Chen Siwen "I would like to ask, for a young lad to masturbate a hundred times in one night, is that considered normal?"Physician Zhang "That level of intensity could probably create some sparks, right?""..."Bruh xD Mc's sister and mother is really funny here. Although I'm frustrated that the Mc just can't laze around but atleast the comedy on their family gave this story a life
I really must say...
This is a very good novel,
Character development, plot , progression
I really appreciate it
BUT,
there's a "but" guys...
Its translation is so misleading and all over the place, I had no choice but to drop it...
Thankfully someone down below said the novels going to be translated officially...
So I am waiting
To give a broad, spoiler-free overview: This manga revolves around RJ, a renowned African Blues musician from Depression-era America, who desires to pursue blues music (for no apparent reason), going so far as to sell his soul to the devil for the ability to play the blues (once again, without much justification). The fantastical elements are intentionally portrayed as potentially mundane misunderstandings, though this isn't entirely convincing since everyone can see his devil-marked hand. (I've looked up RJ's music; it's quite slow-paced, so I have no idea why there are historical claims he played fast enough for two people.)
The story delves into RJ's struggles with racism and his inability to safely defy the orders of the white gangster thief Clyde (of the infamous Bonnie & Clyde duo), leading them on the run from racists attempting to capture them. There are occasional, extremely repetitive images of a man holding a guitar to signify when blues music is being played. That's all.
A visual medium is arguably the worst choice for telling a story about music. The mangaka should have known better. Instead, the music mostly serves as incidental background for the actual plot, which is largely a horror-lite display of racism and immorality within an action/drama that contains very little action or substance. It features a lot of close-ups of faces and filler dialogue meant to build tension, but ultimately, not much happens until a group of minor characters die and/or the plot-protected pair embark on story-long chase sequences interspersed with breaks.
The pacing is exceedingly slow. RJ's introductory premise stretches what should be the first chapter into four chapters filled with vapid, self-indulgent, artistically boring/pointless/repetitive panels that waste everyone's time. Then, in chapter five, we get a main character introduction through a pointless flashforward to the death of a main character betrayed by RJ, removing any suspense about where the story is headed for the only two main characters (hello plot armor). The flashforward adds nothing to demonstrate artistic skill since the ending is entirely predictable for anyone familiar with Bonnie & Clyde.
The mood is bizarrely inconsistent, ranging from extremely pretentious artsiness to childish, tropey slapstick (humorless) comedy (the author is quite skilled at comedy/ecchi, but none of that is present here). Nonetheless, it surprisingly provides an accurate depiction of the ugly consequences of systematic racism in America at the time, especially coming from a modern Japanese individual. Of course, the mangaka is quite talented at drawing art.
I really don't recommend this dull manga. Rating: 3/10 (where 5/10 is average).
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This is a very good novel,
Character development, plot , progression
I really appreciate it
BUT,
there's a "but" guys...
Its translation is so misleading and all over the place, I had no choice but to drop it...
Thankfully someone down below said the novels going to be translated officially...
So I am waiting
The story delves into RJ's struggles with racism and his inability to safely defy the orders of the white gangster thief Clyde (of the infamous Bonnie & Clyde duo), leading them on the run from racists attempting to capture them. There are occasional, extremely repetitive images of a man holding a guitar to signify when blues music is being played. That's all.
A visual medium is arguably the worst choice for telling a story about music. The mangaka should have known better. Instead, the music mostly serves as incidental background for the actual plot, which is largely a horror-lite display of racism and immorality within an action/drama that contains very little action or substance. It features a lot of close-ups of faces and filler dialogue meant to build tension, but ultimately, not much happens until a group of minor characters die and/or the plot-protected pair embark on story-long chase sequences interspersed with breaks.
The pacing is exceedingly slow. RJ's introductory premise stretches what should be the first chapter into four chapters filled with vapid, self-indulgent, artistically boring/pointless/repetitive panels that waste everyone's time. Then, in chapter five, we get a main character introduction through a pointless flashforward to the death of a main character betrayed by RJ, removing any suspense about where the story is headed for the only two main characters (hello plot armor). The flashforward adds nothing to demonstrate artistic skill since the ending is entirely predictable for anyone familiar with Bonnie & Clyde.
The mood is bizarrely inconsistent, ranging from extremely pretentious artsiness to childish, tropey slapstick (humorless) comedy (the author is quite skilled at comedy/ecchi, but none of that is present here). Nonetheless, it surprisingly provides an accurate depiction of the ugly consequences of systematic racism in America at the time, especially coming from a modern Japanese individual. Of course, the mangaka is quite talented at drawing art.
I really don't recommend this dull manga. Rating: 3/10 (where 5/10 is average).