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Jul 11, 2017
Mob Psycho - ONE's Best Work
I'm starting to see Mob Psycho 100 as a trend and it is something that doesn't fit with the series because Mob is a top notch manga.
Mob Psycho 100 tells the daily life of Kageyama, Shigeo, who unintentionally have also telekinetic powers (psychic abilities). As the manga progresses, the reader finds more about his hidden emotions and powers as well has found out about his crush (Tsubomi). He changes the hearts of both friends and foes through his own simplest ways. He also has a psychic "mentor" (who has no psychic powers indeed) named Reigen, Arataka and in the end,
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he's trying his purpose in life.
If you ever read ONE's previous works then you know what Mob Pyscho 100 represents to the author, as he's trying to make a story flow from the simplest and funniest to the most dramatic, serious and consistent possible. The physical books are actually rich in details and well made during the progression of the plot itself. And with that, comes the unexpected humor. People, in general, don't know how to react when they see a different art style from the "stereotype" and that's really a shame. Yes, I know what you all are thinking right now, that the art is very poorly drawn and that's a reason to drop the series but you are making an enormous mistake because as chapters progress, the art improves significantly and in the end, that's not a reason to give a low score to the art itself. That's even a plus for me because I really like the author art style even though it looks like a 4-year-old sketch, I really think that's remarkable as many manga artists usually use the same way of drawing.
To most readers, it's easy to relate the feelings of most of the characters in the series, including those who made a way into each one's heart. As you may notice, Mob Pyscho 100 it's not the perfect manga, it has poorly written characters and it has mistakes, the big ones but eventually, they grow up has seen in the manga. Some people even switch sides, and several villains show a point in their arguments and views of the world.
I think that Mob Psycho 100 it's manga with the purpose of laughing and not necessarily a shounen type however it has is own action pack while stirring the feelings of Mob as the main character. Many people compare to One Punch Man but that's not even an argument because they have different genres. Mob has a better art and characters are way more developed than the webcomic and in general, Mob Pyscho 100 has an as infinite better story based on their course. Maybe this review will be edit soon or maybe not, we'll see.
Story: 10 | Art: 8 |Character: 10 | Enjoyment: 10
Score: 10
Personal Note: My favorite manga of the author and #1 at my shounen top.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jul 10, 2017
Dororo - An example of a Masterpiece
Many know Osamu Tezuka as the author of Astro Boy and a few more works and that's it. As logic, that's ignorance. Dororo is one of the most famous works of the author and at the same time, one of the darkest. In English, this work was published by Vertical in three volumes, including a new cover design showing human flesh in some panels of manga, showing how dark it is inside.
Dororo tells the tale of a samurai lord (Hyakkimaru) that has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet,
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the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys, the young hero encounters an orphan (Dororo) who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan. When reading, the art gives you that 60's look: well-designed monsters, humans are impressive and all the action is very detailed being an old work, making it an interesting atmosphere as a whole.
I find the characters of this manga very alike other works of the author but that's not really a bad thing, the reader must comprehend that when reading. As for Dororo, it is really a fantastic character, bringing all readers to curiosity when they change to the next page continuously until they finish reading. Dororo can be a cute character, a really badass or both, it depends on the person and what's that person thinks of the characters itself. It's just a shame that Hyakkimaru was not as a deep character as Dororo but that's not the main concern when reading, despite the fact that Hyakkimaru’s father made a pact with 48 demons that he’d offer each demon a part of the yet-to-be-born Hyakkimaru’s body in exchange for the fulfillment of his wish.
To conclude, Dororo it's a very paced, complex yet fun story, full of action and twisted plot points to keep the reader interested in this kind of manga. Dororo is still episodic, so that's a plus. I know people won't give a chance to this kind of stories but that's even better for those who like it because these people feel more comfortable, within their own taste and that's a good thing. I really believe that Dororo is worth investing even though there's a lot samurai vs monster/youkai manga out there. Again, I'm not saying those people are forced to like it but they should at least try a classic version of that specific stereotype. If you are European, you can compare this Dororo to Hattori-kun from the "Ninja Hattori-kun" anime, since both of them are called ninjas/assassins (even though Hattori-kun is more turned to comedy).
Story: 10 | Art: 10 | Character: 9 | Enjoyment: 9
Score: 10
Personal Note: One of my favorite manga since the creation of manga itself.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jul 9, 2017
Red Sprite - Sequel to Bleach (?)
Red Sprite (in Japanese, Redo Sprito) is a manga that started in Shonen Jump (SJ) right after Bleach ended, on August 29. By this, people had high hopes for this series and had hoped that Red Sprite (as a title) would become a regular series in the magazine. That didn't happen and so it ended in 15 chapters. Instead of a great/epic series (as main shonen series are supposed to be), what came to the readers was a series that was desperate for the spotlight and didn't realize its full potential.
The beginning of it all happens pretty much as
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other shounen titles, which is promising. Our main character Tatsu Frampt, a young boy who lives in an orphanage nowhere near the city, dreams that one day he will be the captain of his own airship and travel around the world alongside his friends, and this is all you need to know. And I know that there is a lack of new shounen adventure manga out there but this is not a good example, as something good enough to be reading inside that genre. I say this because this series wanted to catch the attention of the readers by adding fight scenes early on without any sort of character development and that's a great mistake (as being an error). Because this series was canceled, many characters were not developed or memorable, making it kinda edgy. I must say that the art was something decent but there's nothing special about it. The reader doesn't even recognize the author, even by other works done by itself (I didn't read Iron Knight so I don't count it). Without that, Red Sprite is even worst than we thought it would be.
You can tell that the author got pressure when making this manga and this is the result of a bad planning. As this manga didn't get a badass story, badass character, badass main character or even an ending who is not very explanatory this justify why it gets zero hype. It got axed and people knew this was coming so it's not a big of a deal now.
Story: 3 | Art: 4 | Character: 3 | Enjoyment: 3
Score: 3
Personal Note: I try many times to complete this manga and I didn't when it came out. Eight months later I finally did it but it was not my fault.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Jul 9, 2017
Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom - A forgotten manga.
The introduction to this series does a really good job of explaining the importance of Astro Boy, originally called "Mighty Atom" in Japan, and providing some histories without dragging on too long, during 3 volumes. Astro Boy is also called the "Mickey Mouse" of Japan, for those who don't know.
So the original synopsis of this manga tells the history of the director of the Ministry of Science's son that is killed in a car accident, so he creates a robot to replace him but then sells him after being disillusioned by the fact that Astro Boy isn't his
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real son. After seeing him perform in a circus act, Prof. Ochanomizu takes him from the circus and raises him like a son. He also apparently teaches him how to use his robot powers, superhero style. The director has a real mad scientist look to him, and completely freaks out when Astro Boy won't grow. Either way, he comes across as a completely irrational villain. In contrast, Prof. Ochanomizu is a kind hearted rotund scientist who apparently adopts Astro Boy no questions asked. Given the fact that they are both scientists, Astro Boy's two parental figures seem to represent the fact that science can be used for both good and evil.
I haven't seen such a complex character in a log time and Astro Boy (as a manga) just shows that appearances deceive when it comes to old manga properly of a series that have been having several adaptations throughout the years. Astro Boy holds a strange sense of dark peril, behind the wacky action and cutesy look of everything. Even violent, things happen to the characters who do nothing but good, and just when you think things couldn't get any worse, they do.
Personally, I think that Astro Boy it's a splendid character when it comes to characterization, he's heroic, honest, and willing to throw himself in any sort of danger, even if it means perishing in the process. All of these things are a common trait in the hero factor, but what makes this infinitely more interesting is the fact that Astro is a child. The readers can not forget that this is a manga created originally in 1951 and even now is a talked character, with a prequel animation called Atom: The Beginning. Astro takes on insane responsibilities, not just because he's the only one who can do it, but because he likes helping those who can't help themselves. As you know, Dr. Tenma made Astro for one reason, to replicate his son. Although it isn't stressed hardly at all in the manga when Astro isn't out saving the world he's doing normal things a kid would: playing with friends and having fun.
Astro Boy it's not the Tezuka's top notch manga but surely is in the top three manga of him, making it highly enjoyable and worth reading more than once.
Story: 8 | Art: 8 | Character: 7 | Enjoyment: 7
Score: 8
Personal Note: This manga was edited in Portuguese around 2011, making it quite rare to find it and it was only sold this version of the manga.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jul 8, 2017
Platinum End - A manga work... about to die.
When people known that Ohba Tsugumi and Obata Takeshi would work together again, it was only logical that I became very enthusiastic in what they were going to do for this third work/manga together. People already knew this but for those who don't, these two authors worked together on past works such as Death Note (2004) and Bakuman (2008) as Ashirogi Muto.
With this information previously known, Death Note has succeeded in being one of my favorite works so far succeeding consequently other works with the same legal value as this. This manga, Platinum End - or in
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Japanese ["Puratino Endo"] - still had an advantage that the previous works didn't have: the fact that now it is being worked on a magazine that would give them the supreme freedom and with that, I sincerely hoped that this pair of authors delivered already in the first chapter, some fantastic content and really developed. However, this was not what was shown.
The plot begins showing a class with all the students making plans for their future, while the protagonist, named Mirai, is apathetic, finding everything extremely tedious/boring.* Apparently, Mirai is just a normal student but the story behind it is much denser and heavier than Death Note. When he is about to commit suicide from a 23-story building, he is saved by a (woman) guardian angel called Nasse. During the speech, the angel says that it simply appeared because she wanted to make him happy no matter what, and this is the symbology to which this manga gives when it mentions human feelings. Nasse also explains the definition of "love" as a normal feeling, within an enormous amount of pages.
Explaining by detail what I mean, it is actually very simple to notice: the first chapter has 66 pages, including covers (manga plus the magazine where it is serialized) and commercials, and with that twenty (plus more) pages are 'wasted' just to explain Mirai's sense of his future. Obata Takeshi did an excellent job bringing Mirai's anguish, despair and skepticism in the first pages, however, his work was almost in vain because his colleague Ohba Tsugumi chose to explain that Mirai no longer wanted to live in those several pages. Ohba wanted to show (to the readers) that Mirai is an isolated character (as if he doesn't feel in a correct social position) due to his shameless past. While re-reading in the actual book, Ohba touches the subject, again and again, using almost ten pages to force the existence of Mirai's sadness; it reinforces an idea that was previously settled and understood in the main plot by the (woman) guardian angel Nasse, which in detail makes no sense, since the idea is repeatedly reinforced in the Nasse's speech balloons. To make the point clear, the motive for Mirai's suicide was due to the horrible life he had when he was younger, where his family mistreated him (while they were still alive) but this becomes clear when, once again, Ohba decides to reinforce the idea of the horrible life that Mirai had - and Ohba keeps doing this explanation every time there is a new chapter.
The problem of Platinum End is, therefore, the repetition of the same idea in each gesture of action that happens as the story progresses, there are also problems of speech because each character makes very large and extensive lines to explain something, which turns out to be boring while reading the actual volumes; it's something very annoying to me but people overall can tolerate it. The artwork never goes unnoticed and is just one of the few highest points in the manga.
In a few pages, the protagonist's expressions, the feelings that come to mind, and the depressive character were all well captured visually and you can see in the realism of the drawing. I do not want to blame one artist for the other or vice-versa, but I believe that Ohba should have thought more specifically about the idea of this work and especially in existing terminologies of human life in order to perform this work phenomenally and without errors, as he did in Death Note where each weapon was a way to react and to think. In this case, Ohba treats the reader as if he was a child and he himself 'punishes' the reader with the repetitions of speech and the way of acting before society. It is quite clear that the society that is shown in the work is a society closed and isolated from the rest of the world, just as Japanese society behaves. By the way of seeing more selective, Ohba gives us only a repeated history and with basic narrative errors.
The small problems of this sequence of scenes are that the authors simply sought out ideas that had already been published, more concretely they were to look for ideas to the previous work, Death Note. They also tried, in a way, to introduce plot twists so that the story seemed more truthful and specific but this did not work out, in Death Note the lines were small but explanatory so that the reader perceived both sides of the same coin and in Platinum End, there are not simply two sides of the same coin, there are overly explanatory and redundant lines that reinforce a single idea, which has already been explained (previously). There are scenes that include blood - not gore scenes - that are positive for this series because they give readers a new experience without the basic idea that is provided to us in the synopsis.
So far, the story is by no means a novelty but somehow the script works and here are some reasons: Platinum End is a work that was delivered to the fans in an inconsistent, predictable way but at the same time it is an interesting subject that few mangaka's approach for being vastly vast and complete and therefore I feel that Ohba should be based only on the theme of anguish, despair, and hope that ceases to be negative and hopefully positive.
*(That's a reference to a character named Yagami Light, from the Death Note manga. As shown in the manga, Light also finds everything extremely boring, before finding the ultimate weapon, the Death Note. However, Mirai takes it to another level because Mirai suffers from depression).
Story: 4 | Art: 6 | Character: 6 | Enjoyment: 5
Score: 6/10 (so far)
Personal Note: This is not my definitive review so over time I will edit it. The first volume just came out in Portugal, so my review is limited in comparison with other manga versions, as far as the language in which this manga is edited. Next update can happen maybe in August.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Apr 23, 2017
Sensei no Baruji/Barrage - An Underrated Manga.
There are those stories that simply can't go up in popularity because (maybe) the readers are waiting for the same kind of storytelling that comes from the same magazine and with that, the shonen genre becomes our daily bread. Barrage was one of the works that managed to overcome the barrier of popularity because of today, the person behind this work is best known for creating the mega-hit "My Hero Academia" [or in Japanese "Boku no Hero Academia"] which currently has several animations and a second season currently airing.
The problem with Barrage [or in Japanese "Sensei no Baruji"] is
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that it should have this level of popularity at the time it was released because not everyone is curious enough to look for this work created by Horikoshi Kohei. Nowadays, readers or people, in general, are too lazy to give value to these manga gems overall and that's a complete shame. Barrage was lucky enough to be released by Viz Media under the Shonen Jump Alpha, whose work is the only one I know that went through this process and for being released solely in Japanese and English.
In "Barrage" the story begins with Astro, a spunky slum kid who works to an old man in a planet called Industria. Astro is a dim-witted but kind boy who tirelessly works to feed his family, a group of six orphaned children in which he is seen as an older brother. But one day, after being fired from his job, he meets the Prince of Industria named Barrage. One thing leads to another and now Astro has become Prince Barrage, a boy charged with the duty of restoring peace to the planet.
Astro behaves like a typical shounen protagonist, however, he has something different or at least, I think while reading the volumes. He's a kind boy and works all the way to sustain his family of orphans and to love them. He always puts his life at stake but he knows that he wins anyway and maybe that's what makes him so special in my way of seeing.
This story is told in a fast-paced series of events in which the first one is given to Astro the org, a weapon that can only be used in the hands of the king or someone with the potential to become the king (in a particular case, the Prince). Basically, the org is a trident and it serves as Astro's weapon for the whole series. Astro is sent out into Industria by the king, to help stop the Age of the Battlestar, which is basically the chaos of war and corruption raging through Industria. Then, the adventure begins, Astro is sent out with Tiamat, the King's trusted knight whose name commands respect across the planet, also the first battalion lieutenant. In this part of the story, he cares for the king greatly and is annoyed by Astro's less way of doing things. Tiamat fights with his trusted sword and overall has a great skill using it.
The artwork of this manga is one of the best I've seen so far and for a quick story, this was just perfect. I also think that the characters are well-written overall, however, Black's character should have had more screen time.
I've heard and a personally know a lot of people saying this manga is boring or a waste of time and I honestly don't understand why people hate this manga this much. Sure, it has potential to be a better story but you have to face the reality, this needed to have more popularity like I mentioned before to be something like that.
In the end, I will give it a 10 out of 10. For me, it's my favorite Kohei Horikoshi's work, without a doubt.
Story: 9 | Art: 10 | Character: 9 | Enjoyment: 10
Score: 10
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Feb 25, 2017
AUNIK, All You Need is Kill - Manga vs Motion Picture
If you've read some of the personal information, you know that I usually like to complete some of the author's works to fully enjoy the experience of that certain mangaka. In this particular case, I will dive into one of the most famous works of Obata Takeshi: All You Need Is Kill.
This little unique story uses immortality and time loops to build the setting, which is something very interesting due to the fact that, in some cases, it is very rare to find stories like this.
Before I dive into the concrete story, I'd like to
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mention that this manga was sold in many languages and it was published very quickly, making it one of the most international mangas volumes ever made. That is something that I find unique and wonderful at the same time because proves that Japanese manga is not only sold within Japan.
All You Need Is Kil (or simply AUNIK) kinda reminds me of American comics because the way the environments are expressed. The character designs and the detail are one of the best things that you will ever read and as some people will say, it is done by the same author that did Death Note, Bakuman and/or more recently Platinum End. But the story has nothing interesting beyond the loops and the immortality, in fact, this story is pretty basic, to begin with. The looping it's the main reason to read it, no spoilers for those who have not read yet but the main protagonist slowly learned how to used and the reader too, along with him. There are many ways to use it and the main protagonist chooses one of them.
As for the main character, he is the definition of a "military bored soldier" and that's basically how things work from there. There are other characters which personally should have appeared more often but that's a personal opinion like the mechanic girl named Shasta Raylle or the cantina girl named Rachel Kisaragi, for example (I personally think that both Rachel and Shasta are one of the most beautiful well-designed characters that Takeshi Obata ever made so far). In response to this, not all characters are equal and that's a shame, unfortunately. However, Keiji (the main protagonist) finds Rita (the main heroine) but we never find much about this characters anyway because this has a small plot with very limited characterization and development and that's the weakest aspect of this manga. The artwork is just very detailed and overall is amazing, as usual of Obata.
I'd recommend this manga for people who like very little stories, Obata works or even to try something new, just don't get your expectations too high because it will go to be not worth it.
Read this manga as something new or eventually buy it, like this you will love it for sure.
Story: 8 | Art: 10 | Character: 9 | Enjoyment: 8
Score: 8
Personal Note: This manga took two months to be complete in Portugal and this review is based on the Portuguese edition.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 14, 2017
Review One Piece (East Blue Saga)
This will probably be my last attempt to make a review on this particular series, as still being an ongoing manga. And thus, shall we begin?
The anime adaptation done by Toei Animation is probably the cringiest thing ever done since trendings, which you know, is something too dumb to exist. The manga though is something too good to be true, especially the beginning which I will be talking about in this review.
The manga of "One Piece" begins with Gold D. Roger (King of the Pirates) about to be executed. At that moment, he shouts to the crowd that
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his treasure is exactly where he left it but that to find it, one must search the whole world. This sparked the Golden Age of Pirates in which countless pirates raise their flags and set off to find One Piece.
East Blue is the introductory saga of the series, this is when Monkey D. Luffy meets Shanks as a young boy living in East Blue and where Luffy recruits most of his crew, which, ultimately, is where the adventure begins. Also, this saga is made up of six story arcs, which are Romance Dawn, Orange Town, Syrup Village, Baratie, Arlong Park and Loguetown which leads to Reverse Mountain, Whiskey Peak, and Drum Island.
The East Blue Saga focuses mainly on Luffy setting off for the "Grand Line" and gathering crewmates. During the saga, Luffy gains four comrades: Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji and earns a bounty of 30,000,000 berries. The first crewmate is Zoro, a brutal swordsman that was being held captive by the son of a maritime chief, Helmeppo. Then, the second crewmate is officially Usopp since Nami used Luffy for her own purpose. Usopp is a boy that is always causing chaos telling lies to the people of the village. He has three boy friends who follow him on their adventures of making lies, making Usopp a real "pirate." In the city of Syrup, there is a girl named Kaya who is a young girl who lives in the largest mansion in the village and who has two butlers, one named Merry and one named Kuro. But Kuro is also introduced to the reader as the chief of the Black Cat Pirates. He intends to take over the city but Usopp discovers the plans from behind and tries to stop him but as Usopp is already recognized as a liar, the villagers do not believe him and therefore only Luffy's crew is able to stop him. Luffy and his crew manage to contain the situation and rescue Kaya and the rest of the village, causing Usopp to join his crew and win an official boat they call Merry Go/Going Merry. The next arc of the story is the Baratie Arc. Since Kaya has given them a new ship, Luffy's crew tries to get a logo for the name of the pirates and the name they choose is Pirates of the Straw Hat (or "Mugiwara Pirates" / "Straw Hat Pirates"). Luffy and Usopp begin to experience the things that the boat offers them and end up accidentally firing a cannon at a ship that apparently passes through that area. The hunters attack back and Zoro recognizes that it is their fellow hunters, Johnny and Yosaku. The crew let Zoro's companions ship and Nami ends up healing her wounds. The crew quickly realizes they need a cook because it is very important not to die and to stay healthy in the middle of the sea, so the two hunters tell them about a floating ship that exists called Baratie. When they arrive, they enter a fight with a Marine called Fullbody and this one has to shoot a cannon but Luffy uses (once again) the skill of its fruit and sends back the cannon that had been fired, nevertheless it fails in the boat of the marines and Hits the floating boat, Baratie. While Luffy tries to arrange an alternative for the damage he has caused to the owner of the boat, Sanji comes on the scene. After Luffy defeats Krieg, Sanji ends up joining Luffy's crew (because his dream is to find All Blue) and the crew follows in a small boat towards the next adventure. The crew then keeps looking for Nami and the Merry Go. Johnny and Yosaku suspect she is going to Arlong Park because, by the time they were together at Merry Go, Nami kept looking at the wanted poster of Arlong, and moreover, there is nowhere else to go from that particular place in the middle of the sea. When Nami arrives near the big gates of Arlong Park, she sees a little boy who is trying to avenge his father's death. Right now, Nami gives him his stick upstairs and gives him money for him to go home and it is at this point that the reader is told that (actually) Nami is part of Arlong's crew. Usopp, Zoro, and Johnny arrive on the island but Zoro is left behind by the other two. Zoro ends up being caught by the pirates while Usopp is inconsistent with the boy from earlier and so Johnny is the only one who escapes. At the same time, Luffy, Sanji, and Yosuka are attacked by a sea cow but Luffy deals with the situation, using it to get to Arlong Park. Usopp wakes up at Nojiko's house, a village villager who quickly discovers that she is Nami's sister. At the same time, Zoro discovers that Nami works for Arlong as an official navigator, Nami's past is here discovered and so it is here that she discovers why what her goals are and why it is so difficult for her to be like this. Very briefly, Nami wants to save the village from the tyranny of Arlong and that for this, had the plan to raise enough money to buy the island to Arlong, making with the island was independent and that, finally, it did not have to do with the Arlong Park. The crew of Luffy enters the scene at the same time and before Arlong manages to identify who Luffy is, Luffy punches him with a brave punch by knocking him against one of the walls of his Arlong Park and is starting from this punch that begins The fight between the man-fish pirates and Luffy's crew. Eventually, Luffy wins and Nami decides (definitely) to join the Mugiwara as an official navigator. It is in the passage from Arlong Park to Loguetown that Luffy discovers that he had his head on the prize, thus worth 30 million Berries but he feels confident and happy even though Nami makes him see all the responsibility that is going to be to flee to the Marines not to be captured. The trudge decides that Loguetown is a good place to refuel some supplies and to get something to eat. Zoro decides to buy new swords since Mihawk has destroyed his old ones but inside the store, he encounters a familiar (or so he thinks), the crew separates and each one will buy things to his liking. This girl named Tashigi is extremely similar to her childhood friend, Kuina, and inside the store, she helps him choose some swords.
Meanwhile, Sanji, Usopp, and Nami decide to buy supplies for the boat and finally, Luffy decides to see the place where the king of pirates was executed, Gold D. Roger. Captain Smoker, a Marine, is informed of the situation and decides to execute Luffy before being involved. Nami foresees a storm soon and therefore prepares the ship ready for departure, Zoro and Sanji will save Luffy while Usopp stays with Nami in the boat. After the whole fuss, Luffy is miraculously released and flees to the Merry Go but Smoker chases him in his personalized speck. Eventually, Luffy and Sanji are saved by the Revolutionary leader, Dragon (who is an all-out figure), and they manage to escape along with the rest of the crew at Merry Go and that's how the crew sees their destiny, the Grand Line.
The East Blue Saga is a great start to the series and possibly one of the best sagas I've ever had the pleasure of collecting. The saga is slowly introducing characters as it develops small information about people previously revealed. It also has small cultural references as the concept of each character for each crew or from where came the idea of writing a story of pirates.
It is mainly the art that makes the manga, as the story is interconnected between the characters, the reading of the story is continuous and from there, it is simply impossible to stop reading. There are some things defined by Eiichiro Oda that I don't agree with, like Luffy's followed victories or Luffy's excessive protagonist during the saga, although I find normal the conviviality between the characters. However, I feel that Usopp or Sanji didn't have their 'zen' moment but I believe in its potential.
I recommend the East Blue saga to anyone who believes in Eiichiro Oda, One Piece and all the potential that the introduction story makes known to the reader.
Story: 8 | Art: 10 | Character: 9 | Enjoyment: 9
Score: 9
Personal Note: The actual manga volumes done by VIZ are my all-time favorite volumes and look awesome on the shelf and I personally love the shiny volumes which are almost exclusively to East Blue and Alabasta arcs, respectively.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 1, 2017
So you probably know the shirt with the "MegaMilk" printed on it but you don't know where it appears, well it appears right here in this one-shot. Thank you.
This is the story of a girl named Akira Shiden whose breasts did not grow and after a certain day, they start to get swollen and start to grow. Akira ends up provoking his brother, which obviously ends up having sex.
On the first page of the story where we saw her as a child, she has a shy personality, not shy as a teenage phase but shy because of her chest and it's easy to see. After
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seeing this phase, the reader should be ready to see strong scenes in the story.
There are hentai who have a "true" story behind simple sex and the positions they do and this hentai is no exception. The setting of it is not even mentioned but being a one-shot of this genre is quite justifiable. Akira in the rest of the work becomes a nymphomaniac and begins to gain feelings for her brother, first because her breasts grows and begins to have a certain sexual will and second because she wants sex (as if nothing else satisfies her).
In the background, if we are talking about stories of these as a whole, then it will all be the same, it will be done the same and the only thing that changes in the stories are the characters and the sexual organs of them. For me, Akira is sexy as hell and one of my feminine characters in hentai of all time. I think that while the characterization of his brother, there is nothing to talk without being the basics: it is a super ordinary boy who is shy all the time and especially in stories of hentai, is the typical cliché. I personally think the art is great, some people thinks that this is a doujinshi but I don't see why they say that because it isn't.
I think the art is great, each page shows a certain action and although some sites have bars of censorship, I believe that this does not detract from the credibility of the author and the detail that he created.
I do not think I can even get the essence that Akira has, before the breasts have grown and everything that happened afterwards, this is a hentai, show some respect and be understandable.
I was super glad to be able to read this (on scans unfortunately) but I think Akira Shiden [the creator] is a bit of an overrated author and I really enjoyed that they continue to read his works. Unfortunately I will not be able to buy this work since it's a one-shot, I'm sorry Akira.
This is the story that everyone wanted to know about the "MegaMilk" girl and how she became famous within the area of Japan and around the world, including Youtube (because mainstream people use her in the thumbnails for a unknown reason).
This review will be somewhat superficial since the work is not fully translated and, as far as I know some Japanese, I think that is not enough to translate some things that happen during the story.
Overall: 9/10 - Would recommended essencially because the "MegaMilk" shirt :D
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Dec 20, 2016
Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku - One more "Mahou Shoujo" to the collection
I realize there are "mahou" animes but I do not understand why they have to be so bad.
Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku is an example of how a "magical" anime manages to be tragic.
The synopsis tells us that there is a social game called "The Magical Girl Raising Project" that allows one of them to be chosen to be a "magic girl" within a group of people (hence the tone "mahou" of the whole anime), which means she will have extraordinary physical abilities as well as magical powers that differentiate from the rest from
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the humans. What happens next is that, in a district where there are 16 girls, the administration thinks it should reduce the number of "magic girls" where each one should consume some "magic candies" but something becomes twisted and then the anime turns out into a giant plotwist for survival.
Since the concepts of "mahou" animation from Cardcaptor Sakura to Madoka Magica, mahou anime were always in a fan idea, yet it is not exactly a genre that can be enjoyed to the fullest because it is not generally interesting, so it is normal to people ignore it. Unlike other anime of the same genre, Ikusei Keikaru is everything but original, this series lives basically and during the episodes, the typical cliché. It's pretty clear that every character who has (or counts or shows) a backstory is pretty much a victim of each episode.
In a certain part of the story, the writers should have decided that the anime alone was not edgy enough, unless the characters passed on their way of life as a form of currency. It's a little hard to understand, but let's just say it's like stepping on legos, it hurts but then it's okay. In terms of art, the anime is horribly bad, not as bad as Dangaronpa for example but it is down the middle. The design of the characters is a disaster and honestly it was the part that I really didn't liked in the series. When I say that art is bad, I am also talking about the characters.The anime starts from the first episode to be defined with the tag good vs bad so it is possibly what "feeds" the series. In fact, no character is able to "save" the series because in general, the characters are very limited.
An "mahou" anime can not have more than four characters as main characters and even then four is already a lot, the ideal is really three for each fight or a goal and better the anime mahou, in general.Now, the problem resides in the Rest of the characters, this rest is all those that appear in two or three episodes and die without having their moment of the series. The more the part of the series that has each person has an arc, half of the episodes neither serves for nothing by that person is dies and is dies, all was in vain.
I had this anime in my plan to watch because I was missing the animes that came through in the old days and that I came to see more recently, but I was not expecting anything like this. This anime is super annoying and I advise no one to see it, unless you are a person that is an undisputed hardcore fan who thinks that all animes are really good but still (Mahou Shoujo) Ikusei Keikaru proves that no.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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