Kodocha – A Forrest Review

Back in 2002, Tokyopop published a shoujo manga series called Kodocha by Miho Obana, in English, in North America. It was probably that same year when I discovered it, wandering down the manga shelves in Barnes and Noble. I’d never bought manga before, but I vaguely knew what it was. I certainly knew what anime was.

Picking up that first volume, I was like… “What the heck. This looks really neat.” Like yeah maybe the cover art was a little goofy, but these kids look bad ass. The main character ...