Hey.

Blogging from my Blackberry.

Sorry for the lack of updates, too many things happened at the same time.

I'll be doing a couple of short reviews for the manga I read recently!

Gon:

People who know manga know that Gon is ranked within one of the top few shounen manga in Japan. But few should have read it, considering how the publishers of Gon made a copyrights call and banned it from Onemanga. I chanced upon the manga in a bookstore in Malaysia, so I bought Volume 1 and 2.

Gon is a manga with not a single letter in it. No one talks. After all, dinosaurs and animals don't talk. Gon is about this tiny but tough dinosaur known as Gon, who seeks to conquer our present animal kingdom. He goes on adventure after adventure with much zest.

The experience of reading Gon is unlike any other. The fact that there aren't any words ought to be a handicap, but is transformed into an advantage with the artist's genius visual storytelling.

Dance In The Vampire Bund:

A story about vampires. You've heard plenty- from Twilight to Shiki.

But in DITVB, guess what?

Vampires are VAMPIRES. REAL VAMPIRES. They suck blood. They kill. They have kick ass super vampire strength. They have a queen. They have sexual connotations. They die when they have a stake driven into their hearts. They burn when they go under the sun. (Take THAT, Edward Cullen)

Using the classic vampire as the basis for the vampires in DITVB, the mangaka builds a storyline using vampires with the same characteristics in the present world.

The concept of the queen building an entire Bund to house the world's vampires is awesome. FYI, the queen is the good gal here. She wishes to allow vampires to coexist with humans. The bad guys are naturally those who oppose her, vampires and humans alike.

That's not all. Even the bad guys are awesome. The Vampire Queen might be the one with the greatest authority, but behind her are three of her retainers, the last three male vampires with noble blood. Politics follow. These three vampires are nobility from all over the world. You see the classic vampire on one page and the Chinese hopping vampire with a silly talisman stuck on his forehead on another.

Things get messier when the queen's bodyguard is a werewolf, who's actually the protagonist of the story I almost forgot to mention. The battles in the manga are made more interesting with his presence.

Read it!

Soul Eater:

I can't believe I haven't noticed this manga for such a long time!

This is what I call the Classic Shounen Manga. It consists of awesome fighting scenes and ranks. It speaks of Soul Technicians using their Souls to do battle Witches. It's a little like a modern Shaman King. Technicians can transform their Souls into weapons to fight. The story is about three such young Technicians in the Soul Academy having to battle on the frontlines against an ancient witch. (Now that I write it out, I realise it actually resembles Harry Potter.)

Many things happen and the kids grow stronger, faster, better, acquiring new skills while the power of darkness relentlessly beckons them to join the dark side.

The bad thing about Soul Eater is how the battle routines get boring after awhile. These battles are too common, and the kids always have to get beaten half dead before winning. I know child abuse is fun to watch (I'm not going to get sued for saying this right? I'm, uh, joking) but putting one video on replay makes it bland.

That being said. People who follow any of the Big Three ought to give Soul Eater a go!

There you go. Three reviews at once. That (kinda) makes up for three weeks.

Hope I can be on time for the next update!
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