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Ah, Fullmetal Alchemist: one of the most highly regarded anime and manga in the world. Many years ago, I had always come across watching an episode or two of the first anime on TV: it had never peaked my interest too much since many of the episodes had been reduced to filler. It was then that 2009 hit: BONES had announced that they would be making a remake of the show, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, making it closer to the manga. My first thoughts were, "Manga? Hm.. I wonder if I could find it online." After much persuasion from my friend, I gave the manga a read.
By the time I had hit Chapter 91, I was hooked and I wanted to read more. The sad reality was that I then had to wait for monthly scanlated chapters: whoo. x| With that being said, the final chapter recently became available this week, and now that I've read the manga completely, I feel a need to write a review about this wonderful series.

Story: The story is one of the most original tales I've heard in a very long time. Despite the fact that alchemy is a commonly-used factor to stories, I found Fullmetal's grasp of the concept to be the most intriguing in comparison to what I've read. The storyline easily receives a 10 from me.

Art: The art reflects the story well: its comedic when needed, and serious as all hell when the serious tone sets in. The art strays away from the usual big-eyed anime people, yet its anime style still remains apparent. There were parts in the action scenes where there was a little too much going on, so it was hard to tell what exactly was happening. For that, I give the art a 9.

Character: You simply CAN'T hate ANY characters in this series (maaaaybe except for Homunculus. But I even liked him! xD) The two main characters, Ed and Al Elric are very strong characters. The brotherhood they reflect is equally as powerful, and you just can't go wrong with Ed and short jokes sometimes. I can honestly say that Hoenheim and Ling were two of my all time favorite characters: Hoenheim was a bit of a tragic character; unfortunately always running away in order to protect the ones he loved. It was only by final few chapters that he realized that running wasn't always the answer. Ling originally traveled outside of Xing in search of the Philosopher's Stone. What he found when he got there was more than that: a friend whose heart had changed. His purpose gradually began to fluctuate, and is character development was wonderful to see.
Alongside this, all I can say is: Armstrong. ... You can't hate the guy. It’s impossible. xD Character gets a 10 from me!

Enjoyment: I was always looking forward to a new chapter: always anticipating a new plot twist, and the result of an epic battle. For Enjoyment, it receives a 9 from me.

Overall: Such a fantastic manga. Some things were a bit fast-paced, but other than that it was hugely enjoyable. The last chapter almost brought a tear to my eye, and no manga other than the powerful Fruits Basket has done that to me. I salute you, Hiromu Arakawa!

If you enjoy strong bonds of friendship, great action sequences, and delving into a little bit of black magic known as alchemy, I highly recommend this series.

"In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" John 1:1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run is truly a masterpiece and one of the greatest manga to have ever been written. Its quality far ouclasses the rest of the JoJo manga series. The combination of intense storyline, amazing characters, beautiful artstyle and Jesus Christ, the Son of God makes it from the pinnacle of masterpieces. In addition the relationship of the protagonist Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli together with the main antagonist Funny Valentine who is my personal favorite anime antagonist is the primary reason of why this manga is such a success and took so many awards. Funny Valentine's design specific is created in such a way to achieve character perfection, his beauty, personality and Stand abilities make him the best character in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

Ah, Death Note. Not your ordinary manga story. I could honestly see something like this happen in real life, minus the shinigami and creepy death notebook.

When I first saw Death Note I was like, "ew." But then my friend told me to read it, and he even brought it to school. I wasn't going to pass up an opportunity to read manga when I saw it, so I read it. I fell in love with the first volume. The first chapter honestly isn't so, "OMG I NEED TO KEEP READING" but it's more like, "Hm, interesting. Turn the page..." few chapters later..." OMG THIS IS AWESOME!!!"

What I really like about Death Note is that it's a real battle. Not a battle that's made with magical weapons and awesome powers, but a battle between who's right and who's wrong. And finally who reigns supreme. The two main characters, Light and L are some seriously badass geniuses. The battle is so tight you always wonder what happens next. What's their next plan? What's their next move? What about now? Keeps me awake all night thinking about it. XD

The reason I gave the character a 9 is because I hate the way Light is portrayed. I understand why, but it's just ew. And also sometimes, you can't tell when a character is good or bad because they're just that vague. But overall, it's an amazing story a definite good read that will NOT disappoint you :)

Writing a review for this manga will cause some minor headaches, because that's how I felt while I was reading this one-volume story. One of the huge reasons for this distractor was that the artwork is extremely unorganized, amateurish, and felt quite sloppy, which was a disappointment due to how beautiful the cover was. None of this would have mattered much if it was held up by a solid and firm storyline, but obviously the story was just as fragile as the art was.

The story started out with unlimited potential, and as I'm writing this review, I'm still brainstorming as to how the plot could have improved, and why it just drowns like a fat man in a lake. Speaking of lakes, this is what the entire story revolves around, a God named Kahaku who lives in a mystic, ancient magical lake, and he has the power to stop the drought and famine in the country of China. So somehow, some way, a random peasant girl gets chosen, and she has to travel across the entire China to sacrifice herself. She has to travel by foot, wearing a special pair of shoes given to her by her instructors, and along the way a bodyguard travels with her to make sure that she doesn't try to escape.

Now, this sounds like a wonderful story that can be told in a couple of chapters, and it starts out like a grim, but fantastical adventure, you just can't help caring for the girl as she has a quite a strong personality, and the bodyguard, my goodness, he is a complex, gentle, and caring character with the perfect edge of bad-assness ingrained. The chemistry between the two characters is undeniably strong. I was hoping for a short, touching, epic adventure and was ready to sing high praises for this manga when the story suddenly, and miraculously concludes in the first 50 pages. Nevertheless I was a bit frustrated to say the least, what happened to the long journey across the China? What about the dangers they faced? What about the guards who were chasing them? How did they get to the Lake so quick? In just 50 pages? I was wishing for more, and I was left sour.

The next chapter begins a new story set 15 years after the events of the water-drought. And to much dismay, the peasant girl does not return as a main character, the bodyguard is still there, but reserved to a much more reduced role, which was a huge disappointment. This story made almost no sense, and it played out like a poor mystery that was thought out in 30 minutes. It's about a king who gets a prophecy from a witch that in 15 years he will be assassinated by a left-hand wielding swordsman. So what does the King do? You guessed it, cut off the left-hands of everyone in the city, a very logical choice obviously. That is when the bodyguard and his assistant shows up, they're looking to kill an ancient witch who has been said to bring disease upon the land if not taken care of. From there, the plot thickens to a point where a mist of confusion permeates page after page. Overall, the second story makes very little sense, was silly, and it was simply not entertaining in the least bit.

The third story makes some improvements, we learn more about the bodyguard himself, and the peasant girl makes a cameo, letting us know that she and the bodyguard are now lovers and live peacefully in the town of Suiko. Now, there are now three hooded men traveling the lands to hunt down a demon. The bodyguard just happens to know how to kill demons, and they are looking for advice from him. It's an interesting story, but it never develops to a point where I became enthralled by it. You do learn more about the bodyguard, the history of the towns and Kings, but by that time, I just wished that it should have continued the first time with the girl and the bodyguard traveling by themselves on the great journey to save China. Therefore, I was very confused as to how I should rate this manga, but overall, it had a great premise that was never explored to its full potential. Which was quite a disappointment.


Story - 6: The first story was easily the best, and it had the potential to be a great story, however it ends way too quickly, and we get treated to a loosely connected second story, and from there on it became quite a mess.


Art -3: I did not like the art aside from the cover and the opening page. There were almost no art of the landscapes of China, I seriously could not tell what any of the buildings or the land looked like.

Character - 5: The bodyguard and the girl were by far the best characters in the manga, they are the only two characters you care about. Sadly, they appear less and less as later on in the manga, and we are greeted by other, mild and uninteresting characters.

Enjoyment - 5: Only the first story brought me enjoyment. Everything else I could care less about.

Overall - 6: Giving this a six because I really liked the first story, and the two characters were great.

My opinion about this manga is this manga feels too rushed.

Kaisei no Caricature (Caricature of Reincarnation) is a manga that has an interesting story concept with poor execution. From the beginning of the story, I really love this manga. Then, there began many conflicts and mysteries in the middle of the story. At the time when the story began to the climax, it ended. Kaisei no Caricature ended before its story is finished.

The ending of this manga, which is horrible gives me the impression that this manga is dumped by the author. Kaisei no Caricature would have been one of my favorites if there were more chapters or volumes.

Overall, I love this manga. But, I don’t feel satisfied with the ending where it ended before the story finished.

honestly, this was a manga I had read years ago and revisited because I noticed it was finally finished. that being said rereading it the second time at an older age I realized how weak the story line and characters were. I also not a fan of harems tbh. but i think the character development was super rushed and unfinished, the MC sucked but every few chapters somehow new girls fell for him and he would act like he was in love, but in the first few chapters he even got called on it and still never changed his ways. the girls were also very 2d and shallow and obvi only were in the story to boost mc ego. they built up this weird storyline with impotence, alluding that maybe if MC loves the girl he hooks up with he will be cured which couldve been a little cuter and made the MC's love feel less shallow, but no they made him fuck the girl whose dating his brother, while supposedly loving the other girl? and there were no repercussions for him cheating on her? the length could be a reason it feels so rushed and open ended but at the same time, i found myself wanting it to be over, i just felt it couldve been interesting if they focused on one relationship rather than introducing a ton only to drop them a few chaps later.

This is my first review, so it will not be something extraordinary or even good, I think.

Kimi ni Aisarete Itakatta, or KNAI for short, is a manga about the "bad" side of the world, with violence, hypocrite people, hatred and sadness. But overall it doesn't develop it very much, looks like the author just puts tragedy after tragedy for the pure sake of being dark and edgy.

Character: 2/10
The characters, aside from the protagonist, are shallow as a puddle, because 99% of the time their are just "Look, I'm a real hypocrite piece of sh*t that treats people badly most of the time!", and the ones that aren't like this, are just a little better as a person.

Art: 7/10
The art is good to set the dark aura of the manga, but sometimes the characters are just drawn a little poorly.

Story: 3/10

Ok, it is supposed to be violent and dark, but it is too predictable. When a new character appears you already think "It is going to be another bad person that treats the protagonist like sh*t", and aside from this, the plot simply doesn't exist, as the only thing that ever happens is: new chapter, new problem for our main girl. And when it is not her it is another character related to her being in a bad situation.

Enjoyment: 4/10

I don't know why I'm curious to see what happens, but it still is pretty lame and boring to read, as the story seems like a roller coaster through hell that you went millions of times and are not afraid anymore.

Overall: 4/10

If you don't have nothing better to do, or you like stories that are dark for no reason, you mitgh like this. Otherwise, I don't recommend it.

Alright, let's just get this out of the way. It's porn, with a story. If you're reading this, read it with one hand on the mouse and the other on your genitals, any other way is objectively wrong.

And with that out of the way let's talk about this shit. So let's tackle this on MAL's patented system of rating and start with the story. "How is the story," I hear you ask. Well the answer is it doesn't matter, it's porn. No one looks up porn for the thrilling tale of how the a step mom tutored her step son on 'biology.' How's the art, well it's good. Van Gogh may not have treated it like I treat my toilet after a night of heavy drinking, but it's definitely good. What about the characters? Well a wise manga character once said, "There has to be a penis, it's what guys self insert with." That quote stands true In this, as there is a male MC. That's all you need, after that, there are three females. They are varied enough to be different characters, so hey they have that going for them. If you need more characterization then that go read "To Kill a Mockingbird" you cultured person you. Now we get to the most important part Enjoyment. Well I can say from experience, there was many a time I had to take a break, if you catch my drift.

Now for the most important part, the overall score. Well here's the deal if I read it as a manga, it's not great. But remember the first sentence, it's porn, with a story. When looked at that way there's only a single possible score i could give it

Overall score (Boner/10)

Id like to be able to say alot about this but unfortunately it difficult to tell whats going on since there wasnt a translated version.
Even still with that i would say it was quite enjoyable (I like gore and such so even with out the story it was a fine read)
The art isnt much to look at, but it is strange since the parts that where done REALLY well was the gore but everything else looked a bit on the bad side

All this being said if u do fine a translated version id like to read it to see the full story.

Fighting the hottest battles in manga history! Beyblade being born inside a vulcano! Explosions! Battle! Awesome!!!

You don't like over the top action? You want a well thought storyline? You think that commercialism is a big threat to manga culture?
Read something else!

This is Metal Fight Beyblade. Where friendship is still real friendship, where power is still real power and cheap overpriced plastic toys are THE MOST EXCITING THING EVER!!!

(story)
A normal primary school boy meets the hot-blooded blader Hagane Ginga, an over the top talented person with less personality than Kudo Taiki... But he is so cool! They meet the wild gang who takes other childrens beys after defeating them. Some tournament, some mysterious evil blader, some crazy scientist.
If you have read things like "Bakuso Kyodai Let's&Go", "Bakuten Shoot Beyblade" or "Super B-Daman", you should already know the story. So don't expect too much, if you are not into this genre.

(art)
As usual, the designs look less "clean" than in the accompanying anime. The rough drawing style give the manga its distinct flair and fit the theme. The overall quality is average.

(overall)
If you are into the genre, you should definitely not miss out on this, as this manga was published in many countries, normally not so blessed with Corocoro manga releases. I was really happy to read an official German translation, which was quite good.

Read this if you search for another exciting "shooting hobby" manga. If you like Beybade, but thought, the anime was too long and filler-heavy, you should try this out, as the story is much more compact.

3, 2, 1... Go Shoot!!!