AMBITION

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This is my ambition. Read it. Read it all. Its fucking good, so far anyway. It's been a long time since I've read a manga of this caliber, In fact I've only ever encountered 4 or 5 that are around the same level. Of course they're not in the same categories, not necessarily, but comics of this intensity are few and far between. As of now, there are three authors whose names I remember and who's stories are very good; Inoue Takehiko, Mitsuru Adachi, and the Akumetsu duo, write Yoshiaki Tabata and illustrator Yuki Yugo, there's also the person who writs FMA, although I don't know- Hiromu Arakawa. Perhaps Yellow Tanabe squeezes in there. Tite Kubo might have been there too, at the beginning. Now Bleach is more or less just a regular battle manga. I don't care about renown, about how many assistants each has; renown does not really influence the quality, I think. I think that writing good stories, drawing good stories, comes from the heart.

This is the level of story that I want to write. The art is excellent. The story is top notch. So far there is nothing I can criticize about it.

[edit]: I've just read half a chapter and once again I think it's amazing. Holy shit. This is a true Seinen manga, not that ecchi garbage.

[edit]: Actually I am starting to notice more than a few elements that seem to be inspired from the new Batman movies. Well, the second one, really. But I don't think that's bad...

[edit]: I had noticed for sometime that Akumetsu has many characteristics that are similar to the anime and manga Death Note, however for the sake of argument, Akumetsu vol.1 came out in 2003 while DN vol.1 came out in 2004. I feel that awesome stories should not be compared to other awesome stories. In the end, the skill of the writer (and artist) is evident in both cases.

This is my ambition as a... I suppose I would be a graphic novelist. I should read graphic novels, but they're not free. This manga however, I must purchase when I encounter it. Out of respect. Same goes for REAL. For H2, Vagabond, Cross Game. Fullmetal Alchemist fits in there too, but most everything else pales in comparison. I can't remember the names of the countless other manga I've read. Except the really popular ones. Those ones often don't deserve their ranks. But this stuff, this stuff is the shit.

THIS is my ambition.