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While the characters at time could be a bit static, this story was an incredibly heart-warming look into the problem of bullying, redemption, and bettering yourself. It's a must read for anyone who wants a good cry/ wants to fall in love with a new manga. I wish the ending was a bit more developed, and I wished the characters changed more and (especially the mc) were less dramatic and brooding. However, both of these are incredibly minor concerns, and SHOULD NOT stop you from reading it!!!!

The art was beautiful, the story line was enthralling, the characters were lovable, and it was a nice quick read. Most of all, it was very relatable. Everyone, at some point in their life, is forced to change their ways and regrets some action they have committed. The characters in this manga are faced with this same reality, and learn the meaning of friendship, how to be a good person, and the difference between wanting to be a friend because you want it and to be a friend because it is good for the other person.

This is one of the best Shoujo manga series of all time. Simply stated, I don't believe there is any Shoujo series out there right now that comes even close to reaching the excellently well thought through story arc, character development, interaction, and comedy of Akatsuki no Yona. There are several reasons why this is true, and I will attempt to describe why below.

~Story: 10~

Although Akatsuki no Yona starts off a little slow, with the first 50 or so chapters dedicated to the finding of the four dragons, it quickly progresses to a more political story line by chapter 70, which becomes absolutely brilliant by chapter 100 or so.

The beginning portion is dedicated mainly to Hak and Yona going through Kouka Kingdom to find the four dragons and get them to join their team. Though this part has some nice moments (for me, the parts where Yona's character becomes more strong-willed and caring), it does get a little bit boring at times.

The middle portion starts to bring about some of the more political aspects of the story, and gives us a fantastic interlude where the initially stuck-up Kan Tae-Jun changes completely (due to pressure from Yona) to become a caring prince who literally sets up medical clinics and helps citizens in distraught parts of the Fire Tribe. It also brings up the start of the political side of the story with the conflict with the Kai Kingdom.

The ending portion, up to chapter 134 (latest released up to this date), focuses on more brilliantly developed political conflicts with the Water Tribe, Sei Kingdom and Xing Kingdom while also giving us great character development, an INCREDIBLE back-story for Zeno and rather enjoyable romance.

I really hope the series continues going as it is right now, because my enjoyment throughout the series has only increased. Looking back at it, I forgive the story for being a little slow at the beginning because of how good it gets by the end (of the chapters released today). Incredible job by Kusanagi.

~Art: 10~

The art is beautifully expressive in every way. I found that there was never a disconnect between the characters' emotions and their facial expressions. The natural settings were beautifully drawn and I could see the detail whether the setting was a docking bay or Lily's private garden.

~Character: 10~

The character development is one of my favorite things about this manga. Yona changed drastically from the pampered empty headed girl of Hiryuu Castle, to a responsible, caring, and brave leader with a clear sense of morality. All throughout, her struggle was evident, but she was clearly trying to overcome herself and persevered.

Kan Tae-Jun, seemingly a jerk at the beginning of the story, also changed quite a bit for the better and became a prince passionately concerned for the well-being of his citizens. Mizuho Kusanagi handled his character development brilliantly, showing us his internal struggle as he was attempting to see the world in a new light.

Zeno, who I was rather annoyed by as a seemingly pointless comic relief character at first, actually had an incredibly beautiful back story and ended up being a very important member of the team. I won't spoil anything, but I will warn you that it takes until roughly chapters 100-104 to find out more about Zeno's purpose.

Overall, the character development was amazingly well done. It was not rushed, and felt natural almost all of the time. Incredibly enjoyable to see it progress throughout the series.

~Enjoyment: 9~

Though the first 50 chapters during which the four dragons were found were relatively slow for me (maybe even a little boring at parts, I won't lie), the later chapters, especially after chapter 100, made up for it. The political drama with the Sei Kingdom and Xing Kingdom, and seeing how the main characters, especially Yona, changed throughout the story to handle the situation at hand was very interesting. The romance, though not a major part of the story line, was also rather well done, and served to be an enjoyable interlude during parts of the story. I won't say exactly what ship sets sail, but I will say that it rhymes with "banana". ;)

The comic relief and comedy was also very enjoyable, and made me laugh many times throughout the series. The interactions between the four dragons and Hak are often hilarious, yet Kusanagi still shows that they can be tender and care for one another during times of need (brilliant).

~Overall: 10~

I absolutely love this series. I read it with quite a lot of enjoyment now and eagerly await each chapter each month. The way things are going now at chapter 134, the intrigue is very well set and everything is in place for a great continuation. I hope that Kusanagi keeps up her work so that all of us can enjoy Akatsuki no Yona a while longer.

Few oneshots are well written enough to make their readers want more, yet Black Peach Flower seems to reach this status within all of twenty six pages, even with its average, stereotypical shoujo art and underdeveloped characters. In a word, this manga can be described simply as "charming". The characters are charming (even though they're rather fluffed up; you have the girl desperate for a relationship, her gaggle of friends whom constantly berate her, the somewhat cool senpai, said senpai's friends who want him to date the desperate girl), the art is charming, the motives that push the characters to do what they do are charming. It's this, paired with the somewhat predicable plot twist, that makes a reader wonder if they legitimately want more of the series, or if it's simply the drive to attach more substance to a somewhat flimsy idea. At the end of the day, depending on how much you enjoy shoujo, it can go either way for you.

The setting of BPF is, again, stereotypical of the shoujo genre: a generic high school where girls evidently have nothing better to do then stalk their crushes and be teased by gaggles of their friends for doing so. Such is the case for our main lead, Tsukimi, who is currently watching as her crush walks hand in hand with another girl from her classroom window. After seeing how hopelessly in "love" - she shyly confesses to never talking to him once - she is, her friends point her in the direction of chemistry lab affectionado Okino-senpai, who they claim has accidentally created a love potion.

It's interesting to see Tsukimi interact with the world around her, as the plot line progresses, she's one of those characters you can almost feel the desperation wafting from. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, as anyone who was once a teenager can easily identify with this feeling.

To go into detail about what events unfold would be indirectly giving away the entirety of the short, twenty six page plot. It certainly brings a rather dark undertone by the end of the story, and leaves you with a question about what merits true love at its core, so if you're an overanalyzer, this might be a field day for you.

While the ending will be clear to some, it's still a worthwhile read if you can spare ten minutes of your time. It's certainly a cut above most oneshots, and is a great filler in-between longer mangas.

At the time of this review, 79 chapters have been published. It is worth mentioning that it is free of spoilers that prevent you from enjoying the plot properly.

Remember, all anime / manga can be enjoyed without problems, do not get carried away by bad comments and in case of comparing with another work that is with the intention of making a constructive criticism, not to devalue a work.



Story / Plot: 8/10

Abyss Rage is a very interesting manga in every aspect, it tells the story of a blind boy who wants to recover his beloved who was kidnapped by a strange and extremely strong person.

The story takes place mainly in a prison, the strongest and / or most dangerous "criminals" are taken there, although as has been seen, there are some people who are not criminals or that there was a misunderstanding and they ended up there.

As the story progresses we are introduced to new characters of all kinds, each with their own story and reason for being in prison. From there it is shown how the protagonist advances and gains reputation, makes new friends and even alliances.

The most striking aspect of the manga is the fights, there are all kinds of confrontations, this is due to the variety of people inside the prison, the main thing that we see within the fights are Japanese fighting styles, each with different foundations.



Characters / Personalities: 7/10

Shinobu: The protagonist is the most interesting in the story, since he is blind, but that does not prevent him from defending himself and easily defeating ordinary people. He uses different methods to move and arrest blows and even to know their position.

It is also important to mention that he is a good person at all times, he refuses to kill his opponents, he also easily sympathizes with others, he does not want to harm anyone, he just wants to get his beloved back and beat the Chief.

Chief: He is the main antagonist of this story and he has a very strange personality as well as his appearance, he is a very big person with a trained body, he is bald and he has a huge scar on his face. He also reveals that he is attracted to men, especially if they are strong and he is looking for someone who will give him a good fight to the point of defeating him.

He is a person with a mistaken idea of ​​love and who enjoys torturing his rivals. His past is nothing interesting and his reason for being gay is even more ridiculous, since he makes it seem like something you traumatized when in reality he had a peaceful life with everything within his reach, but it seems strange to him the meaning of love leaves everything behind and He goes to war, where he is taken prisoner and raped by someone stronger than him, to which he thinks that is true love, the delegation.

Mikoto: She is the beloved of Shinobu which does not currently have much prominence and is only seen from time to time accompanying the Chief or in Shinobu flash backs. She grew up with Shinobu and was very fond of him, they both specialize in the same fighting style and always practiced together.

She is a very strong girl and with an unbreakable spirit, just like Shinobu she is a good person and they have the same goal.

Sasaki: who was originally Shinobu's enemy, ended up as his friend and is his right hand man. He is a cowardly, honest person and he is not very strong in reality, but his development is very good, from a certain point we can observe him venturing through the prison and fighting multiple enemies, to the point that Shinobu entrusts him with missions. Finally, this character has gained more self-confidence which makes him a more trustworthy person.

Throughout history we are presented with more people, most with a similar past but not for that reason insignificant or useless for the plot. The usefulness of these characters is mostly to make Shinobu stronger, both individually and in groups and mentally.



Art / Setting: 7/10

The style of this manga is quite curious, for example, the characters usually have the same height and their physical complexion is similar, all being "rectangular", although having variations, but retaining the base shape.

Most characters do not have much detail in their bodies / faces, but if they are well defined and at the time of the fights, no deformations are observed.

The setting in general is quite simple since most scenes are inside a prison where the walls are usually smooth, but sometimes have marks or blood. Outside the prison the setting is quite good and has a lot of detail and looks impeccable.

Little else can be mentioned in this section, since in reality there is no single aspect that stands out enormously or has an extremely good quality, but I can say for sure that, despite this, the art is appropriate and does not disappoint.



Enjoy: 9/10

In general this manga is quite entertaining mainly because of the plot since it is not something common like the main characters, but I mentioned earlier, despite the fact that no aspect especially stands out, this does not affect the enjoyment of its story and you can have a nice while reading this manga.



Having said that, the review ends here, thank you very much for taking the time to read it and I hope it was useful for you to decide on whether or not to read this manga.

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i become interested on this manga because of some recommendation from other harem manga.



Story: 8

the story can happen in reality, well i think it already happen on different country. I can understand the story because they make a setting on school where they market is student or teenagers.


art: 8

The drawings are good and you can understand easily.



character:9

character is the interesting part
in food sadist and yandere is the spies or special flavor , that's why this manga is good.
to tell you the truth im reading chapter 7+ but i cant even remember the character name. ex. "hotaru, who is that is that the 2d otaku?" daichi, is that the fat guy or the cross dresser boy?"


enjoyment: 9
i enjoy chapter 1-23, just like said in character part i cant remember there name, i enjoy the part where there is some harem part in here, and i can see daichi harusame as keima katsuragi, ( shimono hiro v.a.). I just put 9 instead of 10 because i cant enjoy the ending, but still i enjoy this manga.
well if you are harem shounen fan, then you might enjoy this manga :)

A lot of mangas centered around being suspenseful end up feeling really random. A certain degree of randomness is present in almost all manga due to how it's released with it coming out over time and varying degrees of course correction due to feedback. However, in cases where the draw is the twists and turns, such as in death games, the abrupt nature of such can be glaringly obvious and it becomes quite clear that the author is changing from what they were originally planning or possibly even that they have no idea where they're going with the plot, rather just making things up as they go. I used to hate such stories quite a bit, as it felt like a game where the overarching rules are arbitrary is quite pointless. However, in time I've come to be able to appreciate these to at least some degree, where they can still have some pretty interesting characters and moments throughout. This is such a manga. The overarching plot is completely arbitrary, with the rules of the game changing constantly. Furthermore, the character's personalities also change randomly, as do various other plot devices. Hence, it certainly stays suspenseful moment to moment, but with such randomness there isn't really much to talk about regarding the overall story. It is an interesting premise though, trying to force love, though I wish I could have seen it better implemented. The characters overall are pretty interesting, and though they're pretty random overall with it not being clear where they're arcs are going, they seem to fit into their roles pretty well by the end, and though the roles are pretty cliché, with the two main heroines being a yandere and classic tsundere, it fits well enough. The ending is an easy cop out that works well enough overall considering it was never really trying to go for depth, though the attempt to run around it with the flashback structure was sort of ridiculous. The art was decent enough. 

A manga that is highly arbitrary and random, but still manages to have some good points. 

7/10

Avoid reading this garbage. I just finished this manga. 9 volumes and it was totally not worth the time.

Asano the MC is the stereotypical harem male that avoid girls. He's a good for nothing. Sakuya the main girl is the most agressive tsundere I've seen in a long time. She's the most mean and selfish person. I don't know why Osamu Takahashi thought that was a good character idea. There's no way one can have empathy towards a total bitch. She's allways trying to force things her way and wants to control Asano and the rest character all the time.

The story is average and easy to follow, nothing that will give you headaches. The main problem with it, and something that I realised after finishing reading, is that it gets stretched all the way to the end. Nothing really gets solved until the very last episodes,so nothing really happens all the way until the end, and even then some things are left unresolved. You can read volume 1, skip to 9 and understand everything about this shitty manga, because everything in the middle is bullshit.

After watching the anime and hoping the manga was better, i'm left disappointed. I'm so sorry because it could have been way better. I guess sometimes we have to face reality. If i could go back in time I would say to my younger self not to read it, and explain exactly what i'm explaining to you right now.

A 1 score is fair for Isuca. A total disappointment.

I want to correct something a previous reviewer said. This story is *tragic,* not melodramatic. Tragedy is a portrayal of deep sorrow or despair which could have been avoided, melodrama is soap opera he-said-she-said. The mangaka clearly portrayed Simone, the out lesbian, as a mature character above drama. This is why, in one scene, Simone has to pull the tea cup away from her straight? girlfriend.

I blame American television for the problem some people have telling the difference between tragedy and melodrama.

Yes, it is indeed the first published yuri manga. I'm glad that it was, because the mangaka paved the way for yuri to become a meaningful genre, often more original and more artistic than straight romantic-comedy.

This work completely fulfills its role of a prequel and sort of a introductory bait into the animated counterpart. It won't leave you with much of an emotional response (unless you're able to connect to characters in such a short duration), but its minor revelations, and hints of potential development for the main character are adequate to keep you interested.

Artistic value is hardly worth of mention, as it doesn't differ from the usual art you see in today's work, and on top of that it carries additional burden of distorted and at some parts horrid anatomical features.

If I had to summarize it, I'd say it's suitable for the accomplishment it achieves, a mere snack before you move onto the main course.

29 to JK is a manga about the trials and tribulations of a coach at a Japanese call centre selling car insurance, with a weird and unnecessary love aspect tacked on. We see from his perspective how he deals with corporate schemes and helps his colleagues on the work floor.

First things first - this is not a manga about lolicons (as of July 2019 at least). I can't fault you for thinking otherwise since the first page does remarkably little to convince the reader to keep on reading the story. It's a bit of a shame since the manga doesn't need an infatuated high school girl in the first place. It's plenty interesting enough without it. Just force yourself through the first few chapters and it'll get better.

STORY - 8
There's been remarkably little manga about work (probably since most readers want to be reminded of their childhood days, not the monotony of corporate life), but 29 to JK goes into deeper detail about various, actual work-related aspects of a call centre, more than you'd expect at first glance.

ART - 7
is ok

CHARACTERS - 6
The protagonist does feel a bit harem-y at times, which is quite often a good indicator of trash. Still, the manga is not littered with cardboard characters and the interactions between characters feel genuine enough, with some fun moments mixed in. As I've said, the romance aspect need not be there to make the manga interesting.

ENJOYMENT - 8
Despite hating any page that included the annoying existence that is Karen (the infatuated high school girl), I did enjoy the manga overall. This manga is at its core a manga about the corporate world, and if that suits your fancy, I'd recommend that you give it a try.

PS: I have not read the novel