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Arifureta Shokugyou de SekaI Saikyou for better or worse is a story that fails to live up to the quality and potential it displayed in the first volume. The premise and concept that were seen in the first volume actually made it seem different from the various "transported to another world" light novels that have recently plagued the market as of late.
The first volume presents us a story about a boy who had been betrayed and left for dead. A boy who's very essence of his humanity was destroyed. He drastically changes in order to survive the extreme dangers that he faces around his environment. ... So far the premise of the story sounds good, and the potential that we'll see a dark story filled with psychological conflicts of his humanity all seem to be in place, but nope that's as far as this story goes. The first volume ends with him being introduced to the first heroine of his official harem...
And that's where the story completely goes down the drain and as if the author waged his tail at the sign of $$$ the author decided to completely ruin his own story by falling back into typical, generic tropes that all other similar light novels have.
It becomes another edgy, angst, cliche, harem story where the MC consistently complains and has awkward moments with his harem. The girls themselves aren't anything special and they fall to the typical tropes of a loli, oppai, demi-human, etc. They add nothing to the story other than to emphasis how great the MC is. The other characters in the story are completely useless and are only added to the story to help support the idea that the MC is amazing. From the second volume and on nothing ever really threatens the MC because he can easily overpower them with his deus ex machina that the author will consistently write in the story just for the sake of it. The story becomes just another hot pile of garbage that lacks any sort of creativity or anything to make it stand out out from the ever-growing saturation of reincarnation stories.

Btw, this novel is completely translated and can be read at bakapervert or some other random wordpress blogsite. Don't waste your time though, the story never gets better.
Read the first volume and then proceed to drop this harder than the bass at a night club.

“Just your average young ladies”-Hatsugi, Haduki. These girls are anything but average. Ohmi, Takeshi, introduces you to a story full of slapstick comedy, strange characters, and mindless fun.

The story revolves around Ishikawa, Takuya. A high school boy who soon finds himself with an “average” group of high school girls. These average high school girls turn out to be more than “average” Equipped with guns, knives, bombs, and any other random weapon you can think of these girls are really trained soldiers who have set out for world domination. As serious as that might sound, there is nothing serious about it at all. The ... story is full of gags and random references that will give you a good laugh.
The art contributes a lot to the stick of the manga. The over-exaggerated expressions in the story perfectly depict the mindless and silly style of the story. There is a lot of detail in the characters, as well as details in the execution of events that occur. Such as the noted detail in the background and the actions of the characters.

The characters in Mission! School aren’t the most fleshed out characters you’ll ever see, but they don’t need to be. You have a complete wuss with a maiden heart; an Oujo-sama who is in love with the MC and is a lethal human-weapon; plenty of masochist and sadist, and a cemented cast of characters, each with their own strange quality that adds to the already bolster of randomness and fun.

Mission! School is definitely a fun and whacky manga to be read for those that want to enjoy a story full of fun and random characters.

Kimi to Kami Hikouki to, is a 4-koma by Hazuki, Maccha. A cute, simple, and light-hearted story about two childhood friends, and some paper airplanes.

Like most other 4-komas, this story follows the typical 4-cell format. It’s full of light-hearted jokes, and has a simplistic storyline. Kei, our protagonist of the story, finds himself at odds with himself, as he tries to grasp what his feelings for his childhood friend (the heroine) Rin are. During the story we meet Rin, a shy girl who communicates with the majority of people with paper airplanes. The paper airplanes are a symbolic bond that she shares with Kei, and ... also serve as a sense of stability for Rin. The only main issue here is that the story itself is too short, or like many other 4-komas, lacks any actual character development or concrete plot.

The art for this 4-koma is nice and simplistic. The simplicity of the art adds to the overall cute and light atmosphere that Hazuka is trying to create with her story. The characters all have a nice amount of detail and standout well from each other. The cell panels are usually full of great details in the background of the panels, or on the expressions of the characters themselves, adding for a nice touch to the story.

A story with moments to make you giggle or have a nice sense of warmth. Kimi to Kami Hikouki to, is definitely a nice short-read for a rainy or gloomy day.

From the man who brought us Astro Boy, Buddha, and many other acclaimed works, Tezuka Osamu brings us Kitarubeki Sekai, or better known as NextWorld. Nextworld is a story about the epidemic crisis of the Earth coming to an end. Threatened by an unknown substance our heroes Kenichi, Rock, Dr. Mustache, and many other faces try to save the world and prepare for the worse, as they face tribulations of war, greed, fear, and other obstacles along the way in this 1951 tale by Tezuka.

The story is told in a series of non-linear events, where the world is soon coming to an end, and ... being invaded by aliens. Human nature displays its gruesome nature, as fear and greed causes the nations to go at war with each other. In the meantime our cast of characters all find themselves in different situations as they try to do what they can to survive this epidemic. Tezuka uses a non-linear style to tell his story. At times the un-parallel events come together greatly, but at other times the fluidity of the story runs amok. The transitions between certain events is executed poorly, but it doesn’t take away from the overall style of the story.

The cartoonish style that Tekuza uses in his story adds to the light humor of this Sci-fi story. The looney events that he has when he displays the chaos depicted in his story really brings out the best of his characters and surrounding settings. At times though, the cartoon-like style does overwhelm his panels as there is too much going on in such a small panel. Although at times the cluster of events in one panel would overwhelm it, there were multiple moments where the art would definitely shine at depicting the great fantasy world that Tezuka had built for this story.

Nextworld is definitely one of his more vibrant works. Full of overlying dialogue and at times spontaneous events. A manga full of cartoonish and non-linear ingenuity, which displays a fun and adventurous story waiting to be read.

“Be of one mind and one faith, that you may conquer your enemies and lead long and happy lives.” -Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan is the biographical story about the rise of the man who would build the foundation for the rise of the biggest empire to be seen in history; the Mongolian Empire. The story depicts the many phases of the life of Temüjin (his name of birth), and how he arrived at becoming the Great Khan.

The story follows a linear timeline of the events of Temüjin’s life. From the moment he was born, to his eventual death. From the beginning of the story ... you are shown the struggles that Temüjin had to face. From there you are taken into some good depth on how he persevered from getting his family out of danger and establishing his own tribe. The latter chapters of the story depict how he then became Genghis Khan as well as tell the many battles that he won. The historical facts in the story are pretty accurate, and the very few tweaks made by Yokoyama, don’t cause any major confliction on the historical facts of the story.

Throughout the manga you are introduced to a heap amount of characters in the story. The highest amount of character depth is within Temüjin himself, as you get a nice, clear, reading of his growth. You learn a bit about some of the other characters such as his brothers, and other tribe leaders. Although this is one of the weaker aspects of the manga, as Yokoyama focuses his attention mostly on Temüjin. You won’t get any in-depth character development of other tribal leaders or any in-depth analysis of the other tribes and dynasties, such as, the Jin dynasty.

Another issue with the manga would be the art. At multiple times Yokoyama would revert back to using the same drawing panel for events such as, when a messenger was sent out by a tribe, or when the tribes would go to war. The majority of the characters look exactly the same, and there is very little diversity among them. Other, than that, the background scenery looks vivid, when he isn’t using the same drawing panel.

Overall, the manga does a great job of telling a pretty accurate story of the rise and death of Genghis Khan. I would recommend to anyone who is an avid fan of historical stories, especially to those who enjoy reading about Historical Chinese eras.

Sekai Oni is a story about certain individuals who have been chosen to save the world from an unknown entity. At first the plot might sound typical, and to some extent overdone, but Sekai Oni brings you a much more twisted and to a certain extent, a gritty story to the table.

Beginning with the plot. The story mainly focuses on Azuma Shinonome. A young girl (without going into any great detail to avoid spoilers) who has gone through many overbearing and horrendous events in her life, that have led her to be nothing more than a broken girl, inflicted with deep emotional and psychological ... issues. Azuma is the main character of this horror/psychological manga, where she and many other characters try to defeat “devils” in another world.

The art in Sekai Oni is pretty decent. The uncanny style that Okabe, Uru incorporates into his story really adds to the atmosphere and tone of the manga. Its bizarre projection of the “devils” create a sense of disturbance. The one thing I will critique about his art is that the characters themselves all seem to be pretty similar. With a few define touches, it’s basically the same character, just with slightly altered appearances. Occasionally the background will also be bland, but for the most part it’s full of vivid detail.

The characters have been fairly adequate thus far. Okabe has done a good job so far in adding a good amount of back story to a couple of the characters, which are filled with various elements to get the reader to feel sympathy or shock for the character. There is still much for improvement though, as a variety of the characters do not stand out as much, or have gotten any sort of character development.

Overall, it is a fairly good manga. If you are looking for a story with some interesting psychological elements and uncanny art, then you should definitely pick this up.