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Border review
Overall, a nice story about the romance between a man and a trans woman.
Story: The major issue I had with this story is that it decides to tell the story from the point of view of the man, and thus gives equal weight to his storyline, when it really should have been her story. The love triangle between an indecisive college student, his female classmate who is master of the mixed message, and the trans woman is given equal attention compared to the trans woman's storyline, if not more. This was disappointing, since the trans woman, who was previously a husband and a father, and is now working through the transition and what that means for her ex-wife and child is infinitely more interesting than an overdone love triangle that ultimately goes nowhere. To be honest, the female classmate could have been cut out of the story with very little consequence. The romance between the two is cute enough to sustain two volumes and the happy ending is refreshing, so I was satisfied. Art: The art was not amazing but it is competent and never detracted from the story.
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Kusakabe-san review
As expected from Oshimi Shuuzo, Kusakabe-san offers a look inside the dysfunctional relationship between a disturbed man and woman.
Our introduction to Kusakuba is a strong one; laid out in front of the nameless protagonist's apartment with proclaiming she had just been raped with a carefree grin on her face. This is probably one of the more subtle bouts of insanity displayed in an Oshimi manga. The two waste no time in starting a sexual relationship before they actually begin dating. It's also implied Kusakabe has an eating disorder due to her alternating between not eating and then binging followed by purging. Kusakabe is a complete enigma. We don't know why she does what she does or what her backstory is. It's probably better than way. There's no reason to explain her insanity because her worldview only makes sense to her. The protagonist isn't much better as he feels worthless without her and doesn't besides yell when Kusakabe brags about how many men fucked/raped her and how it was better than the sex they had. These two are hot messes who probably only have each other to confide in. The short length of this one-shot is its biggest hindrance as there isn't much room for character development to make the pairing feel alive. We only know the bare bones of who they are and can only speculate what in life led to where they are. If nothing else, this manga shows that even two losers in life can find true love.
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Baoh Raihousha review
Hirohiko Araki is of course incredibly well-known for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but after getting current on that, I decided to check out one of his earlier works -- Baoh. This is a manga that I feel suffers from simply being too short. I think the idea has some potential, but it fails to ever become anything great, simply being "just ok".
The story centers around our main character Ikuro, who is forcibly given superpowers by an evil organization. Thus he is able to transform into Baoh. He escapes with a young girl and then the organization hunts them down until Ikuro eventually makes his way to their headquarters for a showdown. The concept is nothing special, but it's not particularly bad either. The problem lies in the fact that we are overall given very little explanation of the world and characters. Baoh pulls his powers from nowhere with little to no explanation of them. For the most part, they are self-explanatory, but the problem is we never really know just what Baoh is capable of. It's hard to feel suspense during a fight when we know the character could very well just unveil some new power that we've never seen before. Every fight is like a deus ex machina because of this. Second, the characters aren't explained very well. Who are Doress, and why did they create Baoh? To use him as a weapon, but for what purpose? The pacing is extremely tight, which ends up being detrimental since very important things like the characters' motivations end up getting kind of brushed over in favor of more fight scenes. Speaking of the fight scenes, they are, again, nothing special. Araki's art is of course very distinct, and we see something close to what is seen in his other early works like Part 1 of JoJo or Mashounen BT. They're nice to look at, but when it comes to the content, they're certainly lacking the cleverness and creativeness that his later series JoJo has become known for. Rather, these fights are usually fairly straightforward, but then Baoh uses a new power to win. Having the hero develop new powers can be nice, but there's little buildup and it gets old. Overall, I can't really give this a strong recommendation. If you're a fan of Araki like I am, you might enjoy this. However, between Baoh, Mashounen BT, and JoJo, Baoh is without a doubt the weakest of his works.
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Joou-sama no Eshi review
This is at the same time so very odd and so very normal; it's a slice-of-life series about four friends that try to make a comic book and nothing really unusual happens but at the same time it dismisses all the clichés so much and at the same time references them that it becomes original; it's surreal in how contemporary it feels and how much of it references the very current state of comic book production and self-censorship in Japan and the ire of the author with censorship regarding controversial content can clearly be felt.
What one shan't find in this story is: - a faceless (male )protagonist meant for reader-insertion: there are four protagonists( — two male, two female) — all of which are æequally the hero and the story takes place from all of their perspectives. - a male boy meets female girl story, despite it being about love developing love and relationships it handles this in an original way. - clearly developing love for the audience whither the characters are oblivious; the internal dialogue of the characters as their love develops is seen and they quæstion themselves and their feelings As per usual with the author there is a tonne of casual sexual harassment and I love it. We have four friends: three students and one teacher, two males and one female that are sexually oddly open with each other for such a dynamic and casually sexually harass each other and seem to be fine with it. The line "Bitch, get your tits off me; I'll rape you." was actually uttered. This is absolutely not one of those series that tries to spread the idea of "Sexual harassment is fine as long as it's not a male doing it to a female." but rathe "Sexual harassment is fine when it's done amongst friends that can laugh about it." and it's completely æqual opportunity — in essence it's a power phantasy for sex-positive people that want a world or at least friends where sex and sexual taboos aren't treated so sensitively and one needn't define one's sexual taste with rigorous labels. The story definitely isn't about lolicon but references it all the same with one of the characters openly calling children "before they grow pubes" "hot" and another claiming to be borderline after having seen pictures of another character as a youngster. Apart from that the plot definitely takes a backseat to the interactions, comedy, and social - and comic-book market criticisms. There isn't really an overarching plot except four guys that are trying to make a comic book together and more or less succeed and discover and find themselves through the complicated, censorship-stained world of comic book publishing — it's a holesome story in the end with a happy end where all the characters can look back on what they learnt and discovered about themselves and how they improved. If one be looking for a faceless protagonist self-insert harem power-phantasy then one should look somewhere else: the men of culture are talking now.
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Liberty review
This manga is insanely good! I love it! The plot is good as it is not too fast and not too slow either. Some parts of the story make my hand tingle and get me excited. The art is also excellent and it hit the type of art that I desire in the manga. The characters blend in the story and the author does not bring in characters without a purpose which, for me, is great. Also, one of the important things I will comment on concerning the characters is that "I don't despise any single of them and none of them has those
irritating attitudes." Therefore overall, it's great and I give this manga 10/10!
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SAI:Taker: Futari no Artemis review
SAI: Taker is a classic tale of missed opportunity. But with Im Dal Young as its writer there is little ells to be expected from it.
It started out very strong with an intrestring world and a very intrestring concept to work around in that world (personally the gender swap was great but that is a personal taste) and does keep that the first few chapter. But the sad thing is that it adds up to nothing. It's a story that really ends before it gets to start because what is there, feels as the world building set up you do so your characters actions and abilities are more explained. And honestly it's sad because if there was done something with this story it could have been great. But it just ends before actually doing ANYTHING. But lets not gloss over the fact that I had fun reading it, it was fun to the end. But as a wise man once said: "The ending is paramount." And the ending of SAI: Taker sadly ruins it all by ending with just a buildup for nothing real.
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Shadow Lady review
It's such a shame this story got cancelled years ago. This is my favorite Masakazu Katsura title and outside of Sailor Moon, my favorite magical girl series. Great visuals, good action, some classic shounen humor, Shadow Lady is a pretty fun read that was cut far too short.
[STORY 7] Think of Saint Tail, except with a darker story and replace the bubbly cute Haneoka with a curvacious, bouncy Aimee. I've always thought this story and the protagonist as a telling of some kind of female Batman or something, what with lurking in the shadows (no pun intended) in a dark, Gotham City-style scenery (Gray City looks fantastic), and is still one of the more interesting anti-heroine/hero stories I've read in the manga universe. While this story was shortened and the plot is rushed, it's still pretty darn entertaining. I could easily have seen this saga being more than 100 chapters long and still kind of hope Masakazu has a chance to truly complete it. [ART 10] These visuals kick assage. Gray City has a really cool gothic, middle age feel on the exterior while still retaining the countenance of a late 20th century metropolis. The penciling and the inking is fantastic, as much of the events take place in the night, the shadows never obscure the action and every panel is really crisp. Very clever use of multiple hues of gray and black do a great job of bringing Gray City to life. The characters look great as always in the signature style Masakazu applies with all his works. I really love Shadow Lady's design and her alternate outfits. Next to Hime in Princess Resurrection, Shadow Lady is the sexiest female character in gothic clothing. I also got a kick out of Bright's wacky array of inventions he uses to fight crime. It's filled with lots of fan service, just a cherry on top of the sundae. It's pretty amazing how inoffensively perverted Shadow Lady is despite the lengths it goes to show skin, but that's been the author's signature since I can remember with Video Girl Ai and DNA2, and it didn't bother me. [CHARACTER 7] It's almost a super hero parody at first, even to the extent that Shadow Lady becomes almost a celebrity. As with most magically altered personas, SL is pretty much Aimee's yang to her yin. I loved the police chief and manga's most useless cops try to foil SL only to get owned every time. It's funny that while I consider the titular character in the light of Batman, Bright Honda is actually the one with the goofy gadgets. I like this character, and he's one of the models of the awesome, yet epic fail male characters that I enjoy today. And Spark Girl is just plain hot, and she wasn't in it enough. [ENJOYMENT 8] It's light-hearted fun of a girl with mysterious powers that gets pretty gripping near the end. Shadow Lady has a pretty high reread value in my collection. It's got a very entertaining lead character, an enriching setting, enjoyable support characters, and despite a rushed ending, was a little bit satisfying, although there's still some very important unanswered questions. [OVERALL 8] This series has been a classic for me for quite some time and fans of the author will enjoy it. While it misses certain aspects of plot development and character depth, it makes up for it with an all around solid plot tied with good comedy and great artwork. PROS: Excellent art, cool atmosphere, good characters, solid story CONS: Too short
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Shutter Love review
Wow! This's a great manga!
It's not the typical type, where the girls are weaker then men, at all! Not that I'm a feminist, but I was getting annoyed with the majority of mangas that have such weak female characters.. But this is not the case. There are 3 principal girls, and one boy, and the story goes around photografy. It's not just romance, it's about finding your passion in life, and that passion is not the 'partner boy' but the 'partner career'. It touches very lightly the kogals theme, as the lead character and her friend are one of them. The ending is surprising and original, I won't spoil it though.. The art it's just mediocre, really, not good at all. It could be worse anyway. Even though It's just an one shot, that was enough to develop a good plot, and the story is very consistent. I recommend it ^-^
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BARA TO DANGAN review
Alrite! I even registered to review this baby! First of here goes!
Story: 10! y? cuz I love the concept and I love how that causes a development in the story! And the charcter relationship is just drop jaw adorable! Art: I am not a big fan of this kind of draw style but the story makes up for it! Character: Not much development becuz it is a 1-shot but it gives u enough info to fall in love with the characters! Enjoyment: lets just say i reread it a few more times and still loved it ^^ Overall!: just read it and find out!
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