this is my first post in the manga section which establishes the fact i am not much of a manga guy. in fact, initially i was averse to the very concept of manga(with due respect to manga freaks, esp you Ace, who i notice has made like 95% of topics here) but i recently chanced upon CRYING FREEMAN and couldn't refuse it, rather, didn't want to after its kickass-ness i heard from arrow about manga in general. '
MOD EDIT: Correction; 99% of the stuff here.
2 days later, i summoned all my willpower and i read it. (fx: drums beating)
and did i like it? (fx: suspense tunes)
well, its different. its violent, crazy, disturbing, unpleasant, tasteless. its not meant for me, maybe. but what i have issues with are its just a blend of sex and violence. both on their extremes.
the story goes that a handsome talented innocent Japanese artist is abducted, brainwashed and hypnotized into becoming a trained member of chinese mafia. he's nicknamed FREEMAN and as he cries after every kill, he's called CRYING FREEMAN. am i supposed to be impressed?
he goes around killing people(mostly high profile people. why they deserved to be killed, not much mention) but once while a killing takes place, he is watched by a beautiful artist. she starts having hots for him. but she's a witness for his murder so he decides to kill her. he conveniently enters her mansion but she asks him to make out before making his kill and strips.
now this girl is hot. Super hot actually. the kind who might make gays rethink their orientation. so the obvious happens. but after the act, he doesn't want to kill her(personally, i guess it was pretty much an experience for him) so he goes trying to protect her while saving his own ass. then he narrates his life story... blah blah blah.
the sex scene is extremely(politely put) titillating. the author has succeeded in making his readers erotically charged(another polite term for horny). it spans for like 12 pages. but you know what, its too inappropriate. besides, why, why would anyone want to have sex with their murderer? a nice trick would have been make an offer of bondage sex and then run the hell away. but no, this doesn't happen here. weird.
next thing that bothers me is every, mind you, every female character is shown naked at least once. 1 has sex, one has a kind of wardrobe malfunction(she's 99 yrs old by the way. eew!), one seduces and one gets raped. what the fruck?
honestly, i didn't like it. not one bit. wacky plot, hardly anything outstanding with the dialogues(maybe its lost in translation) and tasteless depiction, esp of women. i guess i am happy with my novels.
MOD EDIT: Correction; 99% of the stuff here.
2 days later, i summoned all my willpower and i read it. (fx: drums beating)
and did i like it? (fx: suspense tunes)
well, its different. its violent, crazy, disturbing, unpleasant, tasteless. its not meant for me, maybe. but what i have issues with are its just a blend of sex and violence. both on their extremes.
the story goes that a handsome talented innocent Japanese artist is abducted, brainwashed and hypnotized into becoming a trained member of chinese mafia. he's nicknamed FREEMAN and as he cries after every kill, he's called CRYING FREEMAN. am i supposed to be impressed?
he goes around killing people(mostly high profile people. why they deserved to be killed, not much mention) but once while a killing takes place, he is watched by a beautiful artist. she starts having hots for him. but she's a witness for his murder so he decides to kill her. he conveniently enters her mansion but she asks him to make out before making his kill and strips.
now this girl is hot. Super hot actually. the kind who might make gays rethink their orientation. so the obvious happens. but after the act, he doesn't want to kill her(personally, i guess it was pretty much an experience for him) so he goes trying to protect her while saving his own ass. then he narrates his life story... blah blah blah.
the sex scene is extremely(politely put) titillating. the author has succeeded in making his readers erotically charged(another polite term for horny). it spans for like 12 pages. but you know what, its too inappropriate. besides, why, why would anyone want to have sex with their murderer? a nice trick would have been make an offer of bondage sex and then run the hell away. but no, this doesn't happen here. weird.
next thing that bothers me is every, mind you, every female character is shown naked at least once. 1 has sex, one has a kind of wardrobe malfunction(she's 99 yrs old by the way. eew!), one seduces and one gets raped. what the fruck?
honestly, i didn't like it. not one bit. wacky plot, hardly anything outstanding with the dialogues(maybe its lost in translation) and tasteless depiction, esp of women. i guess i am happy with my novels.
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