Akaboshi

The Story
It is 1112, the middle kingdom (China) is in turmoil with the present Sung dynasty's government unable to control its own provincial officials from preying on their people. But tales of a band of outlaws punishing these abusive officers called "Taiten Gyoudou" is spreading. Their deeds are giving people hope, so begins an encounter between Suiren, a young village girl believing in the bandits, and "Falling Star" Tai Sou, a traveling swordsman and also a member of Taiten Gyoudou whose skill precedes him.

In My Opinion
Maybe one thing and the only thing that attracts me so i’m interested to read this manga is the Suikoden things. You can say that i’m a suikoden-tard, because i’m so into suikoden series especially the game translation by Konami even it didn’t use the original stroy of Suikoden. Suikoden (or Shui Hu Zhuan in Chinese) itself is a classic literature from China like Romance of Three Kingdom and have been translated to many formats. I think it’s enough with the Suikoden things, and we’ll move to Akaboshi, the manga that i want to review.

I think this manga is an interesting manga and if you liked One Piece or Bleach maybe you’ll like this one too. Amano Yoichi-sensei, the man behind this manga is brilliantly translating Suikoden into an interesting brand new story of Suikoden. The character design of this manga is good or maybe you can call it excelent, it must be hard for the mangaka to create 108 (if he really creates all of the 108 Stars of Destiny) or more. The character that appeared so far is unique from how each of it looks to their personality. But, sometimes the artworks in this manga looks crowded though it’s still nice for my eyes^^. And once again, i recommend this manga for you who loves action, fantasy, and nice humors.