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This is honestly amazing, i started reading this after the anime was announced when i read the sinopsis i found it really interesting. the plot is very good and its really, really well written

Very intriguing , keeps you hooked the mystery is great because you always feel like something is missing but its not in your face all the time

I have been watching anime for years and still very few things hooked me as well as this. its very enjoyable to read and has great characters.

If you want something to read, read this doubt you will find anything better if you do please pm me

From what I collected from the first Volume, this story gives me the feeling of a "less dark Overlord" but not to family friendly.
Even though I prefer more dark stories I still recommend i, based on my experience with the first Volume.
Furthermore the main Character Hiyuuki is likable and not a stupid-go-lucky protagonist like most anime characters, she actually uses her head even if it is not too complicated, PLUS her reactions to the situation can be funny and feel like she is looking tat the world from a gamer's perspective (considering she IS a reincarnated gamer in a game world).

Overall I recommend this series, since it has potential to become a second Overlord in quality but less dark.

Embryo is a manga that took me by surprise, reading it blindly I wasn't quite ready for the escalating jarring experience that made me reminisce of a well-crafted Ridley Scott-ish film with a devout emphasis on storytelling. I've seen quite a few horror films, Japanese or American, and Embryo managed to surpass most of them in a mere 3 volumes. Albeit not horror per se, since there aren't any strange frightening moments that you encounter, but there is the tone of constant uncertainty and dread, mixed in with an almost innocent presence of the supernatural. Many of the characters in the manga also have a cute curiosity of the bug monsters that they are dealing with. I find this to be the most interesting, as this manga goes into extreme, borderline annoying detail in dissecting and giving us an explanation of the grotesque worms that we encounter.

In the many horror story I've seen, rarely do they go deep into detail about such monsters, the rule is the more that is left unexplained, the better we can dive into the viewer's imaginations, which is where the true horror is. But in this rare case, Embryo does an exceedingly wonderful job into giving us every, single detail of the alien bugs. Not only do we learn how they behave, we are given information on they breed, how they relate to other insects, how all their bodily functions work, how they breathe, their environment; There are parts where it becomes an entertaining textbook study on insectology, giving us their entire physiology. We not only learn about these worms, but there was a panel where it gave us an entire treemap of the evolution of insects, which I thought was very generous of the author. And it was fitting that 3 of the main characters are acutal scientists, and not not bumbling idiots who suddenly became smart.

The study of the anatomy of bugs is the true horror element in this manga. Because we know that the behavior of these bugs aren't "normal" at all, they have this connected bond with the main character, planting an embryo in her, and while the scientists scrape for a possibly explanation as to why this is happening, the eventual discovery of the bugs' evolution and growth will definitely give you chills down the spine. The storytelling here is very cohesive, strong, all the pieces of the puzzle definitely fits for the most part, given how difficult it is to write a story like this, the author did a magnificent job. A good example of the author's skills was her ability to convey the dream sequences, there were 2 or 3 dreams in the story that was horrifying, and I even mistook them to be real events.

The art in this manga can be a little perplexing, since the characters themselves have very little expressions on their faces, most of them nothing more than oval circles with 2 dots as eyes, some hair, and a mouth. This can be somewhat disconcerting given that the bug creatures are drawn with meticulous detail. Especially during the dissection scenes, where we see every organ and vein in the bug's body, drawn with extreme detail. And also not to mention the birth scene towards the end, which was one of the most gruesome and graphic birth sequences I can remember in any media.

Also like many other horror films, there is an ending that can be quite ambiguous, it isn't quite explained clearly as to how the bug creatures were stopped, or whatever the birth of the new evolved bug creature was. These does give off a sense of frustration, but maybe giving it more attention the second-time around I can pry off some answers. And since the story-telling and plot in this manga is masterfully done, it wouldn't be a problem for any manga fan, or any horror fan to be consumed in the story.

Just realised that this series has no reviews. Golly it must be refreshing to be first.
Fate Grand Order's Shimosa arc brought me here. I found out that one of my favourite arcs was based off of the novel that this manga originated from. So naturally I will be wearing my bias on my sleeve. I’ll try to avoid comparisons because that’s clearly unfair.
Makai Tenshou, or its better known name Demonic Resurrection, details the adventures of Yagyuu Juubei, one of Japan’s greatest swordsmen. The story revolves around his galivanting around the countryside as Japan’s most famous historical figures are brought back to life as demons in a satanic ritual with the intention of stirring the pot and making it bad news bears for everyone around. Illustrated by Ishikawa Ken, one of Go Nagai’s contemporaries, you can expect some good old school ultra-violence to splatter across the pages.

Story: 6
I know after performing research that there are multiple different iterations and versions of the original novel. As I have never read said novel, I naturally don’t know how similar these two stories are. On that note, the story feels pretty generic. I think the synopsis I wrote earlier does a clear cut job of explaining this story’s wafer thin plot. It’s not a well written tale about the nature of good vs evil, but it is rather inoffensive and if you are expecting anything that boggles the mind, it’s nothing new. If you liked Devilman by Go Nagai, you might like this.
One of the main plot lines is that the story tries to commentate on the nature of hell, which is why the demonic ritual occurs – to pull the world of hell into Earth. I mean, it’s a nice premise and all, but the novel never really explains why the ritual is important. I know being evil for evil’s sake is a simple explanation, but there isn’t really any debate as to the benefits of pure anarchy. Looking at the ritual of turning into an immortal demon, the age old question always surfaces: Why would I not want to become a demon? I mean… immortality is a pretty good deal. The story fails to answer that question or characterise the characters in ways that explain why people shouldn’t take the easy demon route which is pretty damaging in terms of themes or whatever.

Art: 7
Now while the art is old school, I like me some old school art. There are some pages where the characters look rusty as heck, but the story does a good job of illustrating action. Like sometimes when someone swings a sword, your eyes just straight up glide across the page just to see the impact. Motion is hard to capture in a still medium and this story nails it. Backgrounds are also really good. Demonic imagery has always been a solid point. How it clutters up the sky, how the line between man and monster is blurred, etc.
Character designs on the other hand are pretty hit or miss. Juubei himself looks like Guts fused with Kenshiro. He just doesn’t seem to jell with the atmosphere of the setting. On the other hand, the demons are really outlandish. Sometimes it feels like overdoing it, like killing a man with a knife and then pouring red food colouring on the body because there wasn’t enough blood.

Characters: 2
Ooh boy where do I begin. Yeah this is not good at all. Kind of a symptom of reading series from an older time. This one in particular feels like a missed opportunity to characterise the historical figures, especially the ones that sacrificed their humanity to become demons. Which is a shame, considering the pedigree of historical figures showing up: Miyamoto Musashi, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, Hozoin Inshun, some big wigs show up and the manga struggles to do anything interesting with ANY of them. I mean, when you bring back a pacifistic Buddhist monk back from the grave, at least work with the personality a little. Make him regret indiscriminate murder or something. There’s plenty of material to go around. Anything is better than what we ended up with. The demons kind of just show up, be evil for evil’s sake and then get their dumb asses handed back to them by Juubei. Musashi is the only one who gets any kind of nuance with his obsession of maintaining his legacy, but then it kind of flounders because it doesn’t have anything to do with the main plot.
As for the non-demon human characters, they exist to get killed. I know Juubei’s the main character, but it is kind of frustrating when every other “good” character exists for the sole purpose so that they can die to make Juubei look cooler. The regular humans are so incompetent, I kind of would rather let the demons win because in the story, being human has no benefits. You’ll see what I mean when you get to the ending.

Enjoyment: 8
Wow with all that criticism, yet it nets an 8 in enjoyment?? Well that’s because I came in with no expectations. Just pure mindless dumb fun. That’s why I used “galivanting” in the beginning of the review. Just a single dumb man monkey braining his way through demons, DOOM slayer style. Yay.

Overall: 6
Let me level here for a sec: if you came here for good storytelling, don’t get yer hopes up dude. At the end of the day, I got a fun dumb read and it made my afternoon. It was long enough to take me a while to read, but also short enough for me to finish it before I got too mad at the dumb plot and the stale characterisation.

I tried this manga out of curiosity due to it having a really interesting title, “No Bra, No Panties, No Future”. The first impression I got after reading that title was like “what the hell is this? Is this some kind of a parody of No Game No Life? Or is it a light version of No Damage No High School Life?”. I expected something lewd and stupid random ecchi scenes to appear. Man.. was it so surprising.

No Bra, Bo Panties, No Future offers a kind of stupid joke yet it’s so touching and funny to read. It’s not an ecchi one at all. It centers on the main girl, Kanako Hidaka, who is portrayed as someone ambitious and do the best and be total to achieve what she wants. Because that side of her, she often forgets other important things. But when she comes into realization, she never gives up and tries to protect both, in this sense her vision and future, at all cost.

Beside the main girl, there are also these guys who usually play at school due to being influenced by the TV. All they do may seem too random because these guys are the main antagonists who’re also used as the tool to create tension and joke. They usually put Kanako in a worry able situation and are the main threat for Kanako’s future. Also Mi-chan and Yo-chan, two friends of Kanako, who value their friendship with Kanako to the point they will sacrifice themselves for the sake of Kanako’s future.

No Bra, No Game, No Future isn’t merely a stupid-funny manga. It does explore the value of friendship and how the TV can be so influential. It’s also about being focus on your vision and total. But what if you already tried your best and be total yet failed?, you’ll lose one, two or maybe three.

Overly edgy mess that is supposed to appeal to the audience that considers posts on im14andthisisdeep subreddit to actually be full of wisdom. This manga portrays and straight up fetishizes suicide as something cool. Besides that Yakedo Shoujo deosn't have much going on in terms of characters or art. Male lead Kaname Aizawa is as forgettable as if he was simply a side character. Female lead Shiina Hinami at least tries to be a little bit goofy even tho it doesn't really work. Art is fine. Simple, but I guess that wouldn't be a problem in this case. I don't know, maybe later in manga it portrays suicide in a more realistic light and tries to explore it's boring characters a bit more but I doubt that. Also I couldn't be bothered to find out.

Okay this manga at the first you'd expect an awesome chapters from it, which is nice and makes it enjoyable, but then the Mangaka ruined it by making the main character more talented than the others! and trying to confess the people to love the manga by adding more characters and fights everywhere and when you think of it, all the fights are useless just to develop the main character so he failed to develop something already winning every time! sucks i know, but yeah it gets boring every chapter. Story: 6/10. Art 8/10. characters 7/10. Enjoyment 6/10. Overall 5/10.

This one is wierd to say the least.

Story: 4; honestly... I have mixed opinions about the story. The concept seems cool but it doesn't explain itself very well and they do a 360 turn around at the end. Do not read this before going to bed.

Art: 5; to be honest it looks like a rough sketch. It's a cool stylistic choice and I feel like it fits the setting, but after a while it starts to hurt your eyes.

Charicters: 5; besides the main girl they don't go in to it charicters. Or at least they don't go in to them well. Besides most charicters phisical appreciate there is nothing really to remember them by.

Enjoyment: 2; this is the kind of manga you will find at a used bookstore for 3 dollars. (Wich is how I got it and now I know why) you read it once, want to forget it but can't and get it out of your life by selling it. There is unnecessary vilence and sex. I know you aren't supposed to feel comfortable while reading this but it more gross then uncomfortable.

This is one of those works that I'm having a lot of difficulties comprehending. I don't exactly know if I can respond to this work with my usual format. I'll give it a try, though.

Story:
There isn't so much a story as it is a conversation. It's a dialogue started by a painter who paints horrific images that are absolutely petrifying. I felt like this was a mix between Dante's Inferno and Eraserhead, where everything is symbolic and cruel. Does it make for a good story? Not necessarily, since there isn't a shred of hope, but there is a lesson, that lesson being that the world is cruel. I don't really agree with that, considering one person's life can suck and another's can be great, but even so, there are people with sucky lives who enjoy life nonetheless. So, just in that, I can't exactly connect with the mangaka's intentions.

However, one theme that is consistent is death and how indifferent it is. This I can sympathize with. Death is the great equalizer, the final occupation. The ending definitely reinforces the fact that regardless of what path is taken in life, death will arrive at your doorstep when you least expect it.


Art:
I really loved the classic, cartoony look of the art. It looked disgusting and horrid but it didn't look realistic. In that sense, this is where I feel the most 'Eraserhead' from the narrative. Everything was as if it were symbolic to the one telling the story, the painter. Everything he talked about was a painting he worked on, so every image was how he saw events as they unfolded. To this end, I found the artwork breathtaking.


Character:
There isn't much character but there's representations throughout. There isn't much else to discuss here. Again, it's all a conversation, a dialogue the reader is having with the painter. I suppose you learn a lot about the painter and it's all well and good but because of the format, we're introduced to other characters who are just disgusting human beings who have no purpose other than to make you feel disgusting.

The real focus here, as mentioned, is the painter. His character is quite strong, but some of the content is too archaic to be understood on the first read (at least for me). Does this make it bad? Not necessarily, but considering the whole work is likely a metaphor, there needs to be some grounding. If not in the setting, if not in the narrative, then at least the characters, right? Well, not so much.


Enjoyment:
I don't exactly enjoy watching people suffer. I don't think any sane individual would. However, the narrative starts out with black humor and then devolves into a dialogue of symbolism, so the suffering that takes place is... well, it's brutal, but it's bearable in the sense that there's a purpose. Is the purpose worthwhile in the end? I'm not so sure.


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This series was better than I thought it would be. It wasn't your typical shoujo manga where girl falls in love with boy and boy doesn't like her at first and then he does and then they get together and have trouble trying to stay together.

The MC was actually not waiting for love but against it and was basically doing what she had to do to survive in her situation. Although it does have the cliche underline part about how he likes her and doesn't show it at first and won't until he realizes that everything she does is for him, but also for her own gain.

I also didn't like the ending very much but it just goes to show you how the MC became a much more understanding person and separates a bad abusive parent from just a depressed parent with no hope.