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Synonyms: Busou Poker, Outlaw Man, Cool Shock B.T., Magic Boy B.T., Mashounen B.T., Say Hello to Virginia, Armed Poker, Poker Under Arms
Japanese: ゴージャス☆アイリン


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 5
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 23, 1980 to Dec 20, 1986
Genre: Action Action
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors: Araki, Hirohiko (Story & Art)

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Score: 5.881 (scored by 14171,417 users)
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Ranked: #192672
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Popularity: #6638
Members: 3,066
Favorites: 4

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Synopsis

Irene Lapona may have a youthful face and gentle physique, but when she applies makeup, she can utterly transform her appearance to look any way she pleases. Gorgeous, yet "so sadistic," Irene moonlights as a professional assassin. As skilled as she is, however, when another assassin targets her for revenge, she faces the toughest fight of her life.

In different settings of time and space, three separate tales occur. In the wild west, a historic poker game is about to unfold between two of its biggest outlaws, who are as unparalleled in skill as they are in deception. Far off in the deep reaches of space, a two-man freighter crew find themselves at the start of a tireless game of survival when a mysterious outsider plants a bomb within their ship. Finally, in a sleepy little town, clever young swindler B.T. finds that he'll have to put all his tricks to the test when the object of his affection comes into harm's way.

In Gorgeous☆Irene, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken mastermind Hirohiko Araki brings together a collection of tales of gamblers and tricksters with "heroes" who throw righteousness straight out the door.

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1-2. Gorgeous☆Irene
3. Mashounen B.T. (Magic Boy B.T.)
4. Virginia ni Yoroshiku (Say Hello to Virginia)
5. Busou Poker (Armed Poker)

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Gorgeous☆Irene was published in Italian by Star Comics in 2001.
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Mugikari, Koichi
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Jan 10, 2022
giffica
Mixed Feelings
What an interesting little set of manga. While these are by no means anything nearing "good" they offer a look at the development of Araki's style.

Poker Under Arms looks like something much more akin to Tezuka, which is normal for manga pre 1980. You can visibly see the lack of Akira or Fist of the North Star influencing Araki yet, as Otomo and Tetsuo Hara had yet to make it on the scene in a big way.

Meet Virginia was interesting to see Araki attempt sci-fi, as there really isn't anything like this of note that I've read in the early parts of Jojo. ...
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Sep 24, 2024
raviwe
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The title is a bit misleading, as there is more “other works” than Gorgeous☆Irene in this collection. These are sort of the bottom of the barrel for those seeking any Araki work.

Gorgeous☆Irene itself isn’t bad. This series was filling Araki's mind right after Baoh, and had he been able to develop it further, maybe we all would be fans of Gorgeous☆Irene instead of JJBA. The art is actually more fleshed out than in Part 1; it doesn’t look like a mere copy of something else. The battles and Irene's powers are interesting too, hinting at a potential for a cool stand-like power system.

However, everything that ...
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Sep 9, 2020
ChinaPosting
Not Recommended
THIS IS A REVIEW FROM ALL THE SHORT STORIES, SO EACH ONE GETS ITS OWN SCORE.

Before I begin, the art is the only consistent things trough all of the short histories, its average, nothing more to be said about that.

Gorgeous Irene 1 & 2: 4

Golden Wind: Crackpot Edition

This is probably what anime haters think that anime is about, bad histories with bad characters filled with dumb over-the-top fights and a bunch of fanservice, also, the dialogue in this short story is way worse than the rest.
I don’t like using that Word unironically, but gorgeous Irene was pretty cringe, it feels like the author purposefully made ...
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