Don’t Know What To Read? I Got You !
Here will be another feature to look forward to. I’ll be talking about a manga series that I am reading or have read that needs to be checked out. For those of you who have never read a manga, this should be a treat. For the people that have this might enlighten you to read a series you never heard of, were curious about, or just want to see what the hype is all about. But what is manga? Manga’s are Japanese comics. The one main difference about them is the way you read them. The way we read comics is left to right. In Japan they read them right to left and the panels are read in a certain order as well. In Japan manga is usually released in a magazine such as Weekly Jump or V-Jump. If the series takes off, publishers will usually make a tankobon (paperback book) with a collection of chapters. Manga comes in many forms, so anyone can enjoy them.
Now my first recommendation is one of my favorite series. This series being Berserk. I would say Berserk is a fantasy, action, horror kind of manga. Berserk is set in the middle ages and follows the story of a mercenary called Guts. The manga begins from about the middle of the series as Guts is searching for someone. From that moment you are taken through Guts past to see what has lead him to this very moment. You meet characters along the way that help shape the story. Characters such as Griffith, leader of the Band of The Hawks. The Band of The Hawks is the elite, the very best mercenaries. Berserk is not for the weak either. This is a highly violent manga. You will get you fair share of blood in this. The art work as the story is very dark, as is the story. Some of my favorite artwork to date. The manga is still going on in Japan today. They are on chapter 295. There are tons of scanlations out on the web so you can catch up on the series. If you want to buy the manga, go out to your local book store or comic shop and pick it up. Dark Horse owns the rights to it and has been releasing the volumes for it. Also check out the anime series released. The anime goes off the first 2 story arcs and is 25 episodes. The anime and manga are different in some ways, but the story for the most part is unchanged. Hope you enjoyed this. Till next week !
