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Shang-Chi by Gene Luen Yang Vol. 1: Brothers & Sisters by Gene Luen Yang

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stackattack's review

3.0

It was ok I guess. I don’t really have any strong feelings one way or the other.

No entiendo como en muchos años la serie de Shang ha sido cancelada.

La verdad, si se pero no entiendo porque siempre le cancelan.

Shang-Chi es un joven que ahora se encuentra en Chinatown, trabajando para una señora que hace comida china. En eso, una agente secreta se encuentra con él y le cuenta todo el alboroto que hay en china.

En el otro lado del mundo, se encuentra su media hermana. Ella está haciendo un ejercito para poder conquistar todas las casas. Shang y otros dos de sus hermanos de casa vana a detener a Shui para que no se cargue todas las casas a punta de fuego.

Me gusta mucho este tipo de historias en la cual se muestran artes marciales y cosas del oriente. Puede que este sea uno de los comics que pueda seguir de cerca. Aparte, Shang no es cualquier personaje.

Le ayudo a Peter para crear un nuevo estilo de lucha, ya que, a este se le perdió el sentido aracnido y creo que si vemos que Tom y Simu sería una de las cosas más bonitas.

vinceyface's review

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3.0

I wanted to like this, I'm new to Shang-Chi and I LOVE Gene Luen Yang so it's a winning combo right? Sadly it wasn't for me, it's fine, but nothing about it wowed me and really pulled me in. I spent the last 2 issues of this trade on autopilot almost, unfortunate but that's how it goes sometimes.

jibug's review

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3.0

I really like Gene Luen Yang’s work and so when I saw this trade paperback for Shang-Chi it was an immediate buy for me. The story didn’t quite grab me but it’s still too early to tell. The plot was meh, but the characters is what pulled me in. I just really like the dynamic between brother Sabre, sister dagger, and Shang-Chi and I want to read about them again so I’ll definitely pick up the next trade if we get one. This comic is intended to get the audience caught up on the family history and drama leading up to the present. It very much reads that way with flashbacks and storytelling. In that way it didn’t feel organic but forced and calculated in the way the information was presented. So I didn’t get fully lost in the story. I was very much aware of the storyteller/writer. It took some time to get used to the art but I got a hang of it and was able to follow along. Overall an okay read. Not my favorite of Gene’s however this is still a set up for what could be a promising series.