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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
TLDR;

Story: 9/10
Art: 10/10
Character: 10/10
Personal enjoyment: 9/10
Overall: 10/10


Let me start by saying that if you haven't watched/read the previous JoJo Parts 1-6, I HIGHLY recommend that you do so before reading Steel Ball Run. There are plenty of parallels and callbacks to previous parts that will make this more enjoyable for you. With that said, if you really can't help but read SBR before the other parts, you can because this is it's own story with its own characters.

When looking at it from an objective viewpoint, Steel Ball Run is almost certainly the BEST part of JoJo. Almost everything about it from previous parts is improved, including the main characters, the art, the pacing, the setting, and the weight of the fights.

- Story -

SBR takes the approach of Parts 5 and 6 by having a story that continually builds upon itself as it goes on while also having fights in between major story moments, and it works wonderfully. I've seen others say that SBR has a slow start and I honestly disagree. I think this start sets up its atmosphere and characters well, and also gives the characters in the story a clear goal.

The story gets more and more intense as it goes on, and the fights get better and better. Steps are gradually taken to a very climactic final act with multiple new developments and twists throughout, and the ending is as satisfying as the reader would expect. The setting is really well thought out, as Araki actually traveled to America to get a sense of what a story here would be like.

One complaint that I have is that there isn't much logic regarding a certain central plot device, but it leads to enjoyable moments, and if you like JoJo, logic probably isn't what you're looking for in this series anyway.

- Art -

Like most English speakers, I read the colored version of Part 7 by the Jojo's Colored Adventure team and I would recommend that everyone read SBR this way because it looks phenomenal in color.

Something unique about SBR is that it was the first JoJo part to switch from weekly Shounen chapters to monthly Seinen chapters, meaning Araki had more time to refine his artwork, and it definitely shows. Everything from the characters to the stands looks great in terms of both design and style.

- Character -

The cast of characters is undoubtedly the best aspect of Steel Ball Run. Every character in Part 7 is intriguing and (to an extent) believable. Everyone has clear reasons for the way they act and strive to achieve their own different ambitions, unlike in Part 3, where each enemy stand user is just a mindless drone of Dio.

The protagonist, Johnny Joestar, is great because of his physical, mental, and even emotional growths that he has throughout this part. These growths are somewhat due to Gyro Zeppeli, the other main character of SBR. The dynamic between Johnny and Gyro is arguably the best in all of JoJo because of how they tackle each battle together, how much they learn from each other, and just how hilarious and entertaining they can be.

Lastly, I'll just mention the main antagonist of Part 7, who is (in my opinion), the second best JoJo villain behind only Kira. I believe this for two reasons; First, he has a bizarre and terrifyingly powerful stand ability, and second, he has very realistic and even ideal goals. An argument can be made that the villain's primary goal is more ideal than the protagonist's, and he is the only main JoJo villain that I could actually see existing in real life.

- Fights -

While I still think I prefer the battles in Part 5 overall, SBR also has entertaining battles. Many stand abilities are really unique and creative, while some are underwhelming. Something interesting about these fights is that they focus less on the ability itself and more on the user, giving each enemy another layer of depth that wasn't there in previous entries. The best thing about these fights is that most of these are won by adapting to and outsmarting opponents, rather than just beating each other with brute strength.

- Conclusion -

Steel Ball Run is most certainly a top tier Part of JoJo. It may completely throw logic out the window sometimes, but if you enjoy great characters, good artwork, entertaining story and battle concepts, and horse races, then JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run is definitely a manga you'll enjoy.
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Death Note
Death Note
Death Note
Death Note
Death Note review
Death Note
Apr 15, 2021
Death Note review
Each era of anime is marked by its own trends, its own conventions, its own shows that dominate the conversation and shape public perception of the medium among fans and non-fans alike. For the 2000's, Death Note was one of the biggest, and a good argument could be made that it WAS the biggest. It achieved a seemingly omnipresent level of saturation, you could not go to a forum on any given nerd hobby without people filled with avatars and signatures from the series, and its famous lines are parroted even now. Its anime adaptation was immensely popular and reached a level of pop cultural osmosis that was thorough enough that even people who don't care about anime obtained a passing familiarity with at least the eponymous concept. As of this writing, it is even getting a westernized adaptation on Netflix with Willem Dafoe of all people as Ryuuk.


Unfortunately, I can't really hold the series in an especially high regard for a number of reasons despite all the critical acclaim and praise that has been lavished upon it.

To get the good out of the way, it certainly has a pretty fascinating hook. The ability to easily kill anyone without leaving any proof, thoroughly avoiding any consequences, merely by writing their names in a notebook, is a pretty interesting and memorable concept. It has immense potential for all kinds of storytelling possibilities, such as the development and psychological effects that this would have on the person using the Death Note, the wider sociological repercussions of a mass series of killings that seem to be divine punishment, whether it's morally justifiable to kill criminals given that any justice system is heavily skewed in certain ways, etc.

Secondly, it has very good artwork. While Obata is not among my favorite manga artists, it would be disingenuous to not recognize his draftsmanship as arguably the strongest point of Death Note. It is not by any means easy to create polished and detailed art on a weekly basis for manga even with assistants, and yet Obata pulls it off with aplomb and a very strong aesthetic. My favorite part are probably his fantastical shinigami designs, which have a very "demon punk monster" vibe to them.

Finally, the actual focus of the plot, the cat and mouse games between Light and the investigators (whether they be L or someone else) are pretty entertaining to watch. I don't think I was ever BORED reading the series since there was almost always something going on, some zany scheme or gambit at play that kept things moving. This was by Ohba's own admission what he was writing the manga around, and I can understand that decision since Death Note must have pulled in a strong readership when it was running in Jump due to its suspense on a week to week basis.

But unfortunately, even with all those things going for it, it can't make up for what I consider Ohba's crippling flaw, which is generally that I think his characters are very lackluster for the most part.

Light CAN be a fun character to watch, but I ultimately feel that he is a detriment to the series because he isn't especially nuanced or interesting. Everything related to his "development" is handled in an extremely underwhelming manner. Any scruples that he has are quite quickly tossed aside in a manner that makes later developments to paint him as a good person prior to the Death Note as completely unconvincing. He is little more than a petulant, arrogant sociopath with a god complex who only becomes more and more unlikable and pathetic as the series goes on. He has very little in the way of humanizing traits or moments, which just renders him completely impossible to like or get behind. This may have been the point, but I don't feel that it made for a good character because you can still have a complex and nuanced villain who is still someone to hate, but who also has layers and where you understand why he became the person they did and perhaps connect with them on some level against your wishes. Light does not achieve any of that, so as it stands I just don't find him to be that great.

L is probably the best character in the series, a fun character to watch with enough bizarre quirks to make him feel more human than the other characters, even if it's an exaggerated animu way. I would honestly say that he is one of the series' biggest assets, every scene he is in is one where he has your attention. I don't think that I can hold him up as one of my favorite characters in anime and manga, but among the ones in the series, he stands supreme.

The thing about this though, is that it makes the conflict in place have a pretty clear right and wrong. I have heard a few times about the supposed moral ambiguity of the story and the idea that people debate on who to root for, but with all due respect I just find that to be malarky. Light is such a horrendous, sanctimonious individual that it is impossible to suggest that he is in the right with a straight face. His entire worldview and methodology to using the Death Note is fundamentally and horrendously flawed and likely led to many innocents being killed, he simply cannot be trusted with that kind of power. This is someone who killed a man entirely because he insulted his ego, that is his defining character moment at the very beginning of the series. He isn't even the kind of charismatic villain who you want to see triumph. The idea that anyone should root for him or want him to win is completely laughable.

I don't think most of the other characters really have that much going for them, honestly. Almost all of them are defined by very superficial characteristics that make it hard to really care about them in any meaningful way. IIt feels like Ohba only really cared about them as pawns on a chessboard to move his thriller plot along, without bothering to put some effort into humanizing them and making them compelling characters to be invested in.

There was one moment in the story where one character leaves the investigation due to anger at how he is being treated, and is greeted by his daughter who asks him what's going on, leading him to burst into tears and hug her. This was one of the few instances of warmth and actual humanity in the story where I actually cared somewhat about what was happening on an emotional level, but there was never any other time where that happened. Overall, Death Note is quite an impersonal and cold story as the characters aren't really people you connect with all that deeply.

Now, it is not necessarily true that you need super great and complex characters in order to have a worthwhile story. Some people may say that, but I don't think it's true, per se. If your story is more theme and idea-driven, then it is ok for the characters to be a bit more flat or to be more representative of ideas and philosophies, or be more timeless archetypes in order to make a point. The story need not be super emotional either, as long as it is interesting.

But for that, your ideas need to be actually interesting and you have to deal with them in a meaningful and insightful way.

Death Note never does that because it is entirely focused on its thriller elements. Ohba himself said that he wanted to leave moral judgments and sociological commentary for the audience to think about. I suppose I can understand that decision, but Death Note completely neglecting this area of the story feels like a bunch of squandered potential. All of the questions that I mentioned above regarding the premise's potential that could have been explored due to the premise are left as footnotes or passing mentions at best.

This means that Death Note only really works as a reasonably entertaining thriller; it cannot to be said to be a strong character-driven drama, nor is it a poignant thoughtpiece that presents interesting concepts and gives insightful answers.

What this basically means is that looking back on Death Note, I am just left feeling that the version of the story that I got from the premise was not at all the kind of story I would have preferred to get from it. I would have done a lot of things quite differently, such as significantly changing Light's character, focusing a lot more on societal effects of Kira, putting more character moments to add complexity to the cast and make you care about them, etc.

But I suppose in the end I can't really be that hard on it, since I was entertained reading it. It just isn't anything more than a 6 out of 10 for me as an experience.
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Hyper Baby
Trans Venus
Tsumi to Batsu
Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
Manuke na FPS Player ga Isekai e Ochita Baai
Manuke na FPS Player ga Isekai e Ochita Baai
Manuke na FPS Player ga Isekai e Ochita Baai
Manuke na FPS Player ga Isekai e Ochita Baai review
Manuke na FPS Player ga Isekai e Ochita Baai
Apr 08, 2021
Manuke na FPS Player ga Isekai e Ochita Baai review
Action & Gore/ FPS player in a fantasy world

Having read an absurd amount of Isekai mangas, this manga stands out in its originality and vibe. If you love the vibe of “Gantz” and the concept of“Isekai”, you should definitely give this manga a shot.

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Story: 9
This is the first time I have ever read a story about an FPS player trying to combat or survive in a fantasy world. Like what the synopsis said, the system the MC possesses in his FPS game (VBM) was carried on along with him to a fantasy realm. In this sense, his fighting skills, such as the utilization of guns and armors, were treated as a kind of magic of his own.

The story progresses smoothly with no digressions so far. However, this is an “action-based” Isekai manga, so you shouldn’t find any enlightenment while reading. So along the way, the plot is pretty clear, our MC is going to solve his own confusion (as to how he got to this Isekai), fight bigger and scarier monsters, and try to find if he can go back to his original world.

For an action based story, this manga deserves a 9 for progressing smoothly.


Art: 9.5
The art has the “Sidonia no Kishi” and “Gantz” elements. It works out perfectly for this gore/action-packed Isekai theme. Also, I can see the mangaka making the effort of drawing out those fighting scenes to such clarity so that the readers didn’t need to guess what had happened.

The depictions for the characters are nice. It is also good to see that the subtle amount of fan service is given while reading ;)

The only complaint I have for this manga is that it repeatedly uses the same aerial background for the main city :P will give this lazy background usage with a -0.5. Other than that, this is a solid 9.5


Character: 6
Since this manga is mainly about its actions and fighting scenes, there aren’t many character developments from the story. All we need to know is that the main MC is fighting his way to go back to his original world and there are going to be side characters that will assist him along the way and might die in the process. Thus, this category deserves a normal 6.


Enjoyment: 5~10
Having binged read all 17 chapters, I definitely love this Isekai manga and immediately add it on my must-follow list; however, I am scared about its update speed… ;/ Many readers have commented on how slow this manga is progressing. (-5 for possible irritation of waiting for next chapter :P )


Overall: 8
I enjoy reading this unique Isekai manga. Even though it seems that this manga does progress slowly, the people who read the novels say this manga is worth to be put on the follow list. Let’s see how this goes!
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Ever 17
Ever 17
Ever 17
Ever 17 review
Ever 17
Apr 05, 2021
Ever 17 review
I have not seen any reviews for this so I thought I would write one. For the uninitiated out there, Ever 17 was a visual novel for the PC made by KiD in 2002. It is by far the best visual novel I have ever played, and has not only one of the greatest stories in visual novels, but (what I believe to be) one of the greatest in media itself.

It is sadly underappreciated, so when I heard a manga was being made for it, on the one hand I was glad, because it would be getting more mainstream exposure. On the other, I was very skeptical of it, and I will now explain why.

Story: Simply put, the story of Ever 17 cannot be told in manga form. For me to explain why it can't work, would involve spoilers of the original visual novel. Let me put it to you this way, the way in which the plot is constructed in the VN means it cannot work in any other format. Especially with the way the manga presents things. The start of the story can be done I suppose, but as with many VN's there are multiple routes. Some anime such as Shuffle and Clannad(kinda) were able to pull this off. What I will say is that they will definitely not be able to do the True Ending. Currently the manga seems to be following Tsugumi's route.

I can think of at least three of the plot twists, that would make no sense whatsoever in manga form. And these are vital plot points that can't be written around. You probably think I'm crazy, but trust me anyone who has played the VN will say the same thing.

Which means the writer(s) for this manga are going to have to take some major liberties for this story to work. Speaking on what they have done so far, they have followed faithfully to the VN's story, although they have added a couple of plot points, originally not present, which gives me faith they have this planned out.

Artwork: The artwork is very good! The characters and backgrounds are well drawn. Compared to their VN incarnations, the characters are drawn a little more "rounded" but apart from that they keep faithful to their original designs.

Characters: The manga is not really that far into the characters' personalities yet, but I can tell you from playing the VN that all of the characters are excellent, every single one is vital to the storyline and if you removed one the story falls apart, all of them are well developed.

Overall: I really hope this manga succeeds and comes up with some other ending to the story, because the way they have done things, there is no way it can follow the VN's ending. So I highly suggest you play that, instead of reading this manga.
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