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Tabata Yoshiaki/Yogo Yuki: Comic Master J vol. 1-8
Comic Master J is the best manga I have read in, I dare say, years. What, or indeed who, is Comic Master J, you ask? Let me enlighten you!
In every trade, there is a legend -- and the manga industry is no exception: there is a rumour whispered in the corners of publishing houses and given on from manga-ka to assistant, that if a manga-ka is stuck down by illness or accident, and cannot meet his deadline, he should go to Shibuya station and leave a secret message on the message board, and he will appear: the Super Assistant, a man who can emitate the style of any manga-ka and finish a manga page with the speed of lightening, a man in a white suit and white coat who will save only those manga-ka he deems worthy for the fee of five million yen. He is ...
Comic Master J!!
Yes, in all seriousness.
Besides the obvious meta-factor, this series also hits right home with me in character and plot: J is so freaking cool and cute, not to mention extremely slashy especially with The End (J's enemy/friend who drives around on a huge motorcycle carrying a guitar case with manga supplies, forcefully ending manga that have become trash by not knowing where to stop). The main storyline about a secret organization called CLUB which is just waiting to destroy humanity by ruining its culture, and how J can't write his own manga because ... no, I can't say, it's too good to ruin for you! Suffice to say it's a very mock-serious good reason, and that it is revealed in the masterpiece that is volume six.
It's so hot, this manga, in so many ways. That's all I can say.
Category: Shonen/seinen | Posted by Alicia at October 1, 2004 11:54 AM