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Here it is.  Bunny Drop.  A near-perfect slice-of-life manga.  There are no heroes, crazy villians bent on world domination, or even overblown cooking contests.  Just regular old everyday life.  That may sound to interesting, but it is. Bunny Drop follow the a man called Daikichi and his younger aunt who he's raising as a daughter, Rin.  He winds up with custody of the girl when one of his relatives dies and her mother can't be found, leaving her without a parent, and none of the other relatives want her.  Daikichi decides to take up the mantle of father after seeing how everyone treats her.  It's a situation so complicated Jerry Springer's head would spin. Having realized what he's gotten himself into only after getting the girl home, he starts having the worries any father has.  What school do I send her to?  How much will uniforms cost?  Who will take care of her while I'm at work?  It's all genuine and charming. ...

Upon starting to read Dragons Rioting, I immediately thought of Ikkitousen.  Who wouldn't?  There are a lot of similarities between the two series'.  Brutal battles between hot girls and lots of fan service?  Check.  A poor retelling of Romance of Three Kingdom?  Check.  A lame male protagonist who seemingly serves no purpose?  Check. Well, to be fair, the afformentioned male protagonist is more interesting than the guy from Ikkitousen.  This is mainly because of his character flaw and the situation he finds himself in.  Rintaro apparently has a medical condition that makes contact with females potentially fatal for him.  If that's not enough, he finds himself accidentally going to an all-girls school.  Yes, it's stupid, but the creators tried something original, so it gets points for that. Anyway, what does Rintaro do, knowing that death could be an accidental bump away?  Transfer out?  Of course not....

Cute.  If Cells At Work could be described in one word, that would be it.  All one needs to do is open the book to find out just how cute it can be. Cells At Work is a manga tour of what happens when your cells...go to work.  The cells are depicted as human beings doing various jobs, from delivering nutrients throughout the body to fighting diseases and allergens.  It's all depicted in a fashion that's hilarious, charming, and educational all at once.  Rest assured, it's entertaining. That story mainly follows a delivery woman called Red Blood Cell (yes, that's her name), as she observes other cells doing what they do.  Everyone she meets, from the Platelets (depicted as children), White Blood Cell (depicted as a germ-killing badass), Macrophage (a machete-wielding lolita), and others are all fun to watch her interact with.  As stated before, it's all silly, educational, and entertaining. So what kind of adventures will Red Blood Cell take y...

Most of the time, people say the manga is better option.  They are usually right.  I mean, what could be better than going to a bookstore or library and deciding which book you whant to take home.  However, there is value to anime. In anime, the characters move, talk, and come to life.  They have voices and color.  There's also the appeal of being able to watch the action play out instead of trying to use imagination and logic to piece together what happened when things get confusing.  Yes, it can be sort of weird to hear that tough guy you've following for twenty volumes not sound as tough as you thought, but that can be forgiven because he's still a badass.  There's a pageantry that manga just don't have. Manga, on the other hand, are usually grittier and they can get away with more some.  For example, in the Fairy Tail manga, there is a scene where a character called Yukino is made to strip naked and bow down in fro...