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Frequently categorized with both Bleach and Naruto as one of the Shonen Big Three, One Piece is a romantic tale of pirates, treasures ...talking reindeer, panties, flying skeletons, Takoyaki selling Octopuses, and oceans roaming with Sea Monsters the size of which can take down fleets of ships. Crazy enough for you? This is the world of One Piece.

Being categorized with Bleach and Naruto, on the surface this might strike an unfamiliar reader as another generic uncreative Shonen series; but truthfully, comparing One Piece to Bleach and Naruto would be like comparing Disney World to an elementary school playground. If these three series are the big three, then One Piece would be the boss sitting on a lavish chair smoking a cigarette, while Bleach and Naruto would be the two henchmen standing side by side of the boss and nodding at everything he says.

Story:

Set during the Golden Age of Pirates, the story follows Monkey D Luffy as he sets sail with his crew to conquer the sea which is inhabited by formidable pirates who all aim to become the Pirate King, the Grand Line and claim the treasures of 'One Piece' left by the late Pirate King, Gol D Roger.

Of course the goal of being Pirate King really is just a loose objective set forward that eventually throws Luffy and his shipmates into a giant boiling pot full of problems and adventures. What's special about this story is that it takes the most run-of-the-mill concepts and turns it into something fantastic and exciting. The concept of traveling from drastically different locations after locations is filled with endlessly creative characters and creatures that sets it apart from ever being dull, as opposed to say, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle where traveling to new worlds is a borefest and you can only hope the next world is interesting, and well if it's not ...have fun reading an entire arc on that filled with recycled characters.

The main plot device used in One Piece are the Devil Fruits, which grant anyone that eats them inhuman powers though at the deadly price of sinking like an anchor in the water; here the strange irony being that this is a series about pirates constantly on water. What makes this concept actually interesting is that every fruit has a different power and no two powers are the same, and Oda's endless imagination to come up with strange and hilarious powers. Above that, what makes this concept better than say, Bankai's or Kekkei Genkai's, is that you never know how two powers match up, so the weakest Devil Fruit powers in the current arc could very well be the key factor to winning a battle in the next, in that way, none of the characters ever seem so overpowered that they can completely destroy the other characters and it certainly

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CONTAINS SPOILERS UNTIL CHAPTER 51


Having seen all those highly scored reviews in the main page, I wanted to make a review myself for this clusterfuck story that is called Boruto.

First of all, I want to say that I'm a HUGE Naruto fanboy as you can see it from my profile picture, so don't think that I'm one of those snob shonen haters. I grew up with Naruto, and I love it despite all of its mistakes and poor storytelling choices. However, that's not the case with Boruto manga.

I love Boruto's movie and the first 60-70 episodes of the anime, I really do. Boruto and Sarada are both really fleshed characters with flaws and cool personalities, and it is really fun to watch them develop as the story advances. First arc of the manga is a recap of the Boruto: Naruto the Movie and is pretty decent. However, after that arc, without Kishimoto holding the ropes, everything just goes downhill.

If I were to summarize Boruto's story structure, it would be like this:

Boruto with or without Team 7 encounters a mysterious figure from a mysterious organization > Somehow teleports to or just happens to be in a bland enviroment with nothing but rocks in the vicinity (Imagine the battlefield of the climax of 4th Great Ninja War, every battlefield is like that) > A bland fist fight with no creativity or ninjutsu> Boruto somehow wins with his mysterious "Karma" power > Nothing is explained, back to the status-quo

Rinse and repeat every 5-6 chapters.

As a series, Naruto was a battle shonen, there's no denying that. Cool battles with high stakes, well written buildups, extremely satisfying payoffs and fleshed characters with rich backstories was always the strongest aspect of Naruto. Probably everyone who watched Naruto has a villain that they love or symphatize because of how well-written they are, be it Itachi, Nagato, Obito or even Madara.

Boruto too, is a battle shonen, and sadly, has none of those things I listed above. Villains are just punchbags for Boruto and have no depth or backstories. The main organization in the series, Kara, is just full of lunatics who has no motives. Jigen, their founder and leader is just another Otsutsuki like Kaguya who just wants to destroy the world because he's an alien race that needs to destroy worlds in order to survive. Like, really? Kaguya storyline was probably the most criticized arc of Naruto, and you say that you're giving us MORE Kaguya's and Otsutsuki's? Why? Just... Why?

Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, battles. Forget about cool battles of Naruto because they don't exist. Don't get me wrong, there are battles. In fact, majority of chapters consist of just battles that doesn't end for quite a while. Remember how Pain was able to absorb ninjutsu and how that made him a unique character that felt like a really big threat? Or do you remember how Madara was basically immortal and could regenerate from any wound in both his Edo Tensei and Jinchuriki form? Yeah, every single Boruto villain has those now thanks to something called scientific ninja tools. Doesn't matter if they're a low ranked villain or the main villain, they can easily absorb ninjutsu with their scientific cybernetics and regenerate their bodies from many wounds, and can even come back from death. This destroys the whole point of ninjutsu and no one uses it since their enemy is just going to absorb it with a flick of their hand. Only ninjutsu you see are just finisher moves and those are, at most, just rasengans from Boruto, as if we didn't see that in main series. Also, this Kara organization doesn't use much ninjutsu either, so all of the battles are just "aigh let's see which one of us can punch hardest." So much that Rock Lee with his just 7th gate could probably beat every single Boruto villain, maybe even Jigen. By the way, Boruto never actually wins a fight, his Karma does. Whenever he starts to lose, Karma somehow activates itself and do some mysterious shit to turn the tides of the battle. Every single fight feels like Naruto ve Neji, which was a failure of storytelling itself.

Speaking of battles, Naruto and Sasuke are HEAVILY nerfed in this series. Delta, one of the small villains of the series, takes Himawari, daughter of Naruto and yeets her into the air to threaten Naruto. So Naruto, one of the fastest people in the world, makes a move towards Himawari but hell no! Kawaki, who is just at the age of maybe Naruto in OG series, is as fast as him and blocks the incoming attack of Delta. This isn't even nerfing old characters, this is just making fool of Naruto fans.

Yes, this series is called BORUTO, not Naruto, and I agree that old characters shouldn't take the spotlight much, and maybe even should nerfed. However, if you're going to create an organization that threatens not only the world, but maybe the whole UNIVERSE, Naruto and Sasuke, who are literal Gods at this point, will of course steal the show from 12 year old Boruto that can barely do 5 shadow clones. Imagine Madara or Kaguya being the first villains that Team 7 encountered in the original Naruto and not Zabuza or Orochimaru. It's literally like that in Boruto and I have no idea how they will find new stories to tell after this arc. (Other than bringing just more Otsutsuki, of course)

I've been following Boruto since its first chapter back in 2016. Oh, I forgot to say that this manga is monthly right? Yes, it is. Weird for a battle shonen, but not a big problem. Sike, it is an ENORMOUS problem that ruins all the pacing.

So, fights generally took 3-4 chapters to end because of the awful artist that draws the series. Don't get me wrong, Ikemoto's drawings are definitely not bad, albeit not great either. However, I can only assume that he has no idea how the manga medium works, because in every fight, he uses 3 panels at most for each page, which makes fights long as hell while nothing happens in a 45-page chapter. You read just non stop punching/kicking scenes for literally 3 months for a fight that doesn't even advance the story further in the end. Even weekly manga series advance their story more with their single, weekly 17-page chapter! Hell, even Attack on Titan's story develops faster than Boruto's.

Characters are... I'm sorry what characters? All those colorful characters you see in the anime adaptation are nearly non-existent in manga. Only characters you see other than the new Team 7 and only a handful of old Naruto characters are Kara members, and like I said, they're pretty shallow, one dimensional characters. Not only that, but characters that are well fleshed in anime are just filler characters here. Sarada? You forget that she even exist. Mitsuki? Oh, that other guy in Team 7. Kawaki is kinda a cool character and probably the only one that has some kind of character development, but he's nothing revolutionary.

Speaking of characters, this series doesn't forget to bring old characters back and use it to bait Naruto fanboys to like the series. (And apparently it's working) Remember everyone's favorite mentor Jiraiya? That one cool dude who had an awesome end for his character, and affected both Naruto and Nagato, and indirectly the whole ninja world greatly with his death? Yeah, he's back as a clone now because apparently this Amado guy can do what Kabuto couldn't, with his super uber powerful scientific ninja crap. Which means, every old character can be easily cloned by villains, as if Edo Tensei wasn't enough to ruin the series. (Also ruins the whole point of Orochimaru, since even random guys now can do things he spent his whole life to achieve)

I can brag about Boruto for hours, but for now, this is it. Overall, a huge disappointment that feels like a Wattpad fanfiction rather than the next generation of Naruto.

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小池一夫、小島剛夕両氏のコンビの代表作に「子連れ狼」が
ありますが、その他の長編大作の執筆も終えて、
集大成にかかる時期の短編です。
それまでの蓄積の片鱗を感じさせる作品です。

4代将軍の幼少期の世継ぎを巡る幕閣同士の思惑が対立する中、
武士同士の攻防が見どころです。
さっとひと読み出来る1巻の長さで読みやすかったです。

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バブル全盛期の中、恋人たちは東京発最終便新幹線を
シンデレラ・エクスプレスと呼びました。
山下達郎のBGMが似合うCMも流れた世の中です。
２０秒足らずのCMを見ても、美しい物語は頭の中を巡りました。

漫画なら、あるいは女性作家ならもっと心温まる
ストーリーが展開されるだろうと期待したのですが・・・。
何が期待外れなのか分析はできませんが、シンデレラの
名にふさわしいのは、もっとピュアな恋心のような気がします。
また、一つステレオタイプの恋愛漫画を読んで後悔しましたとさ。

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And his Stand Tusk is awesome to boot. He is my favorite Jojo bar none, despite being one of the most depraved ones. Johnny is immoral and sinful and honestly can be considered the villain of Steel Ball Run, but he is still a compelling force of nature.

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Steel Ball Run, though its primary cast is a fraction of other Parts, contains some of the best characters in Jojo, and in my opinion some of the best characters of all time. Gyro Zeppeli qualifies for the latter. He's hilarious but he also has a tragic backstory that offers him plenty of motivation while keeping him in mystery. Diego Brando is an interesting spin on Dio Brando from The Phantom Blood and his Stand Scary Monsters is awesome. Lucy and Steven Steel are a great duo. Steven is barely in the story but he's a well written and unique supporting character and while Lucy doesn't really come into play until the finale she is still compelling. Wekapipo is one of the best side protagonists and works well as a foil to Gyro. Steel Ball Run also contains my favorite side villain, Ringo Roadaggin, and though his time spent in the story is brief it is arguably he pinnacle of Jojo.

As for the Jojo and main villain, they're simply the best. Johnny Joestar is a tragic lightning rod of Shakespearean proportions. It's not only impossible to not root for him, it is immoral. He has one of the greatest and most significant character arcs I've ever experienced, and his Stand Tusk is awesome to boot. He is my favorite Jojo bar none, despite being one of the most depraved ones. Johnny is immoral and sinful and honestly can be considered the villain of Steel Ball Run, but he is still a compelling force of nature.

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Serving as a soft reset for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Steel Ball Run takes the story in original and daring directions. But does it work? Oh who am I kidding? I'm going to be straight up.
I consider Steel Ball Run to be one of the greatest written works I've ever read.

STORY: 9/10
I will admit Steel Ball Run has a very, very slow start. In fact, Stands aren't even introduced until like 20 chapters in. That's another thing: Steel Ball Run is seinen instead of shounen. That means each chapter ranges from 35 to 60 pages long in comparison to the 20 page long chapters of the Jojo Parts before. This may seem daunting at first, but once you get invested in Steel Ball Run it feels like the story was too short, despite being the longest Jojo Part to date. Steel Ball Run also changes the Jojo formula in its fights. Stands are no longer humanoid for the most part, and they function more as superpowers than spirits who fight for you. Each fight is engaging and unique, dealing with psychological warfare more than throwing blind punches. This makes the fights in Steel Ball Run among the best in the series.

Steel Ball Run is also magnificently written with very great story arcs throughout. However, there is a controversial near the very end direction which I won't spoil that will surely throw some people off and make them consider it unnecessary. Eh, I didn't mind it too much, though it does undermine what made a previous Part so good to a degree. Despite that, it still contains one of the greatest and most emotional endings I've ever read.

ART: 10/10
Part 4 may have been the pinnacle of Araki's style, but Steel Ball Run is his pinnacle in his talent. Truly perfect art in all fields. The detail is much more in depth than previous Parts and character designs are on point.

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Serving as a soft reset for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Steel Ball Run takes the story in original and daring directions. But does it work? Oh who am I kidding? I'm going to be straight up.
I consider Steel Ball Run to be one of the greatest written works I've ever read.

STORY: 9/10
I will admit Steel Ball Run has a very, very slow start. In fact, Stands aren't even introduced until like 20 chapters in. That's another thing: Steel Ball Run is seinen instead of shounen. That means each chapter ranges from 35 to 60 pages long in comparison to the 20 page long chapters of the Jojo Parts before. This may seem daunting at first, but once you get invested in Steel Ball Run it feels like the story was too short, despite being the longest Jojo Part to date. Steel Ball Run also changes the Jojo formula in its fights. Stands are no longer humanoid for the most part, and they function more as superpowers than spirits who fight for you. Each fight is engaging and unique, dealing with psychological warfare more than throwing blind punches. This makes the fights in Steel Ball Run among the best in the series.

Steel Ball Run is also magnificently written with very great story arcs throughout. However, there is a controversial near the very end direction which I won't spoil that will surely throw some people off and make them consider it unnecessary. Eh, I didn't mind it too much, though it does undermine what made a previous Part so good to a degree. Despite that, it still contains one of the greatest and most emotional endings I've ever read.

ART: 10/10
Part 4 may have been the pinnacle of Araki's style, but Steel Ball Run is his pinnacle in his talent. Truly perfect art in all fields. The detail is much more in depth than previous Parts and character designs are on point.

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