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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
funny
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Picked it up at my comic shop because I was interested in Q. Hayashida after watching Dorohedoro on Netflix AND I was also impressed by the treatment it got from the publisher: spot gloss cover, color insert pages (non-glossy), and thicker paper stock.
The story involves Zaha Sanko, an immortal guy who travels around space with Avakian, a dark paggy that can speak and move around independently. The stories aren't linear, as there's a story where he joins an academy in space and something keeps killing the kids. I would put this in the sci-fi fantasy genre, since he interacts with space pirates, aliens and space pirates. We also get introduced to Shimada Death, another immortal being that kills people and eats their souls like fried chicken, who I assume will be important to the next volumes, as she's on the first chapter color spread. We still have to meet the last person in that spread mentioned in the last chapter, The Hateful Four: Hajime Damemaru.
Overall, I really enjoyed this and look forward to the next volumes! It was lettered by Phil Christie, who replaced all the SFX with the English equivalent (which is rare with this English publisher). Translation by Daniel Komen was also fairly good with adaptation by Casey Lucas. They typically added small translation notes where the names meant something important.
I would highly recommend stocking this in a regular comic shop as a crossover appeal to The Walking Dead and Image Comics fans who want to read stories where they don't skimp on the gore with high intensity fights and world-building.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5 stars)
The story involves Zaha Sanko, an immortal guy who travels around space with Avakian, a dark paggy that can speak and move around independently. The stories aren't linear, as there's a story where he joins an academy in space and something keeps killing the kids. I would put this in the sci-fi fantasy genre, since he interacts with space pirates, aliens and space pirates. We also get introduced to Shimada Death, another immortal being that kills people and eats their souls like fried chicken, who I assume will be important to the next volumes, as she's on the first chapter color spread. We still have to meet the last person in that spread mentioned in the last chapter, The Hateful Four: Hajime Damemaru.
Overall, I really enjoyed this and look forward to the next volumes! It was lettered by Phil Christie, who replaced all the SFX with the English equivalent (which is rare with this English publisher). Translation by Daniel Komen was also fairly good with adaptation by Casey Lucas. They typically added small translation notes where the names meant something important.
I would highly recommend stocking this in a regular comic shop as a crossover appeal to The Walking Dead and Image Comics fans who want to read stories where they don't skimp on the gore with high intensity fights and world-building.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5 stars)
Took me a little bit to be able to read the art since it is so dark, but boy once I got it it sure was good. Shimada Death is an absolute babe and I can’t wait to see more.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No