Duds Hunt - Manga Review
Duds Hunt
The Network Survival Game
Mangaka: Tsutsui Tetsuya Genres: Action, Seinen
Vintage: 2002 (serialized in his website)
Basically, this guy enters a game to earn some money. Every one has a marker, the opponent has to take his marker and report it. That way, he wins 100yen and the guy who loses the marker has lost. They can take it however the want. He kind of enter the game in a stupid way, without even knowing what it’s about. Anyway, he’s kind of in the edge, so it’s understandable. He’s used to fighting, working for a loan company, so he has no problem taking care of his first target who wasn’t expecting this.
This guy, used to be a delinquent and he was probably arrested due to one person he almost killed, Natsuki. This guy was a responsible person who just tried to save someone from Nakanishi and his friends. Because of the beating he took, his family underwent lots of money problems. His story is always told as a flashback, and focus much on his daughter. How she loved her daddy and how she found out Nakanishi’s name. She starts seeking revenge.
This short manga was really cool. The art is really nice, with a sketch like look. The story and characters are really interesting, even though they speak mostly through action. There’s no big plot but, the characters keep it interesting, the fight scenes are cool and there’s a really nice twist at the end. There’s also no real good and bad, just some characters following their goals.
I really like this kind of seinen manga. Unusual and worthy read.
- Personal Enjoyment: 5/5
Is this finished? I looks very very interesting *_* I’ll be trying it . . . .someday. My to-read list is long as usual >_>;;;
Comment by Sapphire Pyro — August 28, 2009 @ 12:11 pm
Yep, it’s just one volume.
I had already read a little from Manhole (his most famous manga), and really liked. But, I decided to start reading his work in more or less in chronological order lol.
Anyway, I really liked it.
Comment by Darknives — August 28, 2009 @ 12:54 pm
One volume! Good! That’ll be fast to finish. I’ll try to look for it~ Thanks!
And I find the title “Manhole” catchy. Maybe I’ll look for that too xD
Comment by Sapphire Pyro — August 29, 2009 @ 11:36 am