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This is my first attempt to write a review, keep in mind that my English aren't that good so...-
It'll have some minor plot spoiler i think, so beware.


Story 5/10
Ah, if you're interested in this you'll get a endless loop from most of the story as it'll keep looping from Fight>Boss Fight>Boss forced "sad" background story>Feast from the victory>and a forced "sad" farewell well it interesting in the very first chapter, but it keep going until 800 chapter which is uninteresting in my opinion. So if you're looking for a decent storyline don't waste your time on this.

Art 4/10
The art are awful and the only "decent" art are the fight and background scenes. The most AWFUL from this point is the female face, they're either had a beautiful face that every female had the same face or a gross looking face with a giant body structure.

Character 5/10
The character development are the same with the storyline, with forced sadness that the author write it makes me sick.

Enjoyment 5/10
Nothing to say here, just a mediocre pirate adventure.

Overall 4/10
I would like to go lower but the background art are beautiful and sometimes fascinating to look, and again Don't waste your time in this unless you like these kind of stuff, personally the one thing that keep me from reading this "Decent" manga is how the author will end the story along with One piece treasure.

The wind, still as unrelenting as ever…
The wind was tenaciously striking against the heavy, murky and muggy earth… Without any ounce of pity, the wind was bringing his last glimmer of consciousness far away, so far away…
In a ray of light

Year XX of the Showa Era, the Moike village is suddenly struck by a mysterious disease: 12300 victims amongst whom 712 died. The investigation that lasted for 50 days did not allow to reveal the bacteria responsible for it. The local population remains helpless against this indescribable dread. Around 80% of the babies born 6 months later show severe deformities that would be caused by this disease. The investigation is to be closed despite the protestations of civilians all over the country. The commission charged to study the Moike disease is dissolved. In the village, defect babies keep seeing the light of day: it is only 9 years later that their numbers start to decrease. 10 years later, they would only be 2. From this day, in 32 years, there would not be any of these kinds again.
Gen Rokkoji is a young man born in a conservative family where men typically serve in the army and patriotism is the main value to uphold. At the polar opposite of these people, thinking this relationship of power as petty and hollow and decides to definitely leave his family house when he sees one of his classmates get beat up and killed unfairly on the street and this act be defended by his older brother. With ideals of liberty and a youth free from the brain-washing of the government, Gen now lives alone and starts working for a small publishing house. There, he learns from his boss of the Moike illness and will start to unravel the truth behind it and why the research team was suddenly shut down. But the search for this horrible reality is not without danger and the risks are severe as revealing it would mean losing all trust towards the state; chased by the military, sent to a psychiatric asylum, he will have to make the right choices and ally with the right people if he wants to see through his plan.


A first postscript suggests that Hikaru Kaze, released in 1970, was created to denounce the Japanese society of the time and that Tatsuhiko Yamagami meant it to be a sort of anti-governmental pamphlet.
“When Japan surrenders in 1945 and is occupied by Americans during the post-war period, it knows a short moment of democratization until 1949 when Mao Zedong enters into power. With communists now becoming a major threat, the US had to revise entirely its geopolitics and has to find new allies in the vicinities. That is how Japan became a pillar into the fight against the red menace.
This alliance with an old foe will sound the death of Japanese left-wing parties, Communist Party, Socialist Party and syndicates whose members will suffer from violent or even lethal repressive measures from the part of Japanese authorities – illustrated pretty well in the beginning of Ayako. With conservative members taking back the power, furthermore supported by a bureaucracy heavily influenced by fascist ideology of the 1930s, young citizens felt the urge to gather into radical student associations in the early 60s.
The anger of the Japanese youth were many : in part because of the educational system and the selection for university but also because the Vietnam War was at its peak and the support of the Japanese government to the Americans meant, for example, that they would let nuclear aircraft carrier in their docks. That was hard to accept for a generation still deeply traumatized by the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and could only see badly the fact that Japan became a tool of American imperialism.
Added to that, there were also some concerns regarding domestical matters. The return of Japanese conservative was followed with an economic boom that transformed Japan into a giant factory. Destroyed by Americans, it became, 20 years later, one of the world’s big power, confirmed when it held the 1964 Summer Olympics.
However, this economic frenzy is also accompanied with side effects: this liberalist and “all economic” model caused a lot of industrial pollution, particularly in the Minamata Bay where the mercury dumped out into the sea by a petrochemical factory, affecting more than 10 000 people and resulting in a lot of birth defects. This is clearly not an isolated case of dramatic industrial pollution as it also happened in Narita where the building of a new international airport led to a brutal expropriation of farmers and thus losing all their means of income. The anger of the people became general and could be felt all over the country.
1968 became a turning point in the fight and protest of the people, similarly to what would happen in a lot of other countries like the US, France or Slovakia in May 68. In the case of Japan, this revolution started as early as January with the arrival of the USS enterprise. Trained by the Zengakuren, the national association of students formed a few years earlier, students assaulted the American base that was taking care of it. In February, the Okinawa base located in the Pacific Ocean where the B52 bombs that were dropped daily in the Vietnam war became assaulted as well. In March, a violent confrontation between policers and students allied with farmers of Narita ensues. This movement of protest is at its peak in October in Tokyo when students and workers invade the Japanese Parliament as well as the U.S embassy, police stations and even the Shinjuku station. This riot will last 3 whole days in more than 300 cities.
January 1969 sounds the end of this conflict. Still, a small group of people still eager to fight will form an anti-imperialist group called the Sekigun or the United Red Army who will become well known in the 70s for joining the Palestinian fight and by leading an attack against the Tel-Aviv airport in 1972”


In the same way as a certain “Tomorrow’s Joe”, although it is not certain how big of an impact it had when it came out, Hikaru Kaze is politically charged and had a big influence on its readership, many testifying that it changed for the better their outlook on life and made their naïve selves aware of the mecanisms rooted in their society, and it is easy to see how while reading it because of how oppressive and harrowing it could manage to be and how some of Gen catchphrases are still relatable today.
Essentially Hikaru Kaze could be described as a Tezuka lookalike, borrowing a lot to his artstyle and to his more mature storytelling t. It still has a similar appeal to his more mature manga, this vintage timeless look, that effective graphic violence and this multi-layered scenario with lots of plot twists and change of situations, managing to keep a fluid progression throughout and manage to make us feel for the different characters, all in a way victims of their fate. This similarity that Tatsuhiko Yagami has with Tezuka could however be a big turnoff to some as the latter is still undeniably more talented, especially in his sense of paneling or in how he handles the tone of his stories.

Is it considered spoilers if I say that this manga is a fresh read due to it's one-sided romance?

Welp, that's that. What's said has been said. //This doesn't even have a romance tag so it's not a spoiler per se???

The story is as simple as it can be, she likes a priest so she decided to work as a miko. But what happens when the priest leaves? What reason does she have to serve a god she doesn't believe in?

Such is the premise of the story. But what captured my heart in this manga is how she grew from this simple turn of events... and how the priest remained as a secondary main character, serving his role as a priest as he should be - not as a lover, not exactly as a friend, but as a priest.

Light read with less than 40 pages. Give it a try :)

Mega Anti-Recommendation: |Watashi no Megane-kun|
Synopsis: Chouko has been in love with Taichiro for a long time. Taichiro and Chouko have known each other since childhood. At one point, Taichiro became very candid and told Chouko that he hated her so much that he wanted to kill her. Even so, Chouko's desire toward him never really changed. One day, a senior in her athletics club confessed to her. Filled with burning jealousy, Taichiro also confessed to Chouko. Their insecure, but very obsessive love begins.

[rant]

-Phack that Synopsis, it doesn't matter how messed up it sounds. It is actually quite good, I was searching for some Possessive/jealous type romance story and I found the perfect gem, but didn't see the shit covering all over it. Although, I had a feeling from last 10 chapters that it is heading towards the wrong path, but I had no freaking idea that even the author is fucked up, I said to myself, I will just prepare for the worst possibility because the story is actually good, seeing the main couple carving for each other. After quite later into the story, another guy takes a love interest in Chouko. After that, I will just skip the details, but at the second last chapter. That MOFO, cunt little bitch rapes Chouko. Yea, you f'ng heard me right. He literally rapes her and escapes from the country for good and he said to himself "he didn't realize that she would be virgin even though she is in relationship". It actually shows blood coming out of her legs and clothes teared apart. This is just depressing beyond belief, I couldn't sleep whole last night. Author was like "Oh, yea. You are liking my story? Well, let me kick you in the fucking balls". Forget, "My wife is a highschool girl". This is the most fucked up and brutal ending I have ever seen in my whole anime/manga experience. I am taking an Oath, no more shoujo. I feel like, I have been left with huge trauma. I am just tired of these unrealistic love triangle BS that are ruining my taste for romance. I am gonna take a break for few days, until I recover from this nightmare.

Genres: Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Psychological

I'll start my rewiew summoning my opinion about this manga: it's terrible.
This rewiew have some weak spoilers you can easily find in a more detailed synopsis.

THE PLOT(1/10): I just couldn't see the point of it. If you look at the cover, you'll probably think it's an action manga, right? Well, it is, and it's also ecchi, "gore", and it tries very hard to be romantic, but it just... fails, in every single aspect.
The story is about Senguu, a teenager who moves to the big city to fulfill the promise he made to his grandmother, which I mean: finding a good fiancée for himself. Firstly, I'm pretty sure that when his grandma asked him that, she didn't mean that she wanted him to marry the FIRST FREAKING GIRL he found (I don't think what I just said can be considered a spoiler because it's literally the first thing that happens in the story. You open the manga and it has a photo of Akari with the words "by the moment I first saw her, I knew she was the one who would be my wife" or something).
After this scene, a empty, lifeless and meaningless love begins. I didn't really hoped Akari and Senguu got together or anything, I just felt like "that's ok, he cares about her, they'd make a nice couple, they should get together". I couldn't feel the thrilling, the pity, the beauty of that love, ANYTHING. It just look more like a nuisance than an actual feeling, because it stops and forces Senguu to make lots of things which put his life in danger. And of course, he acts like a complete idiot. I actually felt sorry for him.
The action scenes are confusing: you can't see who killed who, who is attacking who, sometimes you even forget what's the reason they are fighting. I won't even mention the "gore" scene; completely useless. It just happens for no reason. For me, it looked more like a pathetical trial to shock the reader. I think that if the manga were longer, the scenes would make more sense.
The hole manga is an ecchi. There are boobs everywhere, and I MEAN it. It is in, I don't know, every two pages? It's just unnecessary.

ART(9/10): Well, the only good thing I can say about this manga is that the drawing is awesome. I liked the details of the monsters, and the shape of the caracters (although their bodies, in general, were quite out of standard). I found this unique and very nice.

CHARACTERS (2/10): Both the two main characters and the secondary characters have, at MOST, two sides. They are shown very quickly, at the point you can't remember the name of them, or their powers, or why the heck are they even been mentioned. Even the ones who were supposed to be crucial could be easily removed from the story. I reinforce the idea that if the manga were longer, it would be less confusing.

ENJOYMENT (3/10): I surely haven't had fun reading it. The most excitment I felt was at the end of the first and the second editions when I thought "damn, I wonder what will happen at the end" but without that adrenaline I use to feel in mangas like that. Next year, I probably will have already forgotten that this manga even passed through my shelf.

OVERALL (2/10): This manga looks more like a load of ideas who were thrown up in some paper without having any relation with each other whatsoever.The art is good, and it had some potential, which was wasted. That's basically all.

Story about a vet who was summoned as a hero isekai. Art is average, story is a little interesting, and the characters are decent as they are, but they do have some cliche bits to them as well. Notable thing about this story was that they killed off a semi close character around 20 chaps in, and the story tries to focus mostly on him trying to use his knowledge as a vet to figure things out.
It's basically a niche itch, you might, or might not, find it interesting depending on your tastes. Personally, I recommend giving at least the first 15-20 chapters a read in order to get a solid grasp on whether you like it or not.

Who was Jesus? Was he a prophet, a heretic, a delusional man, or truly the son of God? This is still debated to the present day, just as it was when he walked the Earth. I'm not sure whether Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a believer or just a man fascinated by history, but he put amazing effort into creating these two full color volumes that tell not only the story of Jesus, but also portray the world he lived in, and the reactions of people to his ministry.

There's no way around it: Yasuhiko-sensei is an absolute genius at composing manga. The expressiveness of his line work amazes me. His art style is grounded in realistic proportions, but he knows exactly when to use exaggerated cartoonish expressions on his characters. The contorted faces of people raging make a sharp contrast to Jesus' ever stoic illustrations, letting you soak in how funny they really look. On top of just illustrations, his framing and page layouts allow you to read characters thoughts and feelings without a speech bubble in sight.

I've never been a huge fan of full color manga, but this series changed my mind. Yasuhiko-sensei coats every page in vivid watercolors to set the mood. Sometimes he's just coloring in the world the way it actually looks, but he often drowns entire scenes in powerful, single colors. The rage of crowds is palpable on pages covered in red, and pages of blue pull me down into the despair of the characters. He switches between realistic and abstract coloring schemes on a dime, and characters easily slip into little more than outlines in a sea of watercolor textures.

The story of this manga follows Jesus' adult ministry through the eyes of one of his disciples. Through his eyes we see what it felt like to give your life to literally following Jesus across the map. Yasuhiko-sensei also gives his interpretation of what public reaction to Jesus and his disciples was like, both when Jesus was exalted by the masses and angrily threatened. There aren't many surprises in the story, because it does follow a plot from 2000 years ago. There are also frequent cuts to scenes of the crucifixion throughout the manga, as if everything else is being remembered during those prolonged, painful moments on the cross. It does not go far beyond that point, ending with Jesus' empty tomb and the women being told that he is risen.

Jesus himself is portrayed as reserved and enigmatic as the man surely was. The viewpoint character Joshua is, as best I can tell, totally made up for this story (More on Biblical accuracy later). From a visual standpoint, he basically looks like Amuro from Gundam, which Yasuhiko-sensei has worked on for years. Most of the supporting cast are pretty flat, but they're not the focus anyway. All of the Apostles, Pharisees, and named people they meet are more pieces of the world and plot than they are characters.

So more on the Biblical accuracy of this manga. There is some blatant embellishment, but it honestly makes the story more readable. The character Joshua seems to be entirely made up and inserted into Jesus' circle purely so we could see the world through his eyes. At one point it is outright shown that Mary Magdalene is actually Jesus' lover, and some of the Apostles call her a prostitute in no uncertain terms. I also don't believe that Judas ever greeted Jesus with a kiss in the pages before he was arrested in the garden. In the final chapter when the women visit Jesus' tomb, the message that he is risen delivered not by an angel, but instead by a man in the tomb. There may be even more small details changed from the Gospels, but I can't be certain since I'm not a Bible scholar.

So who should read Jesus? I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in 2 volumes of gorgeous, cinematic, full color glory. I don't know how well this manga could be used as an evangelical tool to tell the story of Jesus to a non-believer, because it doesn't particularly emphasize his teachings as much as it just portrays the time period of his ministry. As someone who was raised with these stories, I thought it was a very interesting interpretation of the Gospel, so if you had a similar upbringing you might enjoy it as well.

STORY: 7/10
Being a one-shot, there isn't a ton of material to assess so pardon if my review seems a bit lacking. Alright so, if you are familiar with the mangaka's (Chihiro Harumi) other works (Velvet kiss, Koi wo Suru, etc) then you'll know what to expect. Her ability to weave together a love story/romance with dark undertones is extraordinary. Sure, when it comes down to it the story is basically a "man meets woman under strange circumstances and they develop feelings for each other" sort of story. However, the way the story flowed and was directed (for lack of a better word) was spot on. Of course being a one-shot it will not be as well-developed as proper works but it by no means crippled this manga in any way.


ART: 7/10
No complaints here per se. The artwork complimented the overall mood of the story and didn't cause any unnatural imbalances. The characters had resemblance to Chihiro's other works- the female lead to be exact. She was definitely a Chihiro Harumi drawn female character by design. What I did love was the expressions of our characters. You can really sense the sadness within the female's eyes and the somewhat distraught of our male lead. Overall, the art style was really realistic and of high quality.


CHARACTERS: 7/10
Not much character development obviously. The story focuses on the pair of leads with no supporting characters to fill in the gaps (read: get in the way). The majority of the story is spent on the interactions of our two main leads and it excelled in that subject. The characters' personalities, actions and dialogues were very natural and humane.


ENJOYMENT/OVERALL 7/10
For a quick read, no harm no foul. A short and sweet story between man and woman. Overly simple yet executed perfectly. Word of advice for future readers: you seriously shouldn't expect so much from a 30-something page one-shot. If you come in super hyped and anxious after reading the mangaka's famous [Velvet Kiss] or something, you'll definitely leave feeling a bit unsatisfied after reading Yoru wo Tomenaide. Don't let that cloud your judgement, it is a pretty good read all in all.

At first glance Hot Gimmick goes a little too far from the average abusive boy-stupid girl relationship stereotype. That’s because the main characters are often too edgy at being themselves.
Nevertheless, that is what you would find only at first glance. Actually the characters are quite well created and their behavior is well motivated (most of the time). So I was a bit surprise to see so many negative reviews.
First, the not very bright, unassertive and often annoyingly accommodating Hatsumi seems to be the worst roll model but if you look closer you’ll find that she is actually devoted to her friends and family and cherishes everyone’s feelings (of course that is the reason behind her constant problems). Her ability to be gentle to everyone regardless of what they’ve done to her is what the whole story is centered around. That’s where Ryouki comes in, of course, being the nastiest asshole there is. Personally, I think his behavior is the most well-motivated and easy to read since he never had friends or a proper family. That is why he is naturally attracted to Hatsumi but is rather clumsy when it comes down to communicating or dealing with people at all. Their relationship seems too pushy or violent but the truth is that is because they are complete opposites – Hatsumi being too shy and to concerned about everybody else but herself and Ryouki who doesn’t really care for anyone else at all.
Hatsumi’s character doesn’t really develop much until the end when she is finally able to make a decision herself and stand up to it (which is a huge step having in mind her personality) while the one who is really developing is Ryouki although it is really easy to miss it. He actually grows aware of his feelings first although he is too annoyed with them but doesn’t let go of them although he continues to treat Hatsumi like a slave (which by the way would be a normal behavior considering his family’s influence and his inability to communicate with people – he is unable to act in any other way possible).
Sadly, for all those fans of Azusa-Hatsumi (Me! Me!) or Shinogu-Hatsumi pairings – those were doomed from the start since Ryouki’s character is the background center of the story and his personality would apply only to Hatsumi’s kindness. Of course, most of the things he did to her seemed heartless and mean but are easy to explain and therefore forgive since he never actually betrayed her unlike Azusa and Shinogu. He is just an asshole (who’s in love with her) and that’s pretty much to it – no background thoughts or anything. Even the sexual tension between the two of them is easily explained with his feelings and her unassertiveness. Of course, all of those encounters are well-covered with his constant nagging about wanting to practice to do it (although he often stresses he wants to practice with no other than her) but if that wasn’t like this who would have continued reading anyway?!
So overall I liked the story. The background characters were also well developed although the drama twists were a little bit too much for me. The art was quite good, too, although there were several tiny things that could have been better. I wouldn’t recommend to anyone who doesn’t search for motives behind the actions to read it because that way it will only seem like one very abusive story about a stupid girl and an asshole boy.

I picked this one, based on the recommendations with other series that I have enjoyed. I dropped it after three chapters.

It isn't that it is *bad* as such. It just doesn't have a lot going for it.

The story line itself is cliche (which doesn't bother me in the slightest!), but it just has no *oomph* behind it - a young billionaire falls in love with the feisty heroine. the biggest problem was the characters - weak. I am sure that they may have improved, but everything was so incredibly surface. They didn't engage me at all, and I didn't care where it was going.

The art didn't help. I didn't check when this was written, but it has the feel of an 80s/early 90s type. The faces are similar to those in the Irrepressible Captain Tyler anime, for those familiar with it. This isn't a bad thing, but it certainly isn't special. Whilst I find this art not immediately appealing, if l like a story, then it doesn't stop me reading.

There is nothing fundamentally wrong here, but there is nothing exciting either. On the whole, I would say find something funner to read, if it is light romantic comedy you are after.