shin angyo onshi
WON SUL!!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!…
damn! i cried reading today’s chapter…won sul and munsu are my fave characters…their friendship to me is the highlight of the manhwa… damn aji tae for forcing them into such a situation..KUSO! KUSO! kuso…
shin angyo onshi is BY FAR the best comic i’ve ever read…why?…
1) i’ve read a lot of manhwa (korean manga) but gave up because their drawing usually makes me dizzy, but SAO had crisp clean illustrations and clear frames…
2) i think a lot of japanese mangaka (esp shounen) shud read diz, it is revolutionary… all the other characters had super powers and magical abilities. BUT not the main character. Munsu really have proven the statement that "mind is the greatest tool". he had a sharp mind and an intelligent strategist. Shika (naruto) is a brilliant strategist but he has ninja powers too, whereas Munsu had the same skill as everyone else (swordsmanship, shooting), skills that he learned and develop. But it is because of HOW is uses the skills that makes him stand out, thus worthy of the title ‘legendary general munsu’, even after he retired.
3) the emotions evoked by the manhwa. i thot shonen manga are just action and machoness and all that jazz… but this manhwa proved me wrong yet again… i usually skip any war scenes in mangas but SAO kept me glued.. i was brought to a roller coaster of emotions during the war… the soldiers can joke around while knowing death is inevitable, retain their faith no matter how hopeless it seems, and forge forward as their closest friends drop dead one after another…truly dramatic…there’s not a lot of angsting (thank God!)…i also never thot manliness and sentimentals can mix… these guys are soldiers,so obviously all are oozing male testosterones, but their friendship truly touches the heart.
(spoiler: won sul sees munsu like a father, thats why in the flashback he is so cute following munsu around like a puppy, but becomes harden and bitter when he thot munsu betrayed him when munsu left and went to the west.No matter how he hates munsu (because he is still hurt by munsu’s action) he always helps munsu, altho grudgingly. Altho Munsu and won sul acted like they hated each other after their reunion, there are instances where their true feelings come out, which shows how much they care for each other, i.e. how won sul forgot his fears and faced aji tae when he thot Munsu died, and (in this chapter) how broken Munsu was when he obeyed Won sul’s wish and ended won sul’s life.)
i can’t wait for the ending of this story.
i want to talk a bit about D. gray man. i like the anime, all the op and ed songs are great, esp my fave "trust and doubt".. but i felt sumthing lacking.
1) when i saw the op sequence i thot Allen walker is a grown boy, so he wud have a macho voice( like bleach’s hero…i’m not saying ichigo becoz ichigo’s seiyuu doesn’t match allen walker’s character, i said hero becoz suited to the tone and mood of the manga/anime/story as a whole,i wanted allen to have a deep "heavyweight"(?!) voice that can convey the pain, vulnerability, quiet strength and confidence that makes us put our hopes and faith on him)
2) Allen seems to be bearing the burden alone. he WANTS to take it alone. i felt as if he pushes others away, or is it he doesn’t have the chemistry with the other characters? hrm… i like deep friendship in a story, but there isn’t one like that for allen in the story.
but the plus side is, in the opening sequence, 2 characters caught my eye..Lavi and Tykki Mykk… and i was not dissapponted!! there were exactly how i imagined them to be… Lavi is cheerful, supportive, funny but is still mysterious. Tykki mykk is suave, smooth but is also eccentric, twisted and cruel in a cool way.
haha… ok. have to stop here, now. gonna go read Majin Tantei Neuro, a manga that have me caught between laughter, shock and horror. Unbelievable?..BELIEVE IT!
