SAMURAI DEEPER KYO - Vol. 38 Ch. 308 - Bonus
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@popo53414 Agree with you. If a good studio adapted this manga, it would have been more famous. The reason most of Shounen Jump series became famous is due to a good anime adaption. Kimetsu no Yaiba wouldn't be as famous as now if Ufotable didn't do such a good job.
Bleach was hype because of the anime while the manga's story is not that good. When I heard about all the praise Bleach got, I tried the manga. When Ichigo defeated Aizen, I was like "Huh? That's all?".
Bleach was hype because of the anime while the manga's story is not that good. When I heard about all the praise Bleach got, I tried the manga. When Ichigo defeated Aizen, I was like "Huh? That's all?".
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There are so many issues with this classic all of which can be blamed on its 90s dated style.
For instance in hindsight, in chapter 1 Kyoshiro allowing himself to get roughened up so much by some everyday thugs that Kyo shows up is laughably irresponsible on Kiroshiro's part by the time you read the final reveals.
And you know it's because in chapter 1 if the at-the-time unclear set up was Kyoshiro can't help it he is weak but he's sealing a super powerful guy inside him then no problem that's a common premise. But then you throw in the twist that he is actually much stronger than Kyo and always has been and there isn't an artificial limiter or anything at any point then it all falls apart.
Also in the earlier chapter the characters keep whispering in Kyo's ear "I'll take you to that person" who are they talking about? Later on the first big bad was Nobunaga so we thought they were talking about him obviously, but then that guy was a red herring and the final big bad is Crimson King so what was Kyoshiro and Kyo looking for in Edo?
Even though on paper I absolutely LOVE the OG premise:
-A war that changed the world happened 4 years ago.
-There was a legendary samurai during the war.
-He disappeared after the war, end up in the body of some weak guy. Weak guy may knows what's going on, he may not, legendary samurai fresh out the water because he was sealed for 4 years.
-All the power players each with their own agenda are surveiling this weak guy just waiting for the moment the legendary samura resurfaces
-Then we have our fresh new girl who doesn't know anything resurfaces him, and the story kicks off as we learn alongside her and him the new world powers that be each try to manipulate the legendary samurai as he searches for his real body.
Such good set up in the beginning, Okuni Tora Yukimura all with unknown motivation but all seems to know something Kyo doesn't and they're trying to steer him for their own benefits with the promise of giving Kyo what he wants, and since Kyo just woke up 4 years later not knowing anything he has no other real options.
Too bad it didn't exactly turn out that way beyond the forest arc.
Okuni and Tora didn't go anywhere, Okuni who was straight up introduced as the 2nd main character was completely absent by the last 1/3rd.
Sakuya wasn't that important despite being kept super mysterous for 2/3 of the story.
Yuya's brother killer hunt not that important overall, you knew it was going to be Kyo or Kyoshiro but then also know he's either innocent or had reason to do it.
Only Akira got any sort of purpose in the story. Hotaru and Akari can do without, Bon completly pointless as a fighter or plot point.
Kyo's 4, Nobunaga's 12, Yukimura's 10, the former crimson king (what difference does it make if he's simply the current crimson king)'s 5 shining stars and 4 elders. You think that's enough squads/bosses?
The entire manga can litearlly be summed up to guys fighting guys who takes sequential turns progressively power up mid fight for 300 chapters.
For instance in hindsight, in chapter 1 Kyoshiro allowing himself to get roughened up so much by some everyday thugs that Kyo shows up is laughably irresponsible on Kiroshiro's part by the time you read the final reveals.
And you know it's because in chapter 1 if the at-the-time unclear set up was Kyoshiro can't help it he is weak but he's sealing a super powerful guy inside him then no problem that's a common premise. But then you throw in the twist that he is actually much stronger than Kyo and always has been and there isn't an artificial limiter or anything at any point then it all falls apart.
Also in the earlier chapter the characters keep whispering in Kyo's ear "I'll take you to that person" who are they talking about? Later on the first big bad was Nobunaga so we thought they were talking about him obviously, but then that guy was a red herring and the final big bad is Crimson King so what was Kyoshiro and Kyo looking for in Edo?
Even though on paper I absolutely LOVE the OG premise:
-A war that changed the world happened 4 years ago.
-There was a legendary samurai during the war.
-He disappeared after the war, end up in the body of some weak guy. Weak guy may knows what's going on, he may not, legendary samurai fresh out the water because he was sealed for 4 years.
-All the power players each with their own agenda are surveiling this weak guy just waiting for the moment the legendary samura resurfaces
-Then we have our fresh new girl who doesn't know anything resurfaces him, and the story kicks off as we learn alongside her and him the new world powers that be each try to manipulate the legendary samurai as he searches for his real body.
Such good set up in the beginning, Okuni Tora Yukimura all with unknown motivation but all seems to know something Kyo doesn't and they're trying to steer him for their own benefits with the promise of giving Kyo what he wants, and since Kyo just woke up 4 years later not knowing anything he has no other real options.
Too bad it didn't exactly turn out that way beyond the forest arc.
Okuni and Tora didn't go anywhere, Okuni who was straight up introduced as the 2nd main character was completely absent by the last 1/3rd.
Sakuya wasn't that important despite being kept super mysterous for 2/3 of the story.
Yuya's brother killer hunt not that important overall, you knew it was going to be Kyo or Kyoshiro but then also know he's either innocent or had reason to do it.
Only Akira got any sort of purpose in the story. Hotaru and Akari can do without, Bon completly pointless as a fighter or plot point.
Kyo's 4, Nobunaga's 12, Yukimura's 10, the former crimson king (what difference does it make if he's simply the current crimson king)'s 5 shining stars and 4 elders. You think that's enough squads/bosses?
The entire manga can litearlly be summed up to guys fighting guys who takes sequential turns progressively power up mid fight for 300 chapters.
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