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Apr 11, 2024
I don't even know where to start. As much as I sometimes like it when an adaptation diverges from the original source material, this case is ridiculous. Yes, let's take the most serious and traumatized character in the entire franchise and turn him into a cowardly idiot who screams and cries all the time and constantly needs a child's help to get himself together, yes THAT'S A GREAT IDEA!!
I just wonder how the guy who drew and wrote this can sleep at night. I looked at the other chapters and everything keeps getting worse. The excuse that this manga was published in a children's magazine
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is nonsense, there are many series in these magazines that can be compared to normal shounens. And some that even cover more serious and adult themes, like King of Bandits Jing and Megaman X by Yoshihiro Iwamoto.
Don't waste your time with this. The franchise's four 0:15 minute commercials are more fun than that, just play the games and ignore this thing.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Jan 30, 2024
At the same time that Megaman Legends is the most original series in the Megaman franchise, it's also the one with the most wasted potential.
I don't have much to say about this manga, it's a fun 4koma for those who played the 2nd game. There are a lot of fun and dirty jokes here, but there are also other jokes that reference events and secrets in the game that made me laugh. It's not bad, far from it, I just think Megaman Legends deserves more than that, you know? An action-adventure manga about the events of both games and The Misadventure of Tron Bonne would
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be very welcome. Or even better, a prologue to the 3rd game...!! (...) Seriously, I will never forgive Capcom for canceling it...
(edit) Well, at least I can safely say that this manga is much better and more fun than that atrocity they did with the Megaman Zero manga adaptation.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 25, 2023
Ninku it's a really fun and incredibly underrated series. Well-choreographed fighting scenes, awesome soundtrack, a gorgeous and colorful animation, a simple plot and with some mistakes, but still very well written and a combo of friendly, goofy and captivating characters. Ninku is awesome, seriously, I really enjoyed this anime and recently watched it for the 2nd time lol.
I think the strongest point of the series for me is the fact that they reinforce that Fuusuke is still just a little boy looking for his mother, and that even though he's strong, fights well and performs countless incredible feats, he still needs to be helped by
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others. One of the things I like most about Ninku is how awesome the character design is, while Fuusuke and his friends wear normal and casual clothes (which something really cool), the villains are all stylish. The world building is also great, the 20th century Spanish setting mixed with a bit of feudal Japan is very good and original. The dictatorial post-war scenario is also very interesting and realistic, which leads to some very tragic moments. Much more happens throughout the anime and the best part is that we will not always have a happy ending at the end of each episode, which makes the experience even more immersive. When I watched Ninku for the first time I was really surprised that they covered these themes in an anime made for a younger audience. The interaction between the characters is very good, especially between our protagonists. Their conversation is something so natural that make it seem like we're in a circle of friends listening to some nonsenses.
The anime's plot is completely different from the manga, where only a few chapters were adapted with some minor changes. Both are very episodic, but the anime has a focus, different from the manga, which the author himself admitted that he didn't really know what to do with his characters, and because of this he decided to start the story over again in the middle of the serialization, thus creating "Ninku: Second Stage". Kouji Kiriyama liked the anime so much that he even made a special chapter based on the OVA "Knife no Bohyou", which is also very good. Btw, if you're undecided about whether or not you should give Ninku a chance, I recommend starting with this OVA. It's really cool and has a awesome animation which remains consistent until the last episode of the anime.
Despite having praised it so far, I need to talk about the series' flaws and negative points. The plot has some HUGE inconveniences, with miraculous solutions that appear out of nowhere in the most crucial moments. Like characters that could have been introduced before and that only appear to help at that specific moment and nothing more. There are also some repetitive jokes that sometimes work, but more because of the reaction of the characters who are also tired of it. And we have the main villains who could have been used more, but were all left aside. Mekira, for example, had enormous potential for being a foreigner, they could have explored her past and homeland more. At least they're all cool and unique, with Kouchin being the most generic among them.
Well, I'm sure that if this had been broadcast here in Brazil along with Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragon Ball it would also have been a hit among kids. If I had watched this during my childhood, I'd be playing as Fuusuke at school and my grandma's yard every day (the clothes I wore were exactly the same as his haha).
Then that's it, I really recommend Ninku. And since my ratings are based on how much fun I personally had watching or reading something, I'll easily give Ninku a 9/10! It's one of those animes that makes me want to be a kid again. If you like a good fighting shonen, then go for it and give this series a chance, I'm sure you'll be very well rewarded.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Sep 25, 2023
I have no words to describe how much I love this manga and its sequel. Reading King of Bandits Jing for me was like having a dream with my eyes open. It's not a revolutionary or deconstructed series, no, it's an episodic adventure demographic shonen with an energetic protagonist and his womanizing partner. Don't like shonen? Fear nothing, cuz the sequel is seinen (but nothing really change at all lol). Simple, but very cool. It's awesome, actualy.
We follow the adventures of Jing and his albatross partner, Kir, who together form a pair of thieves who can steal absolutely anything you can imagine. In each new
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journey we are introduced to a new "Jing Girl" who will be the protagonist's romantic partner, or his rival (it could end up being both). We also have the antagonists who are usually greedy tyrants, or in some cases, just some powerful people traumatized by past events who now want to solve things their own ways.
Even though Jing achieves great things at the end of each arc, he shows us that a true treasure can be a mother's hug or smile, the freedom to move on with our lives without worrying about the passage of time, the simplicity of a mortal life, or the memories of a childhood and an old love that are left behind. Jing, despite being a renowned criminal, remains a good-hearted boy who is always willing to help anyone in need, and depending on the situation, even the villain who is after his head. And that's it, King of Bandits Jing!
Yuichi Kumakura's world-building is simply beautiful, stunning and something 100% creative. And the way the author plays with surrealism is great. The fact that he simply doesn't mind trying to explain everything about the series' universe makes it even more cooler and interesting. I discovered the series by pure chance in 2012 while wandering around the internet and what won me over was the author's artistic style, which is something unique. In the first chapters we have a typical manga from the 90s, but from 4th volume onwards we can notice an incredible evolution in its drawings, varying between the most diverse styles. And a curious fact is that some of the colored pages are actually illustrations painted on canvas by him!
So, do I recommend King of Bandits Jing? Absolutely yes. It's in my top 3 favorite manga and I love this series so much that I bought the artbook and even all the volumes in Japanese. The anime could be better, but it's still very good. Not to mention the OVA which is simply wonderful. Give this series a shot, I'm sure you will enjoy it!
All that glitters (even the stars), all things precious (even your life), the King of Bandits can steal it all (in an blink of an eye).
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jan 21, 2023
Trigun Stampede is a retelling/reboot of the original story (manga) and has nothing to do with the old anime, it's something completely new. A new beginning.
As there are only three episodes out so far, I don't have much to say about this adaptation yet, but I'm enjoying it! I liked the first episode, the second could be better (the battle against the Nebraska's is much cooler in the manga and in the first anime...), but the third one was AWESOME. Knives really needed to be treated as a menance from the beginnig, and not show up only during flashbacks or in the LAST episode.
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first trailer was announced, I didn't liked Vash's redesign... but then I got used to it and now the only thing that still bothers me is his left arm (like, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?). Roberto De Niro was also a surprise. He's a good character and I don't see him as a "replacement" for Milly Thompson for now. Meryl still can't be treated like a veteran in her profession, so it makes sense for her to start this journey with someone like him. Perhaps they are preparing something interesting for us as the story unfolds.
Btw many nostalgic people will criticize this new anime for the dumbest possible reasons and PLEASE don't be like that, the old anime still there. I also don't blame people for problematizing CGI animation like that, but this is already starting to get out of hand, since Orange is doing a fantastic job. The animation is gorgeous, smoth and colorful. The ost is also GREAT! I love Tsuneo Imahori music in the old anime, wich suits perfectly with the series, but Tatsuya Katou is doing a amazing job here too!
For now I'll give it a 8,0/10. I LOVE TRIGUN and can't wait for the next episodes.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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