Spotlight Review Wednesday: Manga 8~19~2020

 

Spotlight Review

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Talentless Nana

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Synopsis

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It is the year 20XX. Earth was assaulted by monsters that would come to be known as "the Enemy of Humanity." In order to deal with this threat, special schools comprised of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be known as "the Talented," had abilities that could defy the rules of reality. Among these people with supernatural powers was an outlier, an individual who was sent to one of these schools despite having no innate special abilities whatsoever. This is the story of our protagonist, who attempts to defeat the Enemies of Humanity through the use of intelligence and manipulation alone.

My review!!!

The Manga can be read here...

Crunchyroll: Talenless Nana

Mangapark: Talentless Nana

What a title right? You would think this was similar to the webtoon Unordinary but from what I have seen in the first 5 chapters it is soooo different! This one is full of death! already two are missing or dead but since no bodies are found yet I can't say which it is... And that Nana.... She isn't as talentless as she seems! But I won't tell you what her talent its... You need to read to figure out what I am talking about! But let me tell you one thing about it....

Her talent is something we could do in real life!

She really threw me for a loop with her talent... I was like... Wait a minute! I can do that if I try or study really hard! So does it really count as a talent? I have yet to find out if they end up counting it as one. But while we wait let me tell you this one's rating... You should tell me if you guessed it right!

On a scale of 1 to 10 with ten being a "Perfect-Must-Read" rating I give this...

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9

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So Here's the deal.... The art is great in this one... Clean lines and easy to read... The story is well thought out and I have a feeling everything will be answered in the end so I have no questions as of right now... When it comes to a sequel... There are already over 50 volumes so I'd say it can go on for a while! The only reason it didn't get a full 10 is because I had a hard time loading it. Not the manga's fault but it does affect how it rates. After all if I can't load it anywhere it will aggravate me and I may not want to buy it.

For those who do want to buy it I have a link here...

Amazon: Talentless Nana

For those who want to try the sites above... You need to be sure you use a tablet with crunchyroll manga on it or you need to use a web browser that allows Java still. (Chrome doesn't allow it if you didn't know.) I ended up just using my iPhone to read it so I didn't have too much of a problem but some people don't like to do that so I thought I would throw all this out there for you.

Over all though it is an amazing manga and I highly recommend it!

As always... Thanx for reading my review!

Hope you have a wonderful and relaxing day!!!

Spotlight Review Wednesday: Anime 8~12~2020

Spotlight Review

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BEM

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Young detective Sonia Summers has been transferred to the outskirts of the port city Libra after stirring up trouble with her superiors. Libra is separated into two sectors—"the Upper", the center of wealth and politics, and "the Outside". The Outside is home to crime, corruption, and curious incidents involving monstrosities or youkai. Each case that Sonia works on seems to implicate the involvement of these mysterious creatures.

Sonia crosses paths with three peculiar humanoid youkai — Bem, Bela and Belo — who seek to protect humans and fight against the evil youkai that terrorize them. Living as "Youkai-Ningen," they are excluded by other youkai for their human-like lifestyles, and rejected and hurt by humans when they reveal their true forms.

Despite the hardships they face, these three Youkai-Ningen secretly live among humans, continuing to pursue their dreams of one day becoming human as well.

My review!!!

The Anime can be watched here...

FUNimation: BEM

While I'm quite sure there are other places you can watch this one I didn't bother looking for them. After all, FUNimation is a very reliable source. Not to mention that by watching it on FUNimation we can support the creators! Anyhow... Now that you know where to find the anime and the synopsis I should give you my opinion...Right? So shall we begin? Yup! Here we go!

The image above is of the main characters we follow from what I have seen. There is a real story in this one even though it almost feels like each episode is a standalone anime in itself. I have a feeling that as the show progresses they will be even more connected. All in all it has a feel like it was made in the time when the cartoon Pink Panther was popular. It's right down to the cheesy music selections that are found during the episodes. It was quite nostalgic!

The are was good and at some points it had that old feel to it as well. Although this is true it also had a modern feel in some points. Its a great blend of both worlds and I think it was something that was hard to pull off! I tip my hat to you creators for managing it so wonderfully! 

Anyway... Before I tell you anything about the image I think I should rate it.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with ten being a "Perfect-Must-Watch" rating I give this...

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8

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As the last thing I'm going to tell you before telling you about the image I want to say this. The two points it lost were only lost because I would have to watch the whole thing to be able to give it full points. By the 5th episode or chapter I can usually gauge if I would be ok with however it ends, if there was/wasn't a sequel, or if I had lots of questions I felt should have been answered before it ended. This is one of the rare ones that I could both see a sequel and see it ended well.. add that together along with the fact that I feel like each episode answers and creates the same amount of questions and I had to cut those scores in half.

Now you know where it came from!

As for the image... I don't know quite who the top most character is yet, the three in the middle are the main three we follow, and as far as the bottom 4 are concerned, I can only explain the basics. The first two are cops, with the girl being the one we follow the most. The one to her right is kind of like a scientist but is a bit... mad. The last one we have only just met and I really don't know if he is human or not but he is gutsy! Either that or he's an idiot! Not sure yet.

But yeah that is the basics of the anime... It's a good one that's for sure but I just have no idea how I personally feel about it. Would I recommend it? Yes... Wholeheartedly I would tell anyone who asked that they should watch it until at least episode 5 and then make their own opinion. I know it has me curious enough to keep going with it so I can see if it has a good ending.

If you decide to pick it up I'd be interested in what you thought if it! let me know in the comments! That's it for now, see you next time!

As always... Thanx for reading my review!

Hope you have a pleasant day!!!

Spotlight Review Wednesday: Manga 8~5~2020

Spotlight Review

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Tengoku mo Jigoku mo

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I couldn't find a synopsis on this one on any site so I'll tell you this...

It's a collection of four manga. Three are related and one is an extra.

My review!!!

The Manga can be read here...

Mangapark: Tengoku mo Jigoku mo

MyReadingManga: Tengoku mo Jigoku mo

So like I wrote above, this one doesn't seem to have a synopsis on any web page I could find. This doesn't mean there isn't one... It just means I couldn't find it. That being said... It makes my review that much more important in my opinion!

So let us begin!

This one is a story of opposites attract. At least most of it is. You can probably tell by the titles that the first two stories are related... wait... I forgot to write them...

vol.1 ch.1: All of Heaven and Hell 1

vol.1 ch.2: All of Heaven and Hell 2

vol.1 ch.3: All of Heaven and Hell -phase 2- 1

vol.1 ch.4: All of Heaven and Hell -phase 2- 2

vol.1 ch.5: Please Greet the New Bride

vol.1 ch.5.5: Younger Days (Extra)

Okay... so now that we know the titles... let's talk about it!

So as you can see ch.1 and ch.2 are one "story" and chapter's 3 - 4 are also one story... Those two are parts of the same over all story... Then there is the new bride one... I had a hard time figuring out if it was about one of the boys or if it was a side story... The final one is an actual extra but it's also a part of the first two stories..... If I'm remembering right that is.

These two boys have quite the interesting relationship! The way they both hide everything and the way everything finally comes out... Simply amazing to read! and speaking of coming out... Lets bring out the rating!

On a scale of 1 to 10 with ten being a "Perfect-Must-Read" rating I give this...

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7

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The story was great and the are was beautifully done... There didn't really seem to be anywhere for it to go in a sequel so no points there and I feel like I was left with some questions because of the chapter I couldn't tell quite place. So in total it was a good read and a good choice if you are trying to read something completely but have a limited time to read.

I know I didn't give away too much but I wonder if I didn't give enough information... You can drop questions in the comments if you need to know more!

I'll catch ya'll later!

As always... Thanx for reading my review!

Hope you have a wonderful and fun day!!!