Jemina0043

I first started reading One Piece about 5 years ago and no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't get into the series. I will admit I fell for the classic problem at the beginning of a series with "the artwork." It drove me insane. So I dropped the series and came back to it about 2 years ago and boy am I happy I did. Once I managed to push through those first few chapters, this series dragged into depths of fandom I'd never experienced before.



Story: 10

This comedic adventure is set in a place where pirates roamed the earth. Our protagonist Luffy sets off on a journey to become the king of the pirates. Along the way he meets many people, including his motley crew, all with their own dreams; as well as countless villains with or without devil fruits (which give people special powers, but takes away their ability to swim.)

While the basis of One Piece is quite simple, the story arcs bring real-world problems into it. From discrimination and racism, to corruption and slavery - the world of One Piece has seen it all. These themes bring about a depth to this fantasy.

With these story arcs, even though they are separate tales, they all interconnect with one another throughout the series. Minor foreshadowing in one arc can lead to major plot developments later on. An attractive thing about One Piece is that there's no limit to what can happen.



Art: 9

As I said earlier, the artwork at the beginning of One Piece was hard to digest as Oda was still a "rookie." However as the story progressed the art got better - MUCH better. The fighting scenes are well done and it's fairly easy to tell what's happening during them (which is always a plus xD). What I really enjoy about the artwork is that it doesn't overuse screentones like many manga tend to do. And while this ties into the "character" section as well, I love the creativity of the character designs especially for the villains.



Characters: 9

I find that the real gem in One Piece is not always the storyline, but the characters met along the way. First we have the crew, all unique in their own respects: (I'm going to try and keep it short...no promises though)

- Luffy, the captain may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but he has a strong sense of determination and friendship. And if he scouts you for his crew, it's best to just give in. He'll win in the end anyway.

- Zoro, the directionally challenged swordsman is hardheaded and can probably sleep anywhere, but is loyal to Luffy. His constant snipping with Sanji is hilarious, but his sword skills are badass.

- Nami, the navigator used to be a weak link always needing saving, but this violent, sassy girl can now hold her own with the rest of the crew.

- Usopp, the lying sniper who wants to be a great man of the sea, is comedic and gets very attached to everyone. While at first he was afraid of everything, he now knows how to take care of his own fights.

- Sanji, the ship's cook is a complete ladies man. When fighting "Black Leg Sanji" only uses his legs and this guy knows how to branch off from the rest of the crew to get some major stuff done.

- Chopper, the Strawhat's doctor and human/reindeer zoan fruit user is sweet and earnest. He wants to be able to cure any disease.

- Robin, the Archaeologist. While having a difficult past, she finally found where she belongs on the crew. This level-headed girl is the logical one in a mass of hot-heads and her curiosity often gets the better of her.

- Franky, the cyborg shipwright wants to sail 1000 seas in a ship he built. His somewhat perverted nature is hilarious at times. He runs on cola and believes he is "SUUUPER" - both of which Usopp and Chopper seem to agree with. xD

- Brook - the skeletal musician who lost his shadow. This complete perv, who is always asking to see the girls' panties is not only skilled with music, but also with a sword. He brings a fun atmosphere to the crew.

Lastly we have villains. What makes One Piece really special to me is the massive amount of MEMORABLE villains. From Crocodile and Baroque Works TO Spandam and CP9 TO Doflamingo and the Doquixote Family (although that last grouping isn't my favourite.) Oda knows how to create a great villain. Although I have to say that at times they can look a little disturbing. *cough* Senor Pink *cough*

Overall, the characters are really well done. Many of the characters have quite a bit of depth, especially as we dive into their backstories.



Enjoyment: 10

I always enjoy reading One Piece and I anxiously await the release of each chapter, groaning when the series goes on break for a week and grinning when a massive plot twist or an exciting reveal happens. If that doesn't constitute enjoyment, then I don't know what does. xD



Overall: 9.5 (rounded to 10)

While every series has its faults (and One Piece is no exception), One Piece is enjoyable to read with good characters, themes, and plots. It well deserves a high rank for any adventure-lover.

This JoJo part is the best one in my opinion. I think this part has some Araki forgot and some errors like the other parts. But I think the characters are well made because the look very humans and they are, no one of the, is "pure" like Jonathan or has no personality like Jotaro (yare yare ora ora) or Josuke( don´t insult my hair). This is a remade of part 1 without an antagonist like DIO that is bad because Araki need a bad man. I don´t know English very much but I tried to make this the best way I could.

In conclusion, this is not a 10/10 manga, but inside the Jojo manga, this is a 10/10.

So i have read the first 9 Chapters.
Zokusei is like a hetero version of the Yuri Manga Otome no Teikoku.

The first Chapters shows the different characters. Always a Girl who meet a boy.
The girls are all different so everyone find her favorite Girls. From the inviolable to the neighbor Girl and the little Sister character and a lot more.

The Chapters are very Short. no Chapter is longer than 9-10 pages. But thats not a problem a chapter is so fast to read.

The art is very good. Some Chracters have very big tits but thats not the matter.
I mean look at Eiken^^

last but not least.
A great manga for all fans of Eiken and people who loves read Ecchi.

This feels a lot like Demon King Daimao in that there is a kid with power that he does not want and hates the people around him because of that power. In this aspect though, he is different in that he does want to change the world. Tokage seems like a really self centered young boy who only thinks about himself and not anyone around him. The boy’s ego just feels like his head is full of hot air whenever he keeps saying he’s the strongest and that he is destined to be the best in that world and so on. I really couldn’t stand it when he was preaching all about how special he was (ya, more like special mental wise) and made the manga feel like it was just dragging it on a bit too much. He is always forcing himself to train so that his power isn’t useless but he doesn’t seem to have any other goal. Nothing like ‘for the sake of saving the people around him’ or ‘to take over the world’ that I can’t seem to get behind this character. He just seems… I don’t know, bland? I can understand why he hates the religion in what he says about his back story but still, there isn’t a plan.

Another thing just like Daimao is that we have a girl who seems to only want to go on instant. If she wants to do something, there is no stopping her. She will get up and do it without pause for concern if it’s going to hurt her or anyone around her. She is rather bland to the point of not showing any emotions except for really really intense ones like shock once in a great while. When at a point where she could have died, she didn’t even flinch like she was clueless as you what was going on. She also shows her true colors about half way in showing that she is just insane. Though we see little of her, she is a main part of this manga that makes almost no sense. Seriously, the manga makes no sense even when they try to explain what the hell is going on! The story jumped around all over the place and made me feel lost, even when they were trying to explain where all the events where happening and at what time. It was calculated, don’t get me wrong, but it also was confusing.

Alright, I have to say this about the artwork; it really really needs to be in color. I can never know if Togake’s eyes have changed colors or not because his eyes look exactly the same in gray tones. Without anyone saying that his eyes have changed, I can’t be sure if they have or if it’s because the artist didn’t shade them in all the way. You cannot have a manga where there is a reason for colors to be changing and not have it in color unless the color it’s changing into is noticeable enough. Eyes are really not that easy to do since they can turn into white when scared or dark when the person is mad in pretty much any manga. In that logic, any character could have that eye changing superpower and we would never know. Other then that, its pretty much standard artwork where the characters look like middle school or high school students living almost normal lives. There is a lot of shading in most areas of the manga including the hair and clothing. The manga is also rather bloody, full of dismemberments, gore, and even a point where a characters eye is gorged out of his face. This is not for the faint of heart.

A compilation of differents artist's works on the Devilman universe. These stories are not canon nor important to the series, so you can read them whenever you want (of course, first having read the original Devilman).
Most of the little stories presented in this compilation are either unintelligible, boring or down right bad.
While this is a fast read (only 18 chapters) I would only reccommend this to Devilman Fanatics, and even for them this one should be hard to swallow. Bored me to death, maybe only 2 or 3 stories were interesting. There's also a few stories made by Nagai Go (the original creator of Devilman) so you might want to read them, they're not that great but they were made by the man himself, so... overall, unless you're a hardcore fan, avoid this. Truly a waste of time.

Honestly this is a bad manga. It's basically retelling the anime story but really quickly done and with some cuts here and there. Which, I don't think it's a bad idea itself, but it's done really badly? Like you can barely understand what's going on, most of the times I had to remember what happened in the anime to make sense of it. Is it supposed to be like this to make you want to watch the anime?? Like those short OVAs they do to promote manga(s)? I don't know.

I'd suggest to not waste your time with this, unless you absolutely loved the anime and want to read everything related to it lol

I’ve read the first two books of this series and it’s quite mediocre. The book starts out with a hero killing a Devil God I believe and each organ of the devil after killed becomes a egg. Eventually the eggs hatch slowly and each character (little devil) has to do with each organ they formed from. It takes place on a little island somewhere in the sky or heaven and the hero is almost the caregiver to the little devils and their antics. Not that funny though it tries to be. Some of the characters are cute and cutely drawn but there’s a lot of fan service within the story aswell. Nothing that stands out though about Little Devils, I don’t recommend reading it.

The story is so weird, it's great. I've read a lot of horror manga, and this is definitely a new, refreshing story. Magical girls (magical zombie girls), with cute magical girl-wands, who hunt you down and kill you, while chanting "magical ~ magical ~". Twists everywhere, and a lot of sudden deaths, those became pretty common in these kind of stories, but still, when you start liking the characters, those still get you every time. There are also even some really funny scene, and not not overly kitschy, but cute and romantic scenes. But yeah, all in all, don't read this if you don't like people dying and blood splatting everywhere.

The art is very fitting for a horror manga, and of course, every ecchi has the obligatory girl with ridiculous tits. The particular girl is still a lovable character, and not just eye candy.

This is one of the few manga where I don't dislike any character. There are only a few I don't care about (mostly because they were killed off too early to get to know them). The manga has a few moments where you think "why u do dis", but that's also nothing you shouldn't question too much when it's genre is horror. Usually, I just want so see everyone getting killed off in entertaining ways. This time I was even scared for the characters, desperately hoping they will survive. Even the one character I initially hated, turned out to be a crazy yet hilarious (and even kind of cute) character.

I smiled at the cuteness of the characters, I was weirded out by the designs of the magical girls, I was surprised at some points, and I felt all fuzzy inside at the romancy-scenes, and of course the bad ass killing scenes, no matter if the good or bad guys had to go, are just the pinnacle. It's everything I like thrown into one story, and I hope the new chapters are going to be translated soon.

I found this manga... although shot and leaving me begging for more... to be quite original. The entire concept is amazing. Though, I cannot say too much for even a little will give it away :)
I really hope that this becomes read more often, it was worth it... and if it doesn't sound like your thing... youd be amazed :)

Like most anime and manga, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening had it's pros and cons.

Probably the biggest flaw with this manga is it's storyline compared to it's game counterpart; honestly to get any thorough enjoyment out of it, you had to know the game. All side quests were excluded and the dungeons barely covered, leaving the manga storyline pretty hollow.

However, unlike the game Link has his own dialogue, which provided a great insight into what his character was actually like, what he was feeling through different stages in the journey, what he was tihnking at ceratin points, etc. I got a few pleasant suprises to find he recated similarly in some points where I had in the game.

As for art, while people and some animals were not done so well, there was some good shots of scenery, especially at the some of the new chapter pages. But even the poorer sections of drawing are not eyesores or detract from the story in any way.

So in summary, while it had some good character development, the plot was worn too thin by cutting out too much of the plot that was provided in the game.