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LuckyYounes proudly presents this modern manga review:

- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a long running manga written by the most popular influential manga artist (mangaka), Hirihiko Araki, the Japanese immortal man. He was born on June 7, 1960 in Sendai, Miyagi. He started publishing his magnum opus in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1987, and his deep love to the western culture made this franchise have a very unique and diverce plots and interface. Particularly, we will have the spot on its 7th part; Steel Ball Run. That was published from January 19, 2004 to April 19, 2011 in Ultra Jump.
- The story is about a horse race where the jockeys have to cross more than 10000 Kms from San Diego to New York in a weird shaped route with 9 stages and the prize is 50 Million Dollars. That time, it was a heavy number, with some calculations that prize in 1890 is equal to 1,3 Billion Dollars in our days. The main protagonist, Johnny Joestar, the crippled former jockey , his fans call him “Joe Kid” or “JoJo”. He wanted to watch the race start in San Diego. There he encounters his future ally, Gyro Zeppeli, a racer and former executioner with two steel balls instead of guns. JoJo witnesses Gyro use one of them in a duel to unleash some superpowers. In the midst of chaos, Johnny happens to touch the other steel ball in his waist and feel a power surging through his legs, allows him to stand up for the first time in 2 years, spoiler alert it’s called rotation. Joe Kid vows to find the secret behind all of this and decides to compete in the race so his bizarre adventure begins. For the narrator, he was simply defined as Johnny because right at the end of the first chapter, he said “ This is my story how I got back my ability to walk two years ago”. For the vocabulary, you don’t really need a dictionary because the hard word are bold and illustrated so you can comprehend it while reading the dialogue in the bubble text and that’s a cool thing. For the events’ order, you can say it’s well ordered but in a bizarre way because for a new reading who started from part 7 and it’s a frequent phenomena because part 7 takes place in an alternative universe so it’s like a reboot for the franchise and whatsoever. So they will find some difficulties with the main superpower “Stands”. For that, the author made a special chapter (27.5) to explain everything about “Stands” but that won’t hurt the order because on each fight they win, the closer they get to solve the mystery behind the Steel Ball Run race and beat the Antagonist as known as the 23rd USA president, Funny Valentine.
- In conclusion, the characters might seem realistic because most of their appearance and ideology are inspired from real life artists and western songs. Even their back-stories are a reference too; For exemple, Funny Valentine’s back-story is a reference to Putch’s from the 1994 American Film “Pulp Fiction”. And though, one of the most accurate reason why I can say Steel ball run is one of the best comics ever written is due to its creative and original story plot. Nonetheless, I recommend intellectual people to start reading it hopefully they like it.

A modern classic through and through.

A story where you can tell a lot of things have been thought about by the author in 2009 for a payoff that delivers on it's promises, opening the mystery box in 2019/2020 giving you the answers some have waited 10 years for.

A masterful build up of the story, world and characters.
This manga excels in the story and characters department, showing you a world that grips you and draws you in.
You want to know more and the story drip feeds you just enough so you may ask even more questions.
The answers don't disappoint.

One of the only mangas I would rate a 10/10, altough the art in the very early chapters is a bit dated, the art in the past few years has been godly.
If you're not reading this and then watching the anime conclusion when it airs, you're seriously missing out on a brilliant story told by a very talented and competent writer.

This is a masterpiece. It is truly unbelievable what the author has managed to do with so very little. Hell, the first volume takes place nearly entirely in the same location and you don't care. The story is THAT compelling. If you are looking for a good story, one that gives you something that makes you want to keep reading, read this.

It has plot twists like no other story I've ever read. Plot twists that you don't see coming, but make sense. They make such perfect sense you can't believe you didn't realize it yourself.

I would only start if you have time to spare because you will be hooked.

The author has it as a free .pdf file on their website, which confused me at first. It's also in a different format than any other story I've read. Don't let this deter you. The description doesn't give this story justice. You will love it.

No reviews, huh.

Well. This is trash. If you have been unlucky enough to see "Rengoku no Karma", this manga is similar - skilled artist for some incomprehensible reason depicting an "idiot plot" (check tvtropes for this one).

The premise is that in some more or less normal classroom, pupils get magical application installed onto their smartphones, it can't be removed, they have to vote, and whoever is voted out is going to experience "social death"... which means some secret of theirs is gonna be posted online, pretty much. Obviously, they all go nuts about it and try to act in most horrific and most nonsensical way possible.

Basically, this is a manga, that uses overly relies on shock, tries too hard to shock the viewer, and is obsessed with depicting humans as horrible horrible horrible creatures that do unthinkable things to each other given opportunity.

In the process of doing that, however, those kind of stories usually destroy any believability of the setting, as they require large number of people that are incapable of any kind of rational thinking. Same thing happens here. None of this is believable, there are occasional "magical" explanations here and there (like that magical app) and so on.

BReakdown:

Story: 2/10. Completely nonsensical and illogical, pretty much as bad as it could get, but I saw two titles that were even worse, that's why it is not 1.

ARt: 6/10:
The art is actually well done - it is one of the more realistically drawn mangas.

Characters: 1/10:
All characters act in permanent idiot mode, none are believable, even though the author tried to employ some archetypes.

Enjoyment: 2/10:
It is quite bad.

Overall: 2/10.

Bottom line: Once again, like in rengoku no karma, we have horrible horribly written story with nice visuals. This title is best avoided, but might be worth checking out if you really hate people, including yourself. The nicely drawn art cannot not save this title.

The theme might resonante with young teens, though given themes touched they are likely not the target audience. For an adult this is likely to look like pure nonsense.

“Love is a temporary madness " _Louis de Bernières


The story is about a schoolboy who fell in love with his sensei. The two characters have known each other in the past as the teacher happens to be the MC's first-love.

None of all of this is original but what's interesting about this manga is that things takes a different turn. Now that the MC 's first-love is teaching Chemistry in his middle school, he won't let her escape...

The sensei rejects the boy's advances so he starts stalking her and showing his yandere side. This manga is not everyone's cup of tea. However, i liked the disturbing/unsettling romance in it.

I think the problem in this kind of manga lies with the fact that the author didn't explain much why the boy's behaviour became extreme like that. Was it because of love or parental abuse, tragic past, psychological illness or a form of love-driven madness...? What about the woman, did she love him from the start and was good at hiding it? What seduced her in him? etc. So i wouldn't call this one a psychological romance because there isn't much backstory to the characters nor sufficient explanations of their choices.

I think it's a really intriguing and enjoyable romance if you look at it from a different perspective.

If you like unconventional and weird/creepy/age-gap romances or you happen to like psycho-lovers, obsessed-stalkers, jealous-possessive-alpha-males, then this manga is for you.

First off, understand that this is a comedy and that the plot is nearly non-existent. If you're reading it because you heard it was a gender bender, there isn't much genderbending. Just your protagonist who actually isn't really focused on, is a boy pretending to be a girl. I'm not sure I would recommend it. Some jokes are exceptional and inventive, especially chapter 3's skeleton. However,the story is confusing, and it's not worth the headache from trying to understand the plot or if there is a plot. Overall, I'd say read the first three chapters and then decide from there if you wish to continue.

Story: 3
This is by far the weakest part of the manhwa. The main character Jeong Hwan is a detective and receives a letter from his sister asking for help because all the students at her school are the potential brides for the devil. No student is allowed to leave until they graduate so she's trapped. Like any good brother, Jeong Hwan bravely crossdresses so he can infiltrate the school as a student. Yeah, that's your plot line.
From there on, it's kind of just a slice-of-life comedy with all the strange things that happen when you're trapped in an all-girls school that practices magic and is run by the devil. People get killed, and no one cares because they think they're simply being dramatic. Things happen without any rhyme or reason, and events don't seem to be tied together. The ending effectively just slaps a bandage over the plot and calls it good enough. The entire plot is resolved far too quickly.

Art: 6
I can't really say much. It's good but not spectacular. A couple of the girls look too much alike, but you can usually keep them separate.

Characters: 6
Some of the characters are decently developed. Unfortunately there are too many characters that the author tries to develop for a one volume manhwa. Several of the minor characters actually get more development than the main character. For the most part, the characters are devices only used to reach the punch line and do not reach the point of resembling actual human beings.

Enjoyment: 6 nearly 7
Like I said before, it's funny. Several jokes are well done, original, and inventive. Chapter 3 is my favorite. The skeleton, acupuncture, and statue are not what you're expecting, but that's largely what the humor relies on: blasting your expectations out the window and having fun doing it.

Overall I'll give it a 5. I wavered from a 4 due to its pure chaos up to 6 or 7 for the jokes and ended up with a 5. Play with it. Read the first few chapters and decide if you want to continue.

Before you decide on reading this manga, just be aware of some triggers that are present within the story:

1. There is a r*pe scene (the chapter ends before the reader can see anything but, I feel it is important to know).
2. In almost all the chapters, one can clearly see acts of gro*ming and ped*philia.
3. It is very gory from the beginning.
At the end of the day, it is a horror manga, however, still, take this into consideration before going into it!

(Personal review)
Story-wise, if you decide that this manga is not for you, I am happy to inform you that you are not missing out on much. The story is shallow and it is;t particularly interesting nor scary. In the end, it will leave you with more questions than answers and an extreme need to bleach your eyes.

Wait, that's it? After just over a dozen chapters it's over? We had such a good thing going! I couldn't believe it when I saw it, but chapter 14 had "Final Chapter" printed at the beginning and "The End" printed on the last page. So, here's a review of what we got.

"Time Paradox Ghost Writer" got off to a great start following our MC as he struggled to create great art with his limited talent and various sci-fi shenanigans kept interfering, but it seems almost pointless to grade the 'STORY' section since the last few chapters rush through so much to force some kind of proper ending. This situation has "early cancellation" written all over it. It's a shame, I thought there was great potential here, but it must not have caught on with other readers.

The art is nice and polished, but aesthetically it's exactly what I'd expect from such a mainstream publication- it looks like a Shonen Jump manga through and through. The characters didn't have any time to develop beyond their initial 'hook', which is a shame because while I'd say they didn't look like they were ever going to make it to my All Time Favorites list even if the series had a full run, there was potential and they were more than serviceable.

As for 'Enjoyment', I was hooked on this one. "Ghostwriter" set itself up as a cross between "Steins;Gate" and "Bakuman"- two series I enjoy. The mystery started out strong and I was eagerly awaiting every new chapter. Then Chapter 13 felt off somehow, and then BAM! Chapter 14 ends it.

It's hard to recommend this series due to the abrupt ending, if you get hooked you'll just be disappointed by the finale that comes as suddenly and gracefully as a car crash. Oh, what might have been.

Story 7/10 Nice Idea but there isnt much of a story since its too short for something else so its not that big weight to the Overall.

Art 9/10 The art is nice and lively really fits with the story and characters.

Character 9/10 Okay the characters are quite typical harem-manga characters in general but ... together with the art and in the short story it is well done especially Hiyori ^^

Enjoyment 9/10 A really enjoyable manga way too short but theyre all too short when we enjoy them right ? ^^

Overall 9/10 Cause its too short im rounding up the 8,5 ^^

Hiyori is Love ;) Impossible not to like her :)

"Boku no Futatsu no Tsubasa" is an ecchi comedy manga that really feels more like fan service for people who enjoy gender bending stories. I don't feel any need to criticize the themes, but I will say that in many cases the characters come off quite shallow. For instance, wile I certainly expect teenagers to be obsessed with sex, neither of the two main leads seem to have any sort of emotional baggage that goes along with these feelings and that alone feels very unnatural.

The plot line itself is fairly nonsensical - starting off as "slice of life" comedy, but then changing about half way through the series to a sci-fi conspiracy that never really seems credible and the ending is perfunctory and only perhaps modestly satisfying.

That being said, this is not a terrible manga. It's merely not very good. If you're a fan of gender bent/futanari type stories, then you might get some extra mileage out of the subject mater here, but for other people there isn't really much here to see that you can't get elsewhere and honestly done better.