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JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run review
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run
Apr 16, 2021
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 7: Steel Ball Run review
Since the classic second installment of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Battle Tendency, JoJo has always been a great manga. Each individual part features a plethora of great characters, compelling plot points, amusing comedic scenes, and heartbreaking tragedy. As the final panel of Part 6 comes into full view, no one can deny that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is one of the greatest manga of all time.

Yet I'm not writing this review to tell you why JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is great; I'm here to tell you why it's a masterpiece and my second favorite series of all time. And to understand why JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a masterpiece, one must first analyze the almost undisputed greatest story arc: Steel Ball Run. With this seventh story arc of the JJBA franchise, Araki joins the likes of Miura and Urasawa in the highest echelon of the manga industry.

Story: 10

Steel Ball Run is a narrative that follows the adventures of two protagonists, Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zepelli, as they both strive to obtain first place in the Steel Ball Run Race; a voyage across the United States of America on horseback for the chance to win $50,000,000.

Ever since Part 4, Araki has utilized the narrative concept of an epiphany masterfully. Within the first three parts, the goals of the respective JoJos ultimately remained stagnant and undynamic. Each protagonist, more or less, understands the gravity of their conflict from the opening acts until the very end. However, since the mystery surrounding Yoshikage Kira and the murder of young Morioh women in Diamond is Unbreakable, Araki has ensured that each individual interprets the world around them differently and comes to multiple realizations throughout the course of the plot. Not everything is as it seems.

Within Steel Ball Run, Johnny and Gyro's epiphany fuels the story forward, as they begin to ascertain that the significance of this race holds worldwide implications. Whereas originally the reader is of the notion that Steel Ball Run is all about its namesake race, we soon discern that this is not the case.

The narrative of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run is beautifully woven. Each arc feels as if it belongs and holds merit. A sense of progression pervades each action taken by the characters. The story is full of complex thematics, psychological battles, and cleverly written dialogue. By far, Steel Ball Run is the most expertly written segment of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

JJBA is famous for its battles, so It wouldn't be just to refrain from mentioning them. Steel Ball Run has the greatest battles within JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Each Stand is unique and interesting, and each action has a psychological element to it. The final two conflicts are extraordinary, both serving to wrap up the two significant plots of the story; attempting to become the victor of the Steel Ball Run race, and preventing the actualization of the purpose the race was constructed for.

Similar to the part before it, Steel Ball Run has potentially the greatest ending I've ever witnessed within fiction. It is seriously perfect, yet I wouldn't dare spoil its riches.

At its heart, much like A Tale of Two Cities, Steel Ball Run is a story of revival.

Art: 10

Steel Ball Run possesses the second best artwork Araki has ever drawn, only being beaten out by its successor JoJolion. Every single character is aesthetically pleasing, and their appearance reveals a multitude of information about their personality. Araki has definitely had some issues in the past attempting to draw feminine faces, yet he really nailed the character of Lucy Steel, who is one of the most beautifully designed female characters in all of manga.

Character: 10

Steel Ball Run possesses one of the best cast of characters I've ever seen.

There are five major characters within the narrative: Johnny Joestar, Gyro Zepelli, Diego Brando, Funny Valentine, and Lucy Steel. Every single one of them are contenders for the greatest fictional characters ever conceived. Every single one of them possesses their own heartbreaking backstory and distinct motives/ideologies. Because it would take a century to analyze them all, I'll take a closer look at the most compelling and complex character of the manga: Johnny Joestar.

Johnny Joestar is the primary protagonist of Steel Ball Run, as well as the seventh JoJo. Previously, he was a world renown jockey, enjoying opulent environments and luxurious living. However, this caused Johnny to spiral down a dark path. He was conceited and extremely brash, treating those around him like garbage, believing everyone to be a waste of space. Until one day, when cutting in front of the line to watch a play, Johnny was shot in the spinal cord by the enraged person that he wronged.

While in rehabilitation, the world forgot about Johnny Joestar. Although humbled, he became a shell of his former self, suffering constant abuse at the hands of his caretakers. He becomes a paraplegic, even finding himself unable to mount his horse again. After years of looking down upon those who couldn't achieve fame like he did, Johnny Joestar is diminished to a state where he's less than those he ridiculed. He joins the Steel Ball Run race to build himself back upwards to "zero", or the basic point of humanity devoid of any disability or privilege, detestation or praise, isolation or fame. In other words, Johnny Joestar wants to start again.

Each of the main characters is filled with as much depth as Johnny Joestar. That's how profoundly masterful this vibrant cast of characters is. As we follow Johnny throughout his adventures, we are tormented with philosophical questions, such as whether or not the hero of this narrative is actually the villain.

Enjoyment: 10

I love consuming fictional stories. From any sort of medium. Yet there's only a certain sort of story that can light a spark inside my very soul. A story that attributes me with a certain fluttering feeling within the stomach, as I carnivorously crave for more content. The first time I experienced this feeling was after watching the first four seasons of Game of Thrones. The second time I experienced this feeling was when reading the Golden Age arc of Berserk. The third, and final, time I experienced this feeling was when reading the masterpiece that is Steel Ball Run.

What more can I say? I absolutely love it. In fact, it is the only story I've ever read that I wouldn't change a thing about.

Overall: 10

Steel Ball Run is a masterpiece, and the greatest story ever told from beginning to end. It is hard to put into words how this manga makes me feel. I recommend it with all my heart, and could give no series higher praise than JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

"This story is the tale of me starting to walk. Not in the physical sense...but in an adolescence to adulthood sort of way."
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Vagabond
Vagabond
Vagabond
Vagabond review
Vagabond
Apr 16, 2021
Vagabond review
The artwork of Vagabond is simply outstanding. Inoue Takehiko understands exactly how to fully capture the reader in his brush strokes that change to an insane degree depending on in-story situation. I have never seen anything that comes even close in leading the eye along the gorgeous artwork. Even if you don't care at all about the characters or the story, the art alone would make it worthwhile to read this work. The in-story calligraphy is nothing to sneeze at either.

The story roughly follows Yoshikawa Eiji's take on the life of Miyamoto Musashi, undoubtedly one of the the greatest swordsmen to have ever lived. The depth of his understanding of fighting and the art of the sword still eludes droves of sword students today. Starting this manga, I had read Musashi's Go Rin No Sho and the original Yoshikawa Eiji book and I think this made the experience all that more enjoyable. Some of the decisions Musashi makes along the way are much easier to understand with the background knowledge gained from Yoshikawa's book and there's various throwbacks to philosophical understandings Musashi expounds upon in the Go Rin No Sho.

Like Yoshikawa before him, Inoue takes various freedoms in timeline composition from what are the current best guesses about the life of the real, historical Musashi, but it's an action manga after all. If you see the characters as adapted from the Yoshikawa novel, then the level of adaptation is simply outstanding. They come across exactly like in the book, especially the three leads Musashi, Kojirō and Matahachi. Takuan, too, takes very well after the book character. If you haven't read the book, then the characters are still extremely well defined original characters, with clear goals, inhibited by human error and understanding, certainly utterly comprehensible in their life choices, whether your agree or not.

If any manga deserves the designation "unrivaled under the heavens", it's certainly Vagabond.
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Okusama wa Joshikousei
Okusama wa Joshikousei
Okusama wa Joshikousei
Okusama wa Joshikousei review
Okusama wa Joshikousei
Apr 11, 2021
Okusama wa Joshikousei review
What the fuck.
That was my reaction to every chapter I read.

Okusama wa Joshikousei isn't really an outstanding manga.
The story was ok, not really special and got very annoying rather fast. They could have stopped making the manga after ~chapter 50.
The art was decent, not my favorite but that is a personal thing. Also there were a lot of boobs panty shots, so be prepared!
The characters are flat, annoying and partly really weird. The only character I kind of liked was Kyousuke.
Mizunosaki Sasuke was the most horrible of all. Oh my god. I can't describe how fucked up that kid is, I was so glad when he started appearing less.
I'm not sure if I really enjoyed the manga. My overall reaction is stated above but I kept reading anyway.

EDIT: I'm still reading it, the story got me a little bit hooked.
Kyousuke was my favourite character but he fucked it up big time. It's just getting more dramatic and worse. Awful characters are added to the story and decent characters are ruining themselves. The main characters should just divorce and end this, their relationship is quite toxic.

EDIT 2: I finally finished the manga and I'm glad that it's over. The story just got worse and worse and more awful characters were added, one even topped that kid Mizunosaki.
The end fell flat for me. Even though I disliked reading the manga, it could have ended on a better note. After the climax they just went right back to their lives as if nothing happened and the pages before didn't mattered.
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Mushihime
Mushihime
Mushihime
Mushihime review
Mushihime
Apr 11, 2021
Mushihime review
Let me first say I had high hopes for this manga, because the art is truly beautiful, but sadly it falls into the category of horror mangas with great art and mediocre everything-else. It is enjoyable, but with that kind of art it could be great, and it's not.

Story: 4
The basic concept is actually alright, and it could be good. The problem is that after a while the manga is not about the story anymore, it's about the horror scenes. The pacing was kind of weird for me at times and the science of the whole thing is pretty silly, you can see it doesn't work like that even if you're not a scientist. They also tried to connect the story with japanese mythology at some point, but that fell flat too. For me the way the story was used felt very silly, and I cringed at times. Also, what's with that ending?

Art: 9
This is the reason I kept reading this manga, the art is phenomenal. I don't need to say much about it, no problems there, top stuff.

Characters: 5
Did the characters make sense? No.
Did their motives make sense? Also no.
Munakata maybe I get, she's half crazy, in pain, half-insect, ok. The rest of the crew is plain weird, except maybe the protagonist's friends. This is typical of horror mangas, the characters just don't make sense, but usually they try to explain their philosophy. The manga is a short one however, so I understand that there was no space for that.

Enjoyment: 6-7
It was a fun read, and some scenes were breath-taking, if you want to kill some time it is a cool little horror manga.

Overall: 6
If you enjoy monsters, violence and horror this is a good choice. However, if you expect a structured story and good characters this is not it.

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Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore
Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore
Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore
Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore review
Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore
Apr 07, 2021
Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore review
Disappointed in his corporate slave’s life and being unable to see anything enjoyable in the life overall, Kirio Reiji, one day, finds himself in the world that he has never seen before. However, this does not scare Reiji, he is glad to finally part with his old and monotonous life. Although, the only skills, Reiji acquires are appraisal and potion creation, which he later develops, Reiji manages to earn the respect of many people, whom he has helped. Now Reiji together with his companions open their own drugstore and their new life begins.

It is quite difficult to come up with something new to make an isekai story interesting and somewhat unique. Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore manages to do it: its protagonist does not acquire any superpowers and, of course, he is not immortal; he is just a simple young man. However, the two skills he gets are appraisal and potion creation, which immediately help him find a new companion, in the world he knows nothing about. While it might seem that there is nothing special in being able to create medicine, it will be wrong to think so. Reiji immediately wins recognition of the villagers and even opens his own drugstore, and so his new life begins.

Honestly, this manga is quite good. It does not involve harems and fanservice is almost nonexistent in this manga, so the manga has everything to enjoy the story. While it is still a mystery, why Reiji is transported to another world, I do not see this piece of information needed. All that matters is that he is in a new world, Reiji tries to find out more about, he, together with his companions, start his own business and help people, and it is quite enjoyable to follow. Reiji meets many people, who ask him to create them from love potions to something that will scare wolves. And that is the whole story so far.

All in all, quite an interesting manga. Those who like slice of life, this manga might be what you are looking for. Do not expect any epic action scenes, Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore is just a heartwarming slice of life that takes place in another world. By the way, it will get a TV anime.
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KIMI NO AI DE MOTENASHITE
Renai Shijou Shugi
Honomieru Shounen
Esoragoto Note
Esoragoto Note
Esoragoto Note
Esoragoto Note review
Esoragoto Note
Apr 05, 2021
Esoragoto Note review
Esoragoto Note is a short, simple shoujo manga with a very, very tiny amount of romance. It tends to jump around a lot during the 5 chapters and ends with only one or two of about a handful of plot points being settled.


Story - 4/10

The manga has a fairly typical hospital setup. A girl named Ririko has spent most of her life in a hospital and wishes for nothing more than to be able to do the things she never could. She is friends with a boy named Ichiru and is taken care of by the new male nurse Toki and her doctor Hakase. The manga almost follows a slice of life style (if your life was spent in a hospital) and is about Ririko's different interactions with the guys around her and her dreams. Ririko has written down in a notebook many different things that she wants to do from carving 100 pumpkins to sunbathing to skydiving. When she finds out one day after being in the hospital for ten years that they have finally found a donor for her, Ririko is not really sure how to react. She might actually get a chance to do all of the things she has dreamed about for years (despite most of them being very childish).

While this setup had potential, the story did a poor job of developing each plot point and ended up skipping to the next plot point too soon. Also, being only 5 chapters, the story does not really get a chance to develop very far.


Art - 6/10

The characters are generally well drawn, but there was too many times when the characters were drawn as chibi (very short and small). It prevented the manga from ever developing much drama and really was not funny enough to help it comedically. One plot point of the manga is about how the female protagonist never or hardly ever smiles. While I understand it's part of the story, it still results in her hardly ever showing any emotion. She barely even shows negative ones as well and most of the time the guys aren't much better. Most of the emotion shown is irritation or happiness which is usually shown by making the characters chibi which I felt drew away from the emotion as I mentioned before (sorry I just really don't like overuse of chibi characters in anime and manga).


Character - 4/10

The characters are simple and don't get much development due to the short story and multiple, jumbled plot points. Ririko's goals are nice and somewhat unique, but they don't go much into depth about any of them. The rest of the guys are fairly generic with all of them looking out for Ririko (in Ichiru's case Ririko is also looking out for him). They all have very, very small traces of romance of with Ririko but nothing ever happens with it. Not that it really needed the romance and it probably wouldn't have been any better with it anyway, but a little more development between the characters would have helped.


Enjoyment - 4/10

It's a decent story about a girl trying to overcome her health problems and fulfill her dreams, but it just has a lot of problems along the way with its execution. The small, non-romantic harem consists of generic guys, Ririko is pretty boring, adn there is too much chibi in my opinion. I wouldn't recommend this manga and would instead recommend checking out "Rec: Kimi ga Naita Hi" which is a much better short shoujo manga about a person with a crippling health condition.
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