Journey To The West

[Jaegerjaques]

Why is this not popular on this site? The art is excellent, and the story is original as well. The characters are quite captivating.

 

[Tcof]

Wait... Why Monkey king only have monkey tail and spikes hair? This isn't dragon ball, is it ?

 

[simplicity]

It's been awhile since I've read this, and I just happened to find out that this has been serialized into an anime! Looks really awesome.

 

[quitelot88]

THIS SHIT GOOOOOOOD

 

[Maiorem]

@whodoo It ends at chapter 183.
For @WhiteCloudPavilion, the raws here are up to the end:
https://ac.qq.com/Comic/comicInfo/id/541812
Thanks WhiteCloudPavilion for your hard work.

 

[Maiorem]

If anyone's interested in the anime, the first season is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDsB1_CjpYQ
Yes, it's 3D animated. Only Chinese subtitles though.

 

[simplicity]

Okay, there's something that's bothering me with the recent development.

Spoiler

Why did Bai Lang even turn into a dark spirit? He has the purest soul out of the entire group. He hasn't even hurt anyone seriously before unlike some of the other disciples (Wu Jing used to led humans to their deaths, Ao Xue killed alot of humans, etc). Saying that his obsessive thoughts made him fallen seems like a really dumb excuse for plot development imo. I think it's fine to make him into a dark spirit as part of his character development, but there could've been a better way for it to happen.

 

[PhuongLinh]

Spoiler

the ending will dissapoint you

 

[MrGoodday]

Blessings on White Cloud Pavillion for their hard work.

 

[Zhi-Laohu]

@Jaegerjaques I stopped reading about halfway through because this manhua is 90% generic shounen battling. The art is gorgeous, but character and plot development are flat and erratic. It's a shame, because I greatly enjoyed Feng Shen Ji by the same author/artist team, and I felt it was a much better developed manhua in almost every way.

 

[Jaid_Diah]

Wow, what a ride! All the stuff illustrated is the shit I read in danmei, so I find it a fun read.

 

[komojman]

Love this series,its so slept on

 

[athzuwu]

This is some hype shit

 

[Jaid_Diah]

Thank you for your hard work!

 

[Kirin-kun]

The manhua deserves more love.

 

[acid]

this is so good, jesus. thanks for translating

 

[Cyberkraken]

How have i not read this before, one of the best martial arts manga i have ever read

 

[Sturdy]

@jaegerjaques i ponder the same question. Much better than the dumbass loli isekai demon lord revenge shit (except the few good ones)
@cyberkraken its weirdly unpopular cuz its so fuckibg good

 

[BigClover]

how come this is not recommended to me like this is treasures

 

[Fnoop]

Very high quality allround. I feel the art style is very "love it or hate it" though -- it is very high quality though, with lots of detail. Even side character #7765 has more detail and personality, than the main characters in many other Chinese comics. Story is also very strong, characters are very developed and in depth and everything is VERY serious -- maybe even a tab bit too serious for some.
The story also heavily leans on (presumably) Chinese folklore and culture, which might be a bit much and/or confusing for some(including me). Everything is very creatively portrait though. But if you want to know what I'm getting at, just check chapter one. Straight away there is some talking (plant?) head with some parasols sticking out his head.
What I didn't like, is that at points the story is very much a generic shounen -- think annoyingly childish protagonist and too much fighting.

I personally felt it was a bit too heavy and that everything was culturally heavy for me -- and I've read quite a few eastern comics and novels. I also feel I'm getting a bit too old for shounen comics. Than again, it's a shounen comic, so who am I to complain I guess...
The quality most certainly is there though. So if you're in for a pretty serious eastern shounen comic, with a strong story and strong characters, this is very much recommended.