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Feb 20, 2017
Since this manga doesn't have any reviews yet, I felt motivated to be the first person to write one.
If I had to describe Wallman in one word it would be: "superficial".
It has great art and some amazing fights/action scenes, but the story... Really isn't anything special.
Wallman focuses around a man named Jirou who used to be an amazing assassin, known as Master Kuu, that uses wires to scale walls and kill their targets, also known as a wallman.
At the start of the story he retired from his job and is living together with a mangaka, named Kubota, wasting his days away in an apartment.
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they take in a female tenant, Nami, who actually turns out to be a wallman herself. One night she messes up and Jirou and Kubota (who all of a sudden turns out to be a wallman too? This was actually very confusing to me) finish the job and eventually decide to become a trio of wallmen.
It starts of with them taking jobs from a Yakuza underling (who's name escaped me), wanting to stop drug trafficking, but around chapter 13 or 14 they abandon this and it focuses on Jirou fighting other Wallmen who want to take his title of Master Kuu, and Jirou wanting to be reunited with a woman named Beatrice (who was supposed to be his lover I think?).
Yeah, the story isn't really that engaging or memorable, and as you might have noticed from my explanation above, kind of a mess and hard to explain fully. It also rushes the story at times. For example a single chapter where they're training in the woods to get stronger, without it having any sort of conclusion and being back in their apartment at the start of the next chapter. Alot of the slower parts (like conversations between characters, or flashbacks) are a real bore to read.
Another aspect of Wallman I didn't like that much is that ecchi is actually one of the genres it belongs to. So you can expect alot of unnecessary upskirts, breasts, sexual innuendos and a very akward and unnecessary sex scene. To give you an idea: in the first chapter you'll have already seen Nami in tons of suggestive poses (with her underwear showing ofcourse). Imo this doesn't fit the manga at all and seems very out of place.
The saving grace of this manga is, as I mentioned before, the art. Which looks stunning especially during close-ups and several action scenes.
The best part of the manga starts at chapter 15, with Jirou fighting all the other Wallmen which are actually quite a colorful bunch of characters which I really liked. But as you might expect, these aren't fleshed out at all, they have one or two distinct characteristics/mannerisms but that's it. But despite that, these are actually the chapters that are the most fun to read.
My recommendation is: If you like the art, give it a try! It definitely isn't a great story, but it's only 22 chapters long, so there's not that much to lose ;) Definitely stick around for chapter 15 and onward!
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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May 24, 2016
Under Execution, Under Jailbreak is a book with 4 short, independent stories by the author of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (after hearing that, you're already sure you'll be treated to something unique) released during the time Part 5 of JJBA was published (1997-1999).
The first two stories: "Under Execution, Under Jailbreak" and "Dolce and his Master" are two very surrealistic stories (of which I'm a big fan). It leaves you wondering what's real and what isn't. Is the character really experiencing this or are they already dead and are they going through some sort of "afterlife experience".
The third story features everyone's favorite a**hole mangaka: Kishibe Rohan (one
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of my favorite characters from part 4), as he accidentally poses as the priest at a confessional.
The story that he hears from the person confessing really has a JJBA vibe to it and it really reads as a chapter from that series too. No complaints here, it's a cool short story. And I love seeing characters leading their lives after/outside the original manga they appear in.
The last, and longest, story tells us about a ghost that still roams the earth doing jobs for a mysterious entity. To me a few parts in this story are pretty vague, but basically the ghost longs for a quiet life and doing these jobs let him have peace of mind because it gives him a purpose. Hmmm, a quiet life huh? Might sound familiar to someone who read part 4...
The story shows alot of potential, but in my opinion it is still too short to execute everything to its fullest so it can be quite overwhelming with all the stuff it throws at the reader. And I really think it needs to be an actual series to make it work better. Nonetheless it's very interesting to say the least.
But besides that I really like these short bizarre adventures, and I personally think he should do more of these (I know there is one more book like this, in which all the stories feature Rohan).
Even though the stories are short, the characters are very well portrayed, just like in JJBA, and you get a feeling for what kind of person they are very quickly.
You'll probably enjoy these stories more if you're already a fan of Araki's other works (like me), but ofcourse this can also be read as a standalone book.
But I can understand that, for someone who never read any of Araki's manga before, you might need to get used to his style (both art and storytelling-wise) to really enjoy it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 6, 2016
It's probably the huge amount of enjoyment I got from watching it that made it so i just couldn't score it any lower than a 10. So call me biased if you want, but I just loved watching it.
This review also counts towards the Stardust Crusaders arc (I'm reviewing the series as a whole).
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is probably one of the best anime I've seen in a while, and has even worked it's way up to my top 3!
Why?
In my personal opinion Jojo is very original and unpredictable. It keeps throwing new twists at you and makes sure you never have a dull moment.
The series
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takes place in the real world during various time periods, but combines that with its own story, wit and action.
The artstyle really differs from any other popular anime released during the same time-period, which makes it even more unique, there's probably nothing from 2012 and onward that looks like JJBA.
JJBA is a shonen anime, but the way they fight against the bad guys never gets repetitive. One time they have to play poker against someone who steals souls and puts them in poker chips, and Jojo has to win his friends back in an intense battle of wits. And the other time they have to battle it out in an action-packed over the top anime-fight!
My personal favorite part of the Jojo anime series are the villains. Because these guys are actually intimidating and scary!
Especially DIO as he appears in part 3 of the series. The audience gets teased by a mysterious man whose face is constantly cloaked in shadows and manipulates others to do as he commands. Until he finally reveals himself to our heroes and they finally experience DIO's terror face to face!
The way the story works its way up to this moment is brilliant and you should definitely experience that for yourself.
I started watching JJBA in a period where I was kinda bored with anime, and I couldn't quite find something that I truly liked to watch... And it rekindled my interest in anime again. So if you're looking for something you have never seen before, that makes you sit at the tip of your chair but at other times makes you laugh, give this anime a try!
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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