I can see why they changed so much for the TV show.

Lucifer is 100% what you'd call a SLOW BURN. It is basically a lot of set up of why Lucifer is the way he is. But it's actually mostly individual stories of people that come to know Lucifer, and that could be a very good thing or a bad thing. The first story is about a girl who travels into the realms to save her brother after he suffered an attack and makes a pact with Lucifer. Another story is about a girl who can see the dead and how she also has to work with Lucifer. We have one about weird demons running around and Lucifer rounding them up. Basically, in Sandman fashion, it's all about the individual stories of character interacting with Lucifer.

I did like it but holy fuck is it dense. I felt like reading one issue took me the time to read multiple issues in most other stories. It felt slow and padded at points. It felt like characters were explaining things instead of talking to each other half the time. Saying all that, the actual plotting was interesting and I can see Carey laying the foundation of his long term storytelling here. I also enjoyed the art a lot, especially after the first 4 issues.

Overall it was good and I enjoyed it, but I don't know if I'll be jumping into the next volume anytime soon. A 3 out of 5.

Promised Neverland heats up as we finally get a answer on Minerva.

The first half of the book is a lot of set up. We find out who Minerva is and the plan to escape. We find out a certain someone might not be dead. We find out what they use some of the kids for. But the best part of this volume is the second half. Emma has been a godsend for the Pond kids as they now know how to kill these piece of shit demons. But knowing how to kill and doing it are two very different things. Together, the kids must find tactics to take them all out before it is too late.

Overall, this is fantastic second half and a strong first half to make this one of the best volumes yet. I especially love the tactics used here and the brutal take-downs. It always feels nice to see the good guys win a little bit. Sure, the opening is pretty exposition heavy but least it is pretty interesting overall.

A great volume. Really digging where we're going in this series. A 4.5 out of 5.

A bunch of dark short stories from the "horror master" of Japan.

The thing with one shots, or short stories, is some will always be better than others. This is actually my first Ito work and it's a solid introduction to his style. His stories range from a woman buying a chair and a guy being inside it, to people suddenly going missing and strung up together dead the next few days, to a story of a woman who licks your face and you die from the poison that is on her tongue.

As you can tell by now a lot of these sound super outlandish. In the hands of someone else they could come across, well...stupid. And I won't lie, some of the stories here could use some work. Watching a giant tongue flop around a city is silly and not the least bit scary. The dialogue too feels stilted at times.

But getting out the negatives first the plots themselves are usually interesting and the art...goddamn the art is FANTASTIC. Some truly horrifying imagery mixed with pretty great character designs. If Ito does nothing else, his art is near perfection for the horror genre and it shows why he is so popular here.

A solid collection of short stories for any horror fan to enjoy. I wasn't blown away but I enjoyed the majority.

This is probably the fastest volume yet as all the plots begin to move forward while somehow introducing two new characters that are great.

So first off we pickup where we left off. Tenma has a gun and he's waiting for Johan Liebert to make his grand appearance so he can finally kill him. On top of that we learn what Liebert true plan is this whole time. Nina finds out what's happening and heads to the scene. Lunge, the detective, also begins to figure it all out. The second half of this book takes a break from the characters we know and focuses on Grimmer, a extremely interesting journalist who was once spy trying to uncover the background of Johan and his childhood.

Everything about this volume worked. The pacing, the death of certain characters, the discoveries. Just everything comes to a head in a great way. Love Tenma's quite moments at the start reflecting on his childhood. Loved seeing Liebert for what he is. The new character Grimmer grows on you quick and you sense a sadness behind him that's just asking for you to discover more.

Honestly, this is probably my favorite volume yet and we still have 4 more fucking volumes. Goddamn Urasawa is one of the best. A 5 out of 5.

Haven't read Death Metal and really don't care much about it. I'll probably read it on Hoopla or something down the line. However, this one caught my attention because, well, I'm a sucker for Superboy Prime.

This is the story of a boy who wanted everything and got shifted and fucked and turned pretty much insane. It's a really good tribute to the character, and a goodbye/sendoff that he deserves after how much he did in the main universe. I don't know how he came back but man oh man did I enjoy this issue and him making fun of the current state of DC.

Welp, it took me forever to get to this but damn was it good.

So the first two issues are really the best part of this run so far (not to say the rest is bad of course) but man the emotions. It starts off a bit shaky, Swamp Thing weeping for his loss, but then we get into a hunt where he is shot to death. Upon awakening he learns the truth, Holland had died years ago, and the plants have his memories. So is he the man turned monster, or the monster turned man? This is what the rest of the run focuses on answering. The next few issues you get to learn a lot about Holland, Abby, trying to fit into a world as a monster, saving children who've been hurt, and more. It's a great character piece and now it might be my favorite Moore comic so far.

My only negative is the last story gets wrapped up a bit too quick and the start of the entire collection is picking up from someone else's story so can feel a bit shaky too. But besides that I really dug a lot of this and expect this run to only get better.

A 4.5 out of 5.

A solid event. The villain seems a bit cliche, and the setup itself feels like been there done that. However the dialogue is fun and nice to see the justice league bantering again. A 3 out of 5.

Naruto gets to show off his snazzy new move. I kind of liked it goes along with his style of putting all his eggs in one basket. He pulls off remarkable things but at the expense of his own body. Always fun to watch.

After we finish up that arc we head right into Sasuke dealing with his snakey master. It's a pretty intense battle of the minds and only one will survive. The last portion shows a funny moments with Naruto and friends and building a new army of warriors.

Nothing amazing but interested to see where we go from here.

Bleach 25 begins with Ichigo going inside his mind once more to take control.

And that's...the entire volume.

Tite Kubo is a solid writer and great artist but his repeating's of training are kind of annoying. I don't mind a good training arc but the whole look into yourself to become stronger is kind of lame. I rather Ichigo learn new moves and try new things with other fighters than going inside himself to face off against himself evil version.

Saying that it moves the story forward to the next big arc and atleast the people training Ichigo are pretty fun (and slightly dumb) and that other characters are also buffing up for the big battle. A middle of the road but decent volume.