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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2007-11-15 07:08 pm

Pictures of the MANGA of CRACKTASTIC DOOOOOM!

I've been talking about this manga all afternoon, and just got a chance to scan some representative pages, so you can see that I AM NOT LYING when I mention things like RAISED BY PIGEONS and RAMPAGING BACKHOES.

If you want to read the other entries first, and trust me: you really do, click on the raised by pigeons tag and read backwards from the bottom.






Near the beginning, Shota gets reprimanded by his sensei for fighting some thugs who were challenging the dojo.



Here's a closeup of the HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TELL YOU NOT TO USE KARATE FOR FIGHTING panel for [livejournal.com profile] rachelmanija




And Shota's big moment of realization as he sees a man fix a TV with a light bash! This is how he can use karate to enhance poeple's lives!




And now, downtown Tokyo as the static-discharge warning is broadcast. Here's Momoko, our heroine, futilely raging against the vending machine!




HONEST TO GOD SHE WAS RAISED BY PIGEONS.




Shota's traumatic past! RAMPAGING BACKHOE!




I DIED SAVING YOUR BLACK BELT THAT YOU THREW DOWN IN ANGER!! With a bonus of OMG PARALLEL IN THE CURRENT TIME! (The shack that he lives in ON TOP OF MOUNT FUJI collapsed around Momoko as he attempted to fix it with one blow.)




Remember that I mentioned that he LIVED ON TOP OF MOUNT FUJI? Well...




YES. YES, HE DID. I AM NOT KIDDING. HE MADE FUJI ERUPT.




Later on in the story, Shota and Momoko hook up with a small-time con man Kanji. He wants to take advantage of Shota's unreliable fix-it talent and make money. Shota agrees, provided that they travel. At the moment, the world is made of urban areas surrounded by desolate wasteland. Here, Kanji tries to dissuade Shota by mentioning the horrible, violent gangs that live in the wasteland between the cities, including (I type here in case you can't read the text in the image) the Go Enthusiasts Clan, the Pencil Carvings Enthusiasts Clan, the Puppy Eyes Enthusiasts Clan, and the Winter Morning Futon Clan. He also calls Shota a criminal, which causes the lovestruck Momoko to whip out her secret pigeon martial arts.




...which they think is just as insane as we do.





Conclusion: THIS MANGA IS MADE OF WIN AND CRACK AND AWESOME. BUY IT. BUY IT NOW.

Remember: this is Hikkatsu! Strike a Blow to Vivify by Yu Yagami, published by Go!Comi.

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