Tag: notrecommended
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Review: The Legend of the Strongest Man Kurosawa
The Legend of the Strongest Man Kurosawa (最強伝説黒沢), 2003-2006, Fukumoto, Nobuyuki, Big Comic Original STORY: 4 Meet Kurosawa, an average construction worker who feels he has not accomplished anything in his life. He is grumpy, awkward, envious and immature. We are following his routine of painful moments, as he fails at being respected, attracting women,…
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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: Usogui
Usogui (The Lie Eater), 2006-2017, Sako, Toshio, Young Jump STORY: 4 Meet Usogui, the king of gamblers! He has an agenda and he is willing to bet his life to succeed. Along with his companions, his fate will cross a LOT of very colorful (read mostly psychotic) characters along Kakerou, a mysterious organization of game…
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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…