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.

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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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Code: Breaker Chapter 11 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:

★★★★☆☆


With Tabata's shocking appearance in the last chapter, Ogami swore to turn him into ashes. Sakura tried to prevent this massive murder; however, she was stopped by a desperate victim. The victim described his son was cut up and sold to someone else, and begged Ogami to kill the enemies. Toki latter described the elements that make a hero to Sakura. "Is Hero of Justice a hero because he kills bad guys?" I found that point particular interesting and profound. Could killing be justified as justice or it is just a massive slaughter?

There we came to face the psycho body guards. They claimed themselves as surgens and excellent assassins. They cannot even remember how many people they killed. The thing that shocked me right after their appearance was that Ogami actually remember how many people he has killed. The expression the guards were so helpless as Ogami used his ability on them. It created the irony of the guards crying for help instead. The effort the author put into the plot really did intrigue me.

Now with the body guards down, Ogami finished the patient's life. It might be seemed as cruel, but it was a relief to him as we saw his final appreciation. It was the part that we get more into Ogami's character. I sensed the sadness behind his back and grew pity of the patient. It was definitely one a meaningful scene.

It was time for the judgement of Tabata; however it was interrupted with Tabata's daughter's appearance. The mood of the scene suddenly changed, especially with Ogami's expression. What would this bring to the situation?

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Code: Breaker Chapter 10 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:

★★★★★☆


The battle continued! This chapter really impressed me with Toki's moves. He showed a reasonable level of concerning Sakura's safety, but he obviously still remained to be seemed as a delinquent. His sense of judgement had gave into Sakura's influence even though Sakura was trying to protect the enemies' lives. It is good to a kind hearted character sometimes in mangas. In this case, Sakura's attitude was successful; she introduced a lot of humour into an intense story plot line like this one.

In this alliance, we have three completely different characters caring different judgments and attitudes. Toki, Ogami, Sakura often found themselves arguing each others; however, at this stage, it somehow created a balance between them.

The most trilling discovery that we found in this chapter is Toki's power. As we craving for the answer of his supernatural ability, we found out that his a magnetism-controlling Code: Breaker. His ability allowed him to control any metals including the enemies' bullets. Toki easily wiped out enemy force within a period of seconds. This of course, leads to Toki and Ogami's argument about who is the stronger one. Both of the refused to gave in.

Ogami and Toki's conflict ended with Ogami burnt out Toki's cigarette. At this point, it is pretty clear that Toki's power is stronger than Ogami's. I found that it is particular interesting because usually in manga, the plot line is more centralize in the the protagonist, in this case Ogami. I personally think Kamijyo, the author, is trying to have multi-character revolving around the main character and act as a catalyst toward Ogami's growth. At any rate, the tension between Ogami and Toki continued with both side would not back down.

As the group enters the enemy's basement, we found out that Tabata, the rutten politician, was trading human organs as his business. These organs are not only from adults, but also from innocent children. These illegal organs were from innocent people. As these people were targeted and captured, their organs would be taken away from them and these people would disappear. Those organs were again resold in heavy price to poor people who are in need of them. This the point that Ogmi said that Tabata is one of the many people who should die. What would happend between the battle between justice and evil?

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Code: Breaker Chapter 9 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:

★★★★★☆

This chapter of Code: Breaker began with Toki saying that Ogami killed his parents. This is a dramatic scene that we discovered Ogami's personal background, and questioned the reason why Ogami became a Code: Breaker. Nevertheless, we also found a strong resemblance between Toki and Fujwara Senpai, one of the Sakura's senior friend, especially when we saw the Toki touches Sakura's breasts. Another amazing fact that we found out that Toki went to the Heisigakuin High, where only the rich and the top students study. What is Toki's true identity?

When we going more in to the story, we gradually understood Toki's character and his power, and we all laugh at the joke on the world class iron door blender champion. He was able blend inches thick metal door and immediately freeze the furious hounds. This stunned us about how much Toki can do with his ability.

Ogami and Toki obviously were not getting very well as we expecting at the beginning. Both of them are getting on each others' bad side. What will be happening now with the argument unresolved?

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Code: Breaker Chapter 8 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:

★★★★☆☆

The mysterious Code: Breaker series continued with Sakura following secretly below Ogami on his mission request. This is the point that I found a level of interest because Ogami walked straight into the front door of National Diet Building. It raises my curiosity of the political and social status of a Code: Breaker. On the other hand, what could his mission be if Ogami is invited into the highest agency of nation power?

Apparently there are six Code: Breakers as the Ogami's superiors described. Code: Breakers are even given special privileges to use their power to judges the evils. However, Ogami doesn't seem to get along with these people. He even says the Code: Breakers are the six demons bounded by collars. It is the point where I found Ogami doesn't seem to please his job.

After Ogami and his supervisors' interesting conversation, Ogami and the other Code: Breaker, Toki, finally met. Toki is the fourth Code: Breaker and seems to be a lot stronger than Ogami. It is pretty obvious that Toki and Ogami don't get along and their encounter doesn't seem pleasant either. At this point, we only knows that they are going of a group mission of bring evil to justice. What could Toki and Ogami's mission be?

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