Random perspectives on manga
Emma Bangaihen
Author
Kaoru Mori
Personal Rating
8/10
Personal Opinion
One would expect to see the continuation of the manga Emma from this title. Unfortunately, that’s not the only thing we get from Emma Bangaihen. With Emma Bangaihen, we see other stories before and after the story about Emma.
Emma
“I just hate tradition simply for the sake of tradition. That’s just being stubborn.”
Author
Kaoru Mori
Personal Rating
9/10
Personal Opinion
Emma is a story of a maid living in Victorian-era England who falls in love with a man named William Jones. Her encounter with William Jones is a trick of the fate. Nevertheless, it was love at first sight. Both Emma and William Jones loved each other. However, their different social background got in the way. The Jones family does not allow William to love a mere maid.
A typical love story might not be interesting, but it’s not the romance that interests me. The thing that made me eagerly read this manga is the fact that the story took place during the Victorian-era where lower class people are not entitled to associate with upper class people. How will Emma and William struggle to unite their love?
Tomie
Author
Junji Ito
Personal Rating
8/10
Personal Opinion
What do you feel if a girl in your classroom showed up late for class? No big deal, right? But what if your class was currently mourning because that girl was found dead the day before? That would be surprising and or even scaring the pants out of you. Nevertheless some of you might be thrilled to see the girl alive and well and develop certain curiosity towards the girl.
That was actually how the manga Tomie started. When all her classmate mourn over her dead, she decided to come back from her grave to attend her class. That was the start of the mysterious events occurring around Tomie which is unfortunately also took the live of the people around her.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – Watanagashi
Author
Ryukishi 07
Personal Opinion
At last I have finished reading the second mystery (question) arc of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Not just that, I have also re-read the fourth and the first story arc, Himatsubushi and Onikakushi. Even though I only skimmed through the last two, it was still exhausting.
Reading psychological manga such was never a walk in the park, especially when you’re reading the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series. Throughout the second arc, I kept trying to connect the plot of Watanagashi with that of Himatsubushi and Onikakushi. Some are connected, some simply made the overall storyline much more confusing.
Watanagashi is not strongly connected to Himatsubushi. I see Himatsubushi showing the big picture of what’s going on in Hinamizawa village without any details. On the other hand, Watanagashi has a strong connection with Onikakushi. Both arcs could be view as the same plot but from a different character’s point of view.
Daichouhen Doraemon
Author
Fujiko F. Fujio
Personal Opinion
Reading about mysteries, thrilling, horrific and sometimes depressing manga is not always my preference. There are times when I feel like reading something hilarious and fun or at the very least relaxing. This is where Daichouhen Doraemon comes.
Daichouhen Doraemon brings nostalgic feeling to when I was a kid. Those are the times when I have no worries over anything in this world, the times when I feel most relaxed in my entire life, even though I only read the regular Doraemon manga back then.
