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Knife review
"I told my supervising editor once, "I'm drawing because i want to be forgiven." He said, "Yes, I understand just what you mean." I almost felt like I'd cry."
It's been a while since I've read Knife, but I still remember the effect this had on me. I'll try not to get overly sentimental, but after reading this and discovering that the author had a long-running manga series (Meteor Methuselah), I've never been so hyped for anything in my life. And then I still had to find out she drew these stories as a teenager (!) Judging from the small amount of users but 8.31 rating and 10/10 reviews for Meteor Methuselah + the awful rating on this collection, Kaori Ozaki's works seem to be something people either disregard or absolutely adore and place among their favorite works of fiction of all time. In other words, Kaori Ozaki is a cult-mangaka. And it's safe to say I definitely belong to this cult. And here's where the sentimentality kicks in and I get embarassing: The moment I started reading her works, I felt like I found a soulmate. That's right. You heard me. A soulmate. And I dare say there's many more who feel this way among the few that have been lucky enough to read her work. In this collection of early short stories, you can really get to know who Kaori Ozaki is as an author. Ozaki has a deceptively simple artstyle, but she is an incredibly talented artist. At first glance, you might not think there's much going on. Not alot of work was put into the backgrounds and the character designs are very typical of 80's/90's manga with a little bit of a personal twist to it, that oddly enough make them reminiscent of the current drawing style. But once you zoom in, there's a sensitivity in the panels you'll either feel or you don't. And more significantly: the level of nuanced, conflicted emotion in the faces is something I haven't seen before in manga. The reason for this apparent simplicity is actually quite silly: she doesn't work with assistants. She does everything herself. She has also mentioned in an interview that writing the plot is a painstakingly difficult process for her. However she has also described drawing an absolute necessity, almost like a survival mechanism. Considering these melancholic utterances, the content of the stories make alot of sense and the effort going into drawing the right emotions in the character's eyes. We're dealing with a tormented romantic here. Speaking of tormented romantics. Nearly every one of the chapters features "weak" characters who are in some way completely unfit to live in the world they live in and usually has another character try and take care of them. It is painfully tragic to see these characters struggle about, and although not everyone might relate to the stories, or feel the need for such melancholy and tragedy in their reading, it's all genuine. She has a grasp on human emotion and the struggle of life, that many manga writers could only dream of having. In short: 'Knife' is a very emotional, tragic read and a great introduction to one of the most criminally underread mangaka, Check it out. And if you're feeling it, keep on reading her other works. If you don't feel it, that's all right too, maybe this amount of melancholy just isn't for you. But you should know she made all this when she was 17-19. And her art has definitely matured over the years. For those of you who have read her other series: definitely check out her first attempts at manga. If only because it's interesting to see how her art has evolved. Be warned that it might be alot darker than you're used too, but the same themes from her other work are here too, just being explored in a different way. Perhaps it might even be more profound reading for adults and older teens than her work aimed at younger audiences? I'll get back to you on that. Also interesting: she adds these little anecdotes at the end of every story, (which mangaka tend to do), but she really tends to expose bits of her soul. Really fun to read if you are a fan.
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Watashi Igai Jinrui Zenin Yuri review
Allright then. Finished this manga and I wanted to say a bit about it because I have mixed feelings and the synopsis MAL gives you is pretty crappy as of right now.
‘All of Humanity is Yuri Except For Me’ is a relatively short manga about a girl who suddenly finds herself in a world where men don’t exist. She starts panicking and questioning if all of this is real but calms down when she gets in contact with a girl who agrees to believe her story. From there on out they try to find clues as to how this happened as well as how to reverse it, while in the meantime the fact that this other girl falls in love with her complicates things a bit. The start seemed very promising to me. I like parallel worlds, I like yuri and I like mysteries that need to be solved. It sounded like a safe manga to read to have a good time. And looking at it afterwards it still kinda was, but not as good as I hoped it to be. I did like the characters and the setting, and I also liked the determination of the protagonist to set things straight, both with getting back to her original world and her friendship with the second girl. However after around the halfway point it became pretty clear what the rest of the manga will focus on: the protagonist trying to get home and the romance getting tenser and more exciting. And don’t get me wrong, those were both things that were ‘advertised to be there’ from the very beginning. My problem is with the fact that everything else is kind of neglected. For example: The whole fact that the entire world consists of nothing but girls. You know, the whole title of this manga? In the first like 2 chapters this matters, but in by far the larger second half it doesn’t matter whatsoever. It’s a different world than the one the protagonist came from and that’s it, the fact that the difference is that all men are gone doesn’t really affect the story at all. Another thing I could complain about is that side characters only appear for a very short time and then just become irrelevant, but I guess that’s to be expected from a short manga. You should read this if: - You like the isekai genre (but don’t think about it too much) - You like having an all-girl cast - You want to have a short read with some decent yuri romance in it You shouldn't read this if: - You take world-building very seriously - You don’t like it after the first chapter (it will be a lot more of that) - You don’t like yuri at all (in which case, how did you even get here?) Initial score: 8.0/10 Final score: 7.0/10 [Also at the time of writing this there were no other reviews for this manga yet, so here you go!]
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Ai Death Gun review
I stumbled across this manga a while ago - however due to the new chapters not being translated I had it on hold for a long time. I did actually request to receive an e-mail about when this would be updated and I am so glad I did.
Story 10: The whole manga follows one main story line (there will be bits where you find little parts of Mijou Yashik looking back to his past - but even that connects to the bigger picture) In short - there are a bunch of Police offices which specialise in going after the undead - Sajimiya Reiji and Mijou Yashik are partners and they can only use their "Deathguns" when they are with each other - there is a "Vampire" in town (however in the manga it doesn't actually specify that he is a vampire) and he goes around killing prisoners and police offices and Yashik and Reiji set out to stop him. Art 10 : I absolutely LOVE it when I come across mangas which are drawn like this one - the art is amazing, so sharp with all the details and it really comes across that a lot of hard work was put in to the drawings, each individual character looks different - you do not find ones that look the same - unless they are related of course. I give the art a 10 because in my opinion it couldn't have been any better. Characters 10 - Sajimiya Reiji and Mijou Yashik (Main Characters) are so compatible with each other - yet in their own ways they are so different, Mijou Yashik had a relative die in front of him in his past (which is shown throughout the story) but the connection between Reiji and Yashik is quite heartwarming how they are always there to help each other and to help others as well. Enjoyment 10 - I love it! :D So glad I waited so I could read each chapter after each other - I will be buying this manga in thr future if it is released in English :) Overall : 10 :D - Shame there isn't more but I am glad it wasn't dropped and that the story ended properly.
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Okusama wa Joshikousei review
Oh god. This is my first review so it's probably gonna be shitty, but I honestly couldn't give a shit. This is one of, if not, the worst manga I've read in my nearly 10 years of being a fan of anime and manga. Stay away from this garbage if you want to keep your sanity. I'm barely functioning after read about 100 chapters. First of the characters. Oh god the characters. Don't get attached to anyone ((especially) the female protagonist) as they will continuously piss you off to no end. Characters will do things that any human with common sense would know they shouldn't
do but do it anyway. The art is probably the only saving grace of the entire series, though the only reason it's this good is probably cause it's the only reason any one would read this smut. All in all fuck this manga, don't read it, don't watch the anime (yes there is one), just...don't try too look at anything that is related in anyway to this piece of shit manga. Peace the fuck out.
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Dame na Kanojo wa Amaetai review
(Português BR abaixo - portuguese version below)
I'll keep it short since I decided to write this in two languages and there isn't a lot to talk about here. I liked the art - it's NOT amazing in any way and only ero when it counts (like when we look at Sensei through teenage MC's eyes) but it is soft and the compositions flow very naturally. That said it was axed and it shows. Author decided to go meta and poorly wrap everything by making Sensei got her manga axed too. It's a shame. It wasn't a great history nor new and any of its premises and developments and lack of payoffs but it was *nice* to look at and giggle ocasionally. --- Mantendo a resenha curta e objetiva: a arte é boa. Não é fantástica mas pra o que se presta a retratar o faz bem: a composição é boa, vc sempre sabe quem é quem e onde está tudo na cena e as poucas cenas mais ero são pontuadas pelo olhar adolescente do protagonista, o que faz todo sentido. O mangá foi cancelado e é perceptível que o/a autor/a meteu o pé na metalinguagem no segundo volume - o final obviamente deixa muito a desejar mas creio que alguém que vá ler já com isso em mente seja um pouco mais generoso do que eu estou sendo aqui. Não espere nada além de um romcom mediano pra baixo - o que é bom é apenas bom e o que não é bom não é horrível, simples.
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Girl May Kill review
Okay let me first give a disclaimer that this manga is basically for a mature audience completely. Not that it's constantly involving mature themes, but rather dealing with concepts that are distant from the innocence that you would expect from modern anime & manga.
I read this via Crunchyroll manga, and after about 10 chapters I ordered the Japanese manga. The story: is about Gohongi, a man in his mid-twenties without any real family left, moving back to his hometown, working and living at a movie shop in chinatown. He suddenly gains new roommates to later find out they are all involved in the mafia named "Lovely Hometown". One of the new roommates, is a fifteen year-old girl named Mei which Gohongi constantly tries to convince to try a new lifestyle. He eventually steps too far into the mafia life and ends up involved. He is constantly struggling with the concept of death, and worries for Mei while she finds solace in hanging around Gohongi. My opinion: Although at 23 chapters and 4 volumes, this series was somewhat brief, I am astonished at the character development. In both a good way and bad way. I say this, because later on certain characters make decisions which seem rather "out of character". I mostly enjoyed it regardless, because it made everything more suspenseful. I thoroughly enjoyed the manga and am very surprised at the lack of general attention this series has received. There are some parts that kind of made me uncomfortable, but I was able to get through it. The ending left me sad and slightly confused, but it was also beautiful and I don't think I will read another manga like this in a long time. I imagine this will eventually become a cult hit.
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Diabolik Lovers Anthology review
When I was young, I used to watch Diabloik Lovers the Anime. I didn`t like it because the main heroin is STUPID AS HELL and I realised that this "franchise"(?) was build for 12-old young girls which are sexually mad by vampires and vampire bites.
But...Yeah, I read Diabolik Lovers Anthology. I don`t know why but I read it. The whole manga is a bit better that the anime, it`s like a book spinn-off(?). The main heroine acts not so stupid than in anime. The other characters are as usual as always but a bit better. The art of the manga is poor, but it didn`t hurt my eyes at all. The manga doesn`t have the main plot, there are separated stories of main heroine with each vampire. The manga is fine, I guess. If you are the DL fan but you don`t like how the main heroine acts like and you think about holes in anime plots, you can read it, iif you want. This manga is only for "one time" - not good and not so bad))
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Trans Trans review
I really like this manga. I know it is nothing special and doesn't have much time to develop into much that is special, but it is the sort of thing I would have loved as a kid who didn't know they were trans yet.
The protagonist very much reads like a trans girl. The protagonist uses a glitch to play as a female character in the game and the character is what the protagonist thinks is an idealized version of themself. The story of a person who gets to become a female superhero in the real world and get a girlfriend thanks to playing an MMO makes it a wish fulfillment story for me. Gender transformation manga are normally chock full of very uncomfortable tropes and being only 8 chapters long and cut short usually wouldn't prevent a gender transformation manga from having them. Trans Trans manages to avoid most of them.
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Ashigei Shoujo Komura-san review
I-I MUST SNIFF, *SNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFF** OH GOD F*CCKK, HUHGHU, *SNIIFF*, HUHGJGUHHGUGHU, I-I-IM COOOMING!!!!!
Yeah it's good, I guess. I mean this Manga even has (*ATTENTION MAJOR SPOILERS INCOMING*) a Bob Ross reference, happy feet... happy feet :') If I were you, I'd stop reading this and immediately get into this Manga! You don't like feet you say? Don't worry, our Main Protagonist (Every single square foot that her (The lady of feet thing magic thing) feet touch) also has some nice action. My feet are now able to express emotions, that's how good this Manga is. It's clearly a work of art, and I'll quote what 2 a random side-chars said to further prove my point: "That's so cool! It looks like real art!" and "I can feel the imagination.". Still reading this? You clearly got a problem, that's why you're on this page, reading this comment to begin with... You should be reading the manga already! Have a good one~
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