Ranked #4260

Burning Hell (Manga)

Youn In Wan and Yang Kyung Il, known for the masterpiece Shin Angyo Onshi, introduces us to a new manga called Burning Hell. This has somewhat of a historical reference, back during the time where the koreans and japanese were fighting. I found this manga to be pretty damn interesting.

Story
The story is about an island that harbors criminals and lawbreakers from japan and korea. Two people that stand out the most are Juu Juu (japanese), and Han Kim(korean). Juu was sent to the island because he was a monstrous murderer, and Han Kim was sent because he was a freakish doctor. As expected, the two try to kill each other.
Because the manga storyline was (somewhat) predictable, I have given it a 7 (Good)

Art
The art was FANTASTIC. Any manga with Yang Kyung Il is drawn beautifully. 10/10 (Outstanding)

Character
The only character development I saw was when they became "friends." Because this manga only has four chapters, it would've been very hard to incorporate how they develop themselves into a "better person." I give it a 5/10 (Mediocre)

Enjoyment
Read this manga if you have like 15 minutes to spare; this manga is very quick to read and is enjoyable. I got a kick out of this because of the art, but the story was also somewhat captivating. 7/10 (Good)

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Kyokudo, an island in between Korea and Japan where the crème de la crème of serial killers that COULDN'T be executed were sent from both countries. We meet Juu, who has a hunger for death and corpses (literally), can break iron chains with his awesome abdomen and has a crazy-assed pseudo-afro. He thinks that the island is deserted until he meets Kim Han who has a nasty passion for autopsies and is gruesomely skilled with knives.

And there started a beautiful friendship...

Nah!

They just wanted to kill each.

I enjoyed the story very much; you had corpses, blood, crazy hairstyles and sword-fighting: what could you want more? And until the more-than-a-little-cliche twist at the end; I loved the story. It was simple, it was shallow and you got to see gore: love at first sight.
The art was an eye-candy-mouth-drooling medley...

*Sighs*

Truly, with great details and proportion, it is indeed (EXCEPT FOR THE MEDIOCRE ENDING!) brilliant.

The characters were an odd pair and where funny because of that, they had that I-want-to-kill-you-and grind-your-bones-and-eat-your-flesh/and-poke-you-with-terrifyingly-sharp-knives relationship so yeah, it was funny.

Add a simple story with awesome art and GORE and you get awesomeness.

If it were any longer, I would have hated it and any shorter... Well, maybe I would have liked it better but hey, you can't have it all.

For those of you who want a quick fight-scene/gore-fest or a simple short story to change your crappy mood; I would definitely recommend this story. read more