Don’t even think about reading Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles on an empty stomach. This collection of food stories about young schoolgirl Ms. Koizumi will have your appetite calling out loud, never mind texting you.

The Dark Horse released Manga is by Naru Narumi, translated by Ayumi Kate Blystone (pastry chef and owner of Huggle Sweets in Hillsboro Oregon, US)

It’s black and white, and read all over, or at least while consuming noodles. And noodles it is oodles of doodles about noodles. Ramen noodles.

The story of Ms. Koizumi is quite mysterious and provides the perfectly fascinating vehicle for us to learn about the amazing variety of Ramen noodles that are prepared and consumed in Japan. Each story goes into a lot of detail about a particular approach or list of ingredients of a noodle dish, but much much less detail about Ms. Koizumi. Ms. Koizumi has fans, fellow students who wish to be her friend, confidante and dining companion.

Join the fun, explore the restaurants and lunch spots with our students, and become a student yourself for a time; a student of noodles. It will make you thirst for more!

Dark Horse, Ms. Koisumi Loves Ramen Noodles, $10.99 for 136 pages of content, Rated 14 years

By Alan Spinney

After a career of graphic design, art direction and copywriting, I still have a passion for words and pictures. I love it when a comic book comes together; the story is tight, and the drawings lead me forward. Art with words... the toughest storytelling technique to get right. Was this comic book worth your money? Let's see!!