VIZ Case Closed Volume 21 Review Chapter One Hundred & Ninety (SPOILERS) (Review)

Is Tsukasa One Needy Ancient Girl?
Now that the married couple is back at the bath house? It’s time to get questioned by Asa. Kaname’s sister. All she wants to know is if Nasa is bored of Tsukasa.

That pushes all of Tsukasa’s buttons on one move. Kaname shows up and needs Nasa’s aid as the bath house boiler needs repairs. She does answer Tsukada’s angry question well though.

Nasa is in the process of putting the device back together. There is nothing said about how Tokiko got a hold of this gadget, or how it reads 5-D chips, but I guess Volume 23 will explains it.

As Nasa goes off to fix the boiler, Tsukasa picks up the device… And it falls apart on the spot. Nasa returns to find the device spread all over the table. And Tsukasa panicking. Uh-boy.

Anyway it’s an a-ok thing. Nasa will be putting together the device. And take a long long time to build it. All the way seemingly to Volume 23. Sigh. A problem as the series ends at Volume 26.

Well we are rolling into the long long flashback as of next week I guess. The long prelude before we find out how Tsukasa became an immortal. Only that will take… A long long time. Sigh.

So this week coming is MARVEL MANGAVERSE #1-#4 & FLY ME TO THE MOON VOLUME 21. That’s this week so stay tuned, see you.

VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 21 Review Chapter One Hundred Eighty-Nine (SPOILERS) (Digital)

So Close…
Ok let’s just power through this. Nasa’s Shinichi Conan moment. It moves the story along… But not for long. Before you know it Tsukasa is flashing back to the past.

It Takes awhile, and getting harassed by Chitose and Tsukasa, Nasa finally turns it around by pointing out that there is a fully functioning clock in a house with no working tech.

He already had a key with no lock, which turns out to be hidden in the clock. Taking down the clock Nasa finds that it is indeed the item he was looking for.

Apparently not even impending death would stop Tokiko from preparing the last quest by her for the married couple. Hidden inside is… Wait for tomorrow.

Ok. Inside the clock was the parts for a device capable of reading the 5-D chip. But it has no instructions on how to assemble it. Leaving Nasa to put it together on his own.

Nasa will not accomplish this, especially not with Tsukasa’s “help”, until Volume 23. Maybe. So anyway it’s going to be awhile before we see this part resolved.

So how will the 5-D chip solve Tsukasa’s issues? Guess we will find out… Sometime from now I guess. So yeah. Tomorrow we will see the reward for finding the hiding spot. A pile of parts needing to be out together. Stay tuned.

VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 21 Review Opener Chapter One Hundred Eighty-Eight (Digital)

New Things Are Being Ordered Now!
Just added My Cute Little Kitten Volume 2 to my review pile. And pre ordered Fly Me To The Moon Volume 23.

Does this FINALLY make progress after these upcoming two volumes of backstory reveal?!? Stay tuned.

Next week Friday it’s time to pre order She Loves To Cook She Loves To Eat’s newest Volume. Presently the only manga with a recurring Trigger Warning Alert.

Given that this manga addresses the sensitive topic of eating disorders and family dysfunctionality in regards to this topic in Japan? You can kinda see why the warnings are needed. Yes?

Monday I’ll tell you how the short trip to the MANGAVERSE devolved into a deep dark rabbit hole, with now X-Men Ronin 2003 joining the review schedule! Ugh. Stay tuned.

It’s time to say goodbye to Kaguya and her entourage. Kaguya hunting to get friends again that she’s more than she seems. But maybe the long flashback will reveal why she’s different.

Realizing that they have yet to find the hidden secret that will help unlock the secrets of the 5-D chip, Nasa tries to think… Flashing back to Tokiko and everything she told him.

First going on a hunch, as he and Tsukasa talk… Joined by Chitose… His hunch morphs into a full on One Truth Prevails revelation. He finally figured out where the secret Tokiko hid was.

Well… I guess it’s not that surprising. Guess what. It’s hidden in the one and only functioning device in the manor.By its very nature as last device working it stands out.

So next time we go through an entire Chapter where Nasa does a Shinichi Conan and reveal everything to Tsukasa and Chitose. Then… The title teased resolution only to take it away.

Then the title makes you sit through the world’s longest backstory moment yet for this title… Maybe not but it eats up the rest of this volume and a lot of Volume 22. So yeah. It’s alot.

But for now… The solution to the non crime non mystery of where Tokiko his the device to translate the 5-D chip. Tomorrow. See you.

MARVEL MANGAVERSE Spider-Man #1 Review

Straight Up The Best Of MANGAVERSE Month
Maybe the best of the original run. Though being the best of a one month event and seven issues of a short lived ongoing? Maybe not such a great feat.

But if all the MANGAVERSE, this one actually had a Post Mangaverse mini series if I remember right. So hey. It’s pretty good. Highlights of this issue is the full page spread fights, and the interesting Ninja take on Spider-Man and Venom.

No Spider powers. No alien symbiote. Just full on ninja training. Also in this universe Venom was Sensei Ben Parker’s student and… Son? Before Venom killed his master.

We have Mary Jane. And if this series had a longer run this version of Mary Jane might have exploded in popularity like My Adventures With Superman Lois Lane. Also brief cameo by Gwen Stacy.

The issue is Spider-Man fighting Venom and his ninjas. Why? Because the gigantic powerful… But not that powerful… Kingpin wants Spider-Man dead. And Venom almost kills him.

He goes to the afterlife and talks to Sensei Ben, comes back and takes down the ninjas and Venom. But before he can kill Venom and avenge his Sensei… They’re interrupted by Kaiju Hulk.

In this story Kaiju Hulk presents young Peter with a challenge. Kill Venom, or save Mary Jane. Left with no real choice he leaves Venom, and saves Mary Jane… Well, saving in progress.

Venom? He completely ignores his Kingpin orders to kill Spider-Man. He instead goes to Fisk Tower and kills the Kingpin. Suddenly Venom has a great respect for Peter… And it teases a conflict that sadly never really was fleshed out…?

Maybe it was. To this date I have not seen the follow up mini. Maybe that completes the fight between Spider-Man and Venom? If it’s not in this Omnibus I’ll go find it digitally to review.

Say Sony. Need more Animated Spider-Man? How about a Ninja Spider-Man movie? That would be nice. We could really see this world come to life, and all the possibilities of this new take on Spider-Man. Just a thought…

We end the month before OMEGA on Thursday with… X-Men. It’s like the Japanese did X-Men… Oh wait no. We already saw MadHouse do Wolverine and X-Men so no… It’s campy Antarctic X-Men. Sorry but this is just kinda painful.

Too OELManga To Be Hip X-Men. Wrapping up the one shots before OMEGA. Tomorrow. See you.

VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 20 Review Finale (SPOILERS) (Digital)

And Now For Something Completely Fan Servicey…
Fine way to end the Volume. With Chitose & Kaguya groping and stuff while half naked. Also if Chitose is 14 then not very much time passed between her meeting Tsukasa and Tsukasa meeting Nasa.

I don’t think the story of their meeting merits that out but OK. Apparently Full Metal Alchemist the manga only ended a few years ago accordingly the Chitose flashback.

The Combat Maids arrive. It’s time to move the stuff out of the mansion. They also bought breakfast. They find Chitose and Kaguya naked in bed together.

Then I think again how I am certain the maid Aurora originally had a more Japanese name in her first appearances early on, and it was changed later on to Aurora. As I remember it.

Anyway we have a whole bonus half story of Chitose struggling to sleep naked with Kaguya. You can see it here for yourself. Anyway that’s it. And if Volume.

The secret of the 5-D silicone chip is supposed to be revealed next Volume. As well as Kaguya’s secret being outted. Leading to her backstory in Volume 22. But that is coming up.

I’m buying Star Trek Lower Decks Season 4 DVD this week. Because nobody expected Paramount to end the show at Season 5. While renewing Strange New Worlds to Season 4 and 2026.

Word has it they started producing Star Trek Starfleet Academy Season 1 this year. Which means it premieres 2025. That’s fine. Next year we get that, Strange New Worlds Season 3, and the Section 31 movie… Which I guess counts as Discovery content. Because Yeoh.

Anyway new manga begins Monday. See you tomorrow as we crack open a new Volume for review.

VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 20 Review Chapter One Hundred & Eighty-Seven (SPOILERS) (Digital)

Promises Of More Flashback Fillers
So I thought this would lead into another flashback. Instead it’s the promise of new flashbacks to come.

Having gotten her answer, Kaguya goes to bed. Tomorrow we will get to see what you all wanted to see. The Combat Maids catching them nude together in futon, and that while story. Yup.

Ramada decides to take the mask shard, and burn it. Telling us in flashback how creating this masked persona only led to much pain sorrow and regrets. How? Guess we will find out.

Nasa finds Tsukasa burning the shard. And she is a bit forthcoming about what she is doing… Without explaining the story of the mask. Just yet.

She asks if Nasa will be willing to hear her long story. About 1400 years worth of back story. If course we know he’s willing. And given that we still have 5 volumes left to go? Plenty of time for backstory.

Jumping ahead a bit to the end of the Chapter, Tsukasa confirms the next morning that the mask shard has been destroyed. But the last page seems to imply someone has the mask. Repaired and restored sans the part Tsukasa destroyed.

Who has that mask? Why do they have that mask? And how will this come into play in the remaining five volumes? Only time will tell U guess. But Tsukasa is right, sometimes you can’t escape your past.

Anyway tomorrow we see the results of Chitose escaping her pants. The whole Chitose and Kaguya sleeping naked thing. Which might be ironic since Chitose loved the 1400+ year old Tsukasa. Think she’ll love the over 1400 year old Kaguya? Ehh… Eh. See ya.

VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 20 Review Chapter One Hundred & Eighty-Six (SPOILERS) (Digital)

Everybody Wants To Change The World. They Just Can’t Agree On How To Do It…
So this is an easy Chapter to digest. While in and of itself it’s not a flashback, said flashback is probably coming.

So the Director, one of Kaguya’s entourage pair who came up here to film a movie, finds a strange shard.

It’s old, and covered with several different languages. The most recent (but still old) being French. Written on this piece, in old Japanese Kanji, is the word Destruction.

So if course Kaguya decides to take this fragment to Tsukasa, who is rather amused she finds herself in her long time Fortress Of Solitude… With her husband.

Not the one to mince words, past saying she’s not happy with the selection of pillow given her… Kaguya shows Tsukasa the shard. Soliciting an angry reaction as she takes it back.

So what is it? Kaguya won’t be able to fall asleep if she doesn’t at least know what it is. Sans the deep dive into its history… Though I have a feeling we are going to get that shortly.

What is it? The remains of a… Mask. For once upon a time Tsukasa was some masked vigilante trying to change the ancient world. Or something… And that leads us to next Chapter.

So how did Tsukasa try to change the ancient world in a mask? Guess we are going to find out. Also no. Kaguya hasn’t hinted at having sex with Chitose. That’s Rule34s problem. And such problems should be left over there and away from us.

Ok. Let’s get back to the April Madness detective stuff tonight. I survived my latest COVID shot, so back to reviewing the death in the Orient Express… Which I guess starts here from Eurasia Istanbul Turkey, and goes to France.

Oh well. Time to get on board the train that is not Snowpiercer-1. Tonight. See you.

VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 20 Review Chapter One Hundred & Eighty-Five Part 3 (SPOILERS) (Digital)

Let Your Eyes Tell You All You Need To Know
Tsukasa and Nasa can hear Chitose disagreeing about sleeping naked. But can’t hear her words. They just know she’s upset.

Funny. And if the Chapter shows that she is indeed sleeping naked. You can put in your own Rule34 here… Or dont. Please dont. It’s just no good, as Urkel Sonic has been known to say.

So Nasa gets on top of Tsukasa until she gets him kissing… Then you can decide where all this goes it not goes. Anyway it looks like next Chapter is another five into the past?

It looks like we may be pelted with flashbacks more and more as we draw close to series end with Volume 26. Makes me wonder if I’ll go on or save it for Monday.

Oh well. I’ll give into it tomorrow, and have my decision by then. Meanwhile it’s back to Istanbul, not Constantinople, and the Orient Express. The fastest way to travel before airlines. See you.

VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 20 Review Chapter One Hundred & Eighty-Five Part 2 (SPOILERS) (Digital)

Comfy Naked Ladies…
So I guess I could have compacted the restricted into one review. But I’m running a little late. And I want to get you up to speed on our next movie so…

Since no one expected Kaguya and her entourage to show up, they only have enough for three people in terms of bedding. No. Nobody left bedding up at the manor for unexpected retreats.

So we know the friends who became sisters are bunking together. They have a short one page interaction. Then we focus on Kaguya and Chitose.

Their one and only point is that Kaguya wants to sleep naked. Why? Because it’s comfy. Chitose does not… But at the end of the Chapter we see her sleeping naked so… Yeah.

No you don’t actually see anything. It’s just implied. Anyway tomorrow Tsukasa and Nasa wrassle and make out in bed. Which… Makes Kaguya ponder? Huh? Why is she up? We know they can hear them but why that look.

You’ll see That Look for yourself tomorrow. Anyway let’s go. We have a movie to get ready to review…

VIZ Fly Me To The Moon Volume 20 Review Chapter One Hundred & Eighty-Five Part 1 (SPOILERS) (Digital)

Let’s Get Naked…ish…
So I’m going to break this Chapter up into three bite sized reviews. Why? Because it looks like we are going to make plot progress again next Chapter.

So briefly I want to touch on the review of Case Closed tonight just in case I forget. Why was the reveal of the Mayor running over that woman so important to the bombing case?

In and of itself? No. Wasn’t important. But the Mayor killing that woman lost him the Mayoralship. And his replacement axed certain things the Mayor approved…

Like the big development plan that was almost a dynasty thing for our guilty Simon Kruger wannabe. The only connection is that it ruined his plans to build a big develipment… That his bombs was to blow stuff up where he should have built.

Ok are you surprised that Tsukasa is still not comfortable being naked with her husband? No right? Considering they have two separate tub areas in this room? They didn’t need to bathe in the dark! That’s bad for your eyesight!

Not that we the readers are in the dark but ok. Awkward. Nasa wants to touch but no touching. Why? Because NOW Tsukasa tells him that all the walls are paper thin and transmit sound easily!

Funny. We already knew that from last time but ok. It’s clear that noise travels in this house… Spoilers… They make out in several pages. Whoopsies. They forgot.

Next time Kaguya wants to sleep naked. Chitose doesn’t want to sleep naked… They end up sleeping naked. Draw your own Rule34 conclusions. Tomorrow.