Showing posts with label manga review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label manga review. Show all posts

Friday, October 13, 2023

Pellua Iyagi aka A Tale of Felluah 9/10

 This is my favorite manhwa (Korean manga) and dear to my heart. I fell in love with the art, the melancholic plot and gray characters were wonderful, too. "Pellua Iyagi" aka "A Tale of Felluah" is a romance story set in a fantasy world based on medieval type politics and society, not magic, or fighting. The arrogant Orthez has to marry the cold-hearted duke Arthur from another kingdom, both seem disinterested in each other at first, but learn to open up eventually.

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Nukozuke! 7/10

 "Nukozuke!" is a unique and rather obscure manga written and illustrated by Oshikiri Rensuke. It's a short, episodic series that delves into the bizarre and super cute world of Yuuya and his two Nukos: Kei, a calico Nuko who acts mature despite often being mistaken for a female, and Sasame, a black Nuko, with a dark sense of humor. 

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Hunter x Hunter 10/10

Hunter x Hunter is one of my and many others favorite manga/anime of all time. This review will concentrate on the 2011 anime adaption, which follows Gon's and his friends and frenemies adventures. But don't be fooled, this is not a typical kid's show, with every arc HxH gets darker and more enlightening.


Saturday, October 7, 2023

Anata ga Shite Kurenakutemo aka Even If You Don't Do It 7/10

 I'm not surprised this series got a live action adaption before an anime adaption (although I'd like one). Anata ga Shite Kurenakutemo aka Even If You Don't Do It is a mature drama with complicated characters, it explores themes of love, loneliness, and the complexities of human relationship.

 

3-gatsu no Lion aka March Comes in Like a Lion 7/10

My introduction to this series happened in 2016, when the first season of "March Comes in Like a Lion" aired. Not a big sports fans, and I know nothing about shogi (Japanese chess), so an anime about a shogi player sounded interesting enough to me. I was pleasantly surprised that this anime didn't have much to do with shogi but instead gave us a wholesome slice of life plot, where shogi is in the background and the characters are the stars.


/Blush-DC: Hi♥mitsu 6/10

 I remember stumbling upon this manga when I was a teenager, the whole ecchi genre was interesting and new to me, so I checked out a couple titles, but "Blush-DC" or "/Blush-DC: Hi♥mitsu" left an impression on me.


Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai aka Yugami doesn't have any friends 8/10

 

This manga made me laugh quite a lot, so I thought I should write a review to bring some attention to it.

We meet Yugami through Chihiro who just moved to a new city and is a transfer student at Yugami's school. At first glance, he seems to be really nice and helpful, but that impression doesn't last very long. They both not only end up in the same class, Chihiro also sits next to him now. She tries to become friends with him but her attempts are shattered by him either saying something weird, rude or simply ignoring her, although it's not really his intention which makes those situations really funny (for example 'could you please eat somewhere else, I don't want to to be seen eating with you'). Most students in class try to avoid Yugami (hence the title) because of his eccentric behavior, and warn Chi not to get too close to the weirdo, but Yugami is absolutely fine with it.

He turns out to be the schools' baseball ace, and baseball is the only thing he actually likes, next to precisely planning his days. The baseball team doesn't necessarily like him (nobody knows what's going on in his head), but they need him to win games, so bare with him.
Chihiro watches some baseball matches and later starts helping out the female manager, hoping she could become friends with her. But at the same time, she has to deal with bizarre Yugami, who tries giving her ridiculous life advises, telling her she should try harder at finding friends, stating theories and opinions (which are sometimes surprisingly good) when no one around him wants to hear them, but because of that he actually starts talking more and more with others.

We just follow Yugami's life and all the challenges he has to overcome, like friendship, love letters and baseball. But self-centered Yugami has good sides showing up as well, whenever he sees that Chi is having trouble he's trying to help her out, well by giving silly advises and buying rare curry bread for her. He is a funny guy, but not very sociable (he's more comfortable alone), he has trust issues and thinks everything can be done by himself. He may didn't realize it yet, but despite trying to keep a distance from everyone, Chihiro seems to become his first real friend after all.


A manga by Jun Sakura full with comedy and two hilarious main characters, I'd definitely recommend it to people who want to read something light and funny. And if you don't like manga, there's anime adaption out as well!

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