Gyo

This is my first horror manga I’ve read and I’d say… I’m not really impressed. The story revolves around a strange creature (dead fish with artificial ‘legs’) invading the lives of two people – a boy and his girlfriend.

A storyline like this seems like an excuse to make a horror manga. While this sounds like it’s actually good, it’s not. The mangaka seems to throw the plot into different directions.

The characters? Not even. Of course the female character is a damsel-in-distress (the only thing I remember about her is that she screamed almost every panel she was in, thankfully I liked what the mangaka did to her eventually). Of course the main character (male, even) has to save her often. The character development is very minimal. All I remember that the main character seemed to be slightly scarred by the incident.

The art was nothing really impressive, though it was very fitting for a horror manga. I remember there were so many details on the strange monsters, though there was nothing memorable about the details on the characters and on the backgrounds.

I came for the bonus story though, the Enigma of Amigara Fault. Now that is more considered to be a horror manga despite being a little cliched. 4/10 overall on Gyo though.

Afuganisu-tan

Alright, everyone! Let's gather for an important part of world history; the history of Afghanistan as we review Timaking's only known manga, Afuganisu-tan!

Story:
Again, as said before, this tells a bit of history about Afghanistan. The story is slow-paced and episodic, but does its job decently. However, Timaking feels that it is necessary to add text alongside the panels. I don't actually feel that this is a good way to tell the story.

Art:
Adorable, adorable with moe written all over it. It's average, though, but does its job well.

Character:
The story is told with Afuganisu-tan's eyes. There is your naive youngster named Afuganisu-tan, a boastful one named Pakis-tan, and other excellent characters. The characters feel undeveloped after completion, but this is no surprise since this is a one-shot.

Overall, pretty enjoyable manga. It's a nice, quick read providing adorable art. 6/10 from me.

Mirai Nikki

Welcome to the cruel game of survival. If you hold a Future Diary, you're a possible target for the game to get the rank of God. And everyone else has some type of Future Diary too.

This is the plot where Mirai Nikki revolves in. But the manga explains how the game is started. How? Yukiteru, the main character, is pretty much an outcast. Left without friends, Yukiteru begins to create imaginary friends like Deus Ex Machina, the 'Lord of Time and Space.' However, creating this 'Lord' comes with a price; creating 11 Future Diary holders.

This is definitely something unique. Never really seen something like it before. The pacing can get a little too fast though.

And now, the characters. Yuno is your typical overprotective person, protecting Yukiteru and becoming obsessed with him. But there's a twist... she's a yandere, someone who'll even kill someone else to 'protect' his/her lover. Definitely something good coming your way. But then, comes your typical backboneless character, Yukiteru himself. But he develops well. And the other ten Diary Holders, too. You'll be turning the pages crazily, learning about each and every Diary Holder and their personalities.

Can't say anything much about the art, though. Pretty average and serves its purpose well.

Overall, I've enjoyed this manga very much. Brutal scenes line the pages of this manga, and don't expect a touching and cute romance. You're in for a ride. 6/10.

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Onani Master Kurosawa

Onani means masturbation. By that simple line, you are laughing at this and probably won’t plan to read it. But read this review further – It is a grand story using the age-old morals of ‘Never give up on your friends.’ The mangaka only happens to use masturbation to teach those morals.

This story, considered a doujin (impressive since I’ve lost hope on doujins the moment I heard yaoi pairings as its dominant theme), is about a boy who masturbates after school in the girl’s bathroom. A younger, gentler (at first impressions) girl soon finds out about his ‘activity.’ The story shoots off from there. The boy experiences the harsh ways of bullying, how telling the truth hurts, true love, and how friends are formed, even friends you don’t like in the first impressions.

All of the characters get some sort of development. The boy learns about friendship (sounds clichéd, I know, but in the most interesting way ever presented). The girl reveals her inner beast. Every single character influences the boy.

The art is rather sketched. At first, I didn’t like it very much, but I got used to it, absorbing each and every detail that the mangaka has put on, especially for the characters.

This deserves every word of praise that I heard from fellow reviewers. This is an excellent story that uses an age-old moral. 10/10.

Hen Koi!

If you translate the title of this manga, it is Weird Love. This is exactly what the manga is about - a rather pointless manga about weird fetishes (such as peeing).

Of course, this is an ecchi manga with borderline hentai. What does the majority of these types of manga have? Popular girls, and big-breasted girls. This manga? It combines both types and throw in a story about them. "Guy finds his desk wet and eventually finds girl one after school and falls in love with each other"? Yeah, sounds like some excuse to place a love story on.

The art is rather pretty, but art points are very few - especially on a story and cast such as this. Ugh, two main characters that have similar fetishes, that obsessive, jealous pervert that wants the girl... sounds like a pretty ridiculous cast; and it is.

The majority of these points were from the art and how so mildly amusing this piece of work was because of its story and characters. You know, weird fetishes and love stories don't work very well. 4/10.

Fullmetal Alchemist

When I was requested to do this review, I wasn’t too happy. The majority of shounens (especially the Big Three – Naruto, Bleach, One Piece) I’ve watched during my anime watching days were absolutely horrible. Let’s see, what did the Big Three have? Super-powered main characters who are rather cocky, stubborn and they got their super power from something or someone. Rather boring.

However, when I read the first chapters, I was pleased that the main character, Edward Elric, was superpowered and very skilled at the first time. Still, he was still very typically shounen; he was rather cocky and won most (if not all) of the fights as well as its story - there is that useless (later damsel-in-distress, and a childhood friend to top it off) girl. But still, it rather impressed me. Unlike in the Big Three, the fights are much much shorter and less 'X and y fights for no reason.' Applause!

On a higher note, the art was really well-drawn, if you forgive the sketched out look in the humorous parts.

Overall, this is one of my must-reads for those tired of seeing the regular old shounens. Of course it's rather typically shounen at some parts and I didn't like the quality change in its humorous parts. Still, this is quite a read. 7/10.

Introduction

Hello y'all! My name's MisaTange, but they call me Misa. I'm all here to review completed manga. I have a very critical eye since my anime watching days but decided to move on in a more quicker and more enjoyable alternative - manga. Of course, the majority of the posts will be critical reviews, but look out for some of my more fangirlish posts.

Currently reading:
-Hitogatana- : Typical shounen stuff. Not my style. 4/10.
Bleach: Again with the typical shounen stuff. Okay, what's with the 'guy gets powers because of girl and wants to save her even though she denied him' plot that shounen mangakas like? 5/10.
Saint Young Men: I'm offensive and I find this Christian. But seriously, this is a very amusing manga that barely keeps my attention. Couple more points for a unique plot. 7/10.