Black Torch

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sometimes black torch is like pow! and other times it's like bang! so yeah it's pretty epic. The art is by far some of the best on offer and the action scenes really jump out at you. The story is short with only 5 volumes which is a bit sad as the world could really have been expanded but also fair as the story wasn't stretched out but condensed, if a little too much. Our main character Jiro is your typical bottomless stomached dumb protag with his run of the mill popular smart guy, hot chick and cool old dude team. Rago the cat he ... picks up is a pretty chill dude and has a basic me no like human then me like human character arc, he's also pretty strong. The story follows Jiro as he tries to process all that's happened to him after this demon cat thing merged with him. Also Jiro can talk to animals for some reason. So basically there are a bunch of ninja and the kill demon things called mononoke and Jiro gets caught up in this after fusing with one. Jiro's gramps is a ninja as well if you didn't guess by the fact that this is as basic as it comes with the upside of being drawn by Michelangelo.

His resemblance to Bleach made me create a kind of "tie" with this manga. The art is very pleasing and its universe provides a rewarding experience.

This does not exclude the amount of clichés and empty characters in some issues.

I hoped that Jirou's growth would come from his relationship with his grandfather, which really put me down. But still, his ability to act in pairs with Ragou leaves the reader content, for one does not nullify the other's abilities...

I hoped that the relationship between Ichika and Jirou would grow into maturity for both of them, but the support they gave to the supporting character through ... Reiji served for both of them to have script support.

I will say man, the art is pretty great in this, especially the fighting scenes! However i just felt the story was dragging and I just couldn’t connect much from the characters, especially the main character acting just basic edgy and constantly shouting a lot. I decided to drop this at 16 out of the whole 19 chapters because I just felt less excited what’s going on tbh. This manga might as well be an artists exhibition book than having a actual story to it. I think the story might as well just disappear and let the whole plot go at its pace. It’s just ... a thought......