Ranked #1138

Green Blood (Manga)

The story begins with our dear friend Assassin-kun, you know, killing people like he always does and the thing is, he has this DEEP-side to him (that is sooo original, I didn't just read it in the 1000s of Manga that use the same plot), yeah man.

So what is our brooding hero brooding over?

Whether he's doing the 'right' thing [by killing people mercilessly] and if he is in a 'good' field of work [didn't he know that the assassin-field is highly regarded by the nation's children?]. So anyway, between the entirely cliché and sappy inner workings of the protagonist, you see some blood-spatter, knifings and guts being punctured (not in a scientific way, mind you).

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Is it me, or is the title Green Blood a little TOO random, I mean, yes, Author be creative but we aren't talking about zombies, sci-fi blood problems or mood-colour-changing blood: so what gives?

Anyways, the story wasn't all that bad.

But it wasn't great.

Sure, the plot is reader-friendly and a wider audience (of less bloodthirsty people) might like it but it is rather too straightforward for my liking. I mean bloodthirsty fans of the action/adventure genre (aka. my amigos) might find this so cliché that it isn't worth reading the entire Manga for the short slice-and-dice scenes.

But you'd think that was bad enough, right? Being boring is a severe crime in Mangaland but NO, the Author includes a stereotypical, evil-looking clown-villain.

Audience: Say no more, MazMaz!

I know peeps, I feel the pain, but at least you haven't read it.
You didn't, did you? *Raises accusing eyebrow*

The poor Author may have been trying to insinuate that said villain's environment and his father's role in society had a big part in his (lack of) sanity but seriously, don't make him look like the Joker [Batman villain] (I'm not kidding, he looks EXACTLY like the Joker).

The art was detailed, unrealistic and at times down-right scary (nearly all the characters had slits for eyes: Author, stop mistaking people for snakes, we have feelings too you know). And while this was at worst eye-twitching, the worse crime that the Author (and not our poor misguided assassin) committed was that the characters’ faces never seemed to change. And I don’t mean the characters had just really weird faces. No, they literally had the same facial expression expressing nearly all their emotions (give or take a couple of wrinkles). It really takes away from the plot, you know?

Audience: But what does all this mean? Are you dissing the story, or not? Spit it out already!

I'd say it’s an okay read, I wouldn’t use my all-powerful powers of persuasion to have you read this but I’d say if you’re bored (which I know you are prone to being), feeling a little bloodthirsty and you have nothing left to read: go for it, even if it means you have to suffer the main character's perpetual whininess. read more