Crows

Bebewiski

3 years ago

crows is an exceptional manga, my first time reading it, it was just about highschool delinquents fighting, after reading it i felt empty, surprisingly though, it\'s still just a highschool deliquent fighting manga. why is it exceptional then? \r\n\r\nthe story is pretty simple throughout the whole story, but it manages to keep you hooked, crows is the type of manga that isn\'t about the story as much as it is about fights, characters and surprising moments that are able to make you reflect about pretty much anything.\r\n\r\nabout the art, while i do feel that the art improves as the manga advances, it\'s great since the\n ...\n beggining, characters looked ugly in the beggining, maybe even simple, but the fights never failed to make you feel the weight behind each punch, motion is expressed greatly in this manga, and as the story advances, you get to see more detailed/appealing drawings.\r\n\r\nthe characters are one of the strongest point of crows, all characters are different one from each other, each character is appealing and likeable (at least for me, there is certainly a case to be made against some characters but most of them have redeeming qualities or have moments in which they reflect and become better characters). characters also evolve and develop as the story advances, by the end you feel as if most of the characters had their fitting end to their story, and some of these ends really make you think and reflect.\r\n\r\ncrows has become one of my favorite series, it has once again taught me things i had forgotten, simple stories aren\'t bad stories, people don\'t need complicated/deep reasons to change, life isn\'t a straightfoward path, and that it can take a mere second or just a little hunch to decide what you will do with your life. I totally plan on reading it\'s sequels and spin-offs and i can\'t wait to introduce my friends to this manga

Joricardo

3 years ago

Crows is excellent, perhaps the ultimate delinquent manga. But let\'s go by parts.\r\n\r\nThe characters are exceptional, being very charismatic and surprisingly deep. It is even curious that Crows never tries to be a complex work in text, but gives density to them when reflecting on their philosophies or attitudes. By the way, the work pays great attention to them, being the protagonist of their own arcs, which is great due to highlighting the cast making them remarkable.\r\n\r\nThe protagonist, Harumichi, is quite charismatic but ironically less profound than the other characters. Don\'t get me wrong, he is by far one of the best characters in the\n ...\n work with his personality and lifestyle of freedom. However, when all the other characters always end up thinking about who they are and what they\'re doing, he\'s just existing lol.\r\n\r\nThe story, he is very good, always very fun and thought-provoking. By the way, the work gives a lot of prominence to several characters, there is always a feeling of something new coming from the vision of a character. Crows helped me remember that not every story needs to be complex to be good, but just fun and well done.\r\n\r\nThe art, initially I found it strange. The \'90s streak hit someone who grew up with the arts today, but that feeling quickly faded. The fights in this manga are amazing and very well done, very exciting to see them. Highlight for the MC vs. Rindaman fight, best fight of the work.\r\n\r\nFinally, Crows is a very fun and good story to follow, with great fights and outstanding characters. My only annoyance with the work was in relation to the end of the MC, but in general the ending was good for the other characters.

OriginalRudeBoy2

4 years ago

it\'s amazing how \'Crows\' doesn\'t try to be complex but ends up having its moments like that. The story may seem silly, but within the general context it is quite good, the author fulfills what he promises to do, he promises to make a good manga for criminals and he delivers it. Not much to say about this work, it is consistent, all arcs are well structured, the fights are well done and fair, the protagonist has his motivations and is very charismatic, drama is not difficult to understand and how I said before it works and delivers what it promises. It\'s definitely my favorite\n ...\n delinquent manga, because of the characters, almost all the characters in this work are quite charismatic.

Torii_Suneemon

7 years ago

Crows is about Bouya Harumichi, a second-year transfered to Suzuran, a highschool full of delinquants. By becoming the number one of the school, he meet others gangs from other highschools. \r\n\r\nIt is a very fresh story, and even if its clasified as a shounen, it is more a seinen, as you can see blodd, and thematics like death are seen. It has the same style as GTO ( and if you haven\'t read GTO, do it !), with epic fights, friendship and lot, lot of stupid gags.\r\n\r\nStory: 8/10 It is mostly cut in little parts, but every one of those is linked with the next\n ...\n one. It\'s well built, and even if Bouya is the main character, most of the others are seen because of the impact of their gang action on Bouya\'s life.\r\n\r\nArt: 8/10 Well draw, and fights are very beautiful and easy to follow\r\n\r\nCharacters : 10/10 They all have a personnality, and are well disagned. You can feel a lot of empathy for some, and even want to become friend with them, as if you are in their gang. They are all different, and you can really feel their feelings.\r\n\r\nEnjoyment 10/10 It is only my opinion, but this manga really enjoyed me, as I like GTO a lot, it is quite the same humoristic tone, and I really like this rock\'n roll style, with bikes and pompadour. Alson, I love streets fights a lot ^_^ \r\n\r\nOverall: 9/10 READ IT ! Note that, if you prefer watching anime, or just want to make an opinion of it, there is a 3-episodes OAV that tell just the first chapters.\r\n\r\nSee ya!

GorkhaliAce

8 years ago

Most of my friends were into the Crows:Zero movie and i honestly didnt think too much of it. later i found that it was based on a manga, then i thought'hmmmm...manga, lets check it out'\r\n\r\nThen bam! the series totally captivated me. the story is good and the characters although a lot all have impacts. the best part of the manga is that when it ends it kind of brings this feeling that nothing lasts for ever. Although the characters had lots of adventures they kind of move towards their future goal like in real life. the fights are wonderful and they totally make ur blood\n ...\n boil.\r\n \r\nthe protagonist is good although naive bt cares a lot for his nakama. the arcs are done well.\r\n\r\nAnd overall the manga was an enjoyable read. So i\'d say\r\n9/10

D3va

9 years ago

I saw the reviews giving this manga a score of 7-8 and thought that it might turn people away, so i will try to review this manga. This is my second review so if i make any mistakes dont be hard and feel free to point them to me. Now lets get on with the review:\r\n\r\nStory 8/10: The story focus on the adventures of Bouya Harumichi a second year transfer student at the school of Suzuran, some might say the worst school to be in. It follows Bouya and all his friends/foes on their 2 year journey to end the school. Those 2 years consist\n ...\n of a lot of fighting along with tragic and happy moments. Dont expect much from the story but its really enjoyable and will keep you focused until the end.\r\n\r\nArt 8/10: The art is nothing crazy, dont expect to be amazed from how good it is or to be suprised from how weird it is. The design of the world is always detailed and really good. For the characters mostly its detailed and its really good but during comedic moments the details are less but its still remains good. Also the art during the fight is pretty clear and you wont find your self struggling to understand what is going on.\r\n\r\nCharacter 10/10: This is character focused manga and all the characters are amazing. Lets start from the protagonist Bouya, he is person that does only what he likes and that consists of 4 things, chasing girls,eating,sleeping and fighting. In my opinion Bouya is one of the best characters i have ever seen. The rest of the characters are top notch too. They are all interesting to say the least. I am sure you gonna end up loving most of them.\r\n\r\nEnjoyment 9/10: The manga is really enjoyable. The protagonist will make you laugh during at times and make you excited during others. I believe that this is a manga that everyone should read, even if you dont like fighting manga or school manga i believe you gonna enjoy this one.\r\n\r\nOverall 9/10: I will sumirize what i already said, the story is simple and easy to follow but still interesting to see whats going to happen, the art is really good but nothing spectacular, the characters are all awesome and its rare for me to have a manga that i like every character and its pretty enjoyable. The manga is not dark and doesnt contain gore. Now i will also have to say that if you are looking for fighting focus manga you are gonna be satisfied but if you are looking for a manga that is focused on school/bulling/classes etc this is not the manga you are looking for, i still suggest you read it tho. \r\n\r\nWith that said i would like to explain something. Sometimes you cant explain how good a manga is with just a review, and example for the scenario is Blame!. No matter what review you read you have to experience it yourself to understand how good it really is.

johnnybgoode666

13 years ago

This manga took a long time to grow on me. I would occasionally try to read it, since I love delinquent manga, and give up after three or five chapters. Once I got past that, though, I realized what I was missing. This is considered a classic of delinquent manga for a reason, after all.\r\n\r\nThe story that exists is mostly a shonen-style parade of fights. Literally, one fight after another, with glimpses of character development in between. The fights themselves are pretty damn awesome, covering everything from full out gang rumbles to one on ones. However, unlike most shonen, the parade of fights makes sense,\n ...\n since everyone\'s goal is to become the strongest of the strong, the toughest of the tough, baddest of the bad, you name it. And by everyone, I mean everyone. There are practically no characters who AREN\'T a delinquent who show up in this manga. No teachers, normal students, random salarymen, etc. except for some quick gags. There are downsides, though: the sometimes boring exposition about gangs and their members and movements (the delinquent equivalent of Dragon Ball Z-esque exposition about techniques and power levels.) but there\'s often a saving touch of humor in the characters to get you through. It starts out seeming overly serious and complicated in the first arc, but once you get past that the story really picks up and never drops the ball.\r\n\r\nNot only that, but the glimpses of character development are better handled than a lot of manga with a similar storytelling structure, making you actually care about the characters who are fighting. The characters themselves are nothing short of brilliant. You wouldn\'t expect a cast of nothing but delinquents aiming for the top to have variety, but there\'s a surprising amount; brash and hilarious Bouya, reserved and brooding Rindaman, charismatic Bulldog, etc. The other thing about these characters is that they actually develop in between and during fights: the reveal of Bouya\'s unexpectedly caring side, Bulldog\'s transformation from a goofy one-shot character into a powerful leader; his Kurotaki Alliance\'s transformation from a ragtag mishmash of his former foes into a group of real friends, etc., etc., and so forth.\r\n\r\nThe first impression you get of this manga may be an overly serious focused troop movements sort of thing, but eventually the characters manage to sneak in their charm, so keep reading!