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Firstly I should warn potential readers that this is like an encyclopedia for martial arts. There is a lot of explanation regarding the techniques and such. Whether the martial arts are all true or not I do not care and am not bothered to find out as it will not change my opinion.

The story progresses at a standard pace throughout the manga which is a good thing because this is not not one of those flashy manga with fast fight scenes but once you have finished reading it feels like you have read an interesting novel full of pictures. It provides a lot of knowledge ... on martial arts and some places in China. I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried to learn the art from the manga with all it's detail.

The basic outline for the story is a young boy named Kenji who is being taught martial arts by his grandfather. Kenji is a kind hearted boy but trouble always seems to follow him. The grandfather is the father of Kenji's father. Typically parents want their kids to go to good school and university and get a well paid job but because Kenji keeps getting into fight and and continued to learn martial arts from his grandfather his mother worries what will become of her sons life. She tells her husband to tell his father to go back home as the grandfather live alone and he came over for a visit. The grandfather takes this chance to go to China and meet the brothers that taught him martial arts during the China and Japan war. Eight years has gone by and the family have not heard from the grandfather. Kenji has gone through a lot from fighting, learning martial arts from other teachers and gaining an arch rival by the name of Tony Tan. Because of a fight with Tony in his school Kenji is on indefinite leave. He takes this chance to go to China in search for his grandfather and so his adventure begins into the true world of martial arts.

LOL...I know I said basic but once I started I couldn't stop and I can't seem to cut it down. Anyway the manga may seem slow at times and the technical stuff may get over your head but I suggest you read because this adds to your reading of the manga, the fight scenes and the cultural scenes. I was hoping for a bit more at the end to show how Kenji's life went on but you get a goodie bag just as good.

That should be it so I take my leave.

I have got to say by far this is one of the best manga that I have read. This is better then Bleach in and maybe Naruto in terms of its story. I put off reading this manga because of the cover page and it did not look so interesting but once I start reading it I can't stop. For those that have seen the US TV series Lost they may feel a sort of likeness to this and maybe the Asian film Battle Royal ( a bit).

The only sort of bad this I would say is that sometimes the art can drop in quality ... but mostly it is top notch and suits the storyline.

Now it starts of with kids getting on a plane to return home from a trip. The plane passengers consists of many people totalling to 300. During their flight they experience turbulence and the plane suddenly starts to dive. The plane has crashed and everybody is in a panic because there are weird creatures roaming and attacking the people. People dying off leading which heightens their human instincts for self defence, killing others to survive, sexual scenes and just going crazy. You start to see people veering of from the group to start their own personal group. Here is where it all starts for their survival and to discover the secrets of the land. You are presented with two main characters who are school kids and many enemies who are kids and adults. They strive to stick together and keep sane while trekking this unknown land and defending against the monstrous animals.

You have great characters who play their part very well from both the evil and good side. There is quite a bit fan service for the public and a few horny boys. The story is so interesting and engrossing that you don't want to stop. You feel like beating the bad guys yourselves and cheering for the good guys.

Hopefully you have understood my passion and once you start reading you won't be able to stop. I can't wait for the latest chapters...

I have given this 10 across the score board.
This anime has really touched my heart. It has love, hate, and all the things you normally face in real life.

Koaru a quite kid is attending a new school. He studies and does his homework, he lives with his aunt and uncle. Everything is quite in his life until the school's so called thug comes into his life Sentarou (Sen). Sen saves Koaru from being bullied which causes them to drift closer as best friends. Sen introduces Koaru to Jazz and Ritsuko the daughter of the record store owner where they go to start to play music. ... Ritsuko is also Sen's childhood friend and Koaru fall's in love with her the first time he sees her. This is where it all starts which leads them to be the best friends.

It is not a fast paced anime but each episode makes you want to cry be it joy or sadness. This is like the life of some put into animation.

The last episode wraps it up perfectly and it is a satisfying ending. This is what animes used to be like before all the action and bloodshed scenes.

Anyway love the anime, great job to the creators and keep it up.

I have given this anime a 9 overall based on the episodes that I have watched.

I put off watching this anime because of the story but once I started watching I had get up to date on the anime. Watching this made me think of the .hack// anime family.
The characters that are used and their story are somewhat regular,
-the lead male is a fat and short boy who gets picked on and has a lousy life
-the lead female has the beauty and social status but no one knows the real her
-the friend who betrays and then seeks forgiveness

The way and the scenes these ... characters were used in was very good. The story sounds quite simple on paper but is great when given life.
I love that no CG (computer generated) was used in the VR (virtual reality) scenes because personally I fell it would destroys the feel of the anime.

The anime progresses at a good rate and everything is explained clearly.
Watching this makes me wish this VR was possible.

This is just my personal view after watching the first episode.

It felt like it was a mish mash of everything. It was like they were trying to do everything. The first episode progressed very quickly and I felt that an extra 10min would have been better for the anime to set the scene. The fight scenes were good as they used many angles but the story just seems too far out. It felt like a parallel prequel to Chobits.
There was a little cuteness here and there but not everything was clarified.

Imagine watching OnePiece for the first time, Luffy is introduced and suddenly the rest ... of his crew too. Your wondering who they are and how they met which they will explain in the later episodes but that just takes the fun out of gradually introducing each crew member.

What I am trying to say is that it doesn't seem like a good anime but a little longer would have made it better and not make it feel like it was rushed and if this how the rest of the anime is set out then I might just 'kick the bucket' on this anime.

This felt like it was the intro to the next season.
The story is as follows, the Maken-Ki gang have gone to the beach to do 'training'. During their 'training' they encounter unexplainable enemies who have the power to drain their elemental powers. Everyone including Takeru come together to defeat the enemy but no one seems to notice the shadow lurking in the background.

Of course you will have flashes of oppais for fan service and censorship will be bought down a notch as it is an OVA. But all in all it was good and it gave promise for a season 2.

I have read my Veritas, The Breaker and Ares but for me this just didn't do it. I saw the recommendation for Noblesse being similar to Veritas so I gave it a try. But I was dissapointed.

The drawing from the very beginning was verry comic-like which put me off but I the art gets better further on so I skipped a hundred chapters or so just to check the art improvement. The art did improve and got sharper but still had the comic feel which was one of the reasons why I dropped it. Ares wouldn't get a gold star for the art but ... it went well with the story which was very good.

The speech areas and bubbles were stupidly big for pages with very little content. A full chapter feels more like a half with all the empty spaces.

The story even I didn't read much of the manhwa is good and the chars don't look so bad to. If the art was more ruff-like as in Veritas and more content filling then I would think again before dropping it.

This does not mean that Noblesse should be avoided as we each have our own liking and one mans trash is another mans treasure or so to speak.

I gave this an 8 overall because I felt that it didn't live up to it's expectations. I enjoyed it, it was funny but I felt like it wouldn't matter if this special was not made. Now OP fans don't start hating me because I am a big OP fan myself but it was like tehy made this on their free time.

Story
2 teams battle it out for the cup. Team Luffy vs team Fisherman. Both teams battle for the cup using their abilities to get the upper hand and the fisherman using underhanded moves. We have mr 2 and buggy as the announcers who ... play their part in making you laugh and the special end with biggy nicely.

I would compare this to the foxy arc because of the game theme and what followed. Anyway hope I didn't discourage you and enjoy the special.

What this OVA is about is Shikis past. You first get a recap of the movie Strong Worlds ending. The OVA does not delve to deeply but rather it shows brief moments.

Story
What it covers are confrontations between Roger and Shiki. Shiki's capture and escape. Glimpses of nearly most of the characters big or small whether it be one of luffy's crew or a side character and ended with the start of the movie that follows.

This episode to me felt like it showed the starting point of what is to be and what has become. I fell like I may have said too much so ... i'll leave it at that.
Enjoy the episode.

First of all for me a 30min episode seems like more of a special episode rather than a movie.

The story is Luffy's hat goes missing one morning. He has searched all over the ship but can't find it. Usopp has an idea of the thief but no one believes him. So the search begins for Luffy's treasured hat, along the way they run into sea kings, navy and an old man and his friend.

The 3D was a new twist to things but it wasn't my cup of tea. It seemed like they wanted to involve the viewers and make it seem like you were actually ... there. Most if the action scenes made me feel like I was on a roller coaster. Some fight scenes felt like they were made to be in 3D as you will understand once you watch it.

Overall it wasn't bad, wouldn't mind watching it again but it will have to be 1hr long minimum.