Renjou Desperado

A manga about a wandering warrior woman traveling through the wild west in search of the perfect husband.

This one surprised me with how good Ahndongshik’s art work was. Everything from the action scenes to the mystical monsters were beautifully drawn here. 

This series mixes the western cowboy setting with a feudal Japan aesthetic. It’s not original by any means but the quality of the designs are just so impressive. I didn’t even mind the girl having a prosthetic arm that looks and works as a revolver. And you gotta love the use of English onomatopoeia that gave this manga a nice comic book feel.

My only minor complaint is that the main character’s motivation is to become a wife and every episode revolved around some potential male suitor. I’m not sure if that gets fleshed out in future volumes but so far it came across as pretty shallow. Also there’s a lot of fan service with the female characters but luckily it didn’t distract too much from the awesome action.

I’d like to read more to see if the story improves and find out if this is more than just some flashy action.

~dakazu