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December 3, 2020

Review: The Satsuma Rebellion, Sean Michael Wilson

Rating: 4 out of 5 The Satsuma Rebellion, or at least its Hollywood version in ‘The Last Samurai’, is probably known to many but…

July 24, 2020

Review: Clouds Above the Hill Vol. I, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 I am a great fan of Ryotaro Shiba. It is always in February I get the wish to re-read…

April 29, 2020

Proverbs from the East

If you’ve got only two pennies left, buy a loaf of broad for one and a lily for the other. Chinese proverb Thunderclap from…

November 17, 2019

Review: Ryoma! Vol. III, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 There is no doubt in my mind that I have a deep connection with Mr Ryotaro Shiba and his…

July 25, 2019

Review: Secrets of the Ninja, Sean Michael Wilson

Rating: 4 out of 5 I liked it less than the other Mr Wilson graphic novels I’ve read. This is mostly as this book…

January 27, 2019

Review: Ryoma! Vol. II, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 I have praised many a work by Mr Shiba — this one is no different. From the ending of…

January 6, 2019

Review: The First Samurai, Karl Friday

Rating: 3 out of 5 This is a story of a more-or-less accidental rebellion organised by Taira Masakado in the mid-10th century. The area…

December 1, 2018

Review: Ryoma! Vol. I, Ryotaro Shiba

Rating: 5 out of 5 I have been a fan of the writings of Mr Shiba for nearly a decade now — and I…

August 31, 2018

Review: Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall

I recently read Tim Marshall’s ‘Prisoners of Geography’, and this short post here is meant to be a brief look at some points within…

September 8, 2017

Tōkyō Memories

One of my most favourite moments of 2016 took place on September 7th. Why? What? Where? This was in Tōkyō, the capital of the State…

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