gift ahead of Valentines Day? Some death and destruction with a side of mutilation and foul language.

Deathco ch. 28

Deathco ch. 29

Have a lovely V day. Here's some Lord Byron for you, he was a fascinating person, great writer but also a bit of a buffoon:

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies …