Gokurakugai Sanban-doori no Ken

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For a one-shot, it's simple and straight to the point. The vast majority of one-shots you come across try to compress so much content into 50 pages it just becomes overwhelming. Out of place action, cringey comedy, paragraph explanations of how a superpower works, etc. But Gokurakugai Sanban-doori no Ken does none of that. In this one-shot you just follow the characters for a day or so and see what they do for a living. The story implies that even though we only get to see the main characters Tao and Alma go on a crazy adventure to beat up some thugs, these crazy adventures ... are not so rare for Tao and Alma. They've been on many of these calls to go out and do business but we as the audience don't get to see their journey before this one-shot and even after. Absolute brilliant writing in creating a foundational ground for the plot and the characters.

I have my eyes on this author, Yuto Sano. I really hope his work Gokurakugai Sanban-doori no Ken gets picked up and tun into a full published manga. This one-shot is an enjoyably read to past the time, to get a good laugh and just be amazed by the artwork.

Best One-shot I've ever read.

Simple, to the point, amazing art, and a great story.

With one-shots, I sometimes see them trying to be something they're not. They will introduce incredibly complex plots or ideas, and while sometimes they deliver, other times they fall flat. Usually in a one-shot, something is lacking: whether it be the story, art, characters, or major conflict that drives it, I almost never read a one shot and feel completely satisfied.

More often than not, the one-shots that are most successful in my eyes are the simple ones that go for eliciting sadness in the reader. But somehow this one-shot successfully elicits feelings ... of triumph while packing a punch.

Also, this art is AMAZING.

All in all I'm so impressed with it.

Really interesting world that’s been built here, definitely made me want to read more. For a oneshot the story was paced very nicely and the art (especially the full spreads) was very nice to look at. The plot felt a little generic to be honest, it lacked something special story-wise outside of the interesting setting. That being said, Tao and Alma have some really rad character designs, their personalities are very believable and work well with one another.

The whole story felt like a piece of a much larger world, and while I’m sad this is only a oneshot, I think the author did a ... wonderful job making such a believable setting in such a short timeframe.

Overall a very enjoyable read! Definitely recommend:)