Alternative TitlesEnglish: Tactics Japanese: タクティクス
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: 1999 to ?
StatisticsScore: 7.581 (scored by 428 users)
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SynopsisMeet Kantarou, a folklore scholar living in the Taisho period. Ever since he was a child, he has been able to see and talk to various spirits. But now that Kantarou's all grown up, he moonlights as an exorcist solving the problems of ghosts and demons...all with the help of Haruka, the legendary demon-eating tengu! (Source: Tokyopop) |
Related MangaAdaptation: tactics
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duck113
11 of 16 people found this review helpful
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The adv translation stinks-Tokyopop's version is better(-they also got the sex of the characters correct!). Kantarou is a college graduate, the winged Haruka & Sugino are tengu, Youko is a foxspirit, Muu is ???. The manga is much more complex than the anime & characters are better developed & much more interesting. Kantarou is a devious tough little guy- you're never sure what he'll do next (other than try to avoid real work). Haruka is very complex- emotionally damaged, prone to temper tatrums (he's hard on things like cars, buildings, etc) but rather shy & uncertain of himself. It's interesting to watch him slowly rediscover himself & try to figure out how to fit in his new world (hey, the guy was sealed 1,000 years, most everything is new & confusing). The villains are properly villainous (& one seems only marginally acquainted with sanity), secrets & general sneakyness abound, lots of hidden depths. To me the best part is the constant evolution of the various relationships between characters -everybody has hidden depths & complexities -sometimes they really surprise you. Plenty of action, lots of plot twists, supernatural doings, bishies, some interesting japanese culture, mythology, and history enjoyably served on the side. A fun read- keeps you wanting more! read more
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Superficially, they're highly similar - both revolve around Japanese religion as well as exorcism/demons/youkai. The art in Tactics is much more modern than that of Tokyo Babylon (considering it's about ten years newer than Tokyo Babylon) but both feature pretty boys/men in an ... ambiguous relationship.
Under the surface, both also focus on the idea of 'westernization' - the decline of traditional Japanese culture as it is replaced by Western norms and values. tactics does this through it's setting - the Taishou era (think early twentieth century) while Tokyo Babylon achieves it through it's plot, and periodical reflections by the characters.
Both are fairly episodic, although the characters do develop and mature as the volume count goes up.
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