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Rurouni Kenshin
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ar_feinielRurouni Kenshin was a manga published in Weekly Shonen Jump during the 90s, set in the early Meiji period of post civil war Japan (the 1870s). It follows the character of Kenshin Himura, a former fighter/assassin who fought on the (victorious) Imperial side of the civil war; but who afterward chose to disappear and become a wandering swordsman to atone for his killings.
I'm not generally a big manga reader, but I really fell in love with this one. It's got a wonderful little ensemble of characters who come together to form their own family, and I'm always a big sucker for those kind of stories.
I thought long and hard over what to post. I thought about putting up the first chapter, but it's a bit longish. So here's the third chapter, which introduces the character Yahiko.
( I'm Myoujin Yahiko, son of a Tokyo Samurai! I haven't sunk so low that I need pity from strangers! )
I'm not generally a big manga reader, but I really fell in love with this one. It's got a wonderful little ensemble of characters who come together to form their own family, and I'm always a big sucker for those kind of stories.
I thought long and hard over what to post. I thought about putting up the first chapter, but it's a bit longish. So here's the third chapter, which introduces the character Yahiko.
( I'm Myoujin Yahiko, son of a Tokyo Samurai! I haven't sunk so low that I need pity from strangers! )
It's a Koi Neko christmas
Dec. 24th, 2011 02:36 pmkamino_nekoMerry Christmas (eve)!
The second (and last) of my Christmas posts for the year...yay. Koi Neko is a manga about a dude named Shinta. He's got a girl he likes, and she likes him...that's a yay, right? Well, there's a complication...
( Wonder what it is... )
Again, Merry Christmas!
~6 pages out of 20.
The second (and last) of my Christmas posts for the year...yay. Koi Neko is a manga about a dude named Shinta. He's got a girl he likes, and she likes him...that's a yay, right? Well, there's a complication...
( Wonder what it is... )
Again, Merry Christmas!
~6 pages out of 20.
darkbladeWelcome back to our journey with Japan's heroes the Kamen Riders. Today we join the third such hero Shiro Kazami, Kamen Rider V3. Unlike the previous two Riders he was not changed by an evil organization against his will. He was a college student when his parents and little sister were murdered by evil cyborgs he pleads with the Kamen Riders for them to make him into a cyborg like them so he could get revenge. While they refused to deprive the boy of his humanity at first they had no choice when he was mortally wounded in another cyborg terrorist attack. Today we find him in Egypt.
( Kamen Rider Spirits waste no time getting to the Mummies. )
11 pages from a 35 page chapter.
Next Time: More failing at Egyptian Mythology forever, more cyborg mummies, more “MY PARENTS (and sister) ARE DEAD and a Shocker cyborg raven.
( Kamen Rider Spirits waste no time getting to the Mummies. )
11 pages from a 35 page chapter.
Next Time: More failing at Egyptian Mythology forever, more cyborg mummies, more “MY PARENTS (and sister) ARE DEAD and a Shocker cyborg raven.
Saint Young Men - Two against the World
Jul. 26th, 2011 09:33 amchocochuyGreetings, People from Planet Houston!
Today I am proud to give you more goodies from Japan as a way to ease the pain that DC Comics left us recently. The Manga that we will be seeing today is called "Saint Young Men" and it narrates the misadventures of Jesus Christ and Buddha living in an apartment on Modern Japan. I can assure it's some healthy comedy and it's pretty cool to see 2 Religious Figures living in complete harmony (Shouldn't we all?). Enjoy!
( Magical Mystery Tour )
Today I am proud to give you more goodies from Japan as a way to ease the pain that DC Comics left us recently. The Manga that we will be seeing today is called "Saint Young Men" and it narrates the misadventures of Jesus Christ and Buddha living in an apartment on Modern Japan. I can assure it's some healthy comedy and it's pretty cool to see 2 Religious Figures living in complete harmony (Shouldn't we all?). Enjoy!
( Magical Mystery Tour )
Hero of the Day
Jul. 25th, 2011 07:42 pmchocochuyGreetings, True Believers!
I have decided to take a small rest from mine Captain America entries for a while. Today I have brought you some fun from Japan in order to heal the wounds that DC Comics left us on this year's Comic-Con. May you like it.
( A Passionate Unity )
I have decided to take a small rest from mine Captain America entries for a while. Today I have brought you some fun from Japan in order to heal the wounds that DC Comics left us on this year's Comic-Con. May you like it.
( A Passionate Unity )
thanekosNobuaki Tadano's 7 Billion Needles, evidently, is a take on Hal Clement's Needle.
Though it seems everyone but the former's creator's explicitly identified the latter as inspiration, it's obvious when you take a very general summary of them both: two aliens, one a hunter and one his murderous prey, come crashing down to Earth. Far from humanoid, they co-opt human bodies to continue their interplay.
The differences in Tadano's adaptation keep that generality; Clement's amiable islander protagonist becomes a withdrawn city-dweller whose relationship with the hunter is much more reluctant. Their search for the other's host is much less of Tadano's plot than it is Clement's; of the former's four 100+ page volumes, only the first's really dedicated to that (in fact, it's pretty much all of Clement's; after that, stuff diverges, but in a very natural way.)
Without the suspense of who the hunter's opposite's influencing, 7 Billion's free to go ahead and reveal that unlucky in the first chapter, then depict their merger. And so we also get to see a little more of the prey than Clement showed us, and boy is it a piece of work, as is the subplot.
(Several scans from six 20+ page chapters in a 150+ page volume.. oh, and a couple of pages of folks getting some rather arterial deaths.)
( In a good way, of course, like our protagonist's relationship with the hunter. )
Though it seems everyone but the former's creator's explicitly identified the latter as inspiration, it's obvious when you take a very general summary of them both: two aliens, one a hunter and one his murderous prey, come crashing down to Earth. Far from humanoid, they co-opt human bodies to continue their interplay.
The differences in Tadano's adaptation keep that generality; Clement's amiable islander protagonist becomes a withdrawn city-dweller whose relationship with the hunter is much more reluctant. Their search for the other's host is much less of Tadano's plot than it is Clement's; of the former's four 100+ page volumes, only the first's really dedicated to that (in fact, it's pretty much all of Clement's; after that, stuff diverges, but in a very natural way.)
Without the suspense of who the hunter's opposite's influencing, 7 Billion's free to go ahead and reveal that unlucky in the first chapter, then depict their merger. And so we also get to see a little more of the prey than Clement showed us, and boy is it a piece of work, as is the subplot.
(Several scans from six 20+ page chapters in a 150+ page volume.. oh, and a couple of pages of folks getting some rather arterial deaths.)
( In a good way, of course, like our protagonist's relationship with the hunter. )
darkbladeJust a heads up I'm down to my last few gigs on Photobucket for the month so this entry may end up unreadable. If that happens I'll delete it and repost it in a few weeks.
( Anyways Time for some Kamen Rider Spirits )
11 pages from a 33 page chapter
Next Week: General EVIL shows us his Spider form and his true evil plan, a real fight scene with Rider 2 and the knowledge that Rider Kicks can indeed solve all of the world's problems.
( Anyways Time for some Kamen Rider Spirits )
11 pages from a 33 page chapter
Next Week: General EVIL shows us his Spider form and his true evil plan, a real fight scene with Rider 2 and the knowledge that Rider Kicks can indeed solve all of the world's problems.
darkbladeIn my dismay with the current state of superhero comics from the big two I've started exploring other outlets for my passion for the genre. Among those outlets was Tokasatsu, a form of live action superhero television from Japan. The best known of these in the west would likely be Super Sentai which has for the last nineteen years been adapted into Power Rangers for western audiences. That is not what I'm here to talk about today though. I'm here to talk about it's sister franchise that has had less success with adaptations outside of Asia, Kamen Rider.
( Warning for some mild gore. )
19 pages from a 58 page chapter
Tune in next week when Taki goes to Africa to fight Warlord that happen to be Cyborg Spider monsters with Rider 2. I couldn't make that up if I tried.
( Warning for some mild gore. )
19 pages from a 58 page chapter
Tune in next week when Taki goes to Africa to fight Warlord that happen to be Cyborg Spider monsters with Rider 2. I couldn't make that up if I tried.
Girls just want to have Fun
Jun. 5th, 2011 12:33 pmchocochuyRemember all those stories where horny boys try to steal girls' panties? Well, it's Payback Time!!!
( Time for Retribution )
( Time for Retribution )
Never sneak up on a sniper
May. 21st, 2011 05:06 pmapintrixThe Fullmetal Alchemist manga finished about a year ago now, and I'm sad to see no scans archived here (or maybe I just wasn't able to find them!) Thanks to the original anime, FMA is best known for being an angst-fest, but the manga's also got a lot more humor, classic shonen action, and a fantastic, tightly plotted battle of military conspiracies. Also, a plus for girl comic-geeks: the creator, Hiromu Arakawa, is a woman, and the series features a wide range of awesome female characters, who kick ass in so many different ways. Here is one amusing bit.
An infamous ghostly serial-killer bites off a bit more than he can chew when he chooses the wrong victim: army sniper Lt. Riza Hawkeye.
This is manga, so read right-to-left. 5 pages and a bit below the cut.
Tease:
( Read more... )
(Source: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) chapter 30)
An infamous ghostly serial-killer bites off a bit more than he can chew when he chooses the wrong victim: army sniper Lt. Riza Hawkeye.
This is manga, so read right-to-left. 5 pages and a bit below the cut.
Tease:
( Read more... )
(Source: Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) chapter 30)
