Monday 5 December 2011

Manga Review (One Piece vol 4)


(read: 3/Dec/11)
      The Black Cat Pirate

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OnePiece series, Vol 4
Pub: SHUEISHA Inc, Tokyo
Author & Art: Eiichiro Oda
Cat: pirates
Format: graphic novel, paperback (mid); 189 pp w/ chapters 27 to 35
Age Range: YA

    Synopsis
Captian Kuro of the Black Cat Pirates was the most feared evil genius on the high seas...until he vanished. Most people believe he’s dead, but only his crew knows the truth: Captian Kuro has been lying low in a small seaside village, posing as a mild-mannered bulter until the time for pillage is just right. now that time has come, and the ruthless Black Cat Pirates are about to attack....

Unless, of course, Monkey D. Luffy can stop them! All Luffy has on his side are his sword-wielding first mate, Zolo; his thieving navigator, Nami; Usopp, a local kid with a knack for telling lies; and his own bizarre rubber-limbed powers. If these four amateur pirates want to stop the entire Black Cat crew, they’ll have to come up with a pretty slick plan....

Manga Review (One Piece vol 3)


(read: 3/Dec/11)
      Don’t Get Fooled Again

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OnePiece series, Vol 3
Pub: SHUEISHA Inc, Tokyo
Author & Art: Eiichiro Oda
Cat: pirates
Format: graphic novel, paperback (mid); 195 pp w/ chapters 18 to 26
Age Range: YA

    Synopsis
Sure, lots of people say they want to be the King of the Pirates, but how many have the guts to do what it takes? When Monkey D. Luffy first set out to sea in a leaky rowboat, he had no idea what might lie over the horizon. Now he’s got a crew—sort of—in the form of swords-man Roronoa Zolo and treasure-hunting thief Nami. If he wants to prove himself on the high seas, Luffy will have to defeat the weird pirate lord Buggy the Clown. He’ll have to find a map to the Grand Line, the sea rout where the toughest pirates sail. And he’ll have to face the Dread Captian Usopp, who claims to be a notorious pirate captian...but, frankly, Usopp says a lot of thing....