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Sep 17, 2019
* some degree of spoiler in this review *
I've been reading Jagaaaaaan for about 2 years now, and let me tell you, if you're looking for one hell of a premise, interesting protagonist development, questioning your morals, a lot of psycho faces and a buch of weirdos plus an owl, then mate Jagaaaaaan is for you. Worth mentioning the plot has a bit of disturbing scenes such as harass, gore and sex (you'll know if you know). Also worth mentiong there's like 0 censor in this one.
So what sticks out in this manga, is its art, wonderful art throughout the whole work, the somewhat unique
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style and faces set the ambient for a gory and more mature oriented story, it revolves around the inner desires of humans, our strongest desires, our deepest desires, that fracture us ever so slowly.
Jagasaki our protagonist is the very embodiment of this idea, working as cop and being frustrated with his current life, unti an accident happens one day and from there, mate is one hell of a ride.
In Jagaaaaaan story what takes place is a chaotic setting, with lots of gore and morally questioning events using a bit of psychologal aspects to spice it things up a bit, in a rollercoaster of events the development of the protagonist is outstandingly well done.
But what stinks in the history so far, is that it doesn't seem to have a clear path, first we were lead to believe the goal was one thing, then something else, and finally it seems like it acutally settled in a more stable path, though it seemed the same earlier.
Each and every character has unique feelings and vibes, they also fracture in different ways, that's the general idea after all. There are dislikable characters (there's a major hateful one around chapter 20, be advised) and even they, are extremely well done.
The enjoyment in this one is massive, be it the hype for some action scene or just the sheer emotions that can flow or even Doku-chan (our owl) just being wholesome and stupid.
Putting it bluntly, not all might enjoy Jagaaaaaan, but those who enjoy, are in for an awesome ride as the story progresses so does Jagasaki and his understandings of the current situation, as well as the introduction of characters pretty interesting and a lot of action that flows around its gory premise, my score is a strong 9/10 for this one.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Sep 17, 2019
* some degree of spoiler in this review*
Since there are no reviews I decided to be the first, first of all I'm unsure whether to call it an Isekai or not, but since the protagonist himself uses "another world" I'll use isekai. Bear in mind by the time I'm writing this the manga has released 19 chapters.
Okay so this manga is set in a fictitious world, where we humans have somewhat a beef with 4 others race that we were at war around 100 years ago. So far so generic, but what caught my interest was its art, nothing too out of the ordinary, but
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still pleasuring and pretty. After enjyoing my way around the art for the first few chapters I kinda digged the story, our protagonist had some stuff going in the past which led to a diligent recruit.
Overall aside from the main character every other character so far doesn't have that "original flavour" and they felt kinda blank, but to be honest I think it completely suits the work. The main branch of characters is pretty much standart, childhood friend, male friend that's lazy, hyper female friend and such.
The big thing going for this manga so far, is its plot twist, that takes our protagonist from its peaceful and calm days, to a parallel world in which the war between humans and the other 4 races was lost, leading to massive changes. It's an interesting premise, but so far it hasn't been that strong, a few puzzles have been thrown and as far as I've readen they have no explanation whatsoever, just the protagonist riding along with it.
Putting it short, of what's already short, this manga can be interesting for those looking for something just chill and maybe for those that are a bit more picky with what they read, I so far consider this to be a pretty generic work with a bit of spice of its own, and I mean a bit, I managed to enjoy myself and I really dig the art style, in the end my score it's a 6/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Sep 17, 2019
Okay so Innocent by Sakamoto Shinichi is definitely a wonderful work, from its marvelous art to a wonderful balance and characters, the manga as a whole is an outstanding experience. The work flows around the Sanson family, a family of executioners for the french crown, our protagonist is Charles-Henri Sanson, future head and his morals and ideas revolving around his "cursed" work as a executioner. I mean cursed due to the old beliefs that families of executioners had cursed touch.
Its historycal setting is done exceptionally good , altough not 100% accurate, the author managed to, not only get his personal flavour into what's already
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an interesting theme, but he also managed to stick to the existing flavour of its setting, The Revolutionary France (in fact this manga has its story leading to France's revolution).
Not to mention that after I was done with Innocent, my interest about its characters and figure peaked, so I went on a research spree to learn as much as could, due to the fact the manga has an immense potential to get you emotionally attached and interested in it.
Onto the art, the art it's simply amazing, out of this world, it conveys such angelical beauty that even the most grotesque and nasty scenery actually looks wonderful, there are takes so cinematographic and artistic I'm awe to this day.
The characters are so angelical and equally beautiful, almost everyone in this work seems androgenous, and I don't mean bad, every character has its flavours, be it dark or light, and the art emits it in such a way it's remarkable.
The story has a healthy balance of "dark and light" so to say, nothing it's too out of proportion, when it has to bring its dark aspects it does beautifully and in contrast to its light moments. The lyricism and symbolism are strong and marvelously done, the metaphors and monologues have a beauty of their own. Historically speaking it's not full accurate, as said before, but it is still historical and revolves around "big" figures of the time period, also giving value to the setting and the author changes.
Now not everything is perfect and Innocent pace certainly isn't, sometimes it can't feel all over the place, plus it's also a letdown that Innocent ended being a saga (with Innocent and Innocent Rouge), due to the bitter taste the end gives, of course moving into the next part of the saga will most likely take away the bitterness, but cutting it short just to keep it going it's still something many people don't like, I myself included, but there are circumstances and we must respect it.
Characters, oh characters, the characters in this one are masterfully done, each design, each personality and traits it all blends well, the growth for our important characters is so satisfactory and gorgeously done. That aside many characters are just tossed in and cast aside, making them loose relevance.
In short Innocent it's an artsitic manga, with deep lyriscism, vast use of metaphors and a protagonist that has a lovely growth, alongside with his struggles in a marvelous walk leading to a bitter tasting end that is continued in Innocent Rouge, my score is a solid 9/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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