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25
Finished
Apr 24, 2006 to Feb 22, 2016
7.5/10
Average Review Score
60%
Recommend It
20
Reviews Worldwide
I never have written a review to a manga before and I never tought that I would write one, but after i finished sun ken rock i felt like I have to. The art of the manga is just incredible and I liked the story overall. There was an arc which I didn't really liked but that was compensated with the arc that followed. BUT the ending was just insanely bad (in my opinion). I felt like this manga was a waste of time afterwards. But I still give it a 7/10 because of the art and the beginning which I really liked.
You got to be crazy not to enjoy Sun-Ken Rock or a child or even just a parent who doesn't like explicit things. This is by far in my top five of my favorite mangas and only the purest of eyes should be able to read Sun-Ken Rock if it was up to me,but luckily for you its not the story was magnificent I had to have read every single chapter in a 2 day span of time because of my infatuation with the plot. The art was so focused and centered but still so different that I was happy to use some styles evenin my own drawings. Seinen will always be my favorite though and I will always hold the upmost biased opinion about every Seinen manga but trust me if this was truly bad I wouldn't even waste my time reading it in the first place. If you're looking for a great read and ran out of interesting manga you gotta read this for sure. Sincerely, KichtheKid
The story revolves around Ken, a man from an upper-class family that was orphaned young due to his family's involvement with the Yakuza; he became a high school delinquent known for fighting. The only thing that motivates him to take action is through his romantic affections for a classmate, Yumi. After learning she decided to move to Korea to become a police officer, Ken leaves his life in Japan behind and tries to follow in Yumi's footsteps; due to unforeseen circumstances, he incidentally becomes the head of a local gang and tries to hide it from Yumi. As the leader, the gang is renamed the Sun-Ken Rock Group. (Source: Wikipedia) Included one-shot: Volume 12: Trigun: The Lost Plant
This story has a simple enough plot , it´s about a guy that confesses to the girl he likes ,and after kinda getting rejected learns that she is going to Korea to become a cop. He goes after her and by accident becomes a gang member. It´s actually embarassing how bad the overall story is , character motivations change out of nowhere and it´s overall just made so that Boichi can flex his 10/10 art ,If you want to read a good manga with a very strong story this isn´t it. The characters in here are mediocre , there is 0 development and they stay has simple stereotypicaltropes. And i don´t even want to talk about how the female are portrayed here , because it´s appalling. This is a good read if you just want to turn off your brain and look at amazing art. Overall, Sun-Ken Rock , is just an aesthetically beautiful manga with 0 substance.
Summary of review: Art is amazing(100/10). Characters are bland and 1 note. Near the ending the characters make uncharacteristic decisions which are then poorly explained. Aside from the last 2 arcs the manga itself is a fun read if your can turn your brain off. Action is decent as well. Story 5 - Decent: Starts off pretty fun but as time goes on it slowly starts to fall off. Arcs don't really feel like they're connected and instead they feel like stand alone stories. The final arc is also pretty whack. There is no overall goal that any character really wants to accomplish. The ending lacksany emotional reward that a regular ending should have. Since there isn't any foreshadowing it makes no sense why certain situations are occurring or why certain characters make random 180 degree personality decision especially in the final arc. Sometimes a character will make a random uncharacteristic decision and they just roll with it for an arc and then retcon it all by giving some half assed explanation even though there was no evidence of that actually happening. Art 10 - I genuinely do not believe words can define the magnificence of Boichi's art! The art is of the same caliber as Takehiko Inoue's Vagabond, Shin Ichi Sakamoto's Innocent, Tomo Takeuchi's Ballroom E Youkoso, or Kentaro Miura's Berserk. Body anatomy is superb, and the detail is unparalleled! Characters 4 - Decent: The characters are serviceable until the second half of the story. That's when they start making unexplained uncharacteristic decisions with no explanation or hit of malice. Which is all then retconned with a half assed explanation and flashbacks which don't really explain much. Enjoyment 7 - Good: It's quite an enjoyable fighting gang manga but unfortunately it falls off in the last 2 arcs. But if you can turn your brain off and just enjoy it for what it is then you'll probably like it. Total score: 7 Scoring Math: 5+10+4+7.5 = 26/40 = 6.5 -> 7 Note: Honestly, the saving grace is the art and that's what allowed for a 6.5 which in turn rounded up the final score. Otherwise this manga is mid tier 6.
I think reading Boichi sensei’s Sun-ken rock is an experience everyone should go through, The author captures alot of his creativity and top level drawing in his backgrounds and food panels, The emotions that are portrayed by the characters feels so real the reader has to feel compassion for the characters especially with Kitano Ken, The story is a journey worth going through its a roller coaster of emotions it knows when to be funny and knows when to get serious, In my opinion some plot points couldve been handled way better and seem random BUT some plot points fit the narrative that is portrayedi wont go through details, The ending is a beautiful open ended ending the reader chooses what they want to feel, It reaches a climax of emotions especially with Kitano Ken the ending is not for everyone but its a beautiful ending non the less, I recommend everyone to give it a try i know you will feel the warmth and the burst of personalities of these characters.
