Lupin III 8
Posted: September 15, 2007 Filed under: Lupin III 1 Comment »Yeah, I’m still kind of torn on this series. On one hand, it’s very hard to tell what’s going on. This is not only because sometimes the artwork can be confusing, but because the plots in the one-shot chapters are sometimes unclear, even right up until the end when the big reveal comes. On the other hand, I wouldn’t change the artwork for the world, and I’ll trade some confusion for the perfect image of Lupin getting it on, groping a breast, etc. And when the twist ending does explain everything that’s been happening, or throws a clever joke your way, the results are quite awesome.
Lupin III is also kind of experimental in a way that not a lot of other manga are right now. It looks and reads more like an indy comic than almost any other manga I have. One chapter here, for instance, is done entirely in first person, with Lupin addressing the reader and “your” thoughts on capturing Lupin. Some open entirely wordlessly and the effect is quite nice. Some have really awesome panel layouts, there’s one here which opens with a puzzle metaphor and some really nifty panel and word placement. Of course, that was hampered by the fact it wasn’t clear what was in the panels, but I still appreciated it all the same.
Lupin is still a treat when I get it every once in awhile. It’s probably my favorite of the pre-70′s manga I’ve read, and it still makes me laugh, sometimes very hard, several times per volume.
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