So, I haven't done much with the journal. I don't know if any of you guys read this at all, but I've decided to do little reviews of all the obscure manga and manhwa I've been reading lately! I've got quite a few stocked up, so there will probably be a couple close coming soon and then it will dwindle as I get lazy again. But anyways!


*****Manga Review: Jackals!!!*****

Status: Ongoing
Author(s): MURATA Shinya, KIM Byung Jin
Artist(s): KIM Byung Jin
Year of Released: 2006
Genre(s): action, seinen
Read Here: [link]


You might notice all the Jackals stuff around, and that's partly because Nicholi is hot, and partly because I'm reviewing it.

Jackals is a Korean Manwha taking place in a fictional Town called Cicero City in the 19th century. The town is full of immigrants, making it a haven for gang activity and crime, giving assassins known as Jackals ample job opportunities. The plot follows a Jackal named Nicholi (some translate as Nichol) called 'The Alligator' due to his massive weapon like an Alligator's jaw, on his exploits. When it comes right down to it the plot isn't ground-breaking yet, sort of your average action manga, but it's definitely not boring and the fact that it takes place in a European style city is cool and somewhat uncommon. Also, there haven't been any wild declarations that the main character is completely badass, which is always nice.

The artist is a wonderful and versatile, (as you can see), with easily understood action sequences and fully drawn backgrounds. Sometimes you get artists that just put white behind their characters (*cough* Gokusen and Dogs: Bullets and Carnage *cough*) for whatever reason, leaving the pages a bit unfinished looking, but that doesn't happen here. Not to mention the artists whose characters are basically carbon-copies of each other with slightly different hair or something--that's not the case in Jackals, either. Characters are distinctive and different with their own looks and personalities. Concurrently, there is always the trouble when reading graphic novels with action, that it sometimes get's difficult to figure out what the hell is going on, but Jackals is pretty straight forward. So far the 'battles' haven't stretched overly long to the point I get bored and say 'fuck it, I don't care anymore,' (*cough D.Gray-man *cough*), either, which is great.

So far the manhwa is only eleven chapters long, but they are good-sized chapters and more is expected to follow!

Male Super-Hotties: Nicholi, Huya, Hollow
Female Super-Hotties: None so far, but I'm sure they'll show up.

Rating: 4.3 of 5.

Jackals Stuff:
Wallpapers: [link]
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