2008-03-13, 00:33 | Link #1 |
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Bloody Monday
Takagi Fujimaru is Falcon; a young, talented hacker who was employed to work for the government after getting caught. Fujimaru now hacks for the police force of Japan and has helped solved many cases. It was then that a piece of memory chip was recovered from inside a murdered Russian man’s corpse. Inside it contains what might be a clue to a massive terrorist attack that just occurred in Russia. Falcon was sought in order to decipher the codes and reveal what is hidden in the chip. However, things were not going smoothly for Falcon. Not only was he not able to progress on the deciphering of the chip because his new teacher, Ms. Orihara, accidentally destroyed his super-computer laptop, his father was framed for killing another police officer and is now on the run. When the deciphering of the chip was finally completed, it turned out to be a home-made video, filmed in Russia during Christmas and titled “Genocide of Christmas” in Russian. It showed a little girl who had blood oozing out of her eyes before a man with his whole body full of pores appearing. A display of the virus’s fatality. Fujimaru made another shocking discovery when he analyzed the video further. A familiar Japanese woman was spotted in the video and it turned out to be none other than his new teacher… Orihara Maya. When confronted, Maya had a solid alibi to prove she was in Japan, and not in Russia on the day of Christmas. Is this purely a coincidence or … is there more than what it seems? This is a fascinating suspense manga that I think is receiving lesser popularity than it should. I really think this manga should be exposed more and that’s also why I didn’t want to do anything (e.g. a crappy review) that will undermine its popularity. This manga has a deep plot and it is the very reason why I am so interested in it. I just can’t wait for the next volume, Kinokuniya should hurry up and import volume 4, god dammit! And I just discovered that this title has only 5 volumes, if I am not wrong. Oh man, I didn’t think it would end so early. Humor: 3/10 (Terrorist, virus, blood are no laughing matters, my friend) Plot: 9/10 (The reason why I can’t let it down once I star reading it) Character Design: 6/10 Overall: 9/10 (You’d be a fool not to read it) This manga review is proudly brought to you by ChapterDesu.Com! Last edited by HmR.kS; 2008-09-15 at 23:21. |
2009-03-04, 13:16 | Link #2 | |
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Bloody Monday
Author by Ryuumon Ryou
Illustrator by Megumi Kouji Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller Quote:
Here's some links: Chaung Yi announcement. More Info about the series.
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2009-03-24, 15:21 | Link #3 |
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Read the first 2 volumes.
Art is nice, plot ok. I like where it's headed, seems like a big conspiracy to make the famous hacker take (part of) the blame for it. Though it the story doesn't really gives me the urge to read on, not sure why though... the most annoying maybe be the credibility for some events .... - A famous hacker which all of a sudden reveals his secrets to not just one or 2, but to a whole group of people which consists of some friends + some people he just met for example a beautiful teacher who "coïncidently" joined the school at about the same time his dad gets set up and "accidently" mistakes his laptop for a lunch box and fries it in the micro wave ................... - His teacher returns him a new laptop with a dual core processor and the hacker seems to scream of joy .... his previous laptop was a super pc give to him by a secret organisation .... so - Giving his only copy of the "bloody monday" dvd to a detective cos he "didn't have the time to copy it" .... yeah right :s I could go on .... but ... yeah ... pretty much incredible naïve events happening, which ruins the story a bit. Though if u can look past that, the plot itself it nice and I'm looking forward to how it will evolve. |
2009-03-24, 15:33 | Link #4 |
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I had come across this live action back in January I was intrigued by the plot . As I had too many anime/ manga at that point of time I gave it a skip . I liked the synopsis of the manga but I have a few questions which are more so directed towards a comparison .
Spoiler for LVA Oriented:
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2009-03-24, 19:20 | Link #5 |
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Was an interesting manga when I worked on it for the first few chapters, although the fanservice provided by the teacher is a bit overbearing at times. Definitely a manga I would recommend keeping up with if you like the mystery/action side of things.
I do agree that there are a number of large plot holes, but I guess I'm just so desensitized by them due to their prevalence in stories written today (manga, books, movies, TV, etc) that I just let them slide for the most part and enjoy the ride.
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2009-07-19, 19:58 | Link #8 |
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Currently I'm into volume 4, and so far it's been quite interesting with some thrills. The protagonist isn't what I normally would expect of a superhacker, as he's right where the action is rather than commanding control from behind the scenes. Since many people compare this to Death Note, I have one of my own.
First off, the comparison between Falcon and Light. Although Falcon appears to have better technical ability and skills, Light is by far a better strategist and is generally more intelligent. This is based on what's been demonstrated in what I've read thus far. Falcon's interpersonal awareness hasn't been anything that can be commended upon, because he's been thoroughly played. Also, he's not as calm or observant in vital situations. This as opposed to Light, who's been on the opposite end giving his opponents a hard time. I guess the differences between them is in part due to age/maturity and part due to the difference in their situation that could possibly make my points invalid. But all in all, Light makes better work with what he's got. Anyways, the plot is what makes this manga, and I'm most likely going to follow through with it. =)
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2009-07-20, 12:40 | Link #10 |
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I felt the need to complain about this a bit, since the last few chapters I've been able to read have been really annoying. I just feel like the main character turned into an idiot at the point where they reveal the spy or what have you. He keeps going on and on about how he's not afraid to be killed and that he won't work with terrorists. Then he does whatever they say anyway. He's just getting played big time, and I thought he was pretty bright for a while there after catching the teacher and figuring out who the spy was.
Overall the plot isn't so bad, just everything they do to advance it seems really dumb. CygnusX pointed out a lot of the inconsistencies that have cropped up before. I'm still interested in what the over-arching plot is though, so I'll keep going with it for now. Hopefully they start making more sense in the future :-/. |
2009-07-24, 15:14 | Link #14 |
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Which means there will be the inevitable guilt trip of how she's going to put the sister (I forget her name) through the same thing.
Also, how were they not at all suspicious of the guy they found in the factory? They didn't even bother searching him for weapons, come on now . |
2009-07-24, 16:34 | Link #15 | |
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Spoiler for Read Hosho's fate later in the Japanese ones. Don't go here if yo want to get spoiled.:
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2009-07-24, 16:58 | Link #16 |
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manga and anime villains are so naive. Falcon has caused so much trouble for them and they still let the punk live. Unreal! I could be such a good villain if I had the resources and networking. I will just kill kill kill anyone that got on the way without a second thought, just like real life villains do.
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