Kichikujima
Horror manga where a group of teenagers get stranded on an island ruled by crazy murderers. The murderer’s are a family heavily inspired by Texas Chain Massacre. The gore is over the top and the story has a bit of a supernatural element that grants the murderers immortality. It’s alright, not great.
~dakazu
153 – Manga in Motion 20 – Death Note 2017
This week dakazu’s been reading a lot! He’s amazed that Mizuki Shigeru was writing Watashi no Hibi when he was 91, checks out a decent rugby manga called Full Drum, sick of edgelord gore manga like Pygmalion, and finds a similar loser protagonist in Boys on the Run. Also, Seamus checks out volume 2 of Girl’s Last Tour, we check in with our weekly BEASTARS update, and dakazu has been deceived by the false advertising of GAMERS. Then we examine Netflix’s version of Death Note! We recap the original source material and weigh in on whether this movie is a good adaptation or not!
Continue readingWatashi no Hibi
Mizuki Shigeru’s last serialized autobiographical manga. He started this when he was 91 years old!!! A true legendary manga author, right up there with Osamu Tezuka and Shotarou Ishinomori.
~dakazu
Pygmalion
Another ‘our daily lives are destroyed by invading creatures’ manga. This one is about evil Mascot characters brutally murdering the masses. It’s very much in the same vein as Magical Girl Apocalypse. Not very good.
~dakazu
Gurazeni: Money Pitch
Unique manga dealing with the money contracts of Professional Baseball players.
The title literally means “money buried under the pitcher’s mound” and the protagonist is obsessed with each player’s yearly earnings. It works both as a informative insight into the business behind Baseball and a dramatic sports manga, which is a bit surprising considering the plain art style. An anime adaptation is coming next year.
~dakazu
King Golf
I’ve read a couple golf manga but a lot of them are (understandably) geared toward adult readers. This one is more shonen based with a cliche delinquent protagonist. It cracks me up because with so many scenes of people crying you’d think that golf is the most dramatic emotional sport to ever exist.
~dakazu
Full Drum
Rugby manga currently serialized in Young Jump. Compared to the other popular rugby manga All Out!!, the artwork isn’t as stylized but is still very good. A good sports manga always conveys kinetic motion through it’s paneling and view point angles and this one is no exception. The main character is a generic ‘talented idiot’ archetype but so far I’m still enjoying it.
~dakazu
152 – I am a Hero part 7
On this episode Seamus talks about going to Worldcon 75 and meeting Yumiko Shirai, creator of WOMBS! Then we finally finish off our retrospective of I am a Hero. We discuss the events of the final chapters, share our favorite story arcs, and give our thoughts about the whole series!(covers chapters 229-264)
Continue readingInnocent
Another manga that takes place during 18th century France. Follows the life of Charles-Henri Sanson who became the royal executioner for King Louis XVI. The artwork has exquisite detail but sometimes it takes away from the storytelling by becoming the central focus, making it more style than substance.
~dakazu
Napoleon: Shishi no Jidai
The manliest manga about Napoleon you’ll ever read. They’ve taken all the famous soldiers/generals of the French Revolution Army and given them Fist of the North Star character make overs. Violent, hilarious, and educational all rolled into one. Good stuff.
~dakazu