Tag: malegaze
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Review: Azumi
Azumi (あずみ), 1994-2008, Koyama, Yuu, Big Comic Superior Warning for (a lot of) rape and murder. STORY: 8 Meet Azumi, a child soldier raised to become the deadliest assassin of medieval Japan. Follow her along dangerous missions as she murders literally dozens (if not hundreds) of people who could upset the stability of the Tokugawa…
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Review: Eve: The Beautiful Love-Scientizing Goddess
Eve: The Beautiful Love-Scientizing Goddess (Eve: Koi wo Kagaku suru Uruwashiki Megami, The Love Science Story, イヴ 恋を科学する麗しき女神), 2008-2009, Nabeshima, Masaharu (Story), Hanakouji, Yumi (Art), Manga Sunday STORY: 6 Meet Dr. Maria Eve, a brilliant professor in behavioral studies. She is gorgeous, has an IQ of 183, an assistant with big breasts (which is reminded to…
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Review: Sakuranbo Syndrome
Sakuranbo Syndrome (Cupid’s Prank II: Cherry Syndrome, Cupid no Itazura II, さくらんぼシンドローム クピドの悪戯II), 2006-2009, Kitazaki, Taku, Young Sunday (Weekly) STORY: 2 Meet Munenori Agawa, your everyday manga office worker. His life takes an ‘exciting’ turn when, for the sake of altruism, he has to french kiss a kid everyday! Here is how I imagine the…
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Review: The Ghost in the Shell
The Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊), 1989-1991, Shirow Masamune, Young Magazine Kaizokuban STORY: 7 Meet Motoko Kusanagi, your everyday special-operation-cyborg-elite in a future that massively inspired cyber-punk culture. Take a seat, and enjoy a solid story where technology is about to turn the flow of information into a new form of consciousness, written before mass…
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Review: Drowning Fireworks
Drowning Fireworks (Oboreru Hanabi, 溺れる花火), 2009-2010, Minenami, Ryou, Mobile Man STORY: 4 Meet Eita and Kaoki, a couple in their first relationship at 19 years old. Eita, the boyfriend, is your average bland university student. Kaoki, his girlfriend, has a frail body and she has to live in an hospital, potentially most of her life.…
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Review: Jagaaaaaan
Jagaaaaaan (ジャガーン), 2017-2021, Kaneshiro, Muneyuki (Story), Nishida, Kensuke (Art), Big Comic Spirits STORY: 4 Meet Jagasaki, an average manga hero, who gets to lead a fight against humans that turn into monsters because of their overwhelming desires. Here’s a series that starts strong.. and then quite suddenly turns mediocre with a plot that becomes boring…
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Review: Crazy Food Truck
Crazy Food Truck (クレイジーフードトラック), 2020-2021, Ogaki, Rokurou, Comic Bunch STORY: 3 Meet Gordon Goliath, a man driving a food truck around a post-apocalyptic landscape. He encounters the mysterious Arisa, a character defined by constantly being hungry and flashing her naked body. There’s other characters that are, without exception, stereotypes from the most generic manga, and…