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davechua's review against another edition
4.0
Intriguing start for a new series by the creator of GANTZ. Love the Ikiru reference.
_moonniji_'s review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
eicul's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
piscesreader1111's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
tmarso's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Interesting and unique manga. Would love to see it in color.
tawfek's review against another edition
3.0
Despite of being so sad, Tears won't come out...
I had really high expectations for this, they came crashing down bad, Did Hiroya Oku lose his mojo?
Did he lose everything that made Gantz successful in the first place?
He felt like he was pushing emotions on his reader so bad, like Desperate Bad...
At first i was like okay, It's the protagonist you want to give him a sob story, i don't mind, he will turn his life around, and we will be done with this.
But then he Gave the homeless guy a sob story as well, we don't need a sob story to care about his safety and wellbeing, The Guy was already being targeted by a bunch of pieces of shit who killed 3 homeless people already, He didn't have to be about to turn his life around for us to care!
And i couldn't stop the overwhelming feeling at this point, that the writer is begging for emotions.
So Forget about that aspect! What about the story?
It's kind of mediocre at best so far, i didn't lose all hope in hiroya to turn this around yet, But even the Sci-fi aspect didn't intrigue me, The Guy turns into a full blown cyborg who has retained his memories and his soul (if there is even such a thing)
Sinister shadows are coming to destroy his happiness.
But when he is about to defend the homeless guy, he gets knocked out, and his body's self defense systems take care of the attackers?
It didn't really feel as epic as the writer might have thought it is!
Inuyashiki though reminds me of old timer Arab actor abdelmonem madbouly, i really feel like i am looking at him!
I feel that Hiroya got the idea of making this manga, when he thought okay... what if we make the oldest Protagonist in Manga history?
Its a brilliant idea, but poorly executed, specially that if he didn't already have a huge success like Gantz, and this was his first manga, nobody would even continue waiting weekly to read this, the start was super slow, that only privileged manga writers get to have.
But The Huge improvement was the art, it is clean! Super clean and so so beautiful!
Hiroya oku improved miles even over his former amazing level art.
Anyway back to where it all began, i will read it at a slower rate, but i will finish it this year for sure.