Currently reading this slightly old manga by Togashi. Alright.. it's quite old, published in shonen jump from 1995 to 1997. That makes it even older than hunter x O_o well anyway the title's Level E and it's about aliens living on earth and stuff. For those who have seen my msn personal message 'Level E-- brilliant!', i really think that it's a brilliant piece of work.
Even though i dont see any bishies around or even a hint of characters like Kurapica or Kurama, the drawings are still quite pleasing to the eye. Some kind of transition state between Yu yu hakusho and hunter x i guess. The background drawings are largely similar to hxh ones though, squiggly lines with little shadings. A continued style from yyh and extended to hxh, Level E is extremely wordy.
Surprised to see this in a manga eh? Still, i strained my eyes to read and gosh the diary (yes it's a diary) was so funny and explained clearly what the whole mystery was about.
This makes me doubt what a chapter in Bakuman mentioned about cutting down on words in a manga series to attract readers.
Aesthetics aside, the plot's engaging even for people who have no special interest in aliens (like me) with pinches of humour here and there. XDXD from this we can see that Level E focusses more on humour and development of plot rather than beautiful characters and drawings. Level E also has a little bit of horror in it. Haha i mean, Togashi + aliens.. i wouldnt be expecting flowers and fluff.
I've also been reading Koukou debut aka high school debut and it's really good! Kept me entertained every chapter haha here are some pics which i thought were really funny with classic expressions. Lol i already can imagine a thousand scenarios from these 2 pictures.
Haruna (girl at the front): I meant to tell you this before you went on stage in front of the whole school this morning.... you forgot to zip your pants ^^ *giggles*
Haruna: Hey ppl, i added rat poison to today's dinner just to see how it would taste! Is it salty enough?
Eh well, i made up the speech myself lah, Haruna spoke about other things in the manga. Oh yes, so to those who have read this post, do give Level E and Koukou debut a try!!
Note: i've added a new link from a tag last time and finally changed pam's link to the correct blog.
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