I’ve been reading and watching a lot of violent manga and anime recently- Hajime no Ippo, Gamaran, Baki the Grappler, Wolf Guy etc etc. And Garouden’s just another one to add to the list.
End of review.
Yepp, that’s all I can say about Garouden. It’s just another manga you add to that proud list of “Violent Manga I’ve Read”. The manga has a skimpy storyline with a main character who, in all honesty, isn’t really there.
Garouden speaks of a fighter who doesn’t belong to any one style of martial art challenging dojos and martial art gyms all over Japan in search a greater opponent. However, the manga frequently takes us back to the past to show us how the more established fighters in the manga… got more established.
Little page time is given to the main character himself, much preferring to focus on the fighters around him. This seems to give the readers the impression that the manga lacks perspective- it jumps all over the place wherever it likes, whenever it likes.
I don’t even know whether there will be fans for this manga! It’s no longer even a question of “Is this manga capable of forming a cult following?” but more of “Who the hell will love this sort of manga?” My, even Twilight has a storyline.
The only feature which attempts to redeem this manga is the exposure to the various martial arts it gives the readers. But even in that aspect, it just isn’t impressive enough. Holyland gives much, much more insight on the different fighting styles and how it would fare on the streets.
SO, I conclude Garouden is a manga which you’ll like if you love looking at men in underwear slapping each other.
And if you fit the description as given above, please don’t come back to this blog. Kthxbye.
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