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One Piece
One Piece
One Piece
One Piece review
One Piece
Apr 16, 2021
One Piece review
In English and portuguese

English(sorry for mistakes, i tried translate, but i dont speak english

an incredible manga that transcends what we understand as shounen.
my favorite shounen is hxh, but only anime, currently i believe that the best shounen manga is one piece not only for its importance, but for all its inherent qualities. I always watched Naruto, very fan since childhood when I became more mature I could understand that Naruto was a work that had a lot of power, but was lost along the way, that is, it was poorly done. One piece is different from that, and despite having that basic script: going to one island defeats the villain and going to another, what oda sensei does on top of that is incredible and I will explain why one piece is the biggest of the big three from shounen and why it's the best. 10-world building: it is incredible, oda made a planet, different races, genius islands that were also thought of geographically in addition to working very well with the limitation of the environment and how it affects the whole context of both the battle and the island, the the greatest example of this is very current, wano, but if i told it it would be spoiler. moreover, oda works very well with each mystery, mysteries that involve the whole world and define that something really is about to happen, such creativity stands out even more with the akumas no mi that are the most brilliant creation of Oda, because they have a lot potential to be one of the biggest revelations in the manga. Thus, it is easy to say how vast the world is, in fact for me, One piece has the best world building in the history of manga, something that took more than 20 years to be refined and improved should definitely be the best.

10-characters: Luffy is incredible and honestly comes easily among one of the best-written characters, something that I only noticed easily in Ashita no Joe with Yabuki, but Luffy is special because of the way he influences everything and everyone, he is the great gear of the manga, besides being funny and super determined, luffy went through very dense and well written negative arcs where all his ambitions were questioned and that says a lot about the character when we know his past and how he really call everyone. However, the biggest hit of one piece is definitely usopp, the most human, it is more simple at the same time, it is brilliant, because its sniper support figure defines its history and its relationship with the world very well, after all the idea of ​​liar and fearful is usopp's just position as a human in that world of monsters, but despite everything he challenges like a brave sea warrior. In terms of characters, if someone asked me which one I like best, I would just answer; yes, but jokes aside my favorite is a character that appeared in the current ones that deserved a manga just for him.

art; The art of one piece is something complex, but I can easily say that the oda draws too much and is becoming an excellent mangaka on the double pages that besides being beautiful are always loaded with a lot of meaning. however, when it comes to art, it is important to say that everything that is there is part of the oda style, in fact there are many pages rich in details that really highlight the talent of the oda and its style, a style that I really like in terms of designer characters and more.

script and history: from the beginning of the work, back when the manga experienced the overwhelming influence of the shounen, a genre that was born and took on immense proportions, the manga was already brilliant, not only because of its well presented base, but also the oda I already had an idea of ​​the things that could happen and how everything was interconnected, only the idea of ​​east blue was already stupendously important, as it showed the world building again, where there in the first chapters that Shanks appears, there already had countless references that demonstrate the grandeur of history, something even more noticeable in the beginning of the new world that for me is the greatest saga of one piece without a doubt. moreover, analyzing by arches that generally represent islands, oda always writes the island very well and its events, difficulties and how its past influences the world and the most important mysteries of the work, in fact many of them can echo through many other islands and still move plus the world, together with this we have how the chain of events produces incredible effects and how the oda knows how to move the pieces within the island so that things can happen in a satisfactory way, presenting context, characters (which in fact are thousands), and defining all challenges, the biggest examples of this are arlong park, alabasta, enies lobby, sabaody, marineford (screenplay show), punk hazard, dressrosa (screenplay show) and wano (screenplay show), arches that transcend the pejorative idea that the manga is just villain island villain island, when in fact the manga uses this base to build such spectacular events and unveil so many ministries in the world of work with such immense creativity that I can't he could stop considering oda a great genius and one of the greatest artists today.

One piece is my favorite manga definitely the most special work of my life, I hope that with my review you also read one piece and fall in love, ONE PIECE really became ONE PIECE of me.

Portuguese.

um incrível mangá que transcende o que compreendemos como shounen.
meu shounen favorito é hxh, mas só o anime, atualmente acredito que o melhor mangá shounen porradeiro é one piece não somente pela sua importancia, mas por todas as suas qualidades inerentes.

eu sempre assisti naruto, muito fan desde criança ao virar mais maduro pude compreender que naruto era uma obra que tinha muito potencia, mas se perdeu no caminho, ou seja, foi mal efetuada. One piece é diferente disso, e apesar de ter aquele script básico: vai pra uma ilha derrota o vilão e vai pra outra, o que o oda sensei faz encima disso é incrível e eu vou explicar por que one piece é o maior do big three da shounen e por que é o melhor.

10-world building: é incrível, o oda fez um planeta, raças diferentes, ilhas geniais que também foram pensadas geograficamente além de ele trabalhar muito bem com a limitação do ambiente e como isso afeta todo o contexto tanto da batalha quanto da ilha, o maior exemplo disso é bem atual, wano, mas se eu contasse seria spoiler. ademais, o oda trabalha muito bem com cada mistério, mistérios que envolvem o mundo todo e definem que realmente algo está para acontecer, tal criatividade se ressalta ainda mais com as akumas no mi que são a criação mais genial do Oda, pois elas tem muito potencial para serem uma das maiores revelações do mangá. Desse modo, é fácil dizer como o mundo é vasto, aliás pra mim, One piece tem o melhor world building da história dos mangás, algo que levou mais de 20 anos para ser refinado e aprimorado definitivamente deveria ser o melhor.

10-personagens: o luffy é incrível e sinceramente entra fácil entre um dos personagens mais bem escritos, algo que eu só percebi com facilidade em ashita no joe com o yabuki, mas o luffy é especial pelo modo como ele influencia tudo e todos, ele é a grande engrenagem do mangá além de ser engraçado e super determinado, o luffy passou por arcos negativos muito densos e muito bem escritos onde todas as suas ambições foram questionadas e isso diz muito sobre o personagem quando conhecemos o seu passado e como ele realmente se liga a todos. Contudo o maior acerto de one piece é definitivamente o usopp, o mais humanos, é simples mais ao msm tempo é genial, pois a sua figura de suporte atirador define muito bem sua história e sua ralação com o mundo, afinal a ideia de mentiroso e medroso é justa posição do usopp como humano naquele mundo de monstros, ondes apesar de tudo ele desafia como um vedadeiro bravos guerreiro da mar. Em questão de personagens, se alguém me perguntasse qual eu gosto mais eu apenas responderia; sim, mas brincadeiras a parte o meu favorito é um personagem que apareceu nos atuais que merecia um mangá só pra ele.

arte; a A arte de one piece é algo complexo, mas eu posso dizer facilmente que o oda desenha demais e está se tornando um mangaká exímio nas páginas duplas que além de serem lindas são sempre carregadas de muito significado. contudo, quando se fala da arte, é importante dizer que tudo que está lá é parte do estilo do oda, aliás há muitas páginas ricas em detalhes que realmente relevam o talento do oda e seu estilo, estilo que gosto muito em questão de designer dos personagens e muito mais.

roteiro e história: desde de o início da obra, lá atrás quando o mangá vivia a esmagadora influencia do shounen, gênero que nascia e tomava proporções imensa, o mangá já era genial, não só pela sua base bem apresentada, mas como também o oda já tinha ideia das coisas que poderiam acontecer e como tudo estava interligado, só a ideia do east blue já era estupendamente importante, pois mostrava novamente o world building, onde lá nos primeiros capítulos que shanks aparece, alí já teinha inúmeras referencias que demonstram a grandiosidade da história, algo ainda mais perceptível no início do novo mundo que pra mim é a maior saga de one piece sem dúvida. ademais, analisando por arcos que geralmente representam ilhas, o oda sempre escreve muito bem a ilha e seus acontecimentos, dificuldades e como seu passado influencia no mundo e nos mais importantes mistérios da obra, aliás muitos deles podem ecoar por muitas outras ilhas e mover ainda mais o mundo, junto disso temos como a cadeia de acontecimentos produz efeitos incríveis e como o oda sabe mexer as peças dentro da ilha para que as coisas aconteçam de modo satisfatório, apresentando contexto, personagens(que aliás são milhares), e definindos todos os desafios, os maiores exemplos disso são arlong park, alabasta, enies lobby, sabaody, marineford(show de roteiro), punk hazard, dressrosa(show de roteiro) e wano(espetáculo de roteiro), arcos que transcendem a ideia pejorativa de que o mangá é só ilha vilão ilha vilão, quando na verdade o mangá usa esta base para construir eventos tão espetaculares e desvendar tantos minstérios do mundo da obra com uma criatividade tão imensa que eu não poderia deixar de considerar o oda um grande gênio e um dos maiores artistas da atualidade.

One piece é o meu mangá favorito definitivamente a obra mais especial da minha vida, espero que com minha review você também leia one piece e se apaixone, ONE PIECE realmente se tornou UM PEDAÇO de mim
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JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria review
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Apr 15, 2021
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria review
As, of now, one of the top 5 light novel series on MAL, and as someone whose only read a few light novels, I thought it would be fair to take a dip into this series to get me more into the medium. With countless reviews praising it as genius, and some spouting it as a masterpiece, I thought I would also be rating this a 10 in the end along with the many others. However, as you can see by my score, HakoMaria is by all means not what its all cut out to be.

When I finished this series, because of the little light novel exposure I had, I thought it would be best not to treat it as just a light novel and compare to light novels, but as a book series. With this perspective in mind, let me tell why I don't think this is a super great book series.

I think one of the main problems with this story are two things: complexity and characters. To begin, if we strip away all the fluff from the conflicts, if we actually look at the stories without all the dressing, we get some pretty overused clichés and concepts. Now, I am not saying these clichés and concepts are a bad thing, I am just saying there is nothing original about it. The author tries to add these complex tidbits as a way to, in a sense, "distract" the reader from what is going on, but for a person like myself, I already new what was going to happen next. Not only that, he extrapolates those idea and draws them out as long as possible. It gets to the point were the worst arc takes up an entire two novels! I forced myself to get through. In other words, the author tries to add complexity to predictable story plots which in some cases, makes reading such a drag.

And then there is volume 7, something, in comparison to the rest, is actually pretty good. So does having a good ending mean all the rest is good as well? That is up to debate, but I will allow you to make the choice for yourself.

Another problem with this story is the characters, in particular, those stereotypes. You got your pretty stereotypical protagonist, that bossy girl, that pretty girl, that smart girl, that smart evil guy, the cool guy, that quite girl, and then might as well throw in a villain that really doesn't have a reason for doing anything except add to the plot. If this work was a masterpiece, I need more realistic characters please. Now, I am not saying I don't like the characters, I particularly enjoyed Oomine the most, but I just need better character development and something that can really relate me to them, not just some protagonist whose like "oh, I want to maintain my normal life" and that is it. And then, suddenly, he starts doing some mad #### to protect this philosophy. Even though the character's thoughts and psyche are explored, that does not entail realism or relatability.

Overall, do I hate this series? No. I enjoyed reading it, and I enjoyed the entire concept, and I thought it was cool. I don't want to hate upon the series, I do think its good, the ending was great, but in my opinion, this series by no means deserves masterpiece status.

Anyway, I'll leave the rest up to you. Take a dip.
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Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria review
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria
Apr 15, 2021
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria review
HakoMari's story is one of the most 'cult' light novel story I have ever read, throwing mainstream out from the window right away.

It made me scream like a fangirl.

The story is about Kazuki Hoshino, a boy who very much treasures his normal 'everyday life'. An everyday life, which is no longer normal without he himself realizing it when he met a mysterious transfer student Aya Otonashi.



-- Story : 9/10.

HakoMari's genre is somewhat a combination of fantasy and mystery. The story, like I said, avoids today's light novel mainstream and cliche plot. It's not a stupid boy-meets-girl-then-continue-to-meeting-harem-member. It's a boy-meets-girl-then-reality-went-to-shit kind. When Kazuki Hoshino met Aya Otonashi, his whole world and the normalcy around him was turned upside down. It turns out he has been repeating the same particular day over and over again, trapped in a time loop. With only the transfer student a.k.a. heroine Aya Otonashi as the one who realize the loop, he needs to struggle out of the loop and get back his normal everyday. Little that he know, his normal life is no longer within reach.

The story itself focus mainly on an wish granting tool known as the 'box'. These 'boxes', given by a certain character that could be said as the main antagonist, reflex on the box's owner personality and granting the owner's wish, but its power only extend as far as how much the owner believes on the 'wish granting concept'. These 'boxes' is our protagonist Kazuki Hoshino archenemies, existences that only serves to destroy his precious normal lives. As the story goes, together with Aya Otonashi, Kazuki meet all kinds of 'box' owners with their own distinct mindset and, more often than not, twisted wishes.

The plot eschew the normal story nowadays and gives us a new but tainted kind of plot. The story is dark indeed; either morally or mentally. But despite the dark fantasy genre, the story would actually feel realistic, felt that the way it unfold could actually happened to our normal life.The writing style is also very unique; each novel uses different style of storytelling and it gives power and impression to each arc, for example is the repeating time loop at first arc and volume.



-- Character : 9/10.

The characters in HakoMari is realistic; you can find people like this around you. Yet each and every one of them is a distinct individual, with their own depth and story.

Our protagonist, Kazuki Hoshino, is a boy with a somewhat abnormal attachment to a concept of 'normal life'. It is the most precious thing for him. Whe it was taken from him, he'd go to his utmost in order to get it back. It is ironic that, despite his love for normalcy, it is the very thing that makes him actually abnormal.

The main heroine, Aya Otonashi, is at first ambiguously portrayed as the main antagonist, with her action completely opposing our protagonist. But it turns out that Aya Otonashi designated enemy is also the very one that serves to destroy the concept of normal life, making him as Kazuki Hoshino's enemy as well. Thus, both of Aya and Kazuki creates a mutual ceasefire relationship, which will develop further and become on that is closer than at the beginning.

Aya Otonashi is a very unique and distinct character; she is unlike any heroine I have ever met. The more the story progress, I as a reader was given more and more revelation about her. Her relationship with the 'boxes' giver is one of the most important point in the series, together with her own, indeed, wish and 'box'.

Besides our two protagonists, a lot of side characters exists as well. Except that there are no side characters in HakoMari.

None.

Like I said before, all the characters in HakoMari is a distinct individual, with their own story. Each and every one of them has their own stage within the story, one that equals our protagonists'. And that gives all characters a strong flavor. Throughout the story, you will find that each character was, in fact, a main character.

As the story goes, the readers will be pleased that each character is given a revelation and/or development. Indeed, in HakoMari characters are not given only development, but revelation as well, to the point that the development itself comes as our view about the character changes and as more and more about the character is revealed. In other words, the characters didn't change; it's us, the readers, who changes the way we perceive those characters. And it's one thing that I love from HakoMari. The credibility of the characters was done by their action within the story, not through the power of narration, making the action they take and thus, their characterization, very realistic.


-- Art : 7/10

As often the case with a novel, art isnt it's strong point and thus, I never gave it much attention. But, again, in HakoMari the art concept is different than most light novel. We are not given an 'event illustration', we are given an illustration that 'symbolize' the current arc and chapter. It is unique in its own way.

The artwork quality itself was not spectacular, but the concept itself was good enough to make up for it.



-- Enjoyment : 10/10

This, in my opinion, is the most important point at reading a novel. Since most people dislike reading novel as seeing only writings and letter can be boring. This is the biggest hurdle for a novel. A novel must be able to give enjoyment to the readers and pull them into the story itself, so not only the reader read the story, but get pulled inside them and LIVE them. The simplest of stories can be a great story if told with great enjoyment.

This series's 'cult' concept is the one aspect that made me attached to and enjoying the series, with the typical harem and cliche plot LNs around. A refreshing idea, combined with dark premises hooked me up immediately.

HakoMari has given me enjoyment to the fullest when reading it. The pacing was perfect; Eiji Mikage write each story segment with perfect proportion and placing that each reading pulls us more and more, until the big bomb of surprise is revealed. The way he writes managed to combine mundane everyday life and comedy segment with fantasy and mystery blending, giving dark premises in the process. The way he blends hem together was so well-done that each segment, like I said, felt realistic and could actually happened around us, despite them being dark fantasy genre.



All in all, HakoMari is a great read; a different story that leave a deep impression within me, with the way the story was told and the characterization. Thus, if you are tired with the same cliche story in most LNs nowadays, I recommend HakoMari to you all. You won't regret it.



P.S. : I actually sincerely hope that there wont be an anime adaptation of this, as I believe there are no studios that could captivate the story as perfect as I imagine it. I hope I will be proven wrong.

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The Horizon
The Horizon
The Horizon
The Horizon review
The Horizon
Apr 15, 2021
The Horizon review
I never expected to read this but someone recommended it, so here I am. I don’t really have a way with words so please bare with me.

Story [9]
This manhwa was truly beautiful. It shows the horrors of war and the dark times that come from it, but it also shows that in dark times you must move forward and continue to live. Our main characters are on a journey, searching for the end to the darkness, while on the journey our main characters experience, joy, sadness, anger, hopelessness, and fear.

Art [10]
The author of this manhwa was really able to convey the emotions and atmosphere during times of darkness. Using black and white (most of the time), using messy lines, and drawn in sound affects really contributed to the overall tone and vibe of the story.

Character(s) [8]
The characters in the story really show what it means to be human.
*spoilers ahead scroll down to enjoyment to skip it*

Everyone has their own interpretations and thoughts on what they value and their morals.
The man from the building believed that he has to kill to protect others, he believed that everything from bacteria to humans are of similar worth and value.
The girl, having experienced the loss of loved ones and watching as people sacrificed themselves and their lives to protect others, she really values human life. She would always rather solve a conflict without people getting hurt.
The boy, similar to the man, is willing to hurt someone for a loved one. He doesn’t trust people as much as the girl, but he is usually willing to listen to other people.

*End of spioilers*

Enjoyment [9]
As you can tell from what I’ve written, I enjoyed this manhwa, I’ll admit I was confused sometimes but I would usually understand eventually.

Overalll [9]
Definitely recommend to people, if you are sensitive, I don’t recommend it. It’ll probably make you very sad.
Ok thanks for reading and have a nice day/night
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Gakuen Tengoku
Gakuen Tengoku
Gakuen Tengoku
Gakuen Tengoku review
Gakuen Tengoku
Apr 10, 2021
Gakuen Tengoku review
Despite there having only ~46 chapters scanlated, I figured I'd leave a review considering there isn't any. This manga deserves that much at least.


Story: 6.5/10
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This was quite a roller coaster throughout. Initially we're introduced to a possible childhood friend reunion love story. Then of course, a possible love-triangle/minor harem comes into play. A bit later, there are a handful of ecchi scenes accompanied by a handful of sex scenes. Add in some "conflicts" every now and then for a change of pace and that's pretty much what has occurred so far. For the first half of the manga, the story progression is paced pretty well although I have no idea regarding the later half. Sadly, there were some filler chapters that were time wasting but for the most, the flow of the manga is pretty much on point. As for the few conflicts that arose so far, they were definitely eye-roll worthy. Even though quite some time was invested into them, they were usually solved simply- almost to the point of being deus ex machina'ed away by our protagonist.


Art: 6.5/10
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Well considering the manga dates back to 2004-2006, it obviously will not be as refined as today's works. Given that, it really isn't that bad. We have a school based setting and with good background work to match. It is worth mentioning that the artwork did improve through the course of the manga. U-Jin definitely improved his/her drawings and it showed through the work. The characters are drawn pretty well but I feel that the male lead and female lead don't really look exactly their age despite being adults among high school kids. To the mangaka's credit, there were a large variety of characters and s/he did a good job with each of them having distinct and varying details that made them unique/distinguishable.


Characters: 6.5/10
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It's a bit hard to get into character depth without spoiling a lot of the story as it's pretty much the meat and potatoes of the manga. For the most part, the male lead was a indecisive (read: a wuss) guy but came through when his female cast relied on him. The females? to put it nicely, they were pretty wanting to get a piece of the MC. U-Jin did a nice job when it came down to separating on-screen time for characters and didn't abandon the supporting characters. The cast weren't abnormally stupid or silly and pretty realistic when it came to their reaction and antics. Like I mentioned in the Story section, conflicts were a non-factor. Therefore the "villains" that were setup for the conflicts were pathetically silly and eventually transitioned into supporting characters later on. I feel rather disdained of the situations our male lead gets himself into though I don't think that was the author's intention, maybe.


Enjoyment/Overall: 6.5/10
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So far despite the wonky story line and less than appreciable characters, it has been a decent read. The current scanlations left off at a rather interesting point in the story that I actually want to read further into; so the manga can be quite enthralling when it wants to be. As far as recommending it to others, yeah it's still good enough for that purpose. The genre tags are spot on with perhaps romance taking more of a backseat, so if you're a fan of the genres then you already know your course of action huh?
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Naruto
Hyouryuu Net Cafe
Hyouryuu Net Cafe
Hyouryuu Net Cafe
Hyouryuu Net Cafe review
Hyouryuu Net Cafe
Apr 09, 2021
Hyouryuu Net Cafe review
TL;DR: This manga is a wild ride that doesn't let you rest easy until the very last chapter. Some may not like the weirder elements of the plot (especially towards the end); but if you like "Lord of the flies" type of stories, where a group of people isolated from everything and everyone start slowly but horrifyingly clashing against each other, you'll love it. It's a ""short"" but tense thriller easily recommendable.


It's funny how this manga came to my attention in the first place. A few months ago I read "Happiness", by Shuzo Oshimi, and really liked it. It was a very personal and emotional take on vampire literature, while keeping the horror element intact. Later, I read "The Drifting Classroom", which is wild and hardcore as f*ck, and borderline histerical with its use of gore at times, but a really great take on Lord of the Flies.

Now... the author of the first has done his own take at the latter with "The Drifting Net Cafe", and the end result is nothing but amazing. The combination of a crazy setting with a much more restrained storyteller gives birth to something entirely detached from the original that, while not unique (it IS a take on a manga which was also a take on a novel), it's very effective, especially on a chapter-to-chapter basis.


STORY: 8
"A group of people isolated from the world are forced to work together to survive, while tensions escalate between the group" is a classic setting, used many times already, but damn if it isn't a good one. As I said in the TL;DR, the more 'supernatural' elements can get weird, but in a good way. They're not weird for the sake of having a weird mistery, they are active parts of the plot that make everything much more tense.

For example, people begin to ponder if the reason they're stuck there MAY be because one person wished for it. Now, go to a group of desperate people that the reason they're stuck and dying is because of you: it's horrifying. And it's with stuff like this that the author gets away with defying the laws of physics once or twice: because it keeps the momentum going.

I also like how, while the story is 90% detached from the original Drifting Classroom, you can see a couple of direct inspirations here and there. The main antagonist is practically the same (in looks, at least, the one here is a true psychopath), and the idea of "this world came out of someone's mind" was also in the original.


ART 8:
Not much to say here. Later works of the author have more personality, but this one looks great as well. He knows how to draw expressions on people to make them look realistic but really frightening. It's like he takes a regular face and sprays juuuuust a bit of 'uncannyness' on them to make you uneasy.


CHARACTER: 7
Ok, they're all really good characters, and at no point I would say they're acting against logic, but I didn't find them that much unique. The main character's struggle is very interesting to read, and the rest of the cast have their own 'quirk' so they don't blend together, but while 'what happens to them' is engaging, on their own they were a bit lacking.

Terasawa really is scary, though, like... jesus...


ENJOYEMENT: 9
I READ THIS IN TWO DAYS, THIS MANGA IS GRIPPING LIKE HELL.
Everytime I thought the story was gonna drag, or that I knew where it was going, something happens that just f*cks everything up for the protagonists, and makes you tense because you wouldn't know what to do either. The antagonist is a force of nature, and seeing him slowly take action in bolder and bolder ways was great. Every single chapter ends with a cliffhanger, and at a certain point, I just knew I couldn't stop.

Also WARNING: while not as graphic as the original, things do get very dark. There are crude depictions of sex and violence that may throw you off if you don't take well that kind of stuff. It's less explicit, but more impactful.



OVERALL: 8
The Drifting Net Cafe is more than the sum of its parts, and it just knew what to change from the original in order to make it its own thing: The concept is reused; but the setting of a net cafe is really unique, and makes for a cast of characters more interesting than a few schoolers. And while those characters aren't perfect, their interactions are on point, and are handled so well it doesn't really matter. It can stand proud among other famous survival tales.
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Otona ni Nuts
Otona ni Nuts
Otona ni Nuts
Otona ni Nuts review
Otona ni Nuts
Apr 08, 2021
Otona ni Nuts review
Otona Ni Nuts. A hell of a ride reading that. I remember first coming across it around a decade ago in my neighbourhood bookstore that had a huge wall of Tokyopop manga and I was debating between getting the first volume of it or finishing up Natsumi Ando's Zodiac P.I. (and ultimately I chose the latter option.) So fast-forward to quarantine 2020 and me being bored out of my mind and trying to remember the Tokyopop titles I found in that bookstore so I could read them online. Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts (Tokyopop's title) was one of 'em. So I read it. And quite frankly, I regret it.

Otona Ni Nuts is, in itself, a cute, funny story idea; you've got a dumb kid who, like so many other dumb kids, wants nothing more than to grow up with haste. She's got her childhood friend who holds complicated feelings towards her and her stance, and wants her to just enjoy being a kid alongside him while they still can. But, since she's both dumb and a kid, she just can't seem to realize how much of a blessing childhood really is and ends up eating these odd genetically engineered nuts to turn her into a "sexy adult" at the most random of times and for the most absurd of reasons, from trying to seduce an older college man on a cruise ship to competing with a older masculine lady on who can be the sexiest. It's downright bonkers but that's part of it's charm.

That being said, however, the execution of the story itself in the manga was poor. It was super, SUPER rushed and all the gags and gimmicks were more fetish-y than anything. There were way too many confusing moments that came out of the blue and left me going "huh?" much too frequently for a manga of it's type and length. Also, the amount of illogical nonsense in this manga is UNBELIEVABLE (how is Natsumi's mother not questioning where the heck her daughter is skipping off to for such large periods of time? How's she letting her hang out with some wacko scientist all the damn time? If she's at public events or doing modelling while using her real name, wouldn't her parents see her? My brain hurts from all the "duhhhh")

A big chunk of the confusion came from the unfortunately sloppy art. I took a look at some of Fukushima's more recent works and it looks like that's just how her art is, but honestly the art in Otona Ni Nuts is just...not good. Even though I adore the early 00's shoujo art style generally, this simply wasn't up to par with me at all. I couldn't understand half of what was going because I literally couldn't SEE what was going on. Art that is: crowded + sloppy = recipe for a manga disaster. If I can't follow through with a story because of it's art, that automatically ruins the story for me, no matter how good the story is. And I can say for sure now that I won't be checking out any of Fukushima's other work because of this.

The characters were fine. Bland, unfunny, and not much else to them other than that they're all airheaded, rude, and shameless (especially Natsumi, flashing her rack for all to see without much thought or reprimand.) The adult characters bothered me the most, like the scientist and his tomboy lover. Why a fully grown adult would constantly go head-to-head with a literal child in a competition of sexiness is completely beyond me. But hey, manga right?

I'm a bit confused on how this was serialized as a manga for younger girls, since a lot of the moments were akin to the ecchi fanservice you get in shounen manga and anime. But I guess maybe that was supposed to be the deal-breaker here? Showing that young girls can enjoy gross humour in a coming-of-age (if you could even call this "coming-of-age") story too? If that's the case, then I'm pretty sure there are better manga out there that fit the bill. This manga also never garnered any kind of notable attention contrary to most Nakayoshi-serialized manga, but I think anyone else who read it can tell why.

In conclusion, Otona Ni Nuts is a hilariously dumb attempt at a potentially good story concept, and it's one manga I'm putting on my invisible "Store-away-in-the-dark-abyss-of-your-mind-and-never-think-about-again" list.
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Deathtopia review
Deathtopia
Apr 08, 2021
Deathtopia review
tl;dr: A manga with a plot that starts getting overtly messy once it starts coming together and lacks good character/relationship development, but looks really really good. 

This manga's plot has good concepts, though ones that aren't all that original, and was pretty solidly for most of it when it was focused more on smaller episodes in dealing with individual cheaters with only hints at what is going on in terms of the larger plot. However, as it got closer to the end and the overarching plot started coming more and more into focus, it started getting really convoluted with too much happening in too short a time with random twists and the introduction of a good amount of plot holes. The ending was still decent enough otherwise, it just felt really messy. A bigger problem was that while the characters had solid enough set ups and concepts, the character development was weak and the relationship development was even weaker. I was waiting and hoping the entire time for it to go somewhere, anywhere, but in the end nothing ever really materialized, which is a shame because it really felt like it needed something, wherein anything, even something weak, would be better than nothing.  What makes this worth reading though, is primarily the art. The combat isn't all that deep and rarely has much strategy to it, but it looks really cool. And the character designs were great, and how they were portrayed and just the general style and focus was really great, especially with the covers and color pages. That alone makes it well worth a read. 

Also, it was weird in that it took characters from Eden no Ouri, another work by the author, and just threw them in random positions, often as Easter eggs, but a couple of major roles as well. I didn't really like that or hate it, but did find it kind of strange. 
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