I always knew that Japanese didn't have much talent in nomenclature. Try bleach for instance. Its an intricate graphic novel about the dead, alive and the in-betweens. They fight for honour, ascendancy, power...well, to put it bluntly, they fight to justify the tag that Bleach has of an action novel. Add a few teaspoons of romance and friendship and voilà! You have Bleach. I feel that its a reasonable question if someone wonders what prompted the author to call it bleach. Well, the protagonist has orange hair. And as he confides in one of the episodes, he DIDN'T bleach it. Apparently, in the new world order, that's all the reason you need to call something bleach.
You must have heard of full metal alchemist? I love it yes, but I do have complains about its name too. Maybe I am dumb, but I still don't see why you go around naming a guy with two metal limbs, FULL metal alchemist.
We have Jumper next. I liked the movie. So I tried the book. Once you get over the bad English, the naivety of the plot and the writers decisive ability to neglect all loose ends, its a tolerable book. But that holds true for only the first part. In the second leg of the book, he lets loose an avalanche of bad puns and ridiculous sub plots. I mean, you understand that you are witnessing something truly special when you go on reading about a man puking, peeing AND pooping for three chapters straight.
But you can only do it for so long. And so this poor guy cannot jump anymore because he starts...well, doing all of that. What happens now? His wife starts jumping. I completely lost interest at this point.
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Well, Full Metal Alchemist is dumb. I don't mind bleach though. It might be a secret, look around, you might find more meaning in that name.
And yes, Jumper. The movie was a hoax, it agonized me, i'm sorry. The book, well, dunno. I see that you're quite fond of graphic novels. Try watchmen, i'm telling you. it works like acid.
Man Rick, those are some pop culture references you're now picking up for yourself.
After you're done with manga, you can consider reading something like the Invisibles or the Walking Dead. They aren't too bad either.
Jumper, well, the movie bored me.
The second half of the book seems destined for cult appreciation though.
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