REVIEW: Historie

Historie is a historical manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki who also created the award winning manga Parasyte. Historie was serialized in Afternoon since 2003.

Story: Historie tells the life story of Eumenes who will grow up to be the secretary of Alexander the Great. The story itself is great and full of surprises.
I rate the story 5/5
Art: The art is simple yet fits the series perfectly. There is nothing wrong with the art. Some people would say the art simply because it doesn't suit their taste.
I rate the art 4.8/5
Characters: All the characters are interesting especially Eumenes. He is one of the most interesting characters I have ever seen. Most of the characters are based on real historical figures.
I rate the characters 5/5
Enjoyment: Historie is a really enjoyable manga. Almost any manga reader will enjoy it. It's full of Drama, Adventure and Action.
I rate Historie overall 5/5
Personal Enjoyment 5/5
I recommend manga like Vagabond, Berserk, Vinland Saga and Parasyte(Kiseijuu).
Other Opinions

This is completely awesome. It's so fresh, so well-done, so interesting. I'm 23 years old so it's really hard to find mangas that aren't about adolescence drama, targeting 15 years old kids. The plot is so strong without relying only on sex or psychological dramas. It's so well-written, it just doesn't look like a manga. The art is very good, the action is so fine.
By far, superior to almost everything I've read. Go and read it.
By Se7a

The art is underwhelming. It begins rather slowly (not unbearably slow), but really picks up after the first volume if you give it the time. The mangaka shoves a lot of gore into your face in the first few volumes but there is little to be found in some of the later ones.
I'm not sure why there are remarks the originality of the main character. He is far from the first character to ever use brains over brawn, especially with the recent popularity of characters like Lelouch and Yagami. The mangaka himself even constantly makes comparisons between Eumenes and Odysseus; however, unlike Lelouch, Light, Odysseus, or almost any other main character in a popular work of literature you can think of, Eumenes is flawless.
He isn't weak, short-tempered, arrogant, boring, antisocial, evil, bad with girls, or even too kind. The story is basically about what the perfect male specimen would do under the most unfortunate conditions possible, but no one seems to have a problem with this because it's almost impossible to dislike him.
Definitely one of the better mangas out.
By Shensuke

REVIEW: Biomega

Biomega is a manga series by Tsutomu Nihei. It was serailized in Ultra Jump from 2004 to 2009.
Story: Biomega follows a character by the name of Kanoe Zouichi and the mysterious Kanoe Fuyu whose luminous form is integrated into the system of his bike. They are agents sent by Toha Heavy Industries to retrieve the human with the ability to resist and transmute the NS5 infection that is spreading across the world, named Yion Green.
The story is interesting but it's sometimes hard to understand.
I rate the story 4.2/5
Art: Biomega is well drawn. The art of Tsutomu Nihei improved since BLAME!.
I rate the art 4.5/5
Characters: The characters of Biomega are all original. Most characters a unique look.Zouichi is a likable character.
I rate the characters 4/5
Enjoyment: Biomega is like Gantz. It's not for everyone. Biomega can be really enjoyed by anyone over the age of 15.
I rate Biomega overall 4.2/5
Personal Enjoyment:4.5/5
I recommend manga like Gantz, BLAME!, Dogs: Bullets & Carnage and Eden: It an Endless World.

Other Opinions.

As awesome and engaging as you'd expect. So, yes, it lacks originality compared to "Blame!", but to some people a -bike-, an -axe- and a -new gun- is absolutely enogh in terms of innovation in a Nihei's work. Anyway, great stuff.
By Gediminas


The art in Biomega is very good (kind of lacking soul, but good). Too bad I can't figure out what's going on half the time. My rating is average.
By Serobins

AMVs & MMVs

REVIEW: Black Lagoon

Black Lagoon is a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan's Sunday GX since 2002.

Story: The story follows a team of mercenaries known as Lagoon Company, who smuggle goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia. Their base of operations is located in the fictional city of Roanapur in Thailand. There is about 9 story arcs until now. The Introduction arc, The Rasta Blasta arc, The Das Wieder Ertephen Des Adlers arc, The Calm Down, Two Men arc, The Bloodspot Fairy Tale arc, The Goat, Jihad, Rock n Roll arc, Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise arc, The Greenback Jane arc, The El Baile De La Muerte arc.

Black Lagoon is like a live action movie on paper.

I rate the story 4/5 because some arcs are really interesting while others are average.

The arcs i wrote in bold are the best.

Art: The art is very good and detailed when it comes to gunfights.

I rate the art 4.5/5

Characters: Although Black Lagoon has alot of fighting. The main character Rock doesn't fight at all. The one who does the fighting is Revy and if Dutch starts shooting you shouldn't except anyone to survive. All the characters are likeable especially Rock.

I rate the characters 5/5

Enjoyment: Black Lagoon can be enjoyed by anyone who likes action and a good plot especially The El Baile De La Muerte arc.

I rate Black Lagoon overall 4/5

Personal Enjoyment 5/5

I recommend manga like Dogs: Bullets & Carnage, Until Death Do Us Part, Gantz and Battle Royale.

MY MMV

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REVIEW: PLUTO

Pluto is an award winning manga by Naoki Urasawa serialized in the Big Comic Original magazine. The 65th and final chapter was published April 2009. Pluto is based on "The Greatest Robot On Earth" arc in Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy.

Story: Pluto follows the story of Gesicht a robot Europol detective who is investigating the murders of the greatest robots on earth.

The story gets really interesting. It is full of mystery and suspense. Pluto is my no. 1 seinen manga along with Gantz and Bokurano.

I rate the story 5/5.

Art: PLuto has great art. It is very well drawn as expected from Naoki Urasawa.

I rate the art 5/5.

Characters: Despite most of the characters being robots they are very likeable specially Gesicht and Atom(Astro Boy).

I rate the characters 5/5.

Enjoyment: I believe Pluto is one of the most enjoyable works of fiction out there.

I enjoyed it very much.

I rate this manga overall 5/5

Personal Enjoyment: 5/5

After this you'll probably think I overrated it but believe me it deserves it.

The manga I recommend all of Naoki Urasawa's works and Mohiro Kitoh's Bokurano and Narutaru.