Xavier-kun's Manga Review : All you need is kill by Takeshi Obata,Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Ryousuke Takeuchi

Konnichiwa!!
Hello my fellow otaku, It's Xavier-kun here with a review of the new manga All You Need is Kill! The manga follows the life Keiji Kiriya, a soldier in the earths army against the alien species known only as "Mimics". But the twist is that on our hero's first day of fighting on the front lines... he dies... and then wakes up exactly the day before his deployment. So the story follows Keiji as he is constantly dying and being reborn and gaining more experience along the way.

Art
The Art for All You Need is Kill is amazing to say the least, and it is clearly made the one and only Takeshi Obata(the artist of Death Note, Bakuman, Ral Ω Grad and Hikaru no Go). Really I don't need to say anything else but I will anyways, THE ART IS AMAZING, you may think that I am over-exaggerating but I truly don't think so.

Look at the composition, the balance, the proportions, the mech armor, but most notably the immaculate screen tone work. As a manga artist in training this makes me so encouraged and inspired to work hard, it's pretty easy when you have such a great artist to look up to.

Story/Plot

The story is incredible, It's actually so good that this manga is an adaptation based off of the light novel series. That is enough proof that the story is amazing, it literally was selling thousands of copies by itself.

Final Remarks

Read it because it's amazing and deep and enticing. 10/10 I had no problems with this manga I loved the characters and the world.

Also after you read it watch the trailer for the Hollywood rendition of it. It is yet again, complete garbage, don't watch it when it comes out, it is a disgrace to anime/light novels/live action/life. (you would think they would stop after Dragon Ball Z Evolution)

Joe-San's ST&RS Review

ST&RS Written By Takeuchi Ryosuke Illustrated By Miyokawa Masura

Hey! What's up guys?! ST&RS is a fairly new manga as it was just published in 2011.  When I read the first few chapters I wasn't really interested but it really started to pick up in the later chapters.  Speaking of chapters, it has 32 (ongoing) and is running in Shonen Jump.  It should have an anime, because it's interesting enough, but I haven't heard that one is planned.  Of course it may not be long enough for anime.

Story/Plot
The story is set mostly in the years 2033-2035 in Japan.  It begins in the year 2019 when earth gets a message from an extraterrestrial being to meet on Mars in the year 2035.  When the broadcast telling the world about the message was aired the infant Maho Shirafune spoke his first words "Mars". This inspired his passion for space and his goal to meet the aliens on mars.  When Maho graduates middle school he enters a space training academy high school called ST&RS.  Where he strives to be picked to go on the flight to Mars in 2035.

Art
The art is similar to a lot of other newer Jump comics and with the futuristic feel fits well.  I also really like the spaceships Miyokawa-Sensei drew.  They look pretty cool and the backgrounds display a good supporting futuristic feel.

Final Remarks
ST&RS is a pretty interesting Manga, in the fact, it's kinda unique with the astronaut theme.  Yet its similar with common Shonen features.  A good read none the less really starts to pick up at the end.  You should definitely check it out.

Joe-San's Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Review

 

Katekyo Hitman Reborn! By: Akira Amano 

Ciaossu.  Sup guys?!  Today I'm reviewing one of my personal favorites.  This Shojo style Shonen Manga is done by my favorite author/illustrator, Akira Amano and ran in Shonen jump.  It has 409 chapters and has an anime with 203 episodes (Apparently its just on hiatus not quite sure).

Story/Plot

The story is set in Naminori, Japan.  It follows a nonathletic unpopular absentminded middle school-er Sawanda Tsunayoshi or as he's called loser Tsuna.  That is until the day a hitman named Reborn comes to his house.   Reborn tells Tsuana that he is next in line to head the worlds most powerful Mafia family.  Tsuna isn't convinced, but Reborn becomes his tutor to train him to become a good mafia boss.  Reborn helps lift Tsuna's status from loser to cool  (somewhat).  This brings Tsuna new friends, but it also gets them caught up in the mafia business.

ART
I really like the more shojoish style brought to this shonen Manga.  It gives the Manga an interesting atmosphere.  It goes good with the story and the charecter design is pretty cool, although sometimes the faces look kinda weird.   Overall there isn't much bad stuff to say about it though. Nice job Amano-Sensei.

Final Remarks   
Reborn is a great example of what can happen when you mix styles for the better or worse.  Although the story line is the classic strong guy trains weak guy into a BOSS (Literally).  It is still very entertaining despite its rushed conclusion.  Still a must read.

Xavier-kun's Manga Review: One Punch Man by One/Murata Yuusuke

Konnichiwa!!
Hey it's Xavier-kun and I'm reviewing the manga One Punch Man!!. So basically One Punch Man is about a guy named Saitama (which is the name of a prefecture and a stadium) who has the power of being the most powerful man ever...and he doesn't care at all. Personally I think Saitama: and Miharu: who's faces both stay relatively the same throughout both of their series could be distant cousins. Since saitama is the most powerful man on earth  he has fame, glory, babes and lots of money.Right?, right?, RIGHT!?!

ART
Well the art is really good(there is a writer and artist FYI(TEAMWORK!) because the artist has a good amount of credentials(Eyeshield 21,A whole bunch of one shots). Although it does get kind of annoying/weird when saitama is  one second then all
in the very next panel because someone called him bald or he missed the sale at walmart in the sake of potentially saving millions of lives. So really good variety overall but super plain with saitama.

STORY/PLOT
We start with saitama who is mega strong and fast(not smart though) who is really pissed about being so strong and is a superhero as a hobby. You would think that throughout the whole thing, since he complains so much he tries to get weaker or something but he spends most of his time watching TV and training his sidekick genos.

FINAL REMARKS
A good read overall but doesn't update as quickly as other serials in jump. Definitely worth your time.

SAYONNARA!!!

Joe-san's Deadman Wonderland review

Deadman Wonderland Written by Jinsei Kataoka and Illustrated by Kazuma Kondou

Hey guys! what's up!  Joe-san here with my next Manga review. It's a really good one, Deadman Wonderland.  It has 53 chapters (ongoing) and already has an anime adaptation with 12 episodes and an OVA.  By the time I read the first chapter I knew this was gonna be interesting.   It runs in Shonen Ace and the anime is done by Funimation.


Plot/Story

The story is set in near future Japan and it follows a high school student Ganta Igarashi who lives a pretty normal life.  That is until the day a red man appears outside Ganta's classroom window.  The Red Man proceeds to slaughter the entire classroom except Ganta, who wakes up to the horror of dead bodies and blood, but no Red man.  Because he is the only survivor, the police convicted him of murder and is sentenced to death.  Instead of executing him immediately the authorities send him to Deadman Wonderland, which is the one and only privately owned prison in Japan.  Here he finds that he has a special ability called the branch of sin and has to fight others with the same ability to survive in this living hell.  Sometimes it has him wondering if he should just die, but he finds resolve in the goal to kill the Red Man and get revenge for his friends.

Art

The art fits the mood of this story perfectly with a more realistic and serious style, which gives off a dreary feeling.  The artist that did Deadman wonderland also did Eureka 7.  The backgrounds also do a good job in reinforcing the dreary and serious feeling.

Final Remarks

Deadman wonderland really makes you feel sympathy for Ganta and his situation, which makes you want to cheer him on through his journey.  I really like the story line, it's pretty interesting, but its kinda graphic.  So it's not for a younger audience.  It's a good read and you should check it out.  Your comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated.   

Xavier-Kun's Manga Review: Special Martial Arts Extreme Private Highschool (trying saying that 5 times fast)

Special Martial Arts Extreme Private High School

What!!! why is the title so long its irritating and just UGHH!!!Well kind sirs and ma'ams that is the exact reason you should check it out, I mean who wants to read something with a boring name like bleach(calm down don't worry I love bleach). The beauty of the name is that its supposed to stick out and frankly this manWHa(south Korean comics are second to Japanese ones in my book) is 1/2 gag manwha and 1/2 action so don't hate ,because its really good.

STORY/PLOT
The story starts with wimpy,drooly(seriously),weak Kang Chiu. He is a kid with a strange tendency to drool buckets of saliva at random moments throughout the entire story. His nice loving mom decides to transfer him to a martial arts school that is(unknown to Kang) run by his dad. So then begins his adventures learning to master his grandfathers martial art style of Geukji-do, defeat his father and (hopefully) STOP DROOLING!!

ART
The art for Special Martial Arts Extreme Private High school(gotta love that cut and paste technique) is really amazing partially because the whole thing is in computerized color, although actual coloring is really good I think computer coloring creates a whole identity for manwha/manga because you can do so much more than with markers. All of the backgrounds look amazing and characters are original and ridiculous in design as well as personality.

FINAL REMARKS
Special Martial Arts Extreme Private High school is probably one of the greatest examples of really funny manwha/manga that can have amazing action in it, seriously if you can blend an amazing fight scene with Kang using the Buddha Nipple Defense technique. The manwha is still going I think but releases slowly due to the computer coloring and translations although it currently stands at 21 hilarious chapters. So read!!

Xavier-kun Manga review:Junk-Record of the Last Hero-

Konnichiwa!

Today I will be reviewing the shone manga "Junk-Record of the Last Hero-" or Junk for short. Junk?!? How could anyone think that "Junk" is a good name for a manga?! Well I thought the exact same thing which is why I took the time to read it , so here goes.

Story/Plot
Junk is the name of a kamen rider/power ranger looking suit mixed with a downgraded iron man armor(COMIC BOOK REFERENCE!!!). Basically there is guy in high school who is raped/bullied/forced to eat worms or something that requires a group of teenage guys to grab him take his pants+undergarments and say"Hurry and get the worms!"... Yeah so that makes the main character Hiro Yuuki stay far away from school for a long while, surfing the Internet and eating ramen. But eventually that serves him well as he stumbles upon an Internet contest/raffle that is offering "Junk" as the prize, with nothing better to do he signs up,wins(along with 1 other person) and gets the Junk super suit mailed to his door and there begins his adventure while choosing to be a hero or to use the junk suit for his own selfish desires.

Art
Junk-Record of the Last Hero- is drawn and written by Kia Asamiya who has created many works such as Batman:Child of dreams and Steam Detectives (may get reviewed later on). The art is definitely influenced by comic books as how the style is slightly more realist then others, sometimes I wonder what goes on with some of the lesser characters because their faces can look a little troll facey sometimes the character design is good and the action flows nicely although it seems a little confusing a few times like something important happened in between the panels that I missed but over all the art sets itself apart from the average manga.

Final Remarks
Overall Junk-Record of the Last Hero- is really good as a superhero/villain type manga and as a shonen manga. Junk is currently available in English in bookstores and online so BUY AND READ!!!

SAYONNARA!!!

Joe-san's first review

Nisekoi by Naoshi Komi

Hey guys Joe-san here with my first manga review.   I'm going to be reviewing Nisekoi a really good romance manga running in shonen jump.  It only has about 70 chapters and doesn't have an anime yet but Shonen Jump announced it will have a VOMIC.   Please leave comments or suggestions about what I should review next.     

Story/Plot
Nisekoi follows the son of a mafia boss Raku Ichijou.  His school life is pretty normal and he has a few close friends and a crush.  That all changes when the daughter of the beehive Mafia Chitoge Kirisaki along with the entire family comes back to Japan. The two gangs don't get along well so the two bosses devise a plan. The two airs should start dating so the gangs have to get along better. Chitoge and Raku already didn't like each other but found out they had to start dating.  He also found at more about his "Promise" girl a girl he promised to marry 10 years ago.

Art
Nisekoi art is very interesting I gives a romantic comedy manga. Its very Shonen like art which I think is a good mix. The character design is a little bland but I like the new age manga style.

Final remarks 

All around Nisekoi is pretty good I can't what for the next chapter of it to come out.  Just cause This runs in Shonen Jump doesn't mean you'll enjoy it thought if your the kind of manga reader that likes action this isn't the manga for you. But if you enjoy these kinds of manga definitely check it out.

Xavier-kun's manga review: Hungry Joker

Hungry Joker by Yuuki Tabata
Shonen Jump has released yet another amazing manga, after the first chapter I was HOOKED! Hungry Joker is a prime example of what shonen jump is all about, big enemy's and organizations, cool characters (you can expect some cosplay soon enough from Angie-chan) and amazing, explosive, over the top, powers.

 Story/Plot
The story behind Hungry Joker is pretty original with some similarities that all Jump manga have(spiky hair, cross dressing, etc) with the main character being Haiji(last name unknown) who has a magic apple that gives him the power over !^#&*%$ (read to find out his power, KERO KERO KERO) and his assistant Toriiooji Chitose who join the secret organization "White Joker" to fight the evil power of the "Mavro's" who consider themselves gods and that humans are useless and need to be destroyed.

ART
The art for Hungry Joker is Bleach-esque if anything but still presenting a new approach to shonen manga all the same.With character design they all look original and powers look amazing, I truly think that the anime will be amazing if done by studio Madhouse(HunterxHunter, Deathnote, Dragon Drive).

Final Remarks
In conclusion Hungry Joker can be boiled dow to "just another shonen manga" but that should't stop you from reading it at all.

Xavier-kun's manga report: Kishimoto-Sensei-Dono-Sama-Senpai's New One Shot MARIO!!!

It's Finally here!!!!
Masashi Kishimoto was working on a brand new one shot about a mafia member, who has no powers but a playful/creepy way of killing people on the hit list.It was released today and is titled Mario. All in all its not as great as I imagined because Kishimoto-sensei hinted about it in between chapters in a volume I can't remember right now but will tell ASAP. It definitely has a more realistic feel to it and everyone looks like a 1/2 important Naruto character and the action is almost non-existent throughout the whole manga,its disappointing but lovey/depressed in content(it also has a good helping of profane language : O). But despite my hating of it there still resides within it that Kishimoto-sensei feel to it(without the ninjas) so I suggest you check it out here.

SAYONARA!!!

1st Review Post YAY!!!

Well Hello everybody out there its Xavier-kun with the very first review and its of a very impressive, amazing, explosive, martial arts manga!
 
For All of you that haven't heard ,The Breaker is my favorite martial arts manga ever(sorry Kenichi)(technically its a manhwa since its from Korea). There are a total of 72 chapters before it splits into its sequel series The Breaker: New Waves which has recently reached chapter 115. Here is how I'll break down the review:Story/Plot,Art, Availability and Last Remarks.

STORY/PLOT
 The Story behind The Breaker is that there is a high school student named Yi Shi Woon who is spineless, weak and is being constantly targeted by the school bullies. One day a Quirky transfer teacher is hired(Chun Woo) and saves Yi from committing suicide (by jumping off the roof) Chun Woo immediately jumps off, catches him and crushes a car while landing. This starts Yi off on his adventure to discover more about his teacher and the mysterious world of "Murim" that's hides unknown to the the public.

ART
 The art for The Breaker is really amazing i can say its better than a lot of manhwa/manga that's out there. The fighting in The Breaker is amazing although few in the beginning  they become more often and intense as the story unfolds and new characters are introduced.The artist Jin-Hwong park really presented it with style and gave a new definition to every martial arts manga to come.

Final Remarks
In Conclusion The Breaker is a must READ for any fan of action, martial arts or shounen manga/manhwa in general. Although sadly its not available to be bought in english but I'm still crossing my fingers!

Sayonara!!!