Tag: socialscience
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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: Nikutaikan-K
Nikutaikan-K (肉体漢K), 1989, Yasunaga, Kouichirou, Shounen Sunday Warning for rape. STORY: 3 Meet K, a hero who gets his super power from rape. This is supposed to be hilarious. Oh, and suicide is funny too. Here is a one-shot that someone thought was worthy to translate for a wider audience. From what I understand, the…
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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: Akagi
Akagi (Mahjong Legend Akagi, アカギ ～闇に降り立った天才～), 1991-2018, Fukumoto, Nobuyuki, Kindai Mahjong STORY: 2 Meet Akagi, a young gambler who is not afraid of death! And.. that’s it. We have a title purely centered on a single character and, despite the manga running for 27 years, the hero gets zero development! Akagi is just some mysterious,…
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Review: Chi no Wadachi
Chi no Wadachi (Blood on the Tracks, A Trail of Blood, 血の轍), 2017-2023, Oshimi, Shuuzou, Big Comic Superior Warning for realistic family trauma and abuse. STORY: 8 Meet Seiichi Osabe, a boy on the path to teenage-hood: new experiences, more freedom, new feelings, independence! Except that.. Seiichi has a mother, Seiko, who is taking a…
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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: Blame!
Blame! (ブラム), 1997-2003, Nihei, Tsutomu, Afternoon STORY: 6 Meet Killy, a mysterious man with a few words in a future where even the concepts of time and space seem to be lost. His mission is to find a human whose genes have not been altered too much. Those genes are the only way for humans…