Air Gear Final Chapter Review

Alternative Title:

English - Air Gear
Japanese - エア・ギア

Author:

Oh! Great

Genre:

Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Shounen, Sports

Chapter Rating:

★★★★★★


Air Gear had finally finished! The manga ended with total of 357 exclusive chapters. For this review, I used the Chinese version because the English version has currently only up to 354 wich is 3 more chapters away. I wanted to share this amazing ending which I rated 6 out 6 stars as soon as possible.

The final chapter used the technique of flashing back and forth which sometimes confuses the reader; however, in this case, Air Gear has showed it success! The technique is well developed in the way that how the pages and events are linked. It flowed from relax to intense and light to serious. Everything is very cohesive and connected.

The final major shock we had in this manga ended with Ikki saving the super villain Sora. Ikki's had again showed his personality trait as moral justice despite of his arrogance. At this point, Sora saw the image of Kilik when he lost his wings from the fight with Ikki.

As everything began to settle in the manga. Another scene that you may be interested is that Emily finally proposed to Kazu during a musical band concert, which is formed by most people from the Sleeping Forest. Kazu answered her proposal with a salute, and said, "Yes". I think this is the most touching moment of this chapter because of Emily's cuteness. If Kazu denied, I would probably blame him for disgrace of mankind.

The manga ended with all the Ikki and the others racing and yelled, "We are Kogarasumaru~~~~~".
TRANSLATION OF THE FINAL CAPTION: If you raise your hand, you will see the sky

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Code: Breaker Chapter 13 and 14 Review

Alternative Title:

English - Code:Breaker

Japanese - コード:ブレイカー

Author:

Akimine Kamijyo

Genre:

Action, Comedy, School, Shounen, Super Power, Supernatural

Volume 1 Review Post: 

<http://endlesscomic.blogspot.ca/2012/05/code-breaker-volume-1.html>

Now we are approaching the end of Volume 2, I would like to quickly wrap things up instead of keeping you waiting. The manga quickly switches its mood between these two chapters. When everything just begin to settle, another event starts to emerge. This technique has been used in a lot of serious of anime and manga; however, there are a few anime and manga, such as Dragon Ball Z, like to have the moment of peace. These manga and anime become lengthly, and we begin to loss our interest. In this case, Code: Breaker continues to keep us entertained. It keeps us wondering what is happening next?

Chapter 13:

Chapter Rating: ★★★★☆☆

After the battle with Tabata, Ogami and Sakura returned to their ordinary school lives. We began to see Ogami was loved by his peers even though he was going to endanger their lives before opening to door. Although as readers we weren't expecting a welcoming party in the classroom, we still found the shift of Ogami's expression was extremely entertaining. This is where we found Ogami was accepted and loved by his peers. Nevertheless, the most incomprehensible part that I found before this moment is that he even received a love letter, and latter toss it away! As a man, I have to show my jealousy and to feel envy of such act.

If you will excuse me, I have to point of the most hilarious part of this scene. THIS SCENE! Why is there a giant guy holding a bigini poster to greet Ogami?

After the party, we found ourselves seeing Ogami and Sakura on the roof of the school building. And we all wished for an unexpected proposal. This is where Ogami showed his cold blooded reaction at first. Ogami burnt the welcome booklet with all the classmates' signature on it, but we latter found that Ogami had already memorized every single detail on it. Sakura's expression showed that as if she was touched by such Ogami.

Chapter 14:

Chapter Rating: ★★★★☆☆

We found ourselves in the middle of the conversation of an arsonist; however, a guy named, Noguchi, suddenly came out and claimed to know Ogami. He called Ogami by the name Kakoshima, but Ogami seemed confused and do not know what he was talking about. It started to show the awareness of Ogami's memories being erased. Latter on Ogami explained to Sakura that his name, nationality, residential registration, and even memories were erase when he became a Code: Breaker. I sympathize him for this reason despite of him tossing a love letter away.

After Ogami's explanation, we found Sakura fighting crime on herself to try to search for the arsonist who was causing series of catastrophes in the city. The chapter ended, with Noguchi's sudden appearance as the arsonist and Sakura ended up in the flash of flame burst.

"SAKURA IS IN DANGER!! FACING THE EVIL OF AN OLD FRIEND, WHAT ACTION WILL OGAMI REI TAKE!?"

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Anime Revolution 2012

August 17-19 2012 @ Vancouver Convention Centre

ABOUT ANIME REVOLUTION

Anime Revolution is a brand new three-day convention located in Vancouver, BC. It caters to a wide range of activities, exhibits, panels, and performances. These include art, animation, comics, costuming, cultural displays, dance, gaming, musical performances, and others. The goal is to provide people of all ages with entertainment, education, and cultural exchange.

Impression

After watching a Youtube video of this year's FanExpo, it changed my impression; there were series of Cosplay, Manga, Anime, and Figures. I was amazed by the shows and the interviews they did. I hope that when I go to Anime Revolution I can experience it myself, looking foreword to attending the convention.

[Image Source:<http://www.kita-kon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=39>]

Fan Expo Vancouver 2012 Anime Revolution

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Kamisama no Iutoori (FUJIMURA Akeji) Impression

Alternative Title:

English - As the God of Death Dictates, Like God Says, Kami-sama no Iu Toori
Japanese - 神さまの言うとおり

Author:

Kaneshiro Muneyuki

Genre:

Game, Horror, School, Shounen, Supernatural

Chapter Rating:

★★★★★☆

PLEASE NOTE THAT CONTENT MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 17.

I now here present to you Kamisama no Iutoori (FUJIMURA Akeji). This manga is about a catastrophic survival contest. The main character, Takahata Shun, is just about to experience a dramatic change in his life that cause his boring life to forever change.

I found this manga, Kamisama no Iutoori (FUJIMURA Akeji), strongly resemble one of Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba's side stories in Bakuman. Both stories began with the protagonist's ordinary life; however, both protagonists were just about to encounter a similar life altering change. It all began with the teacher death, but in Kamisama no Iutoori (FUJIMURA Akeji)'s case is way more graphic. The main characters' classmates all began to freak out like any of us would.

Bakuman

They now faced an known daruma doll which can SPEAK. Most Chinese or Japanese readers might already noticed it was written the word courage in front of its chest. It is the doll that in fact made everything in chaos even worst. They are force to participate in a game called Daruma ga Koronda, similar to our Red Light and Green Light. The participants who lost would be immediately be killed. The cureless situation forced students began to show courage and tried to escape this madness.

Shun and his classmates now saw a glimpse of hope. I found it the point where courage and everything started to show. Ironically, even the delinquent students started to show corporation and support. The situation might had begun to improve; however, it led to many accidental and innocent death. In the end, of this chapter Shun was the only living person standing. The physiological triller was just beginning to reveal.

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Code: Breaker Chapter 12 Review

 

Alternative Title:

English - Code:Breaker
Japanese - コード:ブレイカー

Author:

Akimine Kamijyo

Genre:

Action, Comedy, School, Shounen, Super Power, Supernatural

Chapter Rating:

★★★★☆☆


Story
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The battle is beginning to draw its conclusion. With Tabata's daughter appearance, Ogami didn't seem to change his motive after his dramatic expression change. Sakura immediately realized the danger Ogami was going to forever changed a young girl's life. Instead of persuading Ogami, Sakura's action shocked me. She ran and hug Tabata as a shield against Ogami. This was out of my usual expectation of an ordinary teenage girl would do in a situation like this. I would never image to protect a villain that might turned me into a hostage or threaten my life. Sakura here represent the justice that we were taught as children. She is the absolute justice that conflict the opposite of the Code: Breakers. She carried out her own justice of evil people can still change and live. On the other hand, the puppy's innocent face made me wanted to laugh. Here we were having quite a dramatic scene, the puppy's expression has a degree of understanding and caring attitude toward Tabata and Sakura's action. I found it interesting to see how all the characters flow in this intense moment.

We were finally seeing some morality in Tabata when he was turning himself into an absolute villain in front of his daughter. In this moment with Ogami as a hero and Tabata as a vilain, we found the love between a father and a daughter. As it turned out Tabata was trying to look for the rare organs that can cure his daughter disability. This scene contains a high level of understanding and touching attitude that deeply effected the readers. Ogami acted out as a hero who destroyed Tabata and the building itself. The chapter ended with Sakura questioning Ogami's definition of a hero. And Ogami's answer was that a person could never become a true hero. We now see the different between Ogami and Toki's sense of justice, and understand why Ogami and Toki don't get alone with each other.

Impression
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As we gradually go into to different character's personality trait, we are gradually drawn into the story. Ogami and Sakura have now develop a bond that will not be easily broken by any forces. The storyline is successful in the way of portraying the role of individual characters, especially with all kinds of characters in the same scene. The technique is not easily develop, but the flow of the story in my opinion is a bit slow. Overall the manga is quite well done.

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