Gokurakugai

Mod Edit: This review was originally posted for Gokurakugai Sanban-doori no Ken (125448) and has subsequently been merged into Gokurakugai (147874). Really interesting world that’s been built here, definitely made me want to read more. For a oneshot the story was paced very nicely and the art (especially the full spreads) was very nice to look at. The plot felt a little generic to be honest, it lacked something special story-wise outside of the interesting setting. That being said, Tao and Alma have some really rad character designs, their personalities are very believable and work well with one another. The whole story felt like a pieceof a much larger world, and while I’m sad this is only a oneshot, I think the author did a wonderful job making such a believable setting in such a short timeframe. Overall a very enjoyable read! Definitely recommend:)

Mod Edit: This review was originally posted for Gokurakugai Sanban-doori no Ken (125448) and has subsequently been merged into Gokurakugai (147874). Gokurakugai Sanban-doori no Ken is a oneshot manga with wonderful art and a good storyteling, as I write this it will be seriealizated and I agree with this decision because the oneshot has really good potential. I'll start this review from the best part of this oneshot: Art: 9 The art and the tecnique is really on level of a Pro mangaka, no doubt aboit it. The anatomy, the backgrounds, the characthers expressions, it's all very well draw, the paneling of the pages is good too and thestorytelling is smooth and go on without any hitches. Story: 6 The story is simple and have nothing particullary wrong but neither good, it's the classic "two guys lives in a bad city and do things to help the weak", the only really good idea was to include the Beastmen , this idea have save the story from been too weak. Characters: 7 The chara are good enough, they are recognazible and have well-defined personalities, the main protagonist imho are a little to weak, Alma is a dogboy who the only thing he is good at is martial arts, of Tao we don't know anything yet, we only see a glimse of her past that can tell us why she is doin what is doin now, but aside from that she don't do anything "special" but of course this is a oneshot so I hope the series will give her a nice story. The mermaids.... they are the poor things to get us emotional, they are all woman, they are beaten by the man and selled, no police or justice for them, only the troubleshooters can save them! ;-__- Overall 7 It's a nice oneshot, really good art, the story is simple but overall is enjoiable enough for me, plus if you like dogboys then you will love it! (I'm a catman so maybe that's why I didn't like it too much :P )