Salman

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Some loser jacks off into a pond and out comes not simply a giant salmon-human hybrid, a 'Salman' some may say, but further a found family for our pathetic weirdo protagonist.


I desperately hope to see more from this Mangaka in the future. Salman is dumb, often unfunny, and deeply stupid and it is one of the most refreshing and fun things Ive read.


The art style is reminiscent of Prison School (and I imagine some other manga) and works well for Salman's whole 'vibe'. Its ugly, but in a good way. It clearly took some effort out of the mangaka and it is reliably detailed and ... well pulled off.

This manga is clearly the best if you like silly jokes and want to have fun.

First of all the story, it was very well arranged and is to die of laughter. We may not take this manga seriously right away but there will be moments that will make you doubt that this manga is immature and it'll convince you to not take it lightly. There is a real moral to be drawn from it and it can even make you put in the place of the character of this crazy story whether on the man side or the fish side. I think anyone who's read ... it has been suprised at least one time during the reading. For me the only negative point of the story was the end, that was too short and it feel like something was missing.

The drawning were cleary the best part of the manga, very focused on the facies and the details, some of them were the reason why some situation were so comical. Some pages will stay in your memory for a long time. Their quality were superb from the beggining to the end. That was one of the main important feature of this manga.

Now for the characters, one of the main characters is "Masterba shion"... yes you read it correcly. The irony of this name... Whatever, this 16yo boy is the pround father of "Sauman" the Salmon-man, born in the river where is father, 2 years ago, had expelled all his frustration caused by the fact that he had to move away from his best friends and was bullied and beaten by "Ginji ito"one of his classmate who live alone with his grand father.
Shion is the character which represents adolescence, and you will follow his development on his way of thinking and on his behavior. The reason of all of this is Sauman. An alcoholic and smoker fish who was searching his father for him to answer his questions.

This manga is not for everyone, the humor is very particular but this manga is so unique that you must try it. I hope you will have a great time to read it as much as me. Some scene will remain in your mind for a long long time I can assure you.

i love the part when he goes "it's salmaning time" and starts nutting all over the place
basically japanese two and a half men


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