I haven’t blogged much lately because I’m getting increasingly busy. To make it all up to all of you, I’m sharing with you an awesome manga I’ve stumbled upon yet again- Nurarihyon no Mago.
Aye, an amazing manga indeed. The story centres around Rikuo Nura who happens to be the grandson of one of the greatest Youkai (Japanese for Demon) ever- the Supreme Commander of the Nura Clan.
However, this guy is only one quarter Youkai blood. Yepp, you heard me. Not the everyday half-blood-something you see in books and other manga, he’s just a QUARTER blood Youkai. His Grandfather married a mortal and so did his father, which is quite cool. Thus, his true demon self can only be released for a quarter of a day, only in darkness. As can bee seen from the above, both his Youkai form and his human form looks quite cool.
Why I find this manga so impressive and attractive is due to various aspects:
1. Politics
I have been harping time and again that Kekkaishi isn’t fully utilising the politics possible from all the clans and stuff. NnM, on the other hand, makes full use of this politics, devoting chapters to how Rikuo wins the trust of the sub-clan leaders one by one under the great Nura Clan. It really is amazing. The strategies used by both the Human Rikuo and the Youkai Rikuo are distinctly different in aim and method, but both as awesome indeed.
2. Concept
The idea of a sole leader leading so many demons is not unheard of, and is actually quite common. But not when your main character is this person. Not to mention that the mangaka makes full use of the various demons in Japanese folklore to showcase their abilities and powers.
3. Artwork
By artwork I don’t mean some kind of Mona Lisa or anything. Just the sheer number of demons to be drawn is amazing. For example:
This happens to be my desktop wallpaper. One of those awesome battle scenes where Rikuo leads the Nura clan. What I liked especially about this scene is how the mangaka actually zooms in to how each demon on one side fights another instead of the common 100 v 100 clash scene.
The above three points ought to be enough to want to make you read this manga. Or I’d have failed. Somehow.
I haven’t finished all 70+ chapters yet so I can’t say if it’ll suck later. But I may assure you that I loved every page up to Chapter 48 Pg 07.
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