4.03 AVERAGE


2.25 stars
Firstly, I am so glad that there is now an official English translation of this manga. I've been waiting for a long time for there to be one and I'm glad that there now is one because I have been intrigued by the premise ever since a friend of mine told me about this manga.
I thought that this was a very easy read and pretty fun but I did find that sometimes the jokes were a little to religious for my liking. Simply because I didn't always get them, or I didn't find them that funny, and I think that there is probably a number of people out there that will feel the same.
It was very light hearted and an easy read, but I don't think that I would be that interested in carrying on with this series. It's not the usual kind of manga that I tend to read but I did enjoy it but not enough to want to really carry on reading this series.

Saint Young Men is a slice of life episodic manga about Jesus and Buddha on vacation in modern Tokyo.
It is fairly funny, the beginning was rather lukewarm, but as the story progressed I found more and more scenes funny. My favorites are the one about land lady and the one in the public baths. The mangaka created light story, featuring good-natured humor. I love reading stories about extraordinary people in mundane surrounding.
The art is fairly good, nothing stood up or caught my attention but it was pleasant.
I believe the manga is ongoing and there are at least 8 volumes out already in Japan.

I would not recommend to go out of your way to read this manga, but it is a good light reading material for when you do not know what to read and want something light.