Wind Breaker

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Even though this is a very shonen manga with some clichés here and there, I loove Wind breaker. I don't have to turn on my brain to appreciate this wholesome found-family story. That's personally why I read it. There's a lot of fighting, but at the same time, too much dialogue to really appreciate if the fighting is any good (the anime did a really good job showing the fighting moves though).

The art is pretty solid too! I don't know about early chapters, but definitely, in the 100+, there have been a few breath-taking drop panels. I like that they also get bloody. Like you ... an actually see where they got hit, and it's not just some scratches or bruises lol.

Its a nice read, it's got some emotional scenes, I especially loved the arc with that old man (you'll know what I'm talking about if you read it). I loved how they handled it. I'll be honest, its hit me right in the feels. I am a big sucker for found-families.

I guess I'm worried about where the series will go from here, 'cause it seems like they already went through a huge battle as far as high school boys can get into lol. The one thing they could do is delve more into the current characters though. Another thing that bothers me is how unrealistic it all seems. I mean, no police, no teachers, no education. They're all good guys but they aren't learning anything at all XD I'm worried about their future.

If you can suspend your disbelief and enjoy very typical shounen stories, it's surprisingly a fun read.

The story is very straightforward and follows the usual story progression you'd see in shounen series. There's nothing about it that particularly stands out, either good or bad. There are moments that makes you think "this is definitely targeted towards teenagers" but there are also some moments that end up touching your heart. The conflicts and resolutions are a bit too "convenient" at times, and even if you know that the protagonists won't lose because the story makes it obvious that they're supposed to be the winners, the climax ... scenes can still be quite hype. While the premise is about MC, Sakura, wanting to be the top fighter, the story progression focuses more so on his growth in bonding with others and finding a place to belong. The story feels more like a "power of friendship which helps him become the very best" kind of thing rather than "him becoming the very best."

While the story isn't bad by any means, the worldbuilding on the other hand leaves much to be desired. There's little to no adult presence which makes the story hard to believe at times. While Furin is meant to be a high school, not a single teacher is present (with mostly the upperclassmen being the ones to run the school) and with no showing of academics being an actual part of the setting which might pull you away from the story and ruin the flow of it.

It has a large cast of characters, and while most are endearing in some way (with distinctly different designs), the story suffers from it in which the development/ progression can be quite slow or nonexistant for some. The development/ progression is definitely present for the MC and more prominent characters, but if you end up liking the side characters more, you might end up being left frustrated.

Art-wise, it's quite clean for a story about delinquents and fighting. The fight scenes are very easy to read and follow, and you can definitely feel the impacts and movements of the characters. For some characters, you can even differentiate their fighting style from others, and the fights themselves don't get stale after a while (as of writing this review).

It's a pretty average story with one of its better aspects being the art, but it's still a fun story overall.

Have you ever wanted to read a yankii manga like Crows, but instead of depth, the characters have pinterest fashion? Maybe you thought that Tokyo Revengers didn't suck enough ass, and you were craving something that disgraced the bosozuku genre even more? Well, this is it, this is the manga you've been waiting for, it really doesn't get any worse.
This is what OG shounen manga readers, from the times of Dragon Ball or City Hunter or even the Fist of the North Star would've felt like if they read Black Cover. This is the old Beatles' fan Imagine Dragons. This is the new MacDonald's ... french fries.
Go read Worst, or Crows, or QP, or Clover, or any manga that would've passed the Turing Test if it were a computer. Please, especially if this and Tokyo Revengers are your only experience with the delinquent/bosozuku/yankii genre.