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JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run review
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
Apr 16, 2021
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run review
Story - 9.5

Man ... the story is very well written. Apart from one or another plot hole, it is perfect. And the ending, the ending is incredible. It is very epic, crazy and the best part of part 7. In addition to presenting concepts that my friend, are so crazy that it is even difficult to understand.

Art - 10

With our dear Araki having 1 month to draw and think about the story now, everything is much better. This is the best feature of the franchise, it's perfect. And also, each drawing has an incredible camera angle, which gives you the feeling that everything that is happening there is more epic. It is really perfect.

Character - 10

Part 7 has a range of well-made characters. Everyone has a well-made origin and development. Johnny is perhaps the most developed JoJo ever, and Gyro is incredible ... Seriously. They both form the best protagonist duo in the history of manga.

Enjoyment - 10

The pace of part 7 is the best of all. I read part 6 in half a year, because her pace is not so good. BUT, part 7 I read in 2 weeks ... being that 7 has three times the duration of 6 (If we take the number of pages in each chapter of 7, its 96 chapters become more than 250 chapters if we take in account the previous parts, which had 20 pages per chapter.)

Overall - 10

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run is almost perfect, almost a masterpiece. He has his mistakes. But, everyone is overshadowed when we take qualities into account. It's in my top 3 of the ALL franchise.

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Overlord
Overlord
Overlord
Overlord review
Overlord
Apr 14, 2021
Overlord review
I have read the Light Novel and its subsequent film adaptations and spin-offs. Needless to say, I'm fairly knowledgable in all things Overlord. Now, to get certain things straight:

1. This is NOT an Isekai. Well, it is under that genre, but not like others. The main character, Momonga, is not looking to escape this virtual world, but conquer that. Elaboration on that later.
2. This is NOT for the fainthearted reader. Momonga does not act to exalt evil, but nor is he the perfect protagonist. He does what he needs to do, and if a few insignificant casualties are needed to reach his goal, then so be it. He does not exalt the idea of justice and does not save others to live up to being a hero.

This is what sets Overlord apart. Its main character enters this New World with his guild base, The Great Tomb of Nazarick, filled with powerful beings with undying loyalty to him and the Supreme Beings. To live up to his vassals' expectations, he puts on the persona that an undead Lich King like him should have: powerful and austere. This is what tears him apart inside since he is but a blue-collar salaryman who was thrown into this New World from Yggdrasil.

The author, Maruyama Kugane, said it himself: "The main character of this book is a skeletal magician who leads a vast evil organization, and he is meant to feel like the final boss of a game. Because of that, those readers who don’t believe in saving people without a reward (as is common in LNs or anime) and put themselves first will enjoy this book." By putting this mindset on, we can clearly validate Ainz's actions. He is no longer a human, but an undead skeleton; his appearance overrides his own human notions of right and wrong. The only thing he wants is the betterment of Nazarick. If he has to be good, if he has to be evil, it solely relies on how it will better Nazarick.

Now that I got the storyline and plot out of the way, onto the art. There are no words to describe it. Simply calling it amazing is even a disservice to how well So-bin has created the cover art.

All in all, the Overlord Light Novel trumps all other adaptations with its descriptive dialogue and details which you will never find in the anime and manga. The fact that this light novel exists is a reminder that literature is not dead. There are still writers who will make literary works that beggar the imagination.
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Dokumushi
Dokumushi
Dokumushi
Dokumushi review
Dokumushi
Apr 12, 2021
Dokumushi review
Came from The Anime Man once again lol and yeah he was a bit inaccurate with the otaku and little girl scene. No, the otaku did not hit it with the little girl, but did partake in child grooming technically. Still disgusting nevertheless.

Although there are only 6 chapters translated in English, the Chinese version had all 50 chapters translated, and I'm lucky that Cantonese is my first language.

I did not like nor enjoyed this series at all.

No, there's no necrophilia or pedophilia (maybe slightly for pedo? but that's like towards the end) so don't worry, you don't have to tamper with your moral compass to justify reading this series

Story: 2
It's just basically a watered down version of "Danganronpa" and "Doubt!". 7 people get trapped in an abandoned school with no access to food and contact to the outside world. There is also a timer in the main room that counts down to 7 days, and there is also a room with a cooker and a butcher knife. You know how the rest would go.

My thoughts on the story is located waaaaaay down below, after Overalls, because it is impossible to talk about my thoughts without spoiling the story.

Art: 8
All these lesser known small horror mangas have this distinct artstyle and I lowkey like it lol

Characters: 5 -1
This is basically a scenerio where ESH applies. I won't go into spoilers, but given the nature of this manga (in which to expose or reveal the cruelty of human nature), I'd say characters behaving in certain ways are justifiable. But at least the MC isn't just some "no, we have to leave with everyone alive!" like every generic MC in any horror mangas do. So I'll just leave it at a 5

On second thoughts, the fat otaku still creeps me out. So I'll knock the score down by 1 lol

Enjoyment: 1 (SPOILERS)
At least for deadtube, it was somewhat enjoyable due to the fight scenes and had clear resolutions. However, this series is just a pain to get through. There is no defining arcs where the outcome leads to a resolution. What do I mean? Deadtube had different arcs whenever a new video contest event rolls out, and the end of each arc had a somewhat satisfying yet tragic resolution. There is a clear resolution before moving onto the next arc. In Dokumushi, it's just one big slog. You can say each character dying could be counted as an arc, but theres no clear resolution after each character death. It's just problem -> solution -> problem -> solution rinse and repeat until you reach Chapter 50 with a resolution. I do not enjoy this formula in any sort of entertainment.

Overall: 2
This is one of the few times where I'm giving an overall rating not following my enjoyment score. It HAS some redeeming qualities (the MC not being as pathetic), but at the end of the day, I just did not like this series.


STORY SPOILERS + MY THOUGHTS:
The ending of Dokumushi is literally Doubt! (extremely simila, at least), with the MC being the next Dokumushi game champion. Who is the previous champion? It's the little girl.
The reasoning behind starting the game is extremely vague and does not make too much sense. It was said that all 7 of them had something to do with the creator, but in reality, only the MC had a direct relationship with the creator to cause him to be drafted into the game. During the flashbacks of the MC, the MC and his then-still-alive girlfriend are braindead, whilst the girlfriend's father has the most unpractical solution to deal with the MC because he didn't aprove of him dating his daughter. The solution? Making the Dokumushi game. Yeah, the dad is the creator. What a shocker.
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My Sassy Girl
My Sassy Girl
My Sassy Girl
My Sassy Girl review
My Sassy Girl
Apr 12, 2021
My Sassy Girl review
A great and fun series, it's based on the same online writings as the Korean movie of the same name. Some of the events that happen are as they happen in the movie, while others aren't in the movie but are in the online writings. Since the movie is one of my favorites, I had to give the manhwa a try. It was very much as enjoyable as the movie was.

Geon-woo is pretty nice and sincere in his efforts of healing the girl's heart, but he can have his moments of course of...thinking like a guy? But he knows better and controls himself. The girl - whom isn't really named - can be rather demanding of Geon-woo and sometimes sinister in her plots. However at the same time she has kind of a sadness or vulnerability deep down that can sometimes also be seen. There are some random other characters that appear at times, but they're the two main ones.

As for the artwork, the series is in full color and doesn't exactly have the "usual manga look" which kind of took a little to get used to at first, but wasn't hard to and is still pretty good. At times when Geon-woo or sometimes other characters get mischievous and such, they're drawn with a bit more of a comical look to them. There's a little bit of a running theme of "toilet humor" and throwing up at one point which I'm not as into but it's not really all that bad or anything. Overall the art is good and seems fitting for the series and its style.

There's a downside, but it's not really about the series itself. Just the fact that after the first five volumes the series was dropped by the people releasing it and there haven't been any new volumes since 2005. As well as there seeming to be no plans of any more of it to be released which can be frustrating, of course. But never the less it's a great and very enjoyable series that is still very much worth giving a chance to read.
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Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom
Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom
Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom
Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom review
Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom
Apr 08, 2021
Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom review
Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom - A forgotten manga.

The introduction to this series does a really good job of explaining the importance of Astro Boy, originally called "Mighty Atom" in Japan, and providing some histories without dragging on too long, during 3 volumes. Astro Boy is also called the "Mickey Mouse" of Japan, for those who don't know.

So the original synopsis of this manga tells the history of the director of the Ministry of Science's son that is killed in a car accident, so he creates a robot to replace him but then sells him after being disillusioned by the fact that Astro Boy isn't his real son. After seeing him perform in a circus act, Prof. Ochanomizu takes him from the circus and raises him like a son. He also apparently teaches him how to use his robot powers, superhero style. The director has a real mad scientist look to him, and completely freaks out when Astro Boy won't grow. Either way, he comes across as a completely irrational villain. In contrast, Prof. Ochanomizu is a kind hearted rotund scientist who apparently adopts Astro Boy no questions asked. Given the fact that they are both scientists, Astro Boy's two parental figures seem to represent the fact that science can be used for both good and evil.
I haven't seen such a complex character in a log time and Astro Boy (as a manga) just shows that appearances deceive when it comes to old manga properly of a series that have been having several adaptations throughout the years. Astro Boy holds a strange sense of dark peril, behind the wacky action and cutesy look of everything. Even violent, things happen to the characters who do nothing but good, and just when you think things couldn't get any worse, they do.

Personally, I think that Astro Boy it's a splendid character when it comes to characterization, he's heroic, honest, and willing to throw himself in any sort of danger, even if it means perishing in the process. All of these things are a common trait in the hero factor, but what makes this infinitely more interesting is the fact that Astro is a child. The readers can not forget that this is a manga created originally in 1951 and even now is a talked character, with a prequel animation called Atom: The Beginning. Astro takes on insane responsibilities, not just because he's the only one who can do it, but because he likes helping those who can't help themselves. As you know, Dr. Tenma made Astro for one reason, to replicate his son. Although it isn't stressed hardly at all in the manga when Astro isn't out saving the world he's doing normal things a kid would: playing with friends and having fun.

Astro Boy it's not the Tezuka's top notch manga but surely is in the top three manga of him, making it highly enjoyable and worth reading more than once.

Story: 8 | Art: 8 | Character: 7 | Enjoyment: 7
Score: 8

Personal Note: This manga was edited in Portuguese around 2011, making it quite rare to find it and it was only sold this version of the manga.
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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
Cat and Dog
Cat and Dog
Cat and Dog
Cat and Dog review
Cat and Dog
Apr 05, 2021
Cat and Dog review
While, my scoring may be a bit harsh, allow me to qaulify.

This is not a very good manhwa. Though it isn't tagged as shoujo, it contains mush of the genre's worst traits.


Story & Characters:
No bad shoujo is any good without excessive drama to permeate the entire story. It's set in the grand industry of film and, as is often the case with such overly dramatic manga, that makes most of the characters thralls of crude ambition, or just plain bastards. To be sure, a notable portion of th MCs ar fine people, though a bit cold. All this combines to do one thing for certain: kill with alacrity an fuzzing feeling the story might otherwise generate. This manwha has little fluff, and what fluff it does have is soured by the rest of it. This story provides much angst, and little counterbalance. No, it's not "I've fallen for my sister, oh what lovely incest" kind of angst, but the drama is real. Sure, drama is fine to a degree. Even, sometimes a severe degree. But such drama must have a payoff. This provided little. Sure, at one point, they both confess (him much later on, of course,) but when it finally happened, I felt little. That's the thing about melodrama. It negates most everything but the angst, and all just for the sake of making the story that mushc more unrealistsic.

Art: Not that great. Admittedly, I dislike stereotypical shoujo art (mainly when the chracters at drawn to appear inhuman, with their glistening, bug eyes and demonic crack of a smile, but I digress.) This art, while not severely shoujo, still accomplised the task of making it's characters look false, unrealistic, and thus hard to relate to.



In the end, I guess it's what I get for reading romance dramas. It's not always fun being a guy who likes romance manga, what with all the melodramatic shoujo mangas flooding the market. Lord, do I need some Slice of Life right now.

P.S.
Do yourself a favor. There are much better marriage/arranged marriage romance manga out there. Consult my list, if you'd like.
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Smuggler
Smuggler
Smuggler
Smuggler review
Smuggler
Apr 05, 2021
Smuggler review
Smuggler is a 4 chapter crime caper that rolls along with Tarantino-esque underworld hijinks and Korean gangster flick humour.

Think Pulp Fiction crossed with A Bittersweet Life and you get some idea of the vibe in Shohei Manabe's manga. Various groups of men collide violently together because of their hazardous occupations, whether it be assassins, gangsters or smugglers. There isn’t really a main character that we follow, but the new kid who joins the clean-up crew is the most obvious pick for the guy we're meant to relate to, and who we get a flashback of. The characters we're more likely to enjoy however are the assassins, and the leader of the clean-up smuggling crew, who naturally butt heads eventually.

The story follows the assassins doing their thing, which attracts the attention of yakuza, who ultimately hire the services of the smugglers, but things in life rarely ever go smoothly. The pleasure is in watching these characters; that carry gigantic chips on their shoulders, deal with ever increasingly out of control situations. Manabe inserts subtle humour into the proceedings which is what made me think of film director Tarantino or Kim Ji-woon, who would be perfect for adapting this onto the big screen, although they would then be accused of churning out the same old same old.

Smuggler's art is detailed and neat for background locations, like most seinen manga, but the character art is interesting indeed. Very striking facial structures for the quirky cast. It won’t be to many people's taste, but at least it's different, and in a way fits with the disturbing tale being told.

Smuggler’s a cool thriller that rolls along to a viciously brilliant climax and satisfying resolution.
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Blue Heaven
Blue Heaven
Blue Heaven
Blue Heaven review
Blue Heaven
Apr 05, 2021
Blue Heaven review
'Blue Heaven' is a manga that aspires to be a lot, but doesn't quite reach its potential. While it has solid artwork and an engaging plot with well-rounded characters, it's clear that much more could have been done.

[Story - 7]

The premise itself (a killer is brought onto a cruise ship and is unleashed) is rather intriguing (especially for a manga this short), but it doesn't quite reach the heights of tension it could have. This is due to the plot suddenly changing into, for lack of less spoilery descriptions, Neo-Nazis Reveal Themselves And Take Over. I don't mind plot twists like this (especially ones where such awful people get their comeuppance), but the original premise itself was enough to get my interest. I really don't see the point in such a change, and I found it rather lazy.

I can tell that the mangaka was going for themes such as 'are humans irredeemable?' and 'what will people do to each other when in a crisis?', but it doesn't feel like he achieved what he was going for. I don't quite know how to describe this, but it just felt like there was a lot more to be explored in this story, setting, and characterization than what was done.

The pacing was pretty good, though - thanks to the short chapter count, it made for a nice weekend read.

[Art - 8]

The art's really hit-or-miss in terms of aspects. Character design is distinctive but simple (such as different types of facial hair and hairstyles), while the backgrounds are either rather well-drawn or too minimalistic. The shading was REALLY good - perfect balance between moodiness and....the opposite of that.

[Character - 7]

The characters, like the story and themes, are intriguing enough but their full potential wasn't realized:

Ri Seiryuu is an interesting deuteragonist with a fitting, if edgy, backstory and a rather stoic characterization compared to everyone else; However, I felt that his 'arc' needed a more solid conclusion. I contribute this to the sudden plot twist, but it just felt really weird to have him still be in the story and it's clear that he doesn't match up well here when he was the initial antagonist.

Yoshiko is probably my personal favorite - she's really cute and provides some humour, but the way she was written as the mere 'observer' of the events on the ship was rather competent. The mangaka really captured the sense of desperation and despair someone like her would feel, and it was conveyed so believably.

Other characters, however, aren't so memorable or well fleshed out compared to those two. Security agent Sano is barely memorable due to his sudden removal and return (thanks again to the plot twist), Jyungo is a typical Nice Guy that Yoshiko likes, and.....I can't even remember the second half's antagonist besides him being a larger-than-life Genocide Lover who felt more like a parody than a believable antagonist.

[Enjoyment/Overall - 7]

This wasn't a terrible experience, and I did enjoy myself thanks to the tension and strong characterization of Seiryuu and Yoshiko. However, it's frustrating to see how much potential this manga had that wasn't appropiately realized. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a good thriller, but not if you want a thriller with lots of psychological/philosophical depth.
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