Forum - View topicIs Jing: King of Bandits any good?
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Dranxis
 Posts: 591 Location: Ohtori Academy |
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I've been interested in this title for a while. It's a very different shonen title with a conveniently short length and interesting art style, so it caught my eye. But I almost hear nothing about it. Does anyone collect it?
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darkhunter
 Posts: 2992 Location: Los Angelas |
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I have the first volume and it was a pretty average shonen title for me. What I didn't like was how kiddy it is. It's like they made the manga for 8 year old kids with silly hijinks. Another thing I didn't like is how any boss can be wipe out with a single super blast all the time. I was hoping for cleaver way or technique to fight enemies, but it seem like they all lose the same way.
King of Bandit Jing Twilight looks more interesting though, a more mature Jing. |
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Aromatic Grass
 Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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I didn't think it was bad, but Jing is good until maybe the third volume. In my opinion, it was kind of repetitive. I didn't really attempt to read anything beyond that. (I'm not even sure if I actually read it all.) I would suggest borrowing it and seeing if you really want to get it (lucky I did).
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firegirl22
 Posts: 143 Location: South Dakota |
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I really like this title. I have all the volumes, although I almost didn't collect the whole thing because I started watching the anime in the middle of the series, and some episodes are in both the anime and the manga. What I loved about this manga are all the symbolizing they did. I especially love how all the names are taken from different alcoholic drinks. I never did read twilight though, if they actually developed a full plot which went for more than just one book, I'd definitely consider buying it.
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.Sy
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firegirl22
Posts: 143 Location: South Dakota |
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Well, if you choose not to collect the entire series, then at least get the last volume, that one is definitely my favorite. It doesn't really end anything, but it's worth it.
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cboudreau
 Posts: 69 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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I really enjoyed Jing: King of Bandits, the first series. I've not yet read the Twilight Tales books.
I have reivew of volume 1 that you can read here. |
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satti
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I read it at the first time when I was 9.
In those days Odorobo Jing had just started in Comic BONBON (it's the magazine for 6~10 years old boys). I was shocked and hooked on it because other manga in BONBON were really kiddy and boring. And I've been collected almost all... As it serialize on, story has become too complicated for kids. So, maybe, Kodansha editors decided to move Jing: King of Bandits from BONBON to Magazine Z. I prefer early series. kiddy but cheerful! well, it's amazing Kumakura was only 17 years old when he started to write Odorobo Jing. |
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ParaParaJMo
 Posts: 333 Location: Gilbert, AZ, USA |
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I've seen the anime series and I thought it was kinda repetitive until the last couple of episodes. I liked the style in terms of art but it used too much recycled footage in my opinion.
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