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Jul 15, 2017
This series, like the original Munakata, isn't for everyone. This series is about a researcher/folklore professor named Munakata who investigates archaeological evidence for Japanese legends. I think that only people who are interested in mythology would like this series. I love mythology, so I think this series is great.
I really enjoyed the first series. I've always loved the darker side of fairy tales and legends, and Munakata really strikes a good balance between intellectual and horrific. This second series is much like the first, but the stories are a bit more interconnected. One of the weaknesses of the first series was a lack of character
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development. The second series does a lot to correct this problem. The side characters, particularly the female side characters, like Imibe (the sister, not the brother), Isabella (the English witch), and Taki (Munakata's niece), are given more development and appear more in multiple stories. It's also a nice break from Munakata saving the day every time to have other characters help him. There's also more of a focus on Munakata's past and on his research focus of legends relating to iron metalworking in ancient times. The legends in this one are just as interesting, which is surprising because I had almost felt as though Hoshino had exhausted every legend that could possibly relate to Japan. I'm glad that this isn't the case. I'd gladly read a third or fourth Munakata series.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Oct 16, 2016
Furou Kyodai is the story of twins with the ability to see spirits. The only times they can repel the spirits is when they are together, so they spend all of their time together, even in situations when others believe it is inappropriate.
This manga is really cute, and the premise is one I have not seen before. In some ways, it is similar to other manga with protagonists who can see spirits, such as Natsume Yuujinchou, but this one has added comedy due to people misunderstanding the twins' relationship (which is purely a platonic sibling relationship).
There are a few short arcs about helping spirits
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to the afterlife, but I think the manga could have been much improved with a bit more length, maybe adding more short stories and developing the main plot of the twins trying to live their lives in their unusual situation.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Apr 17, 2016
Kids Are All Right is a poignant and serious manhwa. It is about a young boy in elementary school named Dai who has a lot of what most people would call troubles. But he doesn't think of them that way. He only thinks of himself as a normal boy.
Dai's mother is in the hospital with a terminal illness, and his father works long hours, so Dai must take care of himself. The story is told in short episodes, with each episode or two being devoted to some small event it Dai's life. Some of the issues dealt with include: making friends, dealing with teachers
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and classmates who may or may not understand his circumstances, and trying to make his own moral judgments with little guidance.
Seeing things from Dai's point of view made me remember my own childhood. His viewpoint of the world is that of a child's, and he doesn't understand that some people are bad even if they act nice or that other people's lives and viewpoints can be so different from his own. He is a very responsible and smart boy, so he does alright. It is still hard to watch him struggle though things.
The art in this manhwa is unusual. I can't really call it bad, though, because it has a purpose in looking amateur-ish. It is supposed to look like a child's drawing. It may seem strange at first, but it makes more sense as you read it. I don't think the story would have been as moving if the characters had been drawn realistically.
This is a very beautiful story that should be given a chance even if the art makes you want to put it down.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 8, 2016
Myojin Tales is a story of redemption. Everyone is capable of both good and evil. The evil can be redeemed, and the good can fall.
The main character is Myojin, a god who fell from the heavens due to his own wickedness after fighting his way up to the top as a lowly spirit. Myojin isn't really sympathetic, though he is understandable and interesting. He plans to do enough good deeds to make the other gods believe he is a good person, though he has trouble understanding what it means to be good. He is ruthless and only does things for his own advantage.
Besides Myojin,
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there are three other main characters. Sani, Myojin's adopted son, who is so innocent and wonders why his father is so evil. Makmon, a slave girl who is tortured by her mistress until she curses the world. And finally, Crimson, the selfish girl who destroys Makmon because she is jealous.
The characters are fascinating. Evil becomes good and good becomes evil. Myojin seems beyond redemption, yet when he meets someone more destructive than himself, he can't help but stop her. Makmon, despite her destructive anger, is still capable of great good. And innocent Sani has his own dark side. The only character who doesn't change is Crimson. The other three are both villains and heroes at various times throughout the story.
The art in this webtoon was the first thing that attracted me. It is so unusual and beautiful. It seems inspired by traditional Korean art, so many of the panels look like they could have come from a Joseon era painting. The colors are mostly muted blues and grays, except for the bright red blood that often appears whenever violence occurs.
Myojin Tales is definitely worth reading if you like Asian mythology and Korean history. And if you like stories with themes and with characters who are more than merely good and evil, you will like this webtoon.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Mar 26, 2016
I was not expecting to love this manga so much. I liked it after I read it, but the more I thought about it the more I loved it. I think it is my favorite manga, and I can't imagine a better manga, now that I have read it. It feels perfect, and there's nothing I would change about it.
My grandmother died when I was fifteen. Perhaps this is part of the reason this manga touched me so much. Mitsuya is faced with losing his beloved grandfather at around the same age.
More than ten years after she died, I found a scrapbook from her college
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years. Reading it, I saw a different woman from the one I had known. She was young, younger than I was, and in some ways it seemed like she was still alive as that young woman through the scrapbook.
When Mitsuya travels back in time, he is able to see and live through his grandfather's life at 16. He gets to know all the people that his grandfather loved, and becomes attached to them as well.
Golden Days begins with Mitsuya being sent back in time as a result of his grandfather's deathbed wish to save his childhood friend. Mitsuya is transported back in time during an earthquake, where he immediately sees the boy who was in the picture his grandfather showed him. Mitsuya is mistaken for Yoshimitsu (his grandfather) and believed to have either amnesia or multiple personalities. He is accepted into the place his grandfather occupied, and meets three people who were very important to his grandfather: Yoshimitsu's sister, Yuriko; Jin, the boy he is supposed to save who has unrequited feelings for Yoshimitsu; and Jin's little sister, Aiko, a cute little girl who must dress as a boy because her insane mother believes her to be her dead twin bother.
There are a lot of small plots going on, but they are all resolved by the end. I was surprised especially by what Jin is supposed to be saved from. (Mitsuya is also not expecting this, and keeps believing that Jin needs to be saved from physical harm).
The plot and romance do not really get started until about halfway through volume four. They are both really well set up from the small, almost slice of life chapters that occur before. Though we do have something major happening in the first chapter (Mitusya being sent back in time), the chapters afterward are very carefully setting up the situation necessary for the end.
The plot that finally appeared at the end was somewhat unexpected for me, despite it being set up since the first volume.
The protagonist's love interest is another boy, but it this is handled in a realistic (in my opinion) way. I think that people who do not normally like this genre could easily enjoy this manga. It is oftentimes more of a historical mystery or drama rather than a romance.
The art is very good. I prefer the black and white on the inside to the colored art on the outside. The historical furniture, architecture and clothing are very detailed. I feel that Takao has a talent for drawing the facial expressions of characters that display a lot of emotion without going overboard.
I loved the way my impressions of the characters changed as I read. After finishing the story and rereading the beginning, I found there were a lot of things I had not noticed before reading the ending. The characters and their relationships develop slowly, so the characters that Mitsuya doesn't know anything about become very close to him as his time in the past goes on (I think he is in the past around six months).
The ending is bittersweet (more bitter than sweet, actually), but I really liked it. It is one of the three manga I have read that made me cry at the ending.
Overall, I felt that the themes of this manga were about letting go of things. We cannot continue our lives if we hold onto the past. We can never hold on to anything in this life.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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