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After the ten volumes of zany, vicious, fevered violence in Umezu's  The Drifting Classroom , I found this collection of storie...

OK, I was wrong on this one. After Vol 10 I was saying the series had jumped the shark and was headed for an inevitable anti-climax. But I f...

I am afraid this series jumped the shark some volumes back. This time round it's more clouds of toxic gas, more fights to the death betw...

So what is the highlight of Vol 9? A grown man slugging a ten-year-old girl in the face? No, that happens in just about every volume. A re...

By the 8th volume it should come as no surprise that these kids just can't get a break. The maniacal cafeteria worker is back and takin...

The Drifting Classroom Vol. 7 by Kazuo Umezu My rating: 4 of 5 stars So far these kids have endured the following: The transportation of...

The Drifting Classroom Vol. 6 by Kazuo Umezu My rating: 4 of 5 stars Several volumes back in this series I was bothered that the element...

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 5 by Kazuo Umezu My rating: 4 of 5 stars Is it a known tendency among Japanese pre-adolescents to opt for b...

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 4 by Kazuo Umezu My rating: 4 of 5 stars A mass suicide among first graders convinces Sho he must set up th...

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 3 by Kazuo Umezu My rating: 5 of 5 stars The story becomes complicated by a parallel time episode involving...

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 2 by Kazuo Umezu My rating: 5 of 5 stars Things are getting worse for the children of Yamoto Elementary Sch...

The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1 by Kazuo Umezu My rating: 5 of 5 stars Umezu is the best visual storyteller of the horror manga writers I...

Orochi: Blood by Kazuo Umezu My rating: 5 of 5 stars Masters of the Horror Manga keep coming out of the woodwork. First there was Hidesh...