Comments on: Dororo 1

By: Connie

Connie — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:26:26 +0000

Yeah, it helps that this is a lot newer than, say, any of the series that Dark Horse published. It’s got an interesting plot and fairly decent action, which was enough to sustain my interest for three volumes.

By: Pirkaf

Pirkaf — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:37:47 +0000

Good book. Sure, not as mature as Kirihito, but sure in the better half of Tezuka’s manga I’ve read.

By: Garnet Jell-o

Garnet Jell-o — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:47:15 +0000

Woah. This is out already? (Heh. And this isn’t the first time I’ve made of comment of this vein…At least you’re keeping me up-to-date, Connie.) Well, I guess I’ll get around purchasing it soon (considering that it’s a paperback…I still haven’t read “MW” because I’m waiting for a softcover release. I’m too cheap and poor to be buying hardcovers).

Even though Tezuka does throw a lot of outlandish stuff into his stories, I somehow am able to look past this stuff and I’m actually pretty fussy about these sorts of things in general. I guess considering that most of his work is solid in so many other ways, I’m able to forgive those things.

By: jun

jun — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:56:17 +0000

I’ve just finished Dororo. My review is here: http://www.flaminggeeks.com/swanjun/?p=444

By: Connie

Connie — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:59:51 +0000

The rape victim’s fascination with the main character in MW did bother me, because as much as I can suspend my disbelief in other things, that one just didn’t compute. I really wound up hating that girl.

Yeah, I suppose it’s best to just sit back and enjoy the ride for Dororo. The premise is one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard, and so far the action has been excellent.

By: mark thorpe

mark thorpe — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:29:48 +0000

I dunno, I liked it. It does not fall into a lot of the holes Tezuka’s work usually does, namely pacing and legitamacy. Ode was a good book, but there were things-Tezuka specific things-that made me cringe: where, in the Middle East, are you going to find a giant bowl, enough cooking oil to fill it, tempura, and a giant spoon, all in a matter of moments just so some crazy asian lady can perform one of the silliest circus acts ever introduced to the printed page. And could the victims of Dr. Rape’s sexual rampage please not either fall in love with him or pretend it never happened? At least Dororo had a swamp monster that disolves flesh down to the bone. I don’t think Dororo is going to be a deep zen experience; I think it’s meant to be a sword-arm chop fest with over 40 demons to disembowel.

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Sun, 18 May 2008 13:16:05 +0000

[...] Adventure to be pretty good despite being a kids’ comic written to a formula. Connie reviews vol. 1 of Dororo, vol. 2 of Battle Royale (ultimate edition), and vol. 19 of Eyeshield 21 at Slightly Biased Manga. [...]

By: Connie

Connie — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:27:15 +0000

Hm, you might be right. It seems to avoid some of the Astro Boy problems of a heavy-handed and out-of-place message, plus it’s a lot more entertaining than Astro Boy so far. It probably is a good entry point, but it does have a touch of… mm, shallowness or blandness to it that I can’t quite put my finger on. It’s still pretty good, though.

By: jun

jun — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:47:46 +0000

I’ve heard Dororo isn’t as deep as the rest of Tezuka’s stuff, and I wonder for someone who hasn’t read anything of his yet, would this be a better place to start than MW or Kirihito…