Wereallmad
I love YaBB 1 Gold!
Well, I got the 12 I ordered today. Intact, all correct, no bootleg yaoi, and after Griffith had gotten my hopes up.
It's a pretty cool manga, so far, but because I'm WAM, I am legally required to bitch about something.
I do now understand the numerous gripes about the story. The additions and omissions don't really bother me much, but the pacing and sequence of events are kinda shot to hell. Sometimes it seems to move to fast, and sometimes too slow (like the previously mentioned fight with In'ei). And the order in which events occur has been altered more than just a bit, for reasons which are a mystery to me.
My only other gripe is that everyone looks a little too similar. This isn't really an issue specific to Vagabond, it happens in a lot of manga and anime. Some artists do nothing but draw the _exact_ same face over and over, and just change the hairstyle. Usually this is because characters in most manga are generic and all have the same facial features and facial types, as if the artist just read one of those "How to Draw Manga" books, then sat his ass down and started drawing up characters.
With Vagabond, this isn't the case. The drawing style is very unique, and the characters have so much detail and personality. The art is probably the best in a manga that I’ve seen. Especially the facial expressions. It's just that a few of them have what seems like the same exact facial features. And since characters often change every few pages in hairstyle, presence of facial hair, cleanliness, drastically changing their appearance at times, it can get a little confusing until you read the dialogue (not exactly easy, considering my limited knowledge).
All in all though, I can't say I'm at all disappointed.
It's a pretty cool manga, so far, but because I'm WAM, I am legally required to bitch about something.
I do now understand the numerous gripes about the story. The additions and omissions don't really bother me much, but the pacing and sequence of events are kinda shot to hell. Sometimes it seems to move to fast, and sometimes too slow (like the previously mentioned fight with In'ei). And the order in which events occur has been altered more than just a bit, for reasons which are a mystery to me.
My only other gripe is that everyone looks a little too similar. This isn't really an issue specific to Vagabond, it happens in a lot of manga and anime. Some artists do nothing but draw the _exact_ same face over and over, and just change the hairstyle. Usually this is because characters in most manga are generic and all have the same facial features and facial types, as if the artist just read one of those "How to Draw Manga" books, then sat his ass down and started drawing up characters.
With Vagabond, this isn't the case. The drawing style is very unique, and the characters have so much detail and personality. The art is probably the best in a manga that I’ve seen. Especially the facial expressions. It's just that a few of them have what seems like the same exact facial features. And since characters often change every few pages in hairstyle, presence of facial hair, cleanliness, drastically changing their appearance at times, it can get a little confusing until you read the dialogue (not exactly easy, considering my limited knowledge).
All in all though, I can't say I'm at all disappointed.