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jingo_mort 's review for:
Monster: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1
by Naoki Urasawa
(14/100) 2018 Reading Challenge
This is a lovely edition of what was a hard to buy series, comprising what were originally the first two volumes. I eventually caved & watched the Animè as I could not find the later volumes of the manga. This is slightly bigger than your average western manga volume but it allows the art work to be better appreciated & two volumes combined means more to read. I can not remember what happens so really looking forward to reading them all. This is a great example of how manga/comics are far more wide ranging than their stereotypical associations. The art work leans more to realism & we have a great psychological thriller that can hold its own with any novel/live action show. I always believed a great story is just that whatever the medium but a truly great Work will shine by playing to the mediums strengths also. This is very well done & I am looking forward to enjoying the story in its original version more (finances depending ✌🏼)
This is a lovely edition of what was a hard to buy series, comprising what were originally the first two volumes. I eventually caved & watched the Animè as I could not find the later volumes of the manga. This is slightly bigger than your average western manga volume but it allows the art work to be better appreciated & two volumes combined means more to read. I can not remember what happens so really looking forward to reading them all. This is a great example of how manga/comics are far more wide ranging than their stereotypical associations. The art work leans more to realism & we have a great psychological thriller that can hold its own with any novel/live action show. I always believed a great story is just that whatever the medium but a truly great Work will shine by playing to the mediums strengths also. This is very well done & I am looking forward to enjoying the story in its original version more (finances depending ✌🏼)