In today’s ever-changing comics industry, there are two universal truths. The first one is dog man is an iconic comic of our time. The second is that more people are reading comics and online comics (also known as vertical comics) than ever before. Therefore, we at Comics Beat chose to embark on a new adventure: Bit’s Bizarre Adventure. Each week, three authors recommend some of their favorite books and series from Japan, Korea, and elsewhere. This week we have ghost teams, multiverse shenanigans, and of course…ZAWA…ZAWA…
Ghosts be damned!
Writer/Artist: Hiratsuka Miko
Translator: Lin Minna
Engraving: Alexis Ekman
Publisher: Yen Press
Such is the wise existence of Youcheng, life doesn’t even give her lemons, so she can enjoy a delicious glass of iced lemonade when the weather is hot. She should be lucky to get a job at a big company. But she was fired due to an office romance and had to work in a third-rate company. Between health problems and money and temporary employment, she drank to drown her sorrows. She was at home alone, why did she suddenly feel like he was in heaven? Whose arms held her tenderly? Is it you, God?
When I saw the cover of this book, I thought, “This cover looks so cool!” I wondered who the artist was. time. artistic style Hiratsuka Miko It doesn’t feel familiar. So I was surprised to find out that they created one of my favorite Boys Love comics of all time, alpha squadron al rangersunder the pseudonym Hiratsuka Town! I needed no further convincing to get Volume 1 Drag to ghost!
Maocheng fell and hit his head, and his body was on the verge of death. The tender embrace she felt came not from God, but from her patron saint, Masako. Uaki thinks it would be better if she died, but Masako refuses to accept what Uaki’s predecessor did. The two of them form an alliance to “remove diamond dust from one of his family’s jewels,” in this endearing spirit. Once Ujo is resurrected, they go around casting harmless but annoying curses on anyone who has done something wrong or angered Ujo.
Volume 1 Drag to ghost! Be situational and fun. Masako appears as a trans woman, and I love how brave and sinister she is. There are hints throughout that she may have more psychic powers, and Ujo notices this. There are 5 volumes in the series, so maybe we can get some backstory on Masako’s life. I want to know more about her! She and Mao Cheng are very compatible, and even though she really wants to express her thoughts to others, Mao Cheng often behaves passively.
My expectations were a bit high before I went in, but I still loved it Drag to ghost! a lot of. Volume 2 will be released on November 26th, so there’s no better time than now to catch up with our curse-loving duo. — Merve Guire
Thunder 3
Writer/Artist: Yuki Ikeda
Translator: Carter Anderson
edit: Daniel Joseph
Production: Grace Yu,Pei Ann Yeap,Lorina Mapa
Proofreading: Kevin Luo
Publisher: Kodansha
Today’s multiverse stories are everywhere in fiction, and they seem a bit overdone. Maybe they’re so fashionable because we want to escape the world around us. Why stay here when there are countless new and potentially better worlds to visit? But for many, endless possibilities limit storytelling potential. How many invasions and invasions from other dimensions are possible?
although Thunder 3 go through Yuki Ikeda Another multiverse story with enough fresh ideas both visually and narratively that the story doesn’t look tired. Three elementary school students, known as the “Little Three,” travel to another universe, only to have one of them lose his sister. So they set out to find her in this strange new world.
Ikeda takes a captivating visual approach. The original style of this book is like a funny comic. The characters appear simple, with exaggerated facial features. Ikeda oversimplifies the lines and visual depictions of everything in the Little Three’s home. However, the environment and people in the other world are more realistic. Imagine if Osamu Tezuka While drawing the protagonist Okuhiroya Painted everything else. This is the visual style used Thunder 3. [Editor’s note: Intrepid readers of Beat’s Bizarre Adventure may recognize Oku’s name from the previously featured comic GANTZ!]
This playful spirit is present in every aspect of the series. There are no wormholes and convenient scientific equipment to connect the world. Boys can enter simply by crawling through the television like in other children’s stories. The door will only stay open when someone is watching the disc. Physics works differently there; the boys describe the world as if it were made of Styrofoam and cookie dough. When her sister is attacked by a laser, she shoots it away like nothing happened. There are also ten-foot-tall anthropomorphic aliens walking around. This is a world that Ikeda has always remained a stranger to.
Only one volume so far Thunder 3 in North America. For anyone who buys a physical copy, it’s one of the most unique books on your bookshelf right now. The cover looks like a movie poster, and the back cover is covered in a unique two-color panel. The design suits its unique take on parallel universes and science fiction. I hope this adventurous book will find its way into the hands of adventurous readers. — D. Morris
Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI
Writer/Artist: Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Translator: denbohaistone co., ltd.
Engraving: Laura Korvalsin
Publisher: Radio waves
Cage is a loser. He had never had a good job in his life. His friends left him with unpaid debts he never expected. That’s why the rich and powerful ask him to play their ridiculous games: rock-paper-scissors tournaments, steel beam contests and the world’s grumpiest pinball machine. They knew he needed the money badly. But the thing is, Kaiji is a gambler’s gambler. He couldn’t help but squander opportunities and make horrific unforced errors. But when the stakes are high and the chips are down, Kaiji makes the impossible possible. Zawa… Zawa…
Nobuyuki Fukumoto It tells a horrifying story about a man who endures tremendous psychological pressure in a stressful situation. His comics have sold millions of copies, despite the fact that the people he drew looked like angry triangles. Kaiji It is Fukumoto’s most popular series and the only one officially published in English. if not for Ed ChavezAs the hard-working president of Denpa, a small comics publisher, the book probably wouldn’t be published in English at all.
Every gambling or death game series you’ve ever read or watched has either been stolen Kaiji or plagiarize another plagiarized series Kaiji. So what makes this comic so great? I’d say Kaiji himself is the secret weapon. He is a genius under pressure, but only under pressure – once he becomes overconfident, everything inevitably slips through his fingers. Kaiji’s mistakes inspire him to greater achievements as a gambling genius, but only plunge him further into the ordeal of systemic cruelty. A perpetual motion machine that generates stories.
It is also worth mentioning that Kaiji The story takes place in the aftermath of Japan’s economic bubble in the 1980s. Kaiji is a young man who slips through the cracks, and his enemies are very wealthy older men who take pleasure in torturing financial victims because they believe they deserve their success. Does Kaiji’s eternal loser prove he deserves everything he gets? Or are Japan’s economic elite the real villains? Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI Will make you think about these questions, but mostly it’s fun to read. — Adam Westcott
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