AkemiTheSunbro13

Yokohama shopping trip is truly the best slice of life manga out. Told through the lens of Alpha, an undying android, it's set in a post apocalyptic japan where the sea level has risen (and continues to rise), flooding cities and roads. There aren't many people left but those who do group together in tight-knit communities.
Our main character, Alpha, runs a remote cafe on the coast. She gets few visitors and she waits for the return of her mysterious master. Her origins are unclear and very little is revealed as the manga progresses.

The setting and characters are unique and enjoyable - Seeing the interactions between Alpha and her friends and her going about her life. It's light-hearted and relaxing.
Each chapter starts and ends peacefully. Life is slow and you can almost feel the sea wind, blowing through the grass and trees as the world quietly slows down.

Alpha is given a camera as a present from her master which she uses regularly. She drives her scooter around meeting new people and finding new places.
The art really shines when Alpha is travelling - beautiful landscapes of sunken cities, streetlights silently glowing under the waves; sand swept coastlines and bustling cities.
On her travels Alpha meets many people. Some mysterious, some normal. Every character feels real and their life, past times and comings and goings are interesting and genuinely engaging.

Alpha, being an android, doesn't age. As the manga goes on, you see Takihiro and Matsuki, friends of Alpha who are children at the start, grow up. Their views on life, relationships with others and their hopes for the future change and mature.
Individually each chapter isn't massively special but, like life, looking back over it makes you appreciate the changes and is incredibly emotive, helping you to appreciate the small, seemingly insignificant stories told - There's a great joy in Takahiro and Matsuki's growing up, but a deep sadness as the world around Alpha slowly dies out.

As the sea rises, characters, with relationships and lives built and explored throughout the manga; age and move on, slowly leaving alpha alone.

Yokohama Shopping Trip is a celebration of life, of people and relationships as well as a lament to how all good things come to an end. It's a stunning, engaging and incredibly emotive manga incomparable to anything I've ever read.
It can be summarised by a beautiful chapter where Alpha grows a sunflower which ends with: "After a while the sunflower died and wilted without thinking of our feelings."

Shoot me, hang me up, and call me dinner, because that shit was Fucking DEEP.

In only 21 chapters I think I have never been more immersed in a story. The trauma that the characters go through is overwhelming, and to be honest It had me thinking more about life than ever before. In my opinion it is deserving of a larger recognition of what it has. The one reason I am not giving this a 9 or 10 is because I didn't find myself emotionally connected to the characters. That being said that is just my opinion and a different reader may completely connect with them. I think one reason was because there was little dialogue, and the story was short to begin with (this obviously was on purpose and adds to the story). Despite this The Horizon is a very good read and I would definitely recommend it!

Kaze no Galdor is only one volume, it's two fantasy tales centered around a young Bard named Maani based on Celtic legend and mythology and it's very well crafted. I loved the fantasy look of the art and the stories were written in the style of traditional fantasy tales like Arthurian stories, that I have not seen many of before in manga. If you love traditional fantasy tales with Bards, Amazons, unicorns and warriors I would urge you to read this. It is just two stories but they are well written one shots and I would call it a hidden gem. I enjoyed it very much, it reminded me of reading Arthurian tales or a Mercedes Lackey story. I am giving it a 10. If you like tales that can cast a spell over you like a harper's song in the glade then please give it a try.

Hitoshi Tomizawa writes weird stuff, be warned! This is pure weirdness. But it isn't without plot or intelligence, it's calculated and makes sense by the end. No gore or nastiness, it still packs quite a visual and emotional wallop.
His art is simple but the story is twisting and twisted at the same time. You'll have many "what the heck!" moments along the way, bear with it, there is an explanation by the end, it all makes sense. Well, as much sense as Tomizawa stories ever do!
I liked it quite a bit. Far from perfect, it is... different! So if (like me) you complain that 'mangas are all alike these days' then here is the cure for you!

This manga is like trash tv, it sucks ass but you still want to know what happens next. The plot is pretty straightforward, they got stranded and need to find a way out. Wouldn't recommend getting too attached to any of the characters except for the dude with the braids as majority of them are either a dumbass or a rapist. This is something you would read if you're really bored as once you read it you'll be falling into a rabbit hole. Had to bleach my eyes after seeing some things in there that will forever be engrained in my head.

Probably the most useless one shot I've ever read.
The story, if we could call it like this, is about two cute and stupid girls who are swimming with dolphins in a beach.
No need to say that the story is nothing more than a big pretext for fanservice and you will have some ridiculous and exaggerated shot of her bodies.

At least if you're searching for nothing more than ecchi and fanservice I'd say it's definitely what you're searching for.
Indeed the girls are quite cute with some nice forms. They kinda looks like loli with boobs.
The settings are really well drawn and catch pretty well this feeling of summer. It's really warmful.
All the pages are coloured and the colours are really expressive.

It was only 5 pages but overall I wish I could forget about this manga.
I have to admit that I laughed a little because of the ridiculoussnes of this one shot.
So if you're searching for something that is so useless that it become hilarious or if you're searching for just a big pretext for fanservice, this one shot is probably for you.

A so-so manga that's fine to read when you're absolutely bored.

Story - 7/10
Overall story progression can be very confusing, especially with the currently available translation. Had to re-read pages at times just to understand what's going on.
There is a decent amount of attention given to world creation, including explanation of the games and abilities. That said, the relationship between the abilities characters have and the actual games seem underwhelming and mismatched. The world concept is pretty original, but quite confusing.
Pacing of the story is way too quick. All of the character interactions feel incredibly rushed, and events that occur in the course of the story needs way more explanation and backstory than given.

Art - 5/10
The art itself isn't exactly terrible, but there's something to be said about the distinctiveness of each character as well as the consistency between them. While the characters are drawn with different features that separate them, a good portion of their design are similar to one another, to the point where you sometimes can't tell which character is which (although this might have more to do with how the characters are introduced).
Coloration/shading is the biggest issue. Some characters are unshaded, while others are. Some are well-defined while others look sketchy. Between characters that make an impact to the story, some are detailed, while others should have remained background characters. Background and scenery are bland. The overall jarring differences in shading scheme makes it feel as if you're reading the manga with a light in your face.

Character - 5/10
Unmemorable. Character development feels forced and is almost non-existent. Character traits and personalities are also rather inconsistent. The introduction of some characters are very sub-par, leading to confusion between similar-looking characters. While the concept of the abilities is thought-out, individual abilities are not. Naming of these abilities feels random and hard to follow. At first, it was super confusing trying to understand who can do what, which is made even harder by the characters trying to keep them a secret from each other as part of the plot device.

Enjoyment - 5/10
Half the time, it's an uphill battle trying to figure out what's going on in the scene, and how it relates to the overall plot. That said, the manga's premise does have potential, and some parts were relatively enjoyable, but don't look for too much!

Overall - 6/10

Ah, Revolt. What can I say? This is a manga that not many people have read, and there are reasons for that, one of which can definitely be the lack of availability and translation. This will be my first review on this site, and one for a series that I hope will garner more attention in the future. Without further ado, lets break it down.

Story: 5/10

The story for this manga is fairly good. As presented in the synopsis, we have our main character Naruse Akira who has the classic, tragic backstory. Naruse is, as stated in the synopsis, good at reading his opponents. So picture a chess player who has the ability to see three moves into the future of the game, essentially, that is what our main character does in order to make his way through his gaming life. Naruse, still a child, assumes the role of a military commander. In essence, we follow a story of revolution (hence the title of the manga) led by a kid through his acquired skills of gaming. Now, it's a very interesting concept and is executed in a decent manner. However, it lacks fluidity to some extent. This manga remains content heavy and from previous points it may feel like things are progressing in a manner of which they shouldn't. Moreover, it feels as though the reader is pushed straight into the heat of the story without any real world or character building beforehand.

Art: 9/10

The artstyle in this manga is one I absolutely adore. Each panel is drawn in a way where attention is drawn to where you would want it to be, while there is a lack of attention to detail to keep some roughness to part of the drawings. It honestly fits really well for the feel of the manga, and the only thing I can say is flawed about the art is that the scaling at time feels off.

Character: 5/10

I'm very 50/50 when it comes to the characters of the manga. Naruse, the main character, is a someone who can be on either end of the spectrum. For some, he can be very annoying, pretentious and hard to relate to. While others who may relate to him perfectly might find him to be an amazing and thoroughly right-minded character. However, the problem for me lies in the childhood friend, Houju. Her character feels entirely forced, doesn't fit into the story well enough for me and seems to be presented only as a catalyst of sorts.

Enjoyment: 6/10

What I've read of 'Revolt' I have enjoyed to a fair standard. Personally, I find the military and revolutionary aspects both to be enticing, with a great artstyle that I can't help but adore while looking upon each panel. However, I find the cast to be fairly subpar and it draws away from the story at times when each character seems to pefectly embody a particular trope yet has no substance to enhance.

Overall: 6/10

I believe 'Revolt' is worth giving a go. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I believe that if it is available to you, it is definitely worth giving a shot. If the genres and synopsis don't entice you, maybe the art-style will ease you in and you will eventually come to like the manga. I wouldn't say it's a must-read, however, I would recommend giving it a shot at some point.

When I started to read this manga I just said to my self: ' again a " adult " one who`s including children, and another sexual scene, and in the end a happy one '
Well, I was totally wrong.

To be honest, this is my first manga when i wanted another end. Its not like i don`t like, usually i enjoy this kind of ending but to be serious, is painful and frustrating the same time. Why so? I don`t know. The story is so sad, that makes me cry or at less, makes me angry. I should said i`m addicted to shoujo, and i should like it, but this manga is not a shoujo, not in my opinion, she don`t have the elementary elements of one. But per total, was a good story.

The art is not so detailed and is makes me feel like all the characters are in a pessimist mood. I don`t like it so much but it makes me happy to see a different art; to say, i was kinda surprised about it, and yes, the art means lots at me.

The characters are... well, totally out of story, but they are full of feelings, not in a happy mood. They look very distant even if the if the boy and girl are together. I like the lonely girl, i don`t remember exactly the name, or i should say i haven`t seen any names there, maybe i`m wrong, can`t remember anyway but she seems to be a character ' don`t mind me, just go with your friends, i would like to see you happy '.

Enjoyment? No way, this manga makes me being sad or frustrated, and i don`t like it, even so, is one of my ' manga soul ' how i like to call a good manga, that goes to my heart cause is a different one from all of what i have seen till now.

No, i`m not trying to say how goes the story, its just in my opinion, you as a reader can see another part of this. The manga should be great, if it was another ending.

To be honest, I just finished „Bokkesan“ because I started it (and I was pretty bored). Luckily there were only 10 more chapters to go when I realized that this manga isn't quite what I had expected...

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Like stated above, I wanted to quit reading right after chapter 8, because

* I expected the story to be more ''original'' and interesting. Overall the story is fine, but nothing I haven't seen anywhere before in a similar way.
The first few chapters are nice and enjoyable to read - afterwards, when I got the whole thing, the next steps seemed kind of ''forseeable'' and everything just went clichéd.
Due to the sudden cancellation of this series, the ending appears to be rushed and disappointing. But an ending that normally goes over maybe 5-6 chapters can't simply be squashed into two chapters without seeming unnatural, I guess.

Nonetheless, here, too, things like friendship, bravery, caring for each other, whatever kind of aspects are being negotiated to the reader throughout the reading, and I think these are points mangas shouldn't drop, no matter how chliché that is.

* the art is decent (even though some proportions are somewhat out of place or too big... like Sayu's chest - seemed to me like intended fanservice which didn't quite work out), I just had to get used to it.

* the characters were nice, but nothing special; the (stereotype) anti-hero, the (not always) clinging damsel in distress, the friend, the long lost brother... etcetera. Well, creating good charactes isn't easy, I know.
Considering that this manga consists of only 18 chapters, the character developement is accordingly humble.

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Overall I think „Bokkesan“ is worth the reading when boredom takes over again - a continuation of this series would have been redundant, that said, the 18 existing chapters make a perfect short-story to fill time.