Anyone like Fighting Manga? I do! Especially Fighting manga with gorgeous art work and interesting stories. Oh, I'm a DBZ fan. I love Akira Toriyama's work. He's a brillant man in my eyes, but Tenjyou Tenge is incredible.
The manga comes to us from "Oh Great", and is a cross between Dragonball (there's even a dragonball joke in there...ha ha) and Real Bout High. Actually, if I were to say anything, I'd have to say it's what Real Bout "should have been" or "could have been".
The setting is a highschool where clubs and martial arts activities rule. It's a school for fighting. Not just any fighting either, a few of the youngsters have incredible powers at their disposal that makes for some pretty gruesome battles.
The stongest group is named the "Enforcement Group". They are the ones who rule over all the other clubs and groups. At one point in time, one of our heroine's (Maaya Natsume) brother was the leader, but due to an awful tragity he died in battle and the current Enforcement group disbanded.
Maaya sees that the new Enforcement group, led by her brothers best friend and her love interest (of sorts)Mitsoumi Takayanagi, is riddled with corruption and conspiracy. She is intent on bringing Mitsoumi to his knees, even if it kills her. She gathers together some of the finest warriors, her younger sister, Aya, a street punk Nagi and his African friend Bob, Mitsoumi's younger brother Masataka Takayanagi, and some various other various members. With them, she ressurects the Juukenbo group, with her brother's memory burned in her mind.
It sounds rather simple, but honestly, the story is incredibly complex. Each character has their own tale to tell, and some of them are incredibly heart wrenching. The Death of Shin, Maaya's brother, the events that lead up to that fateful day, Nagi's true heritage and his mother's role in his life, Aya's inner battle to fight for her sanity against the very power that caused her brother to die...Even the bad guy, Mitsoumi, has his own version of what happened that day, and he leaves you wondering if he's truely "bad".
This manga is graphic. There is a lot of gore and a lot of nudity. A comic for boys, many of the girls fight in the buff after a couple panels, and there are some explicet scenes as well. I mean, what more could a guy ask for, naked chicks fighting, right? LOL At anyrate, I'm a girl, the nudity doesn't bother me, but if other chicks read this manga, be warned...if you don't have an open mind, you'll be offended.
For those interested in reading it (and I highly recommend it), you can download via bit torrent at this site---->
mangatranslation.com A special thanks goes out to Fugu too! Thanks for your help! I appriciate it! Keep up the great work!
I had links to pictures up as well, but I'm too lazy to re-link them...but you can find them all at the listed site as well. Have fun!
At any rate, this manga is worth a read. I've heard volume 11 will be out this year sometime, and I look forward to reading the scans (since I have a hard time reading Kanji without the help of furigana...but I'm studying!!!!! *cries*).
Oh, on another note, Zero has been updated at my site, another 10 pages or so have been added. Batsu makes his debut! Yay! The story's just getting started!
Take care everyone! I'm off to work....(until 7pm! YUUUUUUKKKKKKK!)
Posted by Zoso at May 16, 2004 12:34 AM