Manhua: 1/2 Prince

Hello everyone!

In this post I'm going to present you another Asian comic, but today as different of the other latest post this one is about a Taiwanese Comic, they are also called manhuas, and this one is named ½ Prince.

First, as cultural reference, I've noticed that usually Asians call half and write as "½" people who change from girl to boy or from boy to girl(as other example, Ranma ½).  And well, this is a very fun and interesting story (as most comics I've recommended you, xD). Believe me, once you start reading it you won't stop reading it until you reach the last released chapter and you'll be laughing like crazy most of the first chapters. Well, here is it:

cover of the
1st book of the novel

       ½ Prince

Original Name: ½ 王子

Pronunciation: Èr fēnzhī yī Wáng zǐ

Story created by Yu Wo and drawn by Choi Hong Chong

Released in 2004

Magazine: Dragon Youth Comics(龍少年 Lóng Shàonián)

Publishing Company: Tong Li Publishing

Genres: Gender Bender, Comedy, Adventure, School Life, Shoujo, Shounen, Action, Romance, Sci-Fi, and Harem.

                  Summaries:
 

     From MangaFox:  It is the year 2100 A.D. and humans have invented a virtual reality game called "Second Life". Feng Lan, due to a bet with her brother, vows to beat him in the game without using her feminine charm to attract others to help her. Thus, she becomes the first transgendered character in "Second Life" - in other words, she is the only person who has a gender in-game opposite from hers in real life. As her popularity rises due to her looks and bloodthirsty skills, can she keep her identity a secret from her loved ones and friends?

From The Little Corner:

It is the year 2100 A.D., and humans have developed a virtual reality game with a realism level of 99%. Feng Lan, due to a bet with her twin brother, vows to succeed in playing the game without using her "female benefits." Due to this, she becomes the first and only female to play as a male character in "Second Life." As her infamy rises as a bloodthirsty warrior, can she keep her identity a secret from her real life acquaintances whom she has beaten up?

 
   From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
 …The protagonist is a 19 year-old female student named Feng Lan, who is challenged into playing the nearly arrived game Second Life by her twin brother. As the first person to log into the game, Feng Lan is given a wish which she uses to give herself the privileged of creating a male avatar whom she names as Prince. In game, she strives to prove to her brother that she can be a capable player.

By today March 14, 2012 the manhua is still ongoing. The manhua is based on a Taiwanese novel with the same name.

The comic, apart from having a good story, also have good drawings (there’s bishies :P) and it is not much different from the original story, though the drawings of the manhua might not be as good as the drawings of the novel covers.

There might be many characters, and maybe you would want to do a character map. The chapters are not commonly released, so if you read it and reach the end, you’ll have to wait at least 2 and half months to read the next chapter (that’s somehow tiring and frustrating).

The novel have already finished, so if you want to read it, you can read it complete, there are not original Englis translations, the novel is just in Chinese, but you can find some fan translations.

Thanks for read; I wish you had liked it.

GBU, good-bye, have a nice week!

PS: Sorry for not posting for many weeks, but on those past weeks I had a lot of homework and projects also my computer hard-drive stop functioning, again. So I need vacations or classes break to go again to the US.

And as I had a lot of things to do, I barely could read the updates from my favorite Asian Comics and I couldn’t read any new manga, except for Psyren from which I bought a Shounen Jump magazine for $90 MX and some classmate from Escucha lend me Pandora Hearts manga volumes from 1 to 7(I read them on the bus on the way from school to my house, xD).

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the pictures used above, neither the information given in the summaries. All the right goes to their respective owners.

Manga: Karin / Chibi Vampire (Halloween)

Hello everyone,

How are you doin’? I wish you are fine, and your life is quite or relaxed.

As in one of my past posts, I’m really tired, and want to take a rest; I had more problems that I thought I would have on the past weekend. ºдº  (problematic and gross)

            Anyway! As everybody knows, Halloween is near, maybe you're preparing your costume to wear on that famous date and planning a party or planning to attend a party. I hate Halloween ¬_¬, but I bet you love it or at least like it,  so today I’m going to present you a Japanese Comic about vampires, OѡO but no the typical story of vampires, and not of the normal vampires that everybody knows: KARIN(かりん , In America is best known as Chibi Vampire) created by Kagesaki Yuna:

       Maka Karin is a cute, cheerful, friendly, high school girl, who loves sunshine, cooks with garlic, and has a part-time job as a waitress. Everything in her life is pretty average, except for one thing, Karin is a vampire. She lives with her parents and two siblings who are also vampires. But among them, she's different. Once a month, she experiences an intense bleeding from her nose, because her body overproduces blood; so if there's a person near, she doesn't take the blood from the human, instead she give him/her blood. If things are done right, this can be a positive experience that benefits the victim as much as the vampire. 
However one day as school she meets Usui Kenta, the new student, and gets the feeling of a nosebleed. Also he gets suspicious about her, can he tell that she is a vampire? Karin must keep in secret what she and her family is from human society.

It seems like she is always involved in problems and that she never know how to do things right!

          As in the summary can be seen, this is a very funny manga, it is filled at first with comedy, and some volumes later with romance(a romedy as my friends call it, the romantic-comedy). e.a What's fun at first, is obviously Karin's nosebleeds, then her reactions when Kenta approach her, and when her vampire family is introduced(the most funny character of her family is her grandmother, also the Maka family is really random xD). What caught my attention to read this manga was the fact that Karin was different of other vampires, because her family was like any other vampires that can't be in the sun, eat or smell garlic, and drink blood.

The genres of this manga are Comedy, Drama, School Life, Shounen, Romance, Supernatural, Fantasy, and Adventure. The story environment is principally based in Karin High School and working life at the beginning, and as the story develops it focuses more on Karin relationship with her family and Maka's family history(which is really interesting and complicated). The romance is seen, as I’ve said before, as story develops, and everything is because both of the ones that become the main characters had a secret in common. :3

            As other mangas, this comic have an anime, but the cartoon is not really based in the story, it have a lot of Ecchi, so some things are seen in anime as sexual oriented, and not in the innocent way that are seen in the manga. Also if you prefer to watch the anime, it is shorter in comparison to the manga and, as YamaNade, doesn't tell the complete story, which is really sad because this story have a really beautiful ending. When I was reading the end of the manga I was all excited and almost crying(it looks like I'm not a fanatic ¬¬ ), I loved this manga, it became one of my favorites after I read the end, even this is one of the few Asian comics I've read and aren't still ongoing. So I highly recommend you to read it, you'll not regret reading it.


Thanks for everything,
I wish you'd liked it,
sorry for taking so much time in finish this post, I had a lot of homework.

 Goodbye everyone,

Have a nice Day,

GBU all!

Karin anime 1st ending:

Manga: One Piece

Hi everybody,

         Once again I’m going to present you an interesting Asian Comic, the manga One Piece(ワンピス) by  Eiichiro Oda from Jump Comics. :D This is a Shounen manga, different from the ones I've present you before(those were Shoujo), so there's fights, friendship, blood, deaths, and maybe a little of romance. :B

         One Piece story is developed in a fantasy world that it's Mangaka created: OwO

         The "Pirate King" was the one who have conquered Greatness, Glory and Gold; just one man had achieved all this, Gold Roger. Twenty-two years ago, before he died executed by the Marine, as his last words he revealed the Legendary Treasure named "One Piece" which was hidden in the "Grand Line", since then the Pirate Age began. Now a boy named Monkey D. Luffy, inspired by his childhood hero Akagami (Red haired) Shanks, sailed to the oceans searching for adventures with one goal in mind to find One Piece and become the next Pirate King, after gaining the powers of the Gomu-Gomu (Gum-Gum) from the Akuma no Mi (Devil's Fruit).

To accomplish his goal, he must find reliable Nakama (colleagues/crew) in his journey to the most deadly and dangerous ocean, the Grand Line.

In their journey to the Grand Line and the New World, they get to be known as the Mugiwaras (Straw Hats, Luffy used a straw hat) after many battles and encounters with the Marine and other pirates, making the World Government put bounties over the head of each crewmember.

         One Piece is a really interesting story, not just because of their adventures, but also for the scenery that the Mangaka created based in places of real life (Example: Water 7 is like Venice, Arabasta is like the countries of the Middle East.) and cultural references (customs and games of pirates at the XVI until the XVII centuries as the Davy Back Fight, or traditions like the Carnival of Venice represented at Water 7). :D

         This manga makes me feel exited when I read about a fight of the Mugiwaras, or when Luffy shows how proud he is of his Nakama. This is a really good manga, even thou it's drawings are not that good, the story is very interesting, I JUST LOVE THIS MANGA, this is one of my most favorite Asian Comics. x3 If you want to read this manga you make take some weeks to read it, because it is really large by now, each chapter have from 10-30 pages, but by now there have been released 637 chapters, you may find it in almost every Manga Webpage because it is pretty famous, and also it has some special chapters like Romance Dawn, Green, Red, Wanted!, and some Crossovers(Toriko and Dragon Ball). The genres of this manga are Shounen, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Martial Arts, and Supernatural. :P

         Well, that's all for this week, I wish you could have a nice weekend(tomorrow is Friday!), GBU!       さようならみんな！　^.^　ありがとうございました！