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One Piece is a legendary manga. Known for its absolutely crazy fans and forums, people often chalk One Piece up to be all hype and no substance. I know people who didn't want to try it because the artwork didn't appeal to them or they didn't want to go through the 300+ chapters that it would take to catch up. Most of the people who were initially hesitant to read One Piece fell in love with it right at the second major arc.

Of the 'Big Three,' One Piece was the last I started with and I wish that I had started it earlier. Ridiculously awesome characters, tear-jerking moments, comedy that actually makes me laugh, and Luffy. Oh, Luffy. In One Piece, very few characters are treated as wastes. Oda is very detailed when it comes to setting up a new character. It's hard to forget even the most minor of villains. And it's definitely the type of manga that sends chills all over your body. When you see a character make an epic return, when you hear the background stories of the nakama or whoever, when you watch battle being fought (often intelligently). Oda's chapters feel as if there's a purpose to everyone. The most minute of detail can easily become something big. And as Oda and his audience matured, the themes and events in One Piece did, as well. It's a manga for all ages, no doubt.

I can probably wax poetic for quite sometime regarding the sheer greatness of this manga, but I won't. Please give the manga a chance.

Damn it! When I thought about reading this manga, I didn't think it would be so bad. Today I say: avoid this manga!

Bunkou no Hitotachi is an erotic manga, which started in 2010 and ended seven years later, amid controversies and aversions about its own content. From the beginning, its content was considered controversial by readers and even by the magazine that serialized it, Manga Erotics F, renowned for having Umibe no Onnanoko as his most famous work ever made. Your proposal is interesting: a transferred student gets involved with the only two students from a city in the interior of Japan. So, what could go wrong? What makes you negative for criticism? How did Naoki Yamamoto, your creator, manage to tarnish your reputation on content like this? For that, we need to enter the manga, but carefully.

Following the synopsis, the manga only presents an inner city and two environments: the school and Kobayashi's house, where everything disgusting happens. Yoshida and Dobashi were the two students at the school until the third member arrived. And it is from there that the expectation created by the initial story deceives everyone. As expected by the publication site, the manga is erotic, with explicit nudity and sex throughout the work. I had already tried some similar content before, so I created an optimism of what was to come. However, it was in vain. What is acceptable is only due to the initial synopsis, since after Kobayashi's presentation, eroticism is seen as something routine, unhealthy and without any development between the characters. What is created is not a drama, as we imagined, but a mask that allows us to believe that what we are reading and seeing is normal. I am not annoyed to have read everything, but disappointed to find one of the most extraneous and textless things that exist in erotic manga.

Sundome is the perfect example of how it should work. The protagonists' fetishes and sexual desires have a meaning, a reason for existing. It is not random, nor is it extended over several chapters. Events and environments are constantly altered, giving new interpretations to the libidinous moments that occur. Umibe no Onnanoko also follows something similar, but has drama as the main engine of the characters' erotic actions. Absolutely everything that involves sexual curiosity has a purpose, is developed and creates tension or dramatization, depending on how you see the work.

In this manga, NOTHING happens. Curiosity is the only reason sex exists. It has no history, just a false drama and nothing authentic. It's not like Naoki doesn't try, but he hasn't been able to deliver anything productive or exciting. It is noticeable that the girl closest to Yoshida, Dobashi, has some reason to look at the sexual relations between Yoshida and Kobayashi with such discomfort. But I believe that the author did not know how to develop anything else. Everything is in the theories of what the manga could become. Instead, I felt really uncomfortable with each indifferent look from Dobashi, in addition to the erotic scenes not unlike what is known with Sundome and Umibe.
It is justifiable that the work fell into the abyss of forgetfulness. How can a relevant author waste ink with so much shit? How dare he create disgusting content with no purpose? He could work around problems at the beginning and deliver a narratively positive and decent ending. But what happened was the opposite, a neglect by the author himself with his production and a heap of raw pornography.

Bunkou to Hitotachi is another one of those manga to forget that you read and laugh after years, to remember how bad it is. I had more fun doing this review than reading these 3 volumes. After all, it shouldn't even exist. A waste of time for those who had hopes for this title.

How do I put this, I feel compelled to write a review (it's rare for me since there are only 2 chapters) cos I want to make 2 main points:

1. The first story is quite whacky. I hate to say this, but aside from the weird storyline of shoujo ai that it has (like the parent's and schoolmate's part), I think that it was not well-developed. Like for example, there was no explanation of why the two main characters were together and so on. Somehow, I still like the story despite how highly unlikely the events could occur and how some character designs seem a bit out of place.

2. The second story was uhhh... not exactly strange in the beginning. In fact, it is a likely progression and all... but the ending was... bad. This is not shoujo ai unlike the first story. But... the ending few pages are... uh... weird. It's like a tsunami just went over and I'm surprised at how much the storyline can change with one panel. And it seems unfinished, or rather too abrupt for an ending to the story somehow.

At the end, I think smut would be a proper genre for this manga as both have some sexual scenes.

This is my first review so bear with me.

I didn't hate it but there was a lot left to be desired. The art was about the only redeeming thing in this whole manga. The story (especially the ending), was so contrived, it felt the ending was a part of a whole different manga. The character development was poor and it just was a waste of time.

If you want to read a better quality gender bender about a half guy, half girl (though in a different way), you should read After School Nightmare. It has the sci-fi aspect of this manga; the character development and the mystery is a lot better; and frankly the ending was 20x better than this one.

Edit: I did like how they portrayed the main character in a normal way, in a way where she had problems that were similar (if not the same) to every other teenager.

Art is something to live for. In the world of Inio Asano, life is never-ending suffering, and the things we pursue are what make it worth living. This comes through during the concerts in Ozanari-kun, where music fans from all generations scream "I'm so happy to be alive!"

The characters in this story constantly face miseries, and yet it's their work that makes other people face their miseries. As small a thing as one's favorite band getting back together can justify an entire troubled existence.

Ozanari-kun is a rare manga that utilizes color. Not full color drawings, but tints akin to playing Pokemon Red on a Game Boy Color. This mixing of color and media in general (photographic backgrounds are used sometimes) makes the reader aware of the bigger world outside of the page, while giving the reader the impression that this is a manga. It's not coloring the objects in the story - it's coloring the way we receive them. Green does not mean that a thing is green - just that we see green. I don't mean that I see deeper meanings in the color choices of the story, just that they merely exist for our amusement and not as a descriptor of the world of the story.

Because Ozanari-kun is not a story with its own world to be explored and understood. Music, white-collar work, suicide, these things exist in real people's worlds and lives. It voices the real in the form of the mocked. It shows you the fake world of gag manga while constantly reminding you of the real one.

What I get out of this is a sharp depiction of the fleeting nature of our various emotions. The joy of music. The sadness of having your gift rejected. The fact you don't need to be happy to move on. With its sharp dialogue and remarkable aesthetic, the way Ozanari-kun communicates these ideas is truly iconic.

What will stay with me in this series is the characters. Not that Yabusaka or Ozanari are truly vivid people who will stick with me as inspirations throughout my life. Rather, what they represent, they do excellently. The burdens that the chief carries through his life are communicated with great gravity and respect. Ozanari's wackiness is a great asset, but so is his presence as the perpetually bitter kid who everyone inexplicably likes. The characters hold the dialogue, and are thus the gateway to this story's themes. As such, they're totally excellent.

My main criticisms would be the pacing and presentation. Chapters have no regular length, and priorities can vary. This is not a simple elegant sequence of events, but rather a fusion of gag manga and dramatic priorities. While the aesthetic is remarkable, this is by no means a dense work. In the beginning, that this manga exists at all is the main thing it has going for it - truly unique, but repetitive. But the final act Ozanari Extreme does elevate it.

If you like the works of Inio Asano, Ozanari-kun is a must-read. If you like experimental work, this may be the most experimental thing he has done. If you don't like FLCL, you probably won't like Ozanari-kun.

I found this manga while browsing trough random completed manga ,looking for anything that cought my eye. That i would find a good one on the first try today was very lucky, but it kinda sucks that it wasn't, and probably never will, be finished. I really liked the setting and the development of friendship between our two protaganists. If i had to compare it to any other story it would be *the magus bride*. Other than that if you like fantasy and perhaps something more laid back , give it a read. It's short and will leave you wanting for more ,but also probably being satisfied with the time you just spend ,at least thats how i felt =)

This was okay. A bit disappointing, but it was some silly fun. Junji Ito tends to have some amazing concepts, but unfortunately this is not one of them. This is essentially a collection of connected short stories, each with a similar premise, and all of the them ending the same way - with melting. The formula got tiresome quickly, but at least it was a fast read and the ending made it all worth it. Art wasn't as creative as Junji Ito normally is. Just lots of melting, and that's it. The characters were pretty memorable though, and now whenever someone apologizes profusely to me, I recall this book. I'd say it's worth a read if you're a Junji Ito fan and have read everything else, but I would recommend any other of his manga before this.

Discretion is advised ... But not for violence or strong lenguage, but because you're gonna HATE a lot of characters, so i recommend have a tea, a cigarette or anything that can cover your mouth 'cause you're going to insult a lot.

Actually there aren't many chapters, and the synopsis tells you almost everything: The MC dies, some god show up (who makes a mistake taking away his little fortune), the MC reincarnates in a place where he is victim of inhuman experiments, dies again, the f*king god forces him to reincarnates ... The MC continues with is less and less luck, but this time determined to survive and take revenge of this god.

The art sometimes is good and detailed, and sometimes is loose, not the best. But really knows how to get you stuck in the story and make you feel sorry about the MC.

The characters ... Almost everyone are selfish and disgusting, but not all of them, there's still hope !.

About the enjoyment ... You sure gonna "feel" something, hate, pity, satisfaction.


In brief, i recommend this story 'cause although it looks like the typical isekai of revenge it isn't entirely correct, i can assure you're gonna "fell something". Give it a try !.

Strain.

You must ask yourself... What in the hell is this? Who read this series? There are like 300 other people on this website who've apparently read this. [There are thousands of people reading Naruto and One Piece and Bleach -- almost hundreds of thousands]


Strain brings together the writer behind Fist of the Northern Star and an artist who's brought his realistic [but stylized] and gritty art to other manga I can't correctly name [If you read the manga, you might see various "Meet the Author" things]. Does the combination do this Seinen manga a favor?


It does. The best way to describe this manga is that it's pretty close to the pulp cop/crime drama it wants to be. It plays out like an ambitious crime movie from the 80s. It's full of serious moments and the unintentionally funny moments that are endemic to B movies that try really, really hard [or don't try].


The synopsis will provide the set up for the story, but to summarize it a second time; mysterious Malaysian hitman Mayo [not short for Mayonnaise] -- who draws horses in his free time -- is willing to kill anyone for five dollars. You could buy a burger, soda, and fries for that. [Apparently all he needs is to bang a hoe for sustenance.] [Ma, with a certain pronunciation, is Chinese for Horse]


The story proceeds to throw a host of evil doers with unique quirks, intrigue, and plot twist as our dear protagonist tries to make sense of it all, firing his own fair share of bullets along the way.


Since the manga is only 5 volumes [40 chapters in all], it's pretty brief. The manga rarely ever takes a breather, constantly throwing new developments at the reader.


It's a blast to read and it attains an awkward balance of cool/silly while boasting a bundle of nude scenes. For those who care, penises are apparently invisible, save for 2-3 panels.


It really is a violent and vulgar manga, though I find it to be worth it. Please consider investing some time into the first couple of chapters and see if you like it. I can't promise a perfect manga but I can guarantee a pretty positive experience if you give it a chance.


Thanks for reading and have a good day.

In short, it's like Black Lagoon, but more gratuitous in terms of violence and sexuality. It's also notably worse in just about every way other than art, which is up to personal taste (I'll get into that later).

It's very edgy, following a set of immoral, unsavory characters on their short, episodic adventures of hyper violence. I'm four volumes in, and there has been almost no real continuity from one short arc (up to 3 chapters each) to the next, with the only carryover being one character's developing attraction to another. Just about every arc is just them getting in some predicament with various organized criminal groups that you'll never see again, and killing them. The main characters are all superpowered and you never really feel that they're in any danger. I also found them rather unlikeable. There's also this running "gag" where they attempt top subvert your expectations by setting up a showdown with a big bad at the end of an arc, only to have said big bad be defeated in a single panel. Gets real tired real fast. Writing: shallow and disposable, just like the random goons in the manga.

The way characters are drawn is very stylized and with extremely exaggerated proportions at times (like characters hands hanging below their knees). The continuity of character art is also poor, with characters seemingly going from 6.5 to 9 feet tall from one panel to the next. The objective quality such as linework and shading is good, and the backgrounds are consistently nice.

If this sounds somewhat interesting, check out a couple of chapters. Pretty much nothing changes and it doesn't get any better as it goes on, so you'll figure out pretty quickly whether or not it's for you.