06 June 2009 @ 07:51 pm
Oh Look, New Fandom  
Has Tista already ended its run in Jump SQ? I went to the magazine's homepage and I no longer see Tista in its lineup. That's too bad. I thought Tista would run a little bit longer. And since Tista is done, I hope the scanlations pick up. I think Illuminati-Manga has stopped scanlating it? Anyway, I've seen some new titles in SQ. Well, they are new to me. Two got my interest. One is the story about the Four Kuzumoto brothers, the other one is Ao no Exorcist. I couldn't find any scanlations or raw for Kuzumoto so I read Ao no Exorcist instead.




Ao no Exorcist is about a fifteen-year old boy named Rin, who is sort of a troublemaker. Unlike his intelligent, seemingly weaker twin , Yukio, Rin always gets into fights and has no direction in life. But he has secret, a secret he himself didn't know until his guardian has been killed. Rin is actually the son of Satan. He has no intentions of joining the King of Hell however. Instead, he joins the True Cross Order and trains himself to become an exorcist, to fight the minions of his very own father.

So far, I'm liking Ao no Exorcist a whole lot. The art is pretty nice,especially the colored pages. I'm a sucker for series that have gorgeous colored pages. The story is okay, so far. I've only read two chapters so I can't say much yet. But I do love the humor. Below is one of my favorite panels.



Oh, Rin. XD

The characters themselves are quite interesting. I love Rin, and his varying expressions. I love Mephisto Pheles and his ultra-weird fashion sense which reminded me of the Earl from D.gray-man (That's where their similarities end though because Mephisto actually is a good guy. And he has a pink limousine.). And I love Yukio because he is so cool. *_* He's like the Jiggy Pepper of Ao no Exorcist.



See? He even uses a gun, just like the Letter Bee idol. :D But what I'm really looking forward to in the manga is the interaction between Rin and Yukio. I love their dynamics. I also can't wait to know more about Rin's other classmates. Especially Eminem. LOL. God, one month is too long to wait for a chapter. This is one of those days wherein I wish the series I'm following is a weekly comic instead of a monthly one.
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Lord Ace of the Fictional Lands: Life is Good[info]ensuing on June 6th, 2009 03:04 pm (UTC)
Yeeeeessssss, Ao no Exorcist is pretty awesome so far.(I do love me some demons!) ♥ I hope that people will get into it so scanlators will pick up the mangaka's earlier works~!!!!
Meme: rin[info]kirisaku on June 6th, 2009 04:51 pm (UTC)
Weeeee, another Ao no Exorcist lover! (We seem to be obsessing over the same series. XD) Yes, the first chapters have been quite good. After the second chapter, I found myself asking for more, more, more. Rin is so adorable and Yukio.....♥♥♥♥

I hope that people will get into it so scanlators will pick up the mangaka's earlier works~!!!!

I hope so too. I'd like to see his (Katou Kazuma, is it?) other works. I love his art.
Cave[info]cavechan on June 6th, 2009 03:15 pm (UTC)
Ou, it looks good. I'mma gunna have to take a look. xD

Does it really say "eminem?" in the original??? Or is that the scanlators fucking around?
Meme: rin[info]kirisaku on June 6th, 2009 04:36 pm (UTC)
The two chapters out so far have been very nice. Hopefully, the quality stays the same or gets even better as the story progresses.

I have not seen the raw for this series so I'm not quite sure. But I'm hoping eminem is really included in the orginal text. If not, I'll be very sad. It was a pretty funny comparison. XD

By the way, I forgot to ask if you guys dropped Shiki or if it's just on a hiatus? The last chapter that was released left one awful cliffhanger. (I've been dyng to know what happened after that.)
Cave[info]cavechan on June 6th, 2009 07:15 pm (UTC)
Yeah, sorry 'bout the cliffhanger. Basically, chronocation is prepared to translate, I'm prepared to edit, but..... Tsubasa hasn't done anything for scans......

And then getting Snoopy to do a translation check is like... ugh.

I'm thinking maybe we should just wait until tankouban 5 comes out and just do HQ releases... I mean, I really have no idea.

I just have to find Tsubasa again. xD I have to... poke or find her or something. ._.;;;;
Cave[info]cavechan on June 6th, 2009 07:19 pm (UTC)
I just checked. The last chapter we did is actually the last chapter of volume 4. But I haven't seen a release date for volume 5.
Meme: rin[info]kirisaku on June 7th, 2009 01:08 am (UTC)
Oh I can definitely wait for the HQ releases, better that than none. Thanks. I'm glad to know SC and AT has not yet dropped Shiki since it's one of th few manga I'm really interested in right now.
aussie_lingwe[info]aussie_lingwe on July 18th, 2009 01:54 pm (UTC)
Some Kuzumoto scans have become available now so you can find out what that series is about too. Pretty light and enjoyable series in my opinion. I'm also a big fan of Ao no Exorcist.
Meme: Yukio[info]kirisaku on July 18th, 2009 03:59 pm (UTC)
Oh cool.As soon as I get my internet speed fixed, I'd be sure to check Kuzumoto. But from what I've read, Kuzumoto is a pretty short series? (not sure if it's canceled or if it's meant to be that way.)

Ao no Exorcist is probably my most favorite series right now. I'm liking everything so far and with Mephisto's true intentions still unrevealed, I think the story will get more interesting later.