The reason I came over to the Manga version of One Piece to write a review, rather than over on the animé page is because Oda's manga is worthy of receiving a high score in all aspects. The animé only scores high in (1) nostalgia and (2) comic relief.

ANY action scene in the animé is shit. Oda knows how to keep these pretty concise in the manga though. Of course some fights take a few many chapters, but most panels are there for a reason. It's not a billion punches going back and forth, mixed with some staring at eachother and panting while the bad guy says how annoying the strawhats are and luffy tells him to shut up because he's going to ぶっとばせて!!

All the work that Oda has been doing over the past 20 years to make such a coherent world, fleshed out characters with moving backstories, a goal for our adventurers to strive to, plottwists, foreshadowing and a great sense of humor should be celebrated as the groundwork for all modern Shounen manga.

[draws X on the back of left arm and punches fist into the sky]

It's so freaking awesome!
It's the very first time I've seen some well-written overpowered character.
Solo leveling tells the story of Sung Jin Woo, the most weaker Hunter of Korean, at least. The first 11-12 chapters introduce us to how the world around works, which class do what and the whole thing. It really annoying in some way, because it don't show you the very potential of the story itself. It hard to swallow, but after that comes the best part till the end. In introducing chapters we see a weaker, boring and cliche protagonist that we all have seen in most other series, but take it from me, after these chapters the thing changes to a whole new level. We see the start of his evolution, all the way through, and the character development through that. There's the thing that makes it cool. The way that show us the fights, the skills that he acquired through time, the whole thing is magical. One thing really awesome about this manhwa it's the pages format. It seems made to read on a mobile device, cuz the way the scenario moves, the way the characters does too, dope af, I think it's the most positive point about this series. So colorful and well made.

If I had to stands out something besides the pages format, it's, of course, the dungeons and the bosses. It's so dope and astonishing at the same time. A variety of scenarios, every boss has something to add in some way, no matter what. And that's really beautiful to see.

I hope we get the second season as soon as possible, I can't contain myself!

It's my very first review, sorry for any grammatical error or something else. Wish y'all enjoy this series, see ya.

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Steel ball run is one of the more overrated parts of jojo in my opinion. I like Johnny and Gyros character development. Tusk is an amazing stand and the act system being brought back is also dope. The only characters I didn't really like were the side characters except for lucy and steven. I think the thing that makes me not like this part as much as some of the others is the ending. I feel like dio being brought back at the end was a bad idea. Especially since he was using the world.

Overall it was a good read. I still prefer parts like Jojolion, stone ocean and diamond is not crash.

6/10

This manga was worth the read. While there were some parts that were better off not happening, I still really loved Koe No Katachi.

It's use of regret, loneliness, redemption, and depression was really great. It honestly could be applied to anyone else's life and it sure did to mine. I could feel myself relating to some of these characters and it made me love them even more. Of course the characters weren't perfect. They all each had some kind of pain from their past that's dragging them down but that's a good thing. It makes them more realistic knowing that they aren't these perfect righteous people that you would normally see in a manga or anime.

The story was also really great. The setting in which the manga is placed in really fit well with what it was going to show. The story also didn't stray too far from what it was supposed to be and it just shows us what we would expect from the description that we've been given (from the synopsis or any description in websites). Obviously, there were also some flaws in this category. That being a lack of an explanation. To further explain, I mean that the story ends rather open-endedly leaving some readers mad and confused. It also made my brain yearning for an explanation. I think most of the reason for the anger towards the open-ended ending was because of the romance. There was a significant event where there was a slight bit of romance between the 2 main characters but it wasn't delved much after that. And that's what I think the readers are mad about. There's also a bit of some characters own resolve that wasn't explained either. But despite all that, the story that's centered in Koe No Katachi is still unique and something that shouldn't be regarded as "bad".

To say my final words, I think the author managed to create something good with Koe No Katachi. It may not deserve it's 8.80 rating (as of this review) but it still gave us something that we enjoyed. That I enjoyed. Thanks Yoshitoki Ooima for making this.

Ahh, where do i begin? This mana was something I decided reading after finishing the anime, which i can say was a great experience. So without further ado, let's make it as simple as possible without giving too many spoilers.

Story: 9
Yes, we all know the cliche story of humanity in peril and the giant monsters that are responsible for it. However, there are little manga's that are actually sticking to the fact that humanity still dod not defeat those monsters. True, the show did give us the "Hero that has a power that came from those monsters to kill them". But they are doing it good and most important of all they have the balls to actually kill main characters at ANY moment. i won't tell you when, but let's say that the show is one of the only i am current;y reading that still have the guts to kill the main hero/es at any moment without any warning or any way to "fix it at the last moment due to 'plot device'".

Characters: 9
In my opinion the strongest part of the manga. The characters in the show are extremely complicated. For those of you who's read the "Clash of the Titans" arc, you probably know whose the main villain of the arc and while their motives are still unclear to us, we know that they didn't do that out of simple villainy. They do feel remorse. And they are not so easy to hate even after revealing their true nature. They did it because they had to. That revelation made it cleat to me that moral in the show is not something as simple as good and bad. The sense of morality in the show is even become more unbalanced in the following arc, I won't tell you what happens but ill tell you this, that arc gave us new information that made it clear that no character in the show that is purely good, or at least not in the eyes of all characters, and the plot forces them to do things that shake the reality they are used to like it was nothing. in my opinion every main character, and some of the side characters, are extremely important to feel the show moving and they are doing a great job of making you wonder which side truly is right and which is wrong.

Art: 8

While it isn't on berserk level, the art in this show is still something i enjoy very much, except when you look at the difference between the anime design and the manga design, but all in all the art is really nice, with some shots looking really amazing and some making you really feel like you can just see anything there, plus the titans are amazingly drawn, each in a different way, making you see that there are no two titans that look the same.


Enjoyment: 8
The only reason i don't place it on a higher rank is the simple fact tat every chapter comes only once per month, making it hard to keep the hype between every chapter and trying to remember what happened last time. however, that manga and the plot are too good for me to just let this make the better judgement for me. The show it great and the manga is even better, even if the anime added one part for the managa that wasn't there (see episode 25 of the anime and manga chapter 34 for the difference). But all in all i really enjoyed the show thus far and Im sure Im going to keep enjoying it.

Overall rating: 9
This manga is one of the best manga's out there at the time, it is bold, courageous and doesn't afraid to kill any character at any moment and give plenty of development and explanations that keep everything clear or making you question the morality of the manga at any moment. It is these features that made me like this manga so much and i know that those if you whose looking for good manga (even if released slowly), this is the manga for you.

I hope you enjoyed or found this review helpful and please don't fear to send me your thoughts or responses and ill answer them as good as I can.

I have watched FMA: Brotherhood first then picked up this manga, and rewatched Brotherhood again to compare (you could say my latter half of 2016 was dedicated solely to FMA). It is the first manga that I've finished and I gotta say it was well worth the ride.

Story (9) Arakawa managed to combine various genres into 108 chapters with hardly any filler which is quite a feat. Fantasy/magic (alchemy) mixed with politics with some sprinkled action and adventure on the side (and a bit of romance too). The alchemy side of things seem well-researched also and I appreciate the effort put on that.

The story moves along at a smooth pace from the introduction of our main characters right into the climax and into the inevitable conclusion. I think my only negative comment here is the introduction of the Briggs arc with the reason that one character hid something important there. It just seemed quite far-fetched and execution was a bit clumsy- all to show a new place.

I also had a incredibly minor issue with Arakawa's execution of the various deus ex machinas in her story. Can't let our main characters get themselves too much in a bind, eh?

Art (8) This is only my second manga to read so I don't really have a good basis for comparison. However, on its own, the art is quite clean, crisp and consistent. Though not spectacular enough for me to be wowed, in general it is detailed and descriptive enough to add to the atmosphere.

Character (8) FMA has a wide array of characters so it'd be impossible not to find a favorite: we have a cynic, an optimist, a vengeful murderer, a visionary, an ambitious prince and a handful of loyal henchmen among other things. I like how some of the antagonists of the series, the homunculi, aren't exactly cookie-cutter villains and were given depth to their characters.

On the other hand, almost any story will have typical secondary characters who have hardly any growth and are merely used as plot devices; FMA is no exception to this. However, they are introduced and utilized in such a way that you will come and care for them no matter how small their roles may be.

Enjoyment (10)
When I first watched the anime having not read the manga, I thought the way the comedy/seriousness went fluidly from one to another was off-putting, but having read FMA I realized it was just adapting whatever was in the manga. My initial reaction was to side-eye Arakawa's propensity for this but I have since come to appreciate this wacky side of things.

My main gripe on FMA centers around Al. He is my favorite out of the Elric brothers and this is the problem: often times he is forgotten as people mention the trials and suffering Ed face. Both brothers went through a lot together even though Ed may have been exposed to a lot more ridicule as a State Alchemist. I may be biased but I've always thought Al has always been in a tougher place than Ed is; it's just that Ed is more vocal and cynical while Al tries to be constantly cheerful despite living in an armor body. Part of this is my thinking that there are two MAIN protagonists in the story, but Ed is and has always been the primary character with Al as the supporting one.

The above paragraph is my only 'real' hindrance to me thoroughly enjoying FMA and even then I'll give it a top score just because it was incredibly fun to read, it wasn't boring, it can be as deep as it wanted to be but at the same time it made me laugh out loud in some scenes.

Overall (9)
I think one of FMA's greatest strengths is that it is very easy to dive into but it has every little bit of everything that will please everyone. I've said almost everything I've felt about it in the above paragraphs.

The next on my list is to watch the 2003 version, though having spent a long time in the Amestris world I might need a few more months to cleanse my palate first.

It’s an old story. The hero is Musashi Miyamoto; the greatest samurai who ever lived, author of that esoteric sword-fighting guide that I couldn’t get past the first page of. His legend was brought to a more international audience with the film series starring Toshiro Mifune. While it would be impossible for another actor to outperform Mifune as the samurai master, the realm of manga can achieve the impossible. I was never a huge manga geek, but I’ve read a decent amount of the most highly-acclaimed. Vagabond is without a doubt the most incredibly drawn manga I’ve ever read.

The way of the sword in Japan has always reminded me of Hinduism’s yogic paths. The samurai strives for utter mastery of the self much like a yogi in the wilderness. The biggest difference is the amount of bloodshed. Eastern religion and philosophy has often centered on perfectibility. According to belief, through many life-times the Hindu or Buddhist can reach a divine state through practicing austerities and mastering the body and mind. There are various yogic paths ranging from study to sex. But what of the soldier? The creation of bushido in Japan was very convenient for emperors and shoguns of all sorts. To become a master in the art of slaughter… was a spiritual matter!

Mushashi, born Shinmen Takezo, wants to be the strongest samurai of all time. It’s not an uncommon hero motivation. Ash Ketchum is still trying to be the very best pokemon trainer there ever was. Unlike the many seasons of Pokemon however, Vagabond shows the consequences of this “heroic” desire. Takezo slaughters man after man; some are horrible bandits, some are honorable samurai, some are confused boys with swords. All this is done for Takezo’s quest for perfection. An interesting character, almost a comic relief, is the Buddhist monk Takuan. He serves as Takezo’s Jiminy Cricket throughout the manga; his irritating conscience. If the dialogue between characters were a debate, Takuan demolishes Takezo in every single one. He exposes Takezo’s masquerade: savage bloodlust in the guise of honor. Although Takezo doesn’t heed much of this advice in the beginning, his staunch mindset is gradually assaulted by the monk’s reason.

As Takezo’s story progresses, we slowly come to understand the “way of the sword” that he is striving for. To be the very best there ever was… was a bastardization of his true goal that he didn’t even know he had. Zen Buddhism took hold in Japan as a synthesis of the Buddha’s teachings and Lao Tsu’s “Taoism.” The Tao is the Way; a romantic belief in natural spontaneity, or being in tune with the natural way of things. An obvious reason why this took hold in Japan is because of the Shinto tradition which also taught union with nature. In Vagabond, Takezo meets various masters of the sword who teach him about this path. He no longer fights for egotistical pride, but for union with… the natural order of things. It’s all very romantic, but very Eastern. The hero of the philosophical West might fight for deep moral principles ordained by God so he might be forgiven for his life full of sin, but the philosophically Eastern hero fights in an eternal search for divine union with the universe.

Vagabond is, aside from being an incredible character-driven story of Zen Buddhism and the ronin lifestyle, a beautiful manga. To the most philosophically ignorant—or apathetic—individual, Vagabond will be an engaging action packed ride to be lost in for hours on end. The VIZ Big editions of the manga are quite expensive in total, but it’s worth the investment to own this story for the rest of one’s life. Vagabond will probably never actually conclude as a manga, but I’m not sure Miyamoto Musashi’s quest ever concluded either.

One of the best Mangas ever!

Story: You won't stop reading until you know what happens next and the smartness of all the characters will amaze you! (and so will the stupidity of the main girl).

Art: Perfect! Each design of characters is well done!

Character: No cliches here, made very well! Though some characters are annoying (most of the females).

Enjoyment: There's not much else to say but you will love it! HIGH ENJOYMENT!

Overall: Why do people only read half of it? How pointless! Doesn't anyone want to know the events that occur next that build up to the ending? Wouldn't Death Note make more sense if you read the last 6 volumes instead of googling the ending which is pretty stupid after reading 6 Volumes already?

Read all of it to the end! ITS WORTH IT!

[Akatsuki no Yona] ... just recently, I watched the anime, it was good, it lit a fire within me, ...I had to seek its manga for more ! it's been a while since I've been this thirsty for a Manga, the more I read, the more I crave !

I like the fact that the anime was true to the manga !
The comedy is quite good =D

I like the character designs and the Anime OST! Especially a certain phrase in the 2nd Anime ending song "Modoranai hibi ni namida koboshite..." It just hit me deep once I heard it ...Right in the Kokoro!

Hak; Thunder Beast, is my fav.
All chars are quite good, in their own way...
Yona, hold on! you go girl!

Overall, it's a very pleasant type of shoujo manga =w= <3

I loved ch.83 Sound of Invisible Tears

[Spoiler]
Zeno gives off a very dark theme to the plot with his regenerative body, it's just not usually seen/expected in a shoujo manga, which increases this manga's uniqueness .....I personally like that one scene of Zeno holding the hand of his wife, for god know how long, till it all turned into skeleton and not flesh...so heartfelt!

This manga took my breath away!

English:

Monster has everything that appeals to me in a manga, good story, character development and reading fluency. All of the plot is believable, in part by the author's effort to get a background for each character tied to the main plot, and also by talking about emotional realism that is conveyed throughout the manga, you understand each character's emotions and believe it, in a plot like Monster, this is very difficult.
Art is very good, and it goes very well with the plot, or the author really knows how to develop character movements and reactions, from simple conversation to a shootout, a quadrinization is also excellent and helps a lot in the suspense and mystery scenes.


Portugues:

Monster tem tudo que me agrada em um mangá, boa história, desenvolvimento de personagem e fluência na leitura. Tudo do enredo é crível, em parte pelo esforço do autor para obter um plano de fundo para cada personagem atrelado ao trama principal, e também por falo de realismo emocional que é transmitido ao longo do mangá, você entende como emoções de cada personagem e acredite, em um enredo como o Monster, isso é muito difícil.
Uma arte é muito boa, e acompanha muito bem o enredo, ou o autor realmente sabe desenvolver movimentos e reações de personagens, desde uma conversa simples até um tiroteio, uma quadrinização também é excelente e ajuda demais nas cenas de "suspense" e mistério.

I finally got around to finishing the series after forgetting about it for years.

Story: The story revolves around Maria and Kazuki and their battle of wits against box owners. Vol 1-6 each contains mystery stories that setup the characters and the world. Vol 7 ends the series with a crazy bang. I think vol 1-2 are the most mediocre ones. They're good, but not 10/10 good. Vol 3-4 are better, and vol 5-7 will not allow you to put the book down. I took a break from the series after vol 2, and I'm very glad I finished the rest. That said, the text and lore are kind of confusing at times, so you need to pay a lot of attention to details.

Character: Amazing. It's easy for side characters to be forgotten in a boy meets girl plot, but most of the characters have interesting histories, traits, and developments.

Enjoyment: If you're into brainy fights and mysteries, you will get a lot of enjoyment out of this.

Would highly recommend to any LN fan.

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Easily one of my top 10 shows. If you're into exploration and gorgeous scenery, this is your anime. The character and landscape design is one of the best I've seen and the characters are quite original too. The story is also REALLY interesting and truly one of a kind.

Gotta say something though, the manga is sometimes a bit weird. I say this because the mangaka sometimes draws the children in a sexualized way, and that's pretty fucked up since they look like kids. If it wasn't by this unfortunate fact, the show would be a SOLID 10/10 in my opinion. I'll still give it a 10, but that's just because I really enjoyed it (besides those unnecessary scenes).

Another fantastic manga with a good message behind OP MC and a gains on the strength of focusing on side characters and having outstanding visuals. By focusing on side characters we see how they react and try to fix problems while the answer to all of their problems is a hilariously underrated super hero who can defeat all of them with one punch. It is interesting to see how all of their dynamics are affected, definitely worth a read.

It is refreshing that an OP character can get into some really though provoking but often light hearted situations, I for on will be a constant fan of the original author who goes by the name ONE.

Houseki no Kuni tells a strange story standing somewhere between fantasy and sci-fi, good and bad, strange and yet addicting. It is something with the overall feeling of intertwining sorrow, nostalgia, anger and hope that makes this manga enjoyable, rather than the plot and the characters.

Phos, our main character, is like the ugly duckling of the Gem Kingdom - energetic, nice and loving, but still weak and clumsy, among a nation of fighters. And the plot is straightforward - about the growing of Phos in a strange desert-like world. I would say that the manga indeed lacks something in the development of the characters - it is somehow missing, too slow or too sudden, which could be a plus in some cases and it does not affect how lovable Phos is, but nevertheless it somehow makes the story static.

The Art is fine, but it does look a lot like shoujo (the long limps somehow remind me of CLAMP art, I wonder why), although I would say this manga has nothing to do with the genre. It does fit seinen more and I would say the contrast between the art of the Gems and the devoid of life world is refreshing. The plot is also fine, but could be too slow or predictable from time to time, taking into consideration that most of what I've read so far was..let's say fighting.

Even though I said all of this, I would recommend this manga and I do hope they would make at least an OVA out of it. It has its bad sides, but it's enjoyable and indeed refreshing, more like your Sunday afternoon reading, than anything else. I find it addicting and I would continue to follow it, despite its downsides and I hope helped you consider reading it. It's worth for the feeling. :)

"Mono no aware é uma antiga expressão japonesa, que pode ser traduzida em algo como “empatia pelas coisas”, ou “se sensibilizar pelo mundo”. Num sentido mais amplo, a expressão remete a um sentimento de tristeza com a passagem do tempo, com a impermanência das coisas. É a percepção de que tudo muda, e inevitavelmente se emocionar com essa transitoriedade. Mono no aware é a melancolia que surge da contemplação, o que é bem característico de YKK. "

Em Yokohama Kaidashi Kikoi a história se passa num Japão pós-apocalíptico, o nível do mar aumentou e muitas cidades foram submersas, os humanos posteriormente voltaram a ter uma vida mais simples.
E nesse deleite, acompanhamos o dia-a-dia de Alpha Hatsuseno, uma robô que administra um isolado café à beira-mar.

Yokohama foi um dos mangás que mais me surpreendeu, a obra expressa tranquilidade e relaxamento durante a leitura de uma forma tão surreal, tendo aquele ritmo calmante, sem pressa e às vezes sutilmente monótono de contar histórias, dando a obra um conjunto de emoções distintas que é muito bem expressada. Veja isso tomando um café ou chá e ouvindo Lo-Fi e sinta a atmosfera única que YKK proporciona, é simplesmente incrível, realmente é o epítome do gênero slice of life.

A arte é incrivelmente linda aos meus olhos, contendo um estilo bem detalhado, com lindo cenários que vai fazer seus olhos brilharem.
a beleza simples mais muito bem expressada através da arte de Ashinano Hitoshi é algo que me deixa encantado.

A protagonista Alfa é um androide e ela não muda, mas a percepção regular de que o tempo passou antes que ela soubesse, transmite a sutil atmosfera melancólica por trás da personagem, principalmente enfatizada no final da obra.
Sim, como robô ela é imortal. Mas o mundo ao seu redor não é, o mar continua subindo e subindo, sempre aos poucos...

YKK realmente me conquistou, cada capitulo que eu lia eu era fortemente envolvido pela magnífica atmosfera da obra, não contém os elementos principais da maioria dos mangás, e de certa forma pode não agradar a maioria das pessoas, mas com sua arte, atmosfera e escrita magistrais que faz você admirar, suspirar, imaginar e refletir, ao meu ver, é nitidamente digna do termo obra-prima.


"Meu lugar é o café Alpha. As coisas que vi. As coisas a cerca de todo mundo, eu nunca esquecerei... O mundo inteiro que foi como um festival vagarosamente se acalmou.
E esses dias...
Se tornaram a tranquila época que é chamado de a 'Era da tarde calma.' Deixe me mostrar-lhe só um momento dessa curta era, antes que chegue a noite.
Sente-se mais uma vez...
A noite da humanidade...
Que essa seja uma era pacifica."