Criminale!

Before we start, I just want to ask: How many great works have been delayed, dropped or forced ending due to sickness? I’ve heard about Noragami’s status along with HunterxHunter’s and World Trigger’s really gets me worried, but the saddest thing is a manga being rushed to an end. I’m so depressed about Criminale being ended soon even having lots of potential. Story, characters could be developed more and this manga would be fascinating. Action combines with school life always has its own seduction other manga don’t have. Fresh and extraordinary, this type can easily bring us through an emotion garden with different flowers, although Criminale can’tshow full sight of it. Criminale and Assassination Classroom have two things in common. Both focus on each student’s talent and they’re in a special class among all the normal ones which can bring in a ton of weapon. Last but not least, friendship and romance are mined in many school life manga, and this one isn’t an exception. But 39 chapters aren’t enough to display perfectly, even they appear a lot and sometimes dim the action role. Ignoring that, this manga usually makes me laugh with a light – hearted, comedy type of story. Tamito is very unlucky because the criminals always target him every seconds, but soon be used to it and tries to avoid any negative situations. Because of that, he doesn’t have any friends at school until he goes to high school where he meets strange new friends with different crimes, the friends who accept and get along with him throughout high school life. This story reminds me of ‘Milo Murphy’s law on Disney Channel, both of them teach us to watch out for accidents happen all around the city. There are too much unknown information about these characters. What are their past and talents? Why they are criminals? Instead of showing it by some stories, the authors decide to put it in a textbox. With a cute artwork and characters, Criminale can satify any readers. The author also said that he really focused on characters’ design, especially on Sarah, so that their acts are hilarious and adorable. I have to say that again, Criminale truly has a lot of potentials, and if the author could have done this work perfectly, I’m sure this would be an interesting manga that no one wants to be missed. Anyway, with just 39 chapters, Criminale succeeds to show us a light –hearted, comedy manga which can relax you after a busy day.

Imagine a manga where you have a new concept, very interesting characters and a good drawing style, but when its first big arc happens it ends. This is the case of this work; Criminale is one of my favorite manga, and there are plenty of reasons, my only complaint is that it ended when it shouldn't, I know it's unlikely but if there was a continuation I would be very happy. However, do not let this review fool you, it does not prevent the fact that the manga is finished from taking you away from reading it; because in spite of everything it is totallyworth it. I am sure that if it had continued as a normal manga, it would have become a classic; occupies an anime adaptation, people will be able to see how great Criminale! is. My thanks to the author, and for my part I will have hope.

Criminale! is a manga that is based around comedy and gives off slice of life feeling, the manga is all about the characters that are interesting and fun in their own way. We follow Ichimura Tamito as he meets new people, makes friends for the first time in his life and tries to lead an ordinary life while getting mixed up in different criminal activities such as kidnapping, pick pocketing, arson, robbery, molestation, and more such fun activities. The comedy is achieved by pulling off something bizarre in the middle of nowhere, catching you off guard. The comedy doesn't repeat itself and new ideasare thrown around each chapter, you won't get bored by anything repetitive and should enjoy the interactions between the characters. The reason the comedy works so well is because of the characters and how they deal with these bizarre situations. The concept itself is interesting, from reading the synopsis you should get the gist of it. There is no real story development going on, it is the characters that lead the manga. You shouldn't expect anything too serious, it doesn't have things like drama or hard emotions. It is pretty easy going and fun till the end, there are few emotional stuff thrown there and here but those only last for 2-3 chapters. It has quite a few one-sided love going on but I won't be telling how those end, you should enjoy finding that out yourself and the ending of these romance doesn't have any impact on the overall manga itself anyway so it shouldn't be the deciding factor on if you wish to read it or not. That doesn't mean that there is no romance, some chapters are spent only about the characters that are in love trying to get attention of their crush and spending more time with them. It definitely has its cute moments but the romance should only be treated as a side bonus and not the main thing that is going on. The character themselves, as I have told before, are the main selling point here. They are all "Criminal" or suspected of being "Criminal" in the future. What type of "criminal" they are will have a huge impact on what kind of character they are. Each character is a different type of criminal, and the reasons for them being criminal are all interesting. The author did a good job of giving life to the characters, by giving emotion and reason. Of course since this is mainly a comedy manga they don't have too deep emotions or anything similar, but for a manga that aims to be funny, it did a good job. You should be looking to read this manga if you wish to read something funny, it also gives off a slice of life feeling so it isn't like there is only comedy, there is more to that. It is like peeking to the life of a group of friends and their mishaps, how they got together and what they are going to to in future.