Tenjho Tenge

You often read it in the newspaper a teenage girl with psychically abusive boyfriend, the boy first seemed to be a nice and caring guy as time flows he begin to reveal to show his true natures and start hitting his own girlfriend. As common sense dictates, the girl tries to keep her distance and tries to escape from his clutch. Unfortunately for her the boyfriend is the most popular jock in school , an American football quarterback. So with thehelp of his loyal friends he endeavors to make her life feels like hell. Any who sides with her or shows sympathy will be targeted. Fortunately, the girl could seek her parents. and finally able to flee by transferring to another school. I read the story in People magazine and it's a true story. The girl was lucky a few months ago i heard news about the murder of a first year university student in her dormitory room. It turned out that the murder was masterminded by her ex high school boyfriend who had been terrorizing her ever since she broke up with him. It's sad, she finally thought she was safe and could begin her new life and started dating a new guy. but then her life was abruptly stopped by a boy who thought that he loved her more than any living person in the world. Ito Ogure must have a bitter past experience with females like being rejected many times, or they often made fun of him and shunned him. Because the manga only victimize females violence and brutality in this manga are directed toward them, read the manga and you know what i mean. especially girls who are beautiful, charming and charismatic. The girls who are beyond the reach of otaku like Ogure. Maya might be the representation of the must popular girl in ito Ogure's high school , and this is his way to take revenge on her. Back to the manga The essence of the manga is the story of a teenager who joined a gang because her brother was a member , eventually she realized that the gang was involved in bad things, she wanted to quit but the gang refused to let her go. The members of the gang then started to prosecute her. She was an orphan and her little sister was too young and stupid to be asked for help ( the little sister also watched too many love dramas). It’s also combined with the story of the most popular students at school (an artifact of teen movies in 90’s) but the mangaka took it to a higher level and gave it a twist. review -Violence against women. You think that because Maya and Aya are the heroes they will be cool and awesome right? Wrong Aya is a ditz and Maya is neither bright and stupid. Ogure made her an awesome warrior but a lousy leader. Maya, many tragedies in this Manga are caused by her inability to rein in her troops and developed their potency and use them. Many members of Jyuken are supposed to be very strong fighters, but Maya is often oblivious to this fact and acts individually with predictable result , she always badly wounds herself. somebody should say “ Stop Maya before she hurts herself “. Maya is the main subject to Ito Ogure’s wrath against women , he always torture her and constantly beat her Through the hands of her abusive ex boyfriend and his gang or an unknown enemy. Why I think Ogure harbors vengeance and hatred againts women? Because 98% of lead and supporting male characters are invincible and can’t get hurt . But this manga is infamous for its violence and mutilation and the heroes are always in danger, yes it’s partially correct, because the subjects of the violence are the women they are the ones who are always in danger. Except for Aya, Ogure might have thought that she was too stupid. - The characters have no clear motivation . If Ogure did provide a motivation for a character’s action it will always be love, it’s seems that love is the only language that Ogure know he might have tried really hard to come up with a new idea but he eventually gave up. sometimes Ogure would not even bother to give explanation why one does specific action, Even when one knew that one’s action will maim oneself. -Incoherent story Psychologists often warn that Japanese manga are not good for children because villains quickly change side and become friends to our heroes . But this is worse Ogure came up with a plot but didn’t know how to execute it . I want to give an example, but because spoiler is not allowed, I’ll use an analogy , there is a fish on table, A , B and C are ordered to keep eyes on the fish, A left to take a walk, when B and C let their guard down a cat snatches the fish. Moments later D, E and F come. Seeing that the fish is gone D openly accuses that A ate the fish and is now taking a walk.B clearly saw A had left the house earlier therefore could reason that A there is no way A could have eaten the fish, but instead of defending A, B burst into tears and hopes that A will be back soon . E is the leader, but doesn’t bother to question whether A really did eat the fish and to look for proof. So instead of investigating this matter thoroughly or look for A, those five reach a consensus that A ate the fish. + great artwork At the beginning the artwork really suck but it gradually keep getting betting, and become the greatest artwork that i have ever seen +characters are easy to relate to Who doesn’t want to relate him/herself to a beautiful and handsome characters. The female are gorgeous and the male are very muscular and cool. It doesn’t matter that the characters are stupid and shallow , nobody would give a damn. And you want to keep reading Tenjou Tenge because “ I want to know what will happen to this chick, plus i want to see her naked”. + Definetely not a cliche The story has its own strength, unlike other manga the story is not a cliche. Instead telling the story about a Noveu venu ( Newcomer), Ogure preserved the status quo . There is a ton of surprises waiting around the corner. Oh yeah, considering how bad the story is, you will also learn to appreciate the work of other mangaka. Judgement One thing that Oh Great ( Ogure) really great is the artwork, The quality is unrivaled there will be always guys out there, who is willing to pay a few bucks to gaze upon chicks no matter how bad the story is. . A distinguished author in my country once said Quality is not a problem, as long as it is readable , it will sell well. reading this manga is like an addiction, you know it's bad for you but you refuse to stop because " people want to care for the beautiful girl/handsome hunk and want to be associated with him/her and want to be around him/her. .But please Ogure, don’t abuse it, cause people can eventually get sick of it and throw it away, or they decide not to read in the first place. Why i am so worked up over a manga?Because The Manga romanticized abusive relationship between man and woman, but as i mentioned before, in the real life it can be really terryifying.A research revealed that women who read fairy tale like Cinderella in their childhood often kept hanging onto an abusive relationship because they believed their partner would eventually for the better, in most of the cases the men didn't change. What do ypu think will happen if a girl read tenjou tenge? Ogure should read more books especially novels and psychology textbook to learn about causality effect and motivation.