Kagurabachi

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Kagurabachi is the greatest piece of fiction to ever come into existence in the history of reality itself. Kagurabachi has transcended the concept of being peak and is above all subjective and objective ratings, it is not possible to accurately describe kagurabachi using human words or emotions.

But in all seriousness Kagurabachi is the newest shounen jump series that has received unbelievable hype among english speaking fans. The hype isn't necessarily because it's that good or anything, it's just a funny joke. The actuality of Kagurabachi is that its a pretty generic shounen with an edgy protagonist and good art. At the time of writing this ... there is only 2 chapters out so I can not really judge if it's good or not however I can say it has potential. With series like Black clover and My hero academia reaching their climaxes new promising manga has to come out of shounen jump and i believe that this could be one of them.

I would definitely say you should check this out if you're into shounen manga but you might want to wait for a few more chapters to come out.

Let's put memes aside, Kagurabachi is just ok, but it has potential.

Kagurabachi is, for now, solid manga. We got bit of world building, bit of power system and important characters for the story and main goal for MC. But it didn't do anything groundbreaking.

Art isn't really detailed and some faces look bit bland, but few action panels look good. Characters are ok, bit plain but manga is still new so it's excusable. Power system is combination of jujutsu kaisen and demon slayer. But I have a felling that it brings nothing new to the table. If it doesn't make itself stand out it might ... get axed and only remembered for memes.

Yes, it has potential for growth. We will see more fights and get info about blades. I hope we will know more about war that happened in past, where MC's dad helped with enchanted blades. It looks like we are entering first bigger arc so let's hope for the best.

At this point in time, 14 chapters of Kagurabachi are officially out, providing enough material to form a solid first impression of the manga. Looking back at the community's initial reactions to Kagurabachi, most people made memes about it due to its generic and edgy premise. However, as the weeks went by and more chapters were released, the memes died down, leaving the original readers either dropping the manga entirely or sticking with it to see if it would turn out to be the biggest fighting Shonen of the new decade, as some were saying.

In the early stages of a manga's storyline, there needs to ... be a certain element for the manga to stand out. Bleach had its amazing art, One Piece had its mysterious treasure, and more recently, Chainsaw Man and Dandadan stand out for their wild premises. However, Kagurabachi lacks such distinctive elements. The art is mediocre at best, with most characters having the same dull expression on their faces and being drawn in very stiff positions from a flat angle. The premise is an edgy revenge story that we've seen many times in many different anime and we've already seen it perfected in Vinland Saga. The fights use magical swords with powers, similar to what we've already seen done better in Bleach as well as generic sorcery, which consists of uninteresting abilities like teleportation and magnetic control. There are also certain plot elements, such as a person who is the last remaining survivor of their clan being hunted for their special abilities and a large underworld auction where something related to the protagonist is being sold, of which both have been seen before in Hunter X Hunter.

The characters are easily the weakest point of the series, with all of them given only a simple personality and lacking any distinctive traits, charisma, or chemistry together. The same goes for the villains, who have all been forgettable evil bad guys up until this point. This is mostly a result of the plot of Kagurabachi moving way too fast. Recent anime like Chainsaw Man and Jujutsu Kaisen gave their characters some backstory, motivations we could get behind, and distinctive character traits before the main plot started moving, while Kagurabachi has already jumped straight into it with characters nobody cares about.

Current Scorings:

Art: 5/10

Artstyle + 1 (Bland)
Consistency + 2 (Consistent)
Character Designs + 1 (Generic)
Backgrounds + 1 (Standard)
Storyboarding + 0 (Uninteresting)

Story: 4/10

Premise/Setting + 0 (Generic)
Pacing + 2 (Consistent)
Plausibility + 1 (Somewhat)
Complexity + 1 (Not much)
Conclusion + 0 (Not concluded)

Characters: 1/10

Personality/Presence + 0 (Close to none)
Motivations + 1 (Revenge)
Interpersonal Dynamics + 0 (Lacking)
Development + 0 (None)
Appeal + 0 (None)

Enjoyment: 1/10 (Only read this to write a review on it. Didn't enjoy a single thing.)

Current Score: 2.75/10 ~ 3/10 (Very Bad)