Accel World: Why So Much Hate?

Hello Mina-san!

If you guys didn't know, Accel World is a manga and anime made by the same author of Sword Art Online, actually Accel World was released before SAO. Both of these fantastic manga have gorgeous graphic and a very catchy plot, then why is it that Accel World has always been in the shadow of SAO? 

Kirito and Asuna from Sword Art Online

As I mentioned before Accel World was released before SAO and they both have the same stupendous graphics and a few similarities regarding the plot and especially the Nerve Gear but the reason why SAO had more success is probably because although I don't want to admit it, Accel World's plot is quite shallow and lacks in depth. The first two arcs totally drew me inside Accel World and I really liked their original way to make time seem slower by accelerating the body functions and making you move faster instead than slowing down time, but the third arc was were everything went downhill. The Dusk Robber Arc or Third Arc, introduces a new antagonist, Dusk Taker who is able to steal other Duel Avatar's abilities and guess what? Yes, you're right! Silver Crow was robbed of his wings by Dusk Taker!

Silver Crow and Kuroyukihime from Accel World

Yes, it was unexpected to see Silver Crow lose it's wings but it doesn't make up for the uselessness of this arc, it has no links whatsoever to the main story plot and almost felt like a filler, the author tried in vain to make this arc more interesting by adding the blackmail scene where Seiji Noumi threatens Arita (Protagonist) to expose to everyone the fact that he accidentally sneaked into the girl's baths in school. 

Dusk Taker from Accel World

Now, we are not here to bad mouth Accel World but to expose it's good points and why it shouldn't be so underrated because although Sword Art Online is almost a "legendary" anime, it has quite a lot of plot holes which I will not mention because I don't want to hurt the feelings of those who watched it and enjoyed it (more like my feelings :P). 

The combat animations are amazing in both and so is the action but the main difference between these two Anime is that in Accel World, the protagonist has to work his way up from the bottom and gets stronger after every fight. The Incarnate System was also pretty cool in Accel World and I really liked the few episodes in which Arita tried to fly just with the help of imagination and sheer willpower. 

Silver Crow using the Incarnate System

The two main factors that differentiate the scale of success of these two Anime are the romance and the main characters, come on if I asked you to choose between Arita and Kuroyukihime or Kirito and Asuna, I bet that the latter would be the most chosen. Although Black Lotus was pretty cool, it wasn't enough to make the anime fans overlook the great heroine difference and that was really a let down. I don't even want to start talking about the romance because SAO has no competition in this area, I mean how many Anime have been able to achieve such a great balance between original story plot, breathtaking action and a traditional, almost archaic guy-saves-chick romance in one anime? The answer is almost zero, so I'm sorry to say but SAO beats Accel World in almost every area except of the character's skills development but this doesn't mean that Accel World is an anime that you shouldn't watch, actually this shows how even an anime thought to be mediocre such as Accel World could actually be the one anime that you are looking and if you want my opinion, I had a blast going through the episodes of Accel World and I would almost dare to say that I enjoyed just as much as SAO but ... let's keep it real because that would be a bit too far-stretched.

Oyasuminasai!

Manga That Almost Made Me Cry

Konbanwa Mina-san!

First I wanted to apologise for the lack of posts yesterday, I've been quite busy and didn't have time to write so I decided to wait for today rather than giving you a half baked post. 

Now moving on, what is the saddest manga to you? I've been asked this question by King Aki a few days ago and after going through some old manga that I completed, I might have found the answer. Here is a list of manga, or at least moments in a manga which I found tear jerking and almost made me cry, please enjoy ^^


Cross Game

Cross Game is a must read which I'm certain that most of you will enjoy, focused on baseball but still had romance in it, I totally loved it! The reason it made me cry was because one of the Tsukishima sisters and also the girl that the main character liked, died in one of the first chapters after telling him that she dreamt of him being the pitcher at Koshien Stadium and this encouraged the main character to take baseball seriously. I really wished for them two to go out but instead she died, and it was an accident too! Well I can't complain anymore because Cross Game has a good ending which makes up for the loss of  Tsukishima.


Wolf Guy


Wolf guy is another amazing manga which I randomly found and saved me from my "dark days" where I couldn't find any manga that would ignite that spark which resides in each reader and when ignited becomes a blazing fire that incites you to burn through the chapters one by one. Fortunately, in this manga there are no sad deaths that will make your eyes teary, but instead the frustration of seeing something bad happening without being able to do anything about it. 

The main character's teacher is captured by one of the students which turns out to be part of a yakuza family and then is thrown into a room, drugged and then raped by numerous many. As if it wasn't enough, the yakuza record these acts of debauchery and show it to the whole world, although the main character tries to rush and save the girl, he only gets there when she had already been sullied and having lost her mind to the drug, she opens her legs for him before knowing that it was her student. This was really sad and it really struck me hard, but don't worry guys! Our Wolf Guy beats up everyone and makes sure to humiliate them thoroughly and I also want to say that it's a good manga with badass protagonist.

Now we don't want you to start crying too T_T so I'll stop for now and ask King Aki the same question: what is the saddest anime to you? I think that we are all looking forward to your answer and hope to see a post about this topic soon and oh! Before I forget, I just finished reading Kingdom and now I feel like my life has no further meaning and I'm in great need for a new manga to read. If you know any good manga which I might of missed (I probably read most of the well known manga by now), please leave your recommendations below in the comments section.

Arigatō Mina-san!

Kingdom Manga

Mina-san!

Have you ever stumbled upon a manga which you've seen several times in the "hot manga" or "latests updates" sections of manga hosting websites such as Mangafox and Mangahere? Well I have! And 9 out of 10 times I have been very satisfied with the manga! I'm a reader which is easily fooled by the manga's cover picture or it's description and this is the reason why I'm writing this post to inform you about Kingdom, an amazing ... Wait! What am I saying! Kingdom is an excellent manga that I would recommend to anyone!

Now, what is Kingdom about? Kingdom is a manga focused on the Chinese warring state period and follows Shin, a mere servant climbing the ranks from foot soldier to becoming a "Great General of the Heavens" whose name will be sung throughout all of China. Shin's journey begins when his closest friend who was also like a brother to him, Hyou, is scouted to work in the King's palace as a servant. Later in the chapters Hyou is killed and Shin listens to his dying words and set off to a nearby village inhabited by bandits. Shin annihilated everyone who dared to cross his path and when he reached the rendezvous place met the King of Qin, who coincidentally looks the same as Hyou and thus Shin embarks in a journey to protect the King of Qin which is a stepping stone to the path of Shin's dream: to become a Great General of the Heavens.

When adventure, action and history are fused together, a great manga comes out of it! Kingdom is one of the few manga that actually draws you into the heat of the battle and I'm sure that its worth giving it a try. If you are a fan of badass moments and strong main characters, then Kingdom is the right manga for you because Shin is totally wicked! There is also the mountain tribe warriors which I consider as my favourite characters because of their toughness during fights and how they keep on fighting and fighting even after being pierced by many arrows, there are so many strong characters that even the horses are total badass!  Although there are many amazing warriors in Kingdom, number one place is accredited to the Generals. They just go berserk on the battlefield and decimate the opposing army by swinging their gigantic glaive as they ride their mighty steed. 

The only letdown is the lack of romance, sorry to ruin your expectations but there will be no princess rescuing and then princess x main character because Shin is a total blockhead! But don't worry! Because to make up for the lack of romance there are is a fair amount of comedy and the bonus manga are also great! 

Overall, Kingdom is an excellent manga and is a one of a kind manga packed with action and focused on Chinese historical warfare from the warring states period. I recommend this manga to everyone so do give it a try!

My personal rating is a fantastic 9.6/10

Fairy Tail: 3 Funny Moments

Konbanwa Mina-san!

Announcement to those who still don't know yet, the Anime Fairy Tail is coming back next month, on April. I think the exact date that Fairy Tail will air is on April 5. Now I'm going to show you 3 funny scenes that made me laugh so much from the anime Fairy Tail.

1. Mirajane "Bad Girl"

I chose it as the first one because I still cannot forget this scene. This scene can only be seen on the Anime because it's a filler, I think for me this is the funniest one because I like Mirajane. She's so strong and she's one of the S-Class wizard in Fairy Tail and also a model in a magazine in Fairy Tail ^-^. I still laugh whenever I see the pictures of this scene because she gave huge damage to Mary Hughes and then I really thought she's going to crush that girl's head with Demon Halphas but she only said "Bad Girl."

2. Happy teasing Erza

This is another funny moment from Fairy Tail which you may encounter often in the Fairy Tail page on Facebook. This is the finishing part of the Galuna Island Arc, this is when Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Erza (later joined the mission) to help the people of Galuna Island and remove the curse. Erza was having an emotional moment, then Happy was just drawing something and when Erza saw the drawing, she just kicked Happy to the moon because he drew a broken heart.

3. Natsu tickles Erza

Another scene that made me laugh is when Natsu tickled Erza after fighting against Jellal, she couldn't move because she was exhausted. Of course Natsu saved Erza, but because Erza said that she couldn't move and thus they were not able to go home, Natsu had the brilliant idea to tickle Erza because she was defenseless and Natsu it was a payback for when she tickled him and that it was time for revenge. Their facial expressions always make me burst into laughter.

Oyasuminasai!!

Scariest Manga I read

Mina-san!

I've been sick the past two days and was forced to bed, so I apologise for not being able to post anything recently, but now that I've regained my strengths, I'm ready to restart posting!

As my first post after recovery, I will write about a few manga that I pretty creepy and scary, of course they won't be anything like The Exorcist or Paranormal Activity, but they made these manga made me shiver at some points of the story.

1. Doubt & Judge

Doubt and Judge are two different manga with strong plot similarities because they've been made by the same author. In both manga, the main characters play a popular mobile phone game about a wolf disguised as a group of rabbits and hiding in their colony, every turn the players have to vote on a rabbit they think is the wolf and at the end, the rabbit with most votes is killed, if all rabbits are killed except of the disguised wolf, then the game ends. But what would happen if the game turns into reality?  Unpredictable events and unexpected plot twists are what make Doubt and Judge great horror manga. 

2. Uzumaki

Uzumaki has nothing to do with Naruto, it's a horror manga revolving around a town cursed by the spiral, the mysterious and hypnotic shape of the world. This manga is seriously scary! Like not because of monsters and other mystical creatures, but because what people do to each other and the way the spiral affects its victims. The artist has done a great job with the artwork, he has been able to perfectly create a city with a dark and horrendous atmosphere. This is a must read!

3. Fuan No Tane

I wanna start by saying that I regret reading this manga. Fuan No Tane is based on urban legends and it was really scary, although every story is about 5 or less pages, it gave me the creeps because it was somewhat not too unrealistic. It's kind of sad that manga with really scary stories can not actually make you scream of fear because they like surprise effects and virtual sounds to set in the mood. But Fuan No Tane was totally kuwoi!

This concludes my brief list of scary manga, I'm sure you guys know better because I haven't read many horror manga and these are the only few which could actually be considered as scary. If you know anymore feel free to post it in the comments section below and share your otaku expertise with us!

Sayonara Mina-san!

Manga Genres

Hello Mina!

In my days as an "amateur" reader I had troubles with manga genres because I didn't know the meaning of those Japanese words and I've always been curious to find out. Of course, now that I know what they mean, I can choose my manga more effectively and to save you the trouble to google the meaning, I've put every manga genre that you can possibly come across in this post, just for you readers!

Shounen: Means boy, and is generally used to mark manga with loads of action and more targeted to a male audience. Great examples of Shounen manga would be Naruto and Bleach.

Shoujo: Exact opposite of Shounen, therefore it means girl and are typically manga with a romance or a female main character. Some Shoujo manga are Skip Beat and Dangeky Daisy.

Ecchi: More like a sub-genre, but these are manga with some erotic contact such as panty shots or cleavage. You can find this in quite a lot of manga so I don't really have any specific recommendations for this genre.

Mecha: Science fiction genre focused around robots and machines. Mecha manga that come to mind are Suisei no Gargantia and Infinite Stratos.

Doujinshi: These are fan-made manga or amateur manga often derived from other works. I don't really read manga of this genre, but if you are interested you can find a list of Doujinshi at Mangahere.

Harem: Typically manga with a main male character surrounded by female characters that have either live with him or like him. There is also Reverse Harem where the gender are inverses. Manga of this genre are Nisekoi and High School DxD.

Hentai: Usually means "perv" in Japanese, as you might of guessed these are manga with erotic and sexual content and again, I have no specific recommendations for this genre.

Yaoi & Yuri: Manga that involves sexual or intimate relationship between men (Yaoi) or between women (Yuri).

Seinen & Josei: Manga targeted to a mature male audience (Seinen) or to a mature female audience (Josei), can possibly have sexual content.

Smut: Manga considered controversial or offensive, mainly targeted for a mature audience.


This is pretty much it Mina! If there are still genres which I might have forgotten, you can warn me through the comments.

Oyasuminasai.

Holyland Manga

Konbanwa Mina-san!

I'm currently reading Holyland, an awesome manga about street fights. The reason why I decided to write about this Manga is because it's pretty different than other many manga of the same genre. It is, as you could guess, an action packed fighting manga but it's really realistic and there is always a detailed explanation of what happens during the fights in the manga, such as the tactics the characters use during the street fights and the amount of damage dealt. 

Yuu is a high school kid who doesn't really fit in anywhere and in the beginning of the Manga with see him take down a supposedly strong thug with a genius one-two boxing technique. As the story progresses, Yuu becomes more famous in the streets and street fighters start calling him the "Thug Hunter," although Yuu is more like the prey than the hunter during the street fights. Holylands has a great character development and I really loved the plot twists in which sometimes the opponents become allies or where the assailant becomes the victim.

I have to admit, that the fights are pretty harsh and violent, but this is what makes Holyland great! I also love the fact that Yuu becomes pretty overpowered later in the manga and can take on 3 or even more opponents at the same time. Although Holyland is pretty much focused around fighting, there is no need to worry for people who love romance because there are a few hints of love in the manga and some really nice guy-protects-girl parts too, but when i say a few hints I really mean a subtle amount of love and romance.

Telling you more about Holyland would just spoil your reading experience so I will refrain myself from blurting the whole story plot :") 

You can read Holyland at Mangahere or Mangafox (don't be fooled by the cover images, the artwork is better than that).

My personal rating is a whopping 8.9/10