Adabana
Title: Adabana
Type: Manga
Artist(s): Shirasaya
Status in Home Country: Complete
Scanslation Status: Complete
Scan Groups: Easy Going Scans
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Seinen, One Shot
Summary: The "Dark Flower" is a sword of legend; a horrible legend of a gruesome slaughter three hundred years past. Lilia, a small girl from a village threatened by the bandit group whose leader has obtained this cursed weapon is now searching for help to save her city.
Review: I've been too busy to review series because I've been using that time to help w/ scanlating projects. But I'm still reading new ones, just not as often. Anyways, this is a pretty good one shot that has nice art and plot. In some ways, the storyline is not very unique and brings to mind of the cowboy days where some lawless gang is running amok and holding a town hostage. Then some stranger ends up saving the day. Except this story is placed in the fantasy Edo period and the weapons of choice are swords.
There's a legend that after a village was wiped out, the lone survivor went on a rampage and killed all the villains for revenge. However, he became cursed because of it. Centuries later, there are rumors that the cursed sword that the man carried has surfaced again when villagers start to get massacred.
For a one shot it’s a quick and good read, that doesn’t have any surprises and is pretty stereotypical in shounen/seinen plots.
Rate: 7/10
Type: Manga
Artist(s): Shirasaya
Status in Home Country: Complete
Scanslation Status: Complete
Scan Groups: Easy Going Scans
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Seinen, One Shot
Summary: The "Dark Flower" is a sword of legend; a horrible legend of a gruesome slaughter three hundred years past. Lilia, a small girl from a village threatened by the bandit group whose leader has obtained this cursed weapon is now searching for help to save her city.
Review: I've been too busy to review series because I've been using that time to help w/ scanlating projects. But I'm still reading new ones, just not as often. Anyways, this is a pretty good one shot that has nice art and plot. In some ways, the storyline is not very unique and brings to mind of the cowboy days where some lawless gang is running amok and holding a town hostage. Then some stranger ends up saving the day. Except this story is placed in the fantasy Edo period and the weapons of choice are swords.
There's a legend that after a village was wiped out, the lone survivor went on a rampage and killed all the villains for revenge. However, he became cursed because of it. Centuries later, there are rumors that the cursed sword that the man carried has surfaced again when villagers start to get massacred.
For a one shot it’s a quick and good read, that doesn’t have any surprises and is pretty stereotypical in shounen/seinen plots.
Rate: 7/10