While many a shounen manga would use this as a lead-in to discovering great powers within and supernatural battle abilities, Shinsuke is just a human and has none of that.

After seeing their prowess in battle against some bandits, Shinsuke decides to travel with them to learn how to become strong. The titular youko, Tama, and her half-brother Jinka (she was in love with his adoptive dad, so they call each other siblings, until they fall in love…look, it’s complicated) meet a wandering samurai named Shinsuke. Set in sixteenth-century Japan against a backdrop of both political upheaval and the world of Japanese mythology, Sengoku Youko at first glance feels like a shounen manga setup. One of the titles I had the delight of reading through recently is a 17-volume historical fantasy called Sengoku Youko (戦国妖狐, “Warring States Fox Spirit”), written by Satoshi Mizukami. Kids, I’m not saying you should get a degree in Japanese so you can read manga, but learning has its uses. When I get done with those and don’t see anything else that catches my interest, I hop online and see what’s popular in Japan that might be fun. I borrow copies from friends and the mobile manga library. Since I can read a graphic novel in about ten minutes, it’s a good way to fill my narrative appetite without having to commit for hours, because you know that novel ain’t gettin’ put down. Being a person who loves reading, but also has struggles with time, depression and ADHD, manga hits a sweet spot for me.

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