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Hoshin Engi

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Hoshin Engi

A manga adaptation of the famous Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods.

A decent shonen battle manga. When I first started reading it I was really taken with Ryu Fujisaki‘s unique character designs and the blackhearted protagonist Taikobo. He really feels like a prototype of Senku from Dr. STONE the way he constantly bluffs and plays mind games to outwit his stronger opponents.

I think this series really benefited from the fact that Investiture of the Gods is the least known of the 3 great Chinese novels. Journey to the West inspired Dragon Ball and Suikoden became a popular role playing game series. Fujisaki was able to really shape the story and characters as he sought fit to make an engaging tale about powerful Sennin battling over the fate of 2 kingdoms.

It’s available to read from VIZ.

Side note- I still think it’s crazy that they decided to reboot the anime with Hakyu Hoshin Engi just so they could cover the story arc they never got to in the original.

~dakazu

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes

I finally jumped into this series with the new anime. Decided to take a look at this recent manga version done by Ryu Fujisaki. I’m a fan of his Houshin Engi and I thought his stylized art worked well for space battle scenes. This versions starts with the childhood of Reinhard but I can’t tell if that’s unique or not because I’m not familiar with the series. I’ll keep reading and watching the anime to hopefully find out why this series is so beloved by fans.

~dakazu