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Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 13 by Yuji Kaku
3.25
adventurous reflective tense fast-paced
Strong character development: Yes
A decent series. Awesome fight choreo and beautiful art. Love how ominous, uncanny, and straightup breathtaking a landscape/human body/monster design can get. Also appreciate the detailed lessons in Chinese and Japanese culture from the translation notes at the end of each volume. Every person in the main groups got interesting backstories and development by the end.
My problem with the series mainly lied with a few characters being introduced hastily, at one point, who had such strong intro auras but then were reduced half-baked stereotypes - I'd like to know more about Shugen and the Shogun Tokugawa for ex. Moreover, I'd have liked to see more Tao training from the good guys, cuz the way a lot of them got powered up just by going "eh, let's just run straight in, think about someone valuable, and see". The ending wasn't bad, but kinda anticlimactic. Overall, enjoyed the experience, would not re-read, but will catch the anime if it ever comes out again
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