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Ahhhh One Piece, the most loved and or hated series for being loved.

When I was little, I actually didn't like it compared to various other Shounen manga running at the time. The characters just seemed way too silly and uncool.

Wasn't until I was bored and picked up the 10 volumes of the manga from a local library that I noticed I was turning the pages like crazy. I ended up spending the whole night catching up and before you know it I got hooked.

But why?

The main characters power is literally stretching. It's goofy, it's silly, it's like... how the hell are you going to win m8? Compared to everyone elses advantages, yet it works and flows.

Enjoyment 10/10:
It's just something about the flow of One Piece.
Small spoiler: First chapter, The main character gets sucked into a typhoon, goes into a barrel and wakes up later. You'll see many more of these instances of this later on.
This opens excitement in a sense. Where will the characters land? What's going to happen? What kind of wacky place are we going to end up next?

Overall 10/10:
TL;DR : One Piece is a very silly comedic action and adventurous series that emphasizes on world building and mystery.
It's a very almost near perfect balance of wacky comedic+action that somehow still stays serious. It has a extremely CRAZY world(don't want to list out the things),
literally. It's like if a cooking series were to turn into a full blown mecha and then a steampunk.
Yet it still oddly, it fits right in. I even question it, about how a series can jam so much and still work.
Fight scenes feel more entertaining and unique because most often it's silly how the characters fight.
Most series emphasize on how serious a fight needs to be, how its violence and it shouldn't be fun but One Piece brings out the FUN in violence, similar to the fun and chaos in GTA(Grand Theft Auto).
One of the big tropes of One Piece is that it has quite the "dark/tragic" moments to balance the wackiness and show everyone that there is something going on. This makes it appeal less "edgy" and more balanced, giving you the best of both worlds.

Story 10/10:
The plot is to find the One Piece, a treasure in the Grand Line. Just establishing this alone already raises mystery.
Does it even exist? Where the hell is it? Why hasn't anyone found it?
This sets up a large expansive world alone and braces you for a long wacky adventure.
You'll see the most weirdest creatures, weirdest things yet it still magically fits.

This is all centered around Monkey D. Luffy, an ambitious boy set to find it. What's interesting about this protagonist is that he just defies logic of your expectations.
For example, normally if someone asks you out on a date and you reject, you'd expect that it would be the end of it, but Luffy would defy your logic because screw you, that's why. He'd make you want to eventually want to date him, which is quite funny when you think about it. He just does what he wants and hopes to move forward which adds to the wackiness of the series.

Of course he has the goal of wanting to be the "Pirate king" and finding the treasure "One Piece" but, what the hell is the "Pirate king"? Are all pirates going to listen to him or something? This adds sort of a mysterious deeper vibe into the series because no one knows what the One Piece is , nor what the Pirate king does.

Art 10/10:
During the bloom of the Shounen, a lot of manga followed the whole "big eyes" style(Naruto, Bleach, etc). In fact, it was mentioned that the editors/Jump were worried about Oda drifting towards this style.
One Piece has been heavily criticized for looking terrible but I see it as unique, not following set standards. Its tolerable, some backgrounds even look gorgeous. I really don't know how to rate/critique the annoying and complex topic known as "Art", so I give it a 10 for ever series because I'm if not more entrenched into the story to care about the looks.


Characters 10/10:
You will see the most weirdest characters known to man. I don't want to spoil too much but every character has their flaws, hence why a pirate crew is needed in the first place. It shows itself that no 1 person can be an OP badass and win all alone.

Shounen Powerup argument:

A lot of arguments of why people don't try One Piece is that it seems like a friendship powerup series. Looking through all the battles, only 5-10% of it was. The rest is just pirates running around wanting to push forward to their goals.

Logically speaking though, why is this trope so hated on? If a close friend of yours gets hit, you probably will get angry and upset leading to a power up as blood and adrenaline rushes through your body since you're mentally preparing for a fight or flight scenario.

Solo Leveling; After reading it, Now i know why it is so much hyped-up!

Art;
It was amazing and I could barely found any flaw in it,
Story;
It was quite amazing. I'm a type of person who isn't into the Shounen genre that much but this Series was like I can't get enough of it.
Character;
The MC isn't the normal OP character who can just finish everything without efforts. As someone once said that "Only the Weak knows how the power truly feels", He worked his way to become this stronger.

Overall;
I0/10, Cant wait for the anime adaptation (Hoping they don't ruin it by rushing)

Ok, i try not to spoil the whole manga for u.
The one shot i stumbled by in manga rock, hooked me into the manga and i couldnt stop re-reading it.

At the starts of the story, I disliked Ishida and felt sorry for Nishimiya (hearing-impaired young girl), that she is being bullied by Ishida. Later on after Nishimiya left, I slowly felt sorry for Ishida who is being bullied back and Nishimiya was the one who is helping him clean up the mess left from others classmate. But soon later, Ishida finds himself on redemption to earn back the trust of Nishimiya.

The storyline is lovely and sad, seeing so much change on the way and finding redemption. Some parts of the story would deepen ur heart with sad, cry and wants u to scream that u the audiences cant do anything about it but to continue on.

The art style was beautiful engage the audiences to continue and Ooima, Yoshitoki, did a great job. including at the start, where u see alot of details used when Nishimiya and Ishida is being bullied. She knows where and when to continue the emotion scenes in without mixing or disturbing the storyline.

There is alot of supporting characters who tries to help re-connect Ishida and Nishimiya relationship. But i do hate some supporting characters as they arent helping or just really annoying and it does interrupt the story abit.
I love Nishimiya characterizes, she is brilliant, beautiful with long hair and gentle girl who always forgives Ishida for his past mistakes and help people bring enjoy to them. All Nishimiya wants is re-connecting with new/old friends. She is light hearted and sweet that makes her forgive people easily.


Overall, I enjoyed the manga, its a really emotional manga to read as it inspire u to make the right choices in real life whether to bully people or it express the true feeling of people who a bullied. I would probably put it as my top 5 recommended manga to read.

I kind of have a hard time deciding if I enjoy this manga or not, even though it held my interest enough to continue reading and I plan to continue doing so, and I think it’s actually okay-ish.

It seems that the bond between the main characters is meant to be the draw of the manga, but I have rather mixed feelings about that. The main reason being that I can see that the characters care for one another and seem to have a strong bond, but I can’t really feel anything about it. It’s like I’m being told they have a strong bond, but it doesn’t really evoke much emotion from me nor do I truly understand how it even came to be that way, or fully get behind the reasoning for it, which kind of disconnects me from the impact of the happenings emotionally. Somewhat like seeing scenes of “my life belongs to you” etc and wondering what made the characters feel so strongly about things... because I don’t see it. Well, there are some parts here and there that make me appreciate their interactions and bonds more, but not nearly enough for me to be satisfied with their behavior.

The characters themselves are okay. The character development is a bit of a hit or miss for me, though. Noel reminded me of a capable butler character at first (like black butler’s Sebastian, except he really likes his master(father) here for reasons I can’t actually understand well), but luckily it seems that there’s more that meets the eye with him as well. The characters in general don’t really feel deep, but due to their different positions and roles in their story they evoke enough interest for me to want to know their actions. Not really in a I-enjoy-the-character-way, but more of I-want-to-see-how-they-affect-the-story-way though.

I’m probably most interested in seeing how the story plays out. Less because the story is engaging but more because I appreciate some of the plot points and possibilities, and hope to see what goes from there. The extreme class(?) divide, mafia setting, plotting behind the scenes, shadiness all around, and the whole strange illness setting is rather interesting. So far there’s only teasing and setting up for future events, so I can’t tell yet how things will wrap up, but I hope it will be able to tie up the plot points satisfactorily because these are some rather interesting things to cover. To be honest I’m not expecting much, but I’m still reading rather hopefully because there’s some good potential to be had from this, which alone is enough to have me interested in reading on (along with some action here and there)

The art is nice, probably the one thing I can confidently rate this manga positively on because I really dig the art style.. and is the reason why I picked it up in the first place.

Overall, it’s a manga that brings up some interesting plot points, but doesn’t really seem to be able to use them to tell an engaging story so far yet. It’s pretty, and has some action, but halfway in and it’s still hard to tell if it’ll be good or not. It’s one of those that may or may not be worth your time... so I suggest you wait for other reviews with more translated chapters out and see if it manages to tell a good story by the end of it. For now, it’s somewhat enjoyable to see how the plot plays out, but you might also easily find yourself losing interest and questioning if things are even heading in a proper direction. Regardless, this has some qualities that might appeal to you so no harm trying out a few chapters.

This is one of my favourite manhwa/manga but I'll try to keep this review short:

Story: The story is very creative and I don't think you'll find anything like it. It starts off interesting already but it gets deeper as you read on. I don't think this book has a specific genre, as it's just filled with everything - from action and thriller to background stories that can be really emotional.

Art: I personally enjoyed the art a lot, especially in the later volumes. It really changes throughout the books, which is the only negative thing about it in my opinion, since it was a little bit hard to follow, but it's definitely possible to get accustomed to it.

Character: I already mentioned that there are backstories, which are sad but really interesting. I think it's very nice that through the "Dead Zone" you get to see characters that aren't in Da-Il's daily life (anymore) again.

Enjoyment: The manhwa is written like it's the work of the character Go-Ho, which made me feel like I somehow was part of the story too. I read each volume without taking a break.

Overall: It's very well written so if you're looking for something different and interesting, you should definitely check it out.

How disappointing. It had a relatively interesting story (and attractive women) going for it and it just doesn’t fill out any details. It feels really rushed and could’ve benefitted from more chapters in order to flesh out the story. Sure, people died but it didn’t feel like anything. It just felt meaningless as all hell. Forced, rushed, not enough meat to it. There’s a story I would’ve liked to read it under it all, but it just did not deliver. That said, I would totally love to create my own version of this story, but I don’t think I could design a character nearly as attractive as Mao is. 5/10

I wandered into this anime while looking for a new Shoujo Ai to read. What I got was unexpected gentle and sweet.

Lemonade isn't your typical shoujo ai romance. In many ways it feels like a "slice of life" anime, yet it focuses almost entirely on the character development. It does not get hung up on side plots or trivial characters. You see world from Youko's point of view. You listen to her thoughts and reactions and often times have the same reaction.

The artwork and charcter styles are simple. However, the artists does a great job at conveying emotions. The backdrops are simple, but again this manga focuses heavily on the characters.

I enjoyed it and although it was relatively short I felt it was completed well.

I gave it a 9 overall

8
Story: the story revolves around 'onmyoukidou' police which fights with demons which haunt the city. Abe is a hard working and kind hearted onmyoukidou.
The world is becoming warped and overrun by demons. One day he meets his new co-worker - a rude girl Yomi and her ninja partner. It's great, a story with an unusual twist.

9
Art: Fine indeed, I have nothing to complain about. I love the way that Abe and Yomi's characters are drawn

Characters: Maybe it's a 9 because of Abe. I miss characters like him: he's 30 so not another 16yrs old brat and is nice and responsible, also his fraternal struggles are shown. Yomi is quite typical - has special powers, rather keeps her secrets to herself, a mysterious figure who turnes out to be someone else...

EnjoymentL: 9
It's so refreshing to read this manga! couple of good ideas, not just cliches.

Overall it's a 9. I recommend it to anyone!

Very typical shoujo love story between a boy and a girl, except Sara-chan, the protagonist, is trans. in my opinion, this doesn't save it from being fairly mediocre. But being transgender myself, I quite enjoyed relating to her daily struggles.

The treatment of the main character as a trans girl is quite refreshing. There are people that hate her, people that love her, but most important of all, she's proud of herself. shes an adorable character, and I appreciate how they kept her true to herself. I'm sick n tired of "traps" so the fact she isn't a trap is an immediate bonus.

So if you yourself are trans yourself, sick of traps. or just need an easy, cute shoujo, give it a go. its incredibly short, which while it makes the pacing pretty bad, means its 0 commitment. nothing special overall, def not perfect, but its interesting in the way it handles its representation of trans chars.

Ok , I'm not really a manga reader, but here's my 2 cents about this one:

No central story (therefore the low grade), but keep in mind that this particular manga doesn't need one: It's all about the ups and downs of a bunch of (mostly) high-school relationships.The characters are explored in sufficient depth, provided their stories are usually very short.I found the couples very interesting, for each had its unique share of problems.I admit that many of the situations aren't terribly realistic, but it didn't bother me personally.
Many of the other reviews I've read complain about the fact that there is too much sex going on in the manga and that many of the girls act slutty, cheat , etc.While clearly there are some exaggerations, I find that overall the manga does a good job at depicting the psychology of the average teenagers throughout their first steps in the world of interpersonal relationships: sometimes too eager, sometimes too shy, excessively horny and psychologically unstable, girls can't figure out their emotions, guys can't figure out the girls, etc, etc.Everyone who's had at least one turbulent relationship in their youth is bound to get this good ol' "been there , done that" feeling at least a couple of times while reading this.
Bottom line, it's certainly not a manga everyone will enjoy, so make sure to give it a try and find out if it's your cup of tea