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To be honest, I have mixed feelings about Shamo. At first, i wasn't very sure about reading this manga but I decided to do anyway , hoping it would turn out to be something like Holyland. But I really couldn't connect with it, specially witht the main character Ryo. Despite that I realized how good it is while I figured that the story was not about redemption of a hero but rise of a villain. It started to remind me of a classic movie named Raging Bull whitch also featured the same main character. I started to enjoy the story and everything was going great ... until vol 13. If the manga have ended with the vol 13, I would have put shamo in my top favourite manga list. I genuinely believe the story that was told from vol 1 to vol 10 was great and it could have been one of the most unique takes for a main chracter in manga history. But unfortunately after vol 13 the manga started to fell off. The creators just decided to experiment with ideas and bring the story to new arcs that just felt unfinished. A lot of issues weren't cleared throughout the story, furthermore it got just worse with vol 20 when the manga were just filled with unexplained, experimental arcs. It seems the creators just wanted to raise sells by making more issues but they didn't know how to.
Im leaving this 5 duo to great art and the first volumes

I don't know how to describe this manga I just wanna say I love it with the deepest parts of my heart, I know a lot of people have berserk as their top manga(I've read berserk as well and I love it too) but the top manga for me is Vagabond

The first time I've read this I thought is a historical action-adventure manga but I really didn't expect to learn a lot of great life lessons from it. it changed the way I look at life and feel better about myself and the world that's why I love this manga.

This manga is not only ... about katanas and samurais, it's also about philosophy and the way of life.

Besides that great artwork, I'm not a fan of realism but loved the art anyway its beautiful.

And ofc it got some very badass graphic scenes every action fan also can enjoy!

Ayo what's up all?! This is my very first review on MAL and I hope I will be useful!

I really liked this manga! it's mostly a combination of short stories sure doing a mysterious hotel is a bizarre land. although the main plot also exists which goes gradually between these stories.

Don't let this cartoony art style makes u believe this is a work for kids no! it's more adult-oriented but very fun, it contains Blood, Guns, Drugs, Mafia, and assassins but in a very fun way!

also, I really liked the characters I adore the art style for its simplicity, the story sometimes might not ... make any sense but its very charming