Title: 100% Perfect Girl
Author: Wan
Genre(s): Action, manhwa, mature, psychological, romance, shoujo
Completed or Ongoing: Completed
Plot Summary: This story focuses on the romance of a young couple. They go through a lot of shit because, you know, he's king of an European country. She's just a "plain" Korean girl with nothing but her ambition to be an artist.
Review: This manhwa may make you cry. If you have seen Kdoramas (see Terminology), then you know how they storyline can be. This manhwa might not be for everyone. While it does say mature, it isn't exactly that bad. It could be because we are exposed to this stuff heavily in the American culture. So much so that I and maybe others, may be desensitized to the whole thing. Sex is implied in the art. Rape is more descriptive, but I would still say that there is worse in smut.
The story is frustrating. I have said it many times and I'll say it again; I will not give spoilers. But.... DAMN!!!
Opinion: The MC female is by any means "plain". What,?!The start of 100% is kinda slow, but picks up. There are fillers in weird places. I'll say that this manhwa made me cry at least twice. It got me angry, mad, sad, and frustrated all "at the same damn time"! (sorry Bad Girls Club reference) Truthfully, around chapter 55, I was hanging around for the sex scene, I wanted to see how the artist would bring it to life. I was disappointed.
I hate virgin romance novels/mangas/animes/manhwas. FUCK!!!! I have nothing on this kind of romance. I just feel that ALL humans should be aware and comfortable with their body and sex. Virgins and the stereotypes of virgins play on the belief that if you're sexual you're dirty, but only if you're a female. I'll save that rant for another day. If sex was what you were looking for, it's not here. If it's romance, you might be in the right place. Depending on whether or not you want to take that emotional roller coaster ride.
Rating: The illustrations wasn't too bad. The storyline pissed me off, The characters' develop into completely different people in the end. I think it's original, but then again, I haven't read as many manhwas as I've read mangas. In mangas, I wouldn't say that they go this far, again, I could be wrong. The fact that the genre was psychological could also explain why it's so deep.
It censors like no tomorrow. It implies a lot. The romance is decent, the mature level was a bit weak. I'm surprised that I actually continued to read it. I thought about quitting a few times, but the lack of sex scenes kept me going until I realized that it was way, and I mean WAY too close to the end to drop it now. I think that may have been the point. If so, kudos to you Wan. Kudos to you.
I give "100% Perfect Girl", a 5 out of 10. Uhhhh, I can't even think of a rating image to give this.
Read if you want, but if you don't like it, you had been warned
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Mature: Supposed to be for people over the age of 17. Usually up my alley depending on the storyline and art.
Oh, did I mention that I'm big on animanga art? Unfortunately, I judge a lot of animanga by it's art. It's not a good thing to do and I acknowledge my bias...
Also, I do not own the pic
Title: Shokugeki no Soma (Anime and Manga)
Author: Tsukudo Yuuto and Saeki Shun
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Shounen
Ongoing or Completed: Both are ongoing. The anime is on season 2. The manga is on chapter 176
Plot Summary: A young boy is thrown into a tough culinary school where he battles against other students in an "Iron Chef" like match called Shokugeki.
Review: The anime is well drawn. I must warn you that it's very ecchi. On all angles of the gendersphere. This anime takes food/ingredient descriptions to a whole new level. It is also very censored.
This doesn't take away from the ecchiness known by most animes. Of course, there are uncensored ecchi, but that's not the focus for this animanga (sry, I got lazy). If you like cooking shows or anything similar, you shouldn't be disappointed.
Opinion: This is one of my favorite animangas. I don't watch it for the ecchi, although the fact that it was ecchi was what led me to this manga and consequently it's anime. Like all (from the ones I've read) manga remakes, the anime misses and remakes a few of the scenes. Not that it was a bad thing. Like I said I like Shokugeki, they've made me a fan.
Oh, and the anime stretches the scenes to be longer than they should be. For example, it's season 2 and we're still trying to figure out who won the big tournament. I will not give spoilers, but I do recommend this anime and it's manga. I prefer to read mangas first. Depending on the storyline, though.
Rating: The characters' profiles, developments and illustrations are good. I like the storyline because it's not overly complicated and it caught me hook, line and sinker in both forms. Shokugeki, I wouldn't think, has originality since I imagine a lot of cooking animangas run along similar tales.
If I were to compare the level of ecchi to spicy food, I'd say it was fairly mild. Yes, they have foodgasms in the nude, (spontaneous stripping is what I'll call it) but it's censored. However, like I said, it isn't a deal breaker. Ecchi is there, strongly at that, but I've seen worse IMHO.
Out of 10 jiggly titties, (because that's ecchi), I give Shokugeki no Soma, the anime, an 8 out of 10. I give the manga a 9 out of 10.
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Shounen: The gender counterpart of shoujo. Instead of romance, it focuses more on fighting and violence.
Also, I don't own this picture!
I have decided to use a rating system that will be based on:
* Character Profiles and Development: how well the author gives life to the characters
* Illustrations: how well the art is drawn
* Storyline: how interesting the plot is
* Originality: how common (how often or not) the theme was told by others
* Smut/Ecchi/Romance/etc. level: how strong each theme is in the anime/manga/manhwa
* Censorship: if it censors or has pointless dumb censors
* If I'll continue watching the episodes/seasons or if I would read the manga or watch the anime (if it was originally a manga)
0 => Will not watch/read again
6 => Neutral
10 => Really like and might be one of my favs
I was thinking a rating system was needed to try and understand what I was basing my review and opinions on. Hope it helps and stay tuned.
Title: Puzzle
Author: Morie Satoshi
Genre(s): Romance, smut, one shot, psychological, school life, shoujo
Ongoing or Completed?: Completed
Summary: The female MC is looking for the missing piece in her life that would make her feel completed.
Review: "Puzzle" is a manga that would leave you wanting and waiting for more. It feels like it could go on a bit longer, but it shouldn't. The storyline is not strong enough for more than the one shot it was made for. Read if you're bored, but if you have something else to read, read that. It was okay. Much respect to Satoshi for having the courage to get something published though.
Opinion: The artwork isn't the best, but it's tolerable. It didn't make me want to skip ahead so it gets bonus points for that. The storyline is kinda of weak and the male MC is a man of few words. I'm glad, however, that the female makes the first move. This is opposite of how a lot of cultures (including America) choose to make the female protagonist. A docile female who never takes the initiative and is always led by the male. The message of this story; if someone who you want in your life doesn't "fit", make them fit by constantly changing until your relationship fits. Do I agree with this? Hell, no.
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One Shot: This means that this manga was completed in basically 1 chapter. You usually don't find another manga for it.
Psychological: Mostly fucks with the reader's head. Not everything is as it seems.
School Life: School age people. Up to college if the story revolves around that school life.
Shoujo: Manga written and intended for females. Mostly involves strong female characters and romance.
Also, I do not own this picture!
Anime: Japanese cartoons that contain 12 episodes in each season. Sometimes the show may extend or make prologues to the main characters' storylines.
Manga: Japanese comic books that vary in length. They give an in depth storyline to series that may have an anime. Most of the times, mangas are way ahead of the anime, so be cautious when reading the manga to your favorite anime. They are read from back to front and right to left.
Manhwa: Korean comic books that are read in a similar style to American books.
Smut: Sexually explicit content. Shows a lot of titties and sexual scenes like rape, gang bangs, sex, etc. Just think of an American romance novel and give it pictures. Then take out the political correctiveness of American culture and society and BAM!, you have smut.
Romance: If you've watched a romantic movie, or have been in or seen relationships, I don't need to define this,
Ecchi: Skimpy outfits, sexual puns, forceful grabbing, extra jiggly titties and ass, and semi nudities. That may not cover it all, (or not, pardon the pun) but you should get the picture.
Harem: Yes. Lots of women (and men!) falling in love with the main character (MC for short) and the MC falling in love with all of them. Decisions not needed here.
Adult: Mostly adult situations that do not have the MCs in high school, junior, or middle school. Sometimes college, but a lot of the times, they already of jobs.
Gender Bender: This is when the MC looks or acts like the gender opposite of what they were born as and their counter part still treats them like their birth gender.
J/K Dorama: This is the Japanese and Korean version of a soap opera. The main differences are that they actually end. No "One Life to Live" for over 20 years kinda of dramas. The second is that the endings can end unhappily. I've cried to many doramas over the years.
Live Action: This is when they take an anime/manga and use real people instead of animation. The result is not always good (take Dragonball Z and Sailor Moon).
I hope this explained a lot, if not, please drop a comment. If you feel that I have left something out, again, drop a comment.
See you next time!
Hello and welcome to my Anime/Manga Opinions and Reviews blog.
You can call me Asiantreat and I'll be your commentator for this trip.
"Where are we going?" you ask.
Easy. We are going to the worlds of Ecchi, Harem, Adult, Gender Bender, Romance, and Smut. There may be more worlds later, but for now these are the main genres.
I have read over 70 mangas and manhwas. I'll be reviewing and giving my opinions into all of titles I can remember as well as all of the anime I have seen.
I have seen a few K/J doramas, but I will not be including them into this blog.
Oh and a lot of these mangas/animes are old. I mean 1990's old. As long as it held my interest until its completion, it will get an in depth review. If not, then it gets my opinion with a short review of why I couldn't keep reading/watching it. Some of these mangas have animes to them so, I'll give a blog for both if it had a remake.
Also, before I forget, this blog will be graphic. I'm not one to bite their tongue on an opinion. So if you are easily offended, leave now. I don't care if you stay or not. I'm just here to give my opinion on a few interesting groups of genres that happen to hold my interest longer than most things. I will curse and get sexually graphic. Again, I don't care....
Thanks for stopping by!
Also, I want to mention that any images I use, I do not own!
