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Fullmetal Alchemist
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
Mild spoilers! it is difficult to talk about the story or characters without saying something...

"What is so hype about Steel Ball Run?" It is a question that people who do not read often wonder the answer.
The part basically gets rid of stands and focuses on stand abilities, so its more the user if fighting than the actual stand. Guns are actually a threat for the first time in the series in a while, and stands are so much weaker that Gyro doesn't even have a stand throughout the part. The fight against the main villain is also very well done, with both sides having interesting abilities. Gyro and Johnny's friendship is also very well done and both are likeable characters.

Andd "Why is Steel Ball Run so good?"
It's one of the most maturely written JoJo story in the entire saga. It's pretty dark, featuring what can be considered the least good JoJo in a moral stance. Unlike previous parts where it's either saving the world or stopping Dio and his minions, Johnny's motivation throughout the story mostly selfish. Some fans might argue that Valentine is more justified in his actions as the antagonist than Johnny is as the main protagonist.
Besides that, the setting really takes advantage the fact that its a race that spans all of the USA in the 19th century. You have various locales and a unique variation of enemies Johnny and Gyro face off against that came all over the world to participate in the Steel Ball Run. I could go on like how Valentine is written as a very likeable villain, how Diego is more than the "i'm evil because i can" guy his original incarnation was, how unique the story behind the stands and the spin are, and all other stuff.
The most important thing is that Araki done a very terrific job rebooting the JoJo universe with SBR. If anything, Part 7 is his magnum opus.

Yep, that's it. I've finished reading the adored and said best part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure...
What a journey ! I enjoyed every bit of it, from the story (the idea of a horse race through the late 1800s America and the twist of Jesus's corpse being the real objective), characters ( I particularly appreciated Hot Pants and her chemistry with Johnny, but also Sandman who is the absolute madlad, or even minor stand users such as Mr. Blackmore or Ringo) to the entertaining stand fights and the beautiful landscapes shown throughout the race.

I must say I really enjoyed the character of Lucy, a kind of "part 7 Hayato", who endured numerous traumatic experiences, but without giving up. Furthermore, her relationship with her husband was really moving and cute to my mind.

Then Valentine, the perfect villain : behind an evil and selfish goal hides in fact a strong feeling of patriotism, that couldn't nevertheless overcome the thirst for power and control. D4C was a reaaaally op Stand that was absolutely wonderfully used to create entertaining fights with the protagonists.

And finally, oh boy, oh Gyro, such a deep character. He showed us lots of aspects that a JoJo character was expected to embody (a difficult yet moving background, courage, wit, a noble objective, humour, sometimes sadness, and so on. But that was a lot deeper than that, and Gyro was the perfect match for Johnny.

Their relationship just works so well it becomes unreal. Two strangers, different nationalities, different backgrounds yet they are perfectly fit for each other. I fricking loved the jokes/songs moment where Gyro put his whole heart only to be in front of a cold yet amused Johnny, even sometimes adding more to the ridiculous situation.

Johnny was an interesting JoJo to follow. He started the adventure for himself, continued for himself too but couldn't hold back his feelings to intervene when dealing with other characters like Hot Pants or Sandman. Above all, his sincere friendship with Gyro is what made him strong enough to go on on his journey for the corpse's parts.

The protagonist is complex
The main allies are interesting
The villain is believable
Even the throwaway villains are fascinating, especially Ringo Roadagain
The artwork is exceptional (as per usual)
The Stand battles are brilliantly choreographed
And Pulp Fiction reference...

!Yep, like everyone who reads, we can agree to say it was a bizarre yet amazing adventure! A Cripple who likes balls, an Italian executioner, a cross dressing nun, and a Dinosaur man race across America, finding Jesus' Corpse Parts, and fighting the president with neat hair.

Thanks Araki.
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Made in Abyss
Made in Abyss
Made in Abyss
Made in Abyss review
Made in Abyss
Apr 15, 2021
Made in Abyss review
I don't hate Made in Abyss, but it wasn't done as good as it could've been.
Everything about the Abyss itself is great and makes you crave for more. The mystery of what lies at the bottom, the atmosphere of the unknown, dangerous monsters, cute fluffy animals, rich fantasy flora, rare treasures and unique relics, each detail of this amazing fantasy world was crafted with love and dedication. Let's not forget the beautiful art, not only it's impressive from technical standpoint, but even less detailed panels are full of life and emotions. The setting is definitely intriguing and raises a lot of questions by the readers, which may be enough for some people to keep following this manga, despite sporadic release shedule.

The problem is that the plot doesn't quite deliever on the level of premise and the hype surrounding this series.
While the concept leaves a lot of space for an interesting worldbuilding and seems like a perfect set up for an adventure, the story mainly focuses on character drama, which isn't a bad thing, when it's done right, but that's not the case. Simply put, Made in Abyss characters are lackluster and even uncompelling, you have basic tropes like a naive girl with a dream to become as great as her legendary parent, an amnesiac nice guy, who wants to protect his friends and does it by magically remembering how to use his powers in the right time, a strict, but secretly caring mentor figure, possessive yandere and bunch of talking plot-devices, some of them died or leave the series when we barely spent time with them. I couldn't even feel anything for them, which was completely jarring. Interactions between characters don't seem to have been enough to generate the feelings they show to each other, a good example is a girl from the fifth layer, who developed a deep connection to Riko in a matter of few pages. If you build a drama on a weak foundation such as cardboard cutouts instead of characters and forced, tropey relationships between them, it is bound to collapse.

However, I wouldn't rank Made in Abyss so low if it wasn't for blatant emotional manipulation. Instead of building up the characters and making me care about them so that when something bad happens to them I get an emotional reaction, author is simply shoving sad tropes down your mouth without realizing what actually makes those tropes sad in the first place. It just throws in a tragic backstory out of the blue, just to make you feel sad, without having the reader connected to the character beforehand. The characters aren't so much characters as they are just sob stories with pretty designs (since lolis are cute and innocent - and will clearly elicit sympathy from readers) and the plot isn't so much a plot as it is a mechanism that allows to read these sob stories, before it throws us contrivances to get some weak emotional pay-off. At which point I didn’t understand why I should give a damn about characters suffering. Normally, empathizing with a character requires first understanding that character as a valid human being, an individual with a perspective the reader can relate and believe in, but Made in Abyss bypass that part by making all participants of Suffering Olympics adorable and pure little girls, often fetishized and reduced to moe fanservice. I started to lose faith with an author once I sensed that he is making bad things happen to a character just as a cheap plot formula and WOW SO EDGY HURTING A LOLI MY GOD ARE YOUR HEARTSTRINGS TUGGED YET?!

That's being said, after certain point the genre of the story shifts from grand adventure to a loli tear-jerker, abandoning all previously estabilished positives and delving deeper in the territory of meaningless mysery porn. The criticism is not that the manga is too bleak and dark. Lots of manga are bleak and gory. The criticism is that Made in Abyss seems to revel in that bleakness like an exploitation movie. Sure, edgy stories can be fun when athours are self-aware and creative enough to entertain reader with their twisted imagination, but when all you can offer is 50 shades of suffering lolis reading it becomes a complete chore, especially when no one of those bloody and disgusting scenes has any impact on the story. Riko's nerve damage and lack of agility in her arm is never used as plot point and Riko herself learned nothing from this failure. Reg lost his arm, but got Dragonball boost and never experienced any troubles while fighting. Faputa lost her arm and ear, but regenerated, two volumes later entire chapter was dedicated to her almost being eaten alive, but she regenerated AGAIN. What makes it worse, 50 shades of loli guro tries to aim to be something more and deeper than is actually is, but the lack of character development is a clear indication that violence and sexual innuendos were written for the sadistic joy of author and some readers. Character progression is basically nonexistant, blink and you miss it all. We are talking about small children here, small children adventuring in the hell pit, where thousands of adults died or lost their minds, children, who went through the loss of limbs, death of their friends and near-death experience, but not a single trait changed in them. By the end of current volume Riko is still a starry-eyed child, who wants to make friends with everyone and totally delusional about her ideals, Reg is no different from any shounen lead and Nanachi is going through the same character arc for the third time. A good author will use a cruelty of the setting to make characters grow from their hardships, but Made in Abyss author uses dark fantasy as an excuse to torture cute kids and show them naked.

Between the rushed pacing of the upper layers, the snail pace of the village arc, disjointed story full of cheap deus ex machinas, shallow characters and their forced drama, the sexualization of kids was just a last straw to the cocktail of disappointment. I've seen some people who are justifying the tittylation of 12 years olds by bringing a good ol' "for the plot and development" argument. Oh, if only Reg's or Riko's quality of writing was equal to the amount of pages where they are displaying private parts. Dostoevsky himself would be in awe of their depth. Ironically, the manga itself is the best proof that you don't need to show off character's erection every 5 pages to make them compelling. The less mangaka sexualizes the character, the better they are written, for some reason a fully dressed villain is the only character who left me in a positive impression, unlike all those poor children that are drawn mainly as a kink fuel.

The simplest way to describe Made in Abyss is unrealized potential: the manga. There are definitely some good parts, a lot of great ideas are burried under the layers of poor writing like a rough brilliants in the mud. I still think that it's one of the most visually impressive manga out of there, the setting itself is really interesting, and does an amazing job making you wonder what's further down and building up a sense of mystery. The antagonist of Idofront arc is also great, he is the closest the characters get to... actually having a character, charismatic personality and plot relevance for more than one arc. An absolute monster, but charismatic one, with his own warped sense of love and care. But as much as I want to love this manga because many of its pieces speak to me, it just doesn’t hold together with the polish it needs. The engaging introduction to this beautiful fantasy world is wasted on a story that makes it difficult to enjoy it. For every great world building element, there is a horny moment which makes you scratch your head. As interesting as the setting is, the disconnect between fascinating dark chasm and the one-dimensional main characters never truly goes away. The greatest tragedy of Made in Abyss is that it tells us the least interesting story possible in this world.
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Beck
Beck
Beck
Beck review
Beck
Apr 14, 2021
Beck review
*This review is spoiler free*

So, I first watched the Beck anime back in 2013, and it quickly became one of my favourite anime of all time, still occupying a spot in my favourites list to this day.

Somehow, a whole seven years later, I found myself with some time to myself and nothing to watch/read, so I finally decided to take the plunge and read the whole of Beck. It wasn’t planned, but I ended up reading the whole thing in two sittings over two days.

That said, I’ll open with this statement: If you liked the anime, just read it. You are only depriving yourself of more enjoyment with these characters and this story. Just read it, you’ll thank yourself.

Story –

The story is deceptively simple. Centred around Yukio ‘Koyuki’ Tanaka, a middle-schooler who doesn’t excel much at anything, Beck takes you on a 6+ year journey over its 103 chapters. We follow Yukio, the other eventual members of Beck and a handful of other supporting characters as they set out to become the biggest band in Japan, against all the odds.

Despite not having the most original premise, Beck still manages to provide enough twists and turns to be thoroughly entertaining throughout with, in my view, a conclusion that is both satisfying and leaves you wanting more, just to spend a little more time with the characters.

Art –

If I’m being completely honest, the art at the start of Beck is pretty underwhelming. It is by no means terrible, but it’s definitely not great. However, I noticed that around the 30-chapter mark there was a drastic improvement in the quality and consistency of the art, especially in the characters. By the end of the manga I can comfortably say that the art is pretty damn good, especially when you consider how it was when it started.

Character –

The characters really carry this manga 100% of the way. They’re all fantastic and I really found myself completely in love with most of the main cast by the end. Their motivations and personalities are totally fleshed out throughout the story, leaving you with a great impression of them as individuals come the end.

One thing I will say is that I was really worried about the main character’s romance at some points, but by the end I found myself largely satisfied with what turned out to be a surprisingly realistic subplot. Maybe a little more towards the end would have been nice, but I understand that it wasn’t the intended focus of the story by that point so it’s fine as is.

Enjoyment –

I haven’t enjoyed a manga this long enough to read it in such a short space of time in a long while. It was really a blast from start to finish, despite its medium-long length, and never came close to losing my attention at any point.

Final Thoughts –

Finishing this, and looking back at the anime, only makes me wish that we could have seen the rest of the story adapted. It is virtually impossible that this happens at this point given the series’ age, but I think, given the songwriting treatment the original adaptation got, and the updated level of animation it could really be something special.

I’m sure, in the future, I’ll find myself coming back to this series again and again. Truly a masterpiece in my eyes.
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Chandra Has
Chandra Has
Chandra Has
Chandra Has review
Chandra Has
Apr 14, 2021
Chandra Has review
Development:

A story based on Hindu culture, using the god Arjuna (Sanskrit: अर्जुन, arjuna) and Himalaya (probably referring to Himavat or Himaraja) as the basis for its main characters, there are also quotes to other gods and entities of Hindu culture.

The story blends a bit of Hinduism, shounen, monsters that remind a lot of the creatures of Shadow of the Colossus (Ps2 game), a bit of gore, action and betrayal.

The characters are charismatic, the same ones that make you laugh, also make you fear. Duality is something to be appreciated.

It's wonderful when a story tries to bring or use cultures from our world to create original and innovative stories, it's becoming an aspect of this kind of movement, which besides entertaining us, also teaches us the history of global cultures.

Script:

A story that comes out of the shounens, betrayal, hero hunt for acceptable reasons, intrigue, betrayal, philosophical dialogues and good deed.

As the manga is being released, we can expect the use of many Hindu quotes, philosophical dialogues and revelations of a resentful past.

Continuing this step of good quality, we can have a new "historical-based" shounens of good quality.

ART:

An art with simple traits that make clothes and monsters stand out more than the characters themselves.

The details imposed on the monsters and clothes make the eyes jump of details, also add the beautiful landscapes, beautiful palaces that their luxurious interiors against the decadence of poor and finished places, a flexible and beautiful art.

The art of characters is very simple, so simple that it does not seem that each one has a singularity or personalities, which has creativity in landscapes, lack in art of character production.

Summary:

As said before, if the quality of the script continues to improve, using the Hindu culture as a base, which is gigantic and rich in culture, the characters continue to have development and being charismatic we may soon have one of the great shounens of this generation.

Let's hope to continue improving.

Final note:
8/10
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Koukousei Kazoku
Koukousei Kazoku
Koukousei Kazoku
Koukousei Kazoku review
Koukousei Kazoku
Apr 13, 2021
Koukousei Kazoku review
So, ten chapters in, and nobody gave Koukousei Kazoku a proper review here on MAL? Well then, guess I'll do it, cuz i think it's really a great series and should be praised a little more than a "Fine" metascore.

So, Let's start with the story, as it's the first in partial ratings. Not much to say there cause it's a gag manga with no particular plot, but i can tell you that almost every chapter is really wholesome pack of heartwarming and absurd character interactions. Overall 8/10 for really well mixed wholesome absurdity

Second comes the art: It's pretty simple, but the almost childish drawings really add to the overall atmosphere of chaos. Solid 8/10 for me

Now about the characters: Here we have the titular family (Middle-aged salaryman, the housewife, little daughter, a cat and our protagonist) and people at school (the cliches you know from most of school-based anime and manga). Chemistry between the family is really good (making it believable even in this bizarre setting) and their unusual interactions with rest of the cast are really fun to follow. They're definitely great

As for the enjoyment: I laugh hard at every new chapter, and the heartwarming bits really manage to land, I honestly think 9/10 won't be an overstatement about how fun this series is

Overall it's 9/10 for the amount of laughs i got out of it, and how it can drop some little serious bits between them. I think you really should give this one a chance if you like absurdly wholesome series
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Nibiiro no Seishun
Alien 9: Emulators
Kemono wa Hana no Yume wo Miru ka
Kemono wa Hana no Yume wo Miru ka
Kemono wa Hana no Yume wo Miru ka
Kemono wa Hana no Yume wo Miru ka review
Kemono wa Hana no Yume wo Miru ka
Apr 11, 2021
Kemono wa Hana no Yume wo Miru ka review
This is my first review so please bare with me.

Story: 6/10 *contains SPOILERS*

The story is cliché: the MC runs away from home and met a stranger and lived with him. The only twists in this one was that, Hana was abused by her father and sometimes raped her (though I think they didn't do it all way), and the male protagonist was working as a host. So smut and mature scenes here and there, and a little steamy moments with Takaya's friends because they said Hana was giving off such a "scent" they can't resist so one tried to rape her and the other was just seduced by her scent so his male instinct took over. Truthfully, I'm getting more and more curious with what scent they were taking about so I read on but heck, suddenly, it's Hana's friend love story with the host head was told then poof, that's it! The two extras were next. I was like: "WHAT THE F WAS THAT?! That's all?!". It was such a waste the author didn't properly end the main story. The truth about their pasts, not only Takaya but others as well, and the "scent" they were talking about, it will be worth exploring too.

On the other side, the two extras really outshine the main story!!! The first one was about a prince visiting Japan and fell in love with Sakura, and the other one was about that prince's big brother visiting Japan so but fell in love with Sakura's friend. Yup, you heard it right. Two princes fell in love with common women! Both have different but lovely endings.

Art: 6/10

The art was just right. The bishies still look so hot and the female MCs were just commonly drawn.

Characters:

Hana, from the main story, was a really weak and naive girl. She always cry on every mistake that she's doing!!! Grrr!!! But I still continue reading this because I'm hooked with the hosts' past and the "scent" they were always mentioning.

Takaya was surely an alpha but I don't like the had sex with her one time even though Hana was against it. He was mad at her so yeah, he kinda raped her.

Sakura from the first extra was much more torelable girl than Hana. I admired her courage to run towards her love at the end.

Alec, the first prince, was really a dreamy guy. A little bit conceited but too brave to stand on his decisions.

Sumire, Sakura's friend from the second extra, was the ideal female MC! She's strong and cute that's why she got the heart of Alexa, Alec's older brother.

Alexa, all the pressure was with him so I understand his cold personality but he was soft when it came to Sumire. And again, I applaud for this bold decision too at the end.

Enjoyment: 6/10

Even though I was disappointed with the main story's ending, I did like it so I gave it a 6. For the first extra, if I can give another score, it would be 8/10; and for the second one, would be 7/10.

Overall: 6/10

The main story is not very recommendable to read as the ending sucks and Hana is such a weak and naive girl. Well, if you don't mind it, you can go ahead. Other than that, I suggest that you should read the two extras at the end. You'll find it that it was much more worth reading for than the actual story. Both have different but sweet ending.
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Kaiki Romanesque Gekiga: Skull Man
Kaiki Romanesque Gekiga: Skull Man
Kaiki Romanesque Gekiga: Skull Man
Kaiki Romanesque Gekiga: Skull Man review
Kaiki Romanesque Gekiga: Skull Man
Apr 11, 2021
Kaiki Romanesque Gekiga: Skull Man review
"For fifteen years, we've chased one man... or rather, one boy. All over Japan... no, from one end of the world to the other...!"

Ishinomori Shotaro's Skull Man (or Skullman, or The Skull Man, depending on your preferred romanization) is a 100 page oneshot that ran in Weekly Shounen Magazine in January of 1970 as the third entry in a string of one shots from various popular authors celebrating the New Year. Its biggest cultural achievement is likely its role as the predecessor of Kamen Rider, but Skull Man itself has enjoyed a decent amount of popularity both at the time of its release and up into the present. Although the story is not without flaws and does date itself in a handful of ways, a quick read through is all it takes to show even a modern reader just why Skull Man is so persistently popular and compelling.

The plot of Skull Man is a bit tricky to talk about because it can come off as a bit predictable but was almost certainly much fresher and comparatively innovative at the time. (Remember that Skull Man had a significant influence on Ishinomori's later series Kamen Rider, which completely changed the face of science fiction and super hero media in Japan and is still incredibly popular to this day.) Given a bit of leeway in light of the temporal dissonance, Skull Man's use of a vengeful antihero as a "masked hero" protagonist in a mainstream shounen magazine reveals itself to be rather innovative and speaks well of Ishinomori's preference for good stories over just going with popular trends. Skull Man also does a good job of creating tension in regards to its title character's motivation and backstory, with various events leading up to the revelation finally clicking into place in the final pages. One unfortunate glaring flaw in the story is how rushed the ending seems. Kagura's backstory is dumped into blocks of text surrounded by related images over two pages instead of being told in story form -- even compressed -- to match the pages leading up to it. The denouement that follows is rushed and confusing, giving the unfortunate impression that Ishinomori was sloppy with his storyboarding, ran out of pages, and had to cram as much as he could into the last dozen pages or so.

Similar to the plot, the art of Skull Man benefits from keeping the temporal context in mind. Like a number of other shounen series from the '60s and '70s, Skull Man demonstrates Ishinomori's artistic skill with its beautifully detailed backgrounds but by contrast has rather disappointingly simplistic character designs. This sorts itself out quickly and characters like Kagura and the police have designs that fit the overall tone of the series well enough, but it's hard to deny that the scientist characters that appear during Skull Man's first appearance are unfittingly cartoonish, looking more like something from one of Tezuka Osamu's more kid-friendly works or even early Disney. This makes some sense, as Ishinomori got his start as an assistant to Tezuka, but it still gives a poor impression of the work's overall tone to have such cartoonish characters appear so early in a work intended to come across as thematically dark and even horror-oriented. Sandwiched between a dark and violent opening and later more fitting character designs it seems to not be a significant problem, but considering both the relatively brief length of the story and the scene's importance as the first appearance of Skull Man, it at the very least merits a mention.

On the topic of the limited page count, an area where it really has an impact is character development and characterization. Skull Man's primary content focus is on action and intrigue, developing the plot rather than revealing much about the characters until the infodump at the end. Much of what is known about characters, particularly Kagura Tatsuo, is gleaned from offhand remarks and vague implication. While this subtle and thought-provoking method meshes well with the overall dark and serious tone of the manga, its lack of clarity leaves something to be desired. Nonetheless the characters are interesting enough and consistent in their actions even when they might seem a little less than well-rounded, so for a work more focused on action and intrigue it's certainly not the disaster it could be in other genres.

Although stilted character development, occasional quirky character designs, and a mildly predictable storyline might make Skull Man sound unappealing, in reality each is an issue that pops up only in isolated incidents that provide brief hiccups in a reading experience rather than ruining it outright. Above and beyond its significance as an influential early sci-fi super hero manga and a work by a prolific and highly regarded creator, Skull Man does in fact still provide an entertaining and compelling read that I would comfortably recommend unconditionally to any fan of '70s shounen manga, short sci-fi works, Japanese masked heroes, or the works of Ishinomori Shotaro in general.
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