Beelzebub

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HAHA you won't believe that i LITERALLY FINISHED HALF OF THE VOLUME in ONE STAND. Imagine that what compels me is not the battle manga, but the ridiculously in-depth world building and how the gag was still in there. I was totally laughing my ass off then the next panel i was reading it with full concern. Especially the last volume of the manga, the gag was out of there, and the battle was ooh, interesting. Sadly, the volume 25-27 was a little bit of letdown for me and they left us with spooky schieße of cliffhanger, followed with rushed character development.

Then what happened ... next?

Dear lord, they gave us a cliffhanger. ALL OF THOSE BONDS? only for a cliffhanger? I was literally INVESTED in most of those character and now you Mr. Ryuhei Tamura, left ME in those awkward situations of time skip and left us with the "oh yeah they are fine, dont worry about it lol."

YOU MAKE ME MAD, SOOO MAD. But since it's a gag manga i'll allow it, nothing to be serious about anyway hahahaha right? I'm being sarcastic, those characters (spoilers free! just wanted to point it out) have POTENTIAL, you hear me? POTENTIAL, yet he tosses that away and pretend that it never happened EVEN AFTER THE TIMESKIP.

"But bro it's an old manga, it probably ended in 2012 or something (idk i dont really folllows)" Heavens, first of all, the thought that the MC have drawn out a lot of potential, yet he still manages to not die is something out of the line. Secondly, his partner MC he was being a literal NPC only for him to get a redemption arc in later volume, which is good right? Then they left it out in a cliffhanger timeskip that tosses it away that literally refining the definition of "araki forgot" just like jojo

The story was an instant 8/10
It feels fresh, unique, gag was there, the premise of delinquent beating up shit with baby on his back was totally out of the line. Not hoping for the romcom, I don't really think that Mr. Ryuhei Tamura have a strong point in romance either... it's just there for the fan service and voila! Birthed thee the half-baked romance story that doesn't even make sense, it's all cliche. But it's a battle gag manga?? Definitely, the battle was hilariously serious that the battle itself usually ends in one or two pages. It doesn't really take that much (In the later series where everything gets heated, they did a better job at focusing the fight, except it feels like it was a bit too rushed for a plot). Romance was something you should never hope for, sure it gets your hopes up, but hell, it's not even worth mentioning, just focus on the gag that was provided here I promise it's worth it!


Art 8/10

Super! cant say nothing about it, if you compare it to the anime one, the art is better and expressed greatly in the form of manga. I'd rather choose the manga than the anime art

well thats all, i guess?

overall, it's a 7/10

"WHAT WHY?" It's a letdown. I was hoping much for the last fight to be engaging, and every solution will have a resolution. BUT NOPE HERE COMES THE CLIFFHANGER THAT DOESNT EXPLAIN ANYTHING HAHAHAHAAHA. More of all even thet last fight only last 2 pages, 2 PAGES. "Isn't it good?" Well yeah, i mean good fight doesnt have to be long lasting pages, but the thing is we waited for something breathtaking, something that could make "woah, insane". Even at the ending, Mr Ryuhei manages to get a reference to dragon ball, like whoa so original. Atleast the art was good

IN SUMMARY YE WHO LAZY TO READ

its good gag manga, battle is ok, romance is meh dont expect much. Character development top notch, later (a few last volume) character development on the other hand.... disappointing. okay art! okay fight!

thats all thanks

RECOMMENDED IF YOU ARE BORED

Beelzebub is one of my favorite manga (you can tell it by my nickname from years ago lol) and it has the funniest comedy I've seen in one; granted, I don't have a very wide repertoire of completed manga, so take what I say with a grain of salt. But, let's get to the juicy stuff:

The story of Beelzebub is very simple and nothing to right home about, except when it is. Like any shonen, there are various arcs, and while I wouldn't call any of them bad, there are definetely golden ones that are just a delight to read. Beelzebub doesn't take itself very ... seriously, and that's what I love about it; it leaves room for comedy, and the comedy is always there, making me laugh my lungs out.

The characters, while great, in my opinion, sometimes are left behind and are seldom underdeveloped (I'm looking at you Toujou), which is fine, seeing this only happens with supporting charactes, but I really wish Tamura utilized some of the characters in a better way, story and comedic wise. And, since I'm talking characters, I'll mention the romance, which is there less as a truly romantic plot, but as a gag. It ended up with nothing set in stone, which I liked, leaving the rest to the reader's imagination and staying true to its roots.

Now, talking about the ending: without spoiling, it was a satisfactory conclusion. It did felt rushed through some of the last few chapters, but that's just how business is for a mangaka. Nonetheless, it was still a very funny conclusion that made me laugh and ever tear up a little with the thought of "so this journey has come to an end, huh?".

I love Tamura's art; it's simplistic, yet detailed, with an empashis on drawing jokes from it. I've always had trouble understanding action scenes in manga, because let's face it, drawing movement is hard, but I've had very little of this problem with Beelzebub; the battle scenes are easy to understand, for the most part, while still being detailed.

I recomend Beelzebub to any fan of comedy, dumb and surreal experiences, and good ol' classic shonen. Altough I, personally, feel that Beelzebub is at its best when being a comedy, even though I do like the action in it. I may have given it a 9, but my enjoyment is 9000, ADABUH!

My issue with this series is that it could never truly decide if it wanted to be a comedy or a battle manga. Multiple times it felt like the author was about to ditch the main focus on comedy and settle for a battle manga as the world building for that kind of set up was quite good. However, the author always ended up taking it back to ridiculous comedy outcomes, which is fine when done properly. I feel as if this series could never really create a good balance between these two ideas and instead just awkwardly went left and right on the spectrum ... as opposed to creating a good balance between the two.

An example of a series that does this well would be Mob Psycho 100, and if you haven't read that then I highly recommend you check it out before bothering with this awkward/mediocre time sink.