I don't write reviews because I personally think MAL reviewers are the lamest people on Earth, but I'm doing an exception this time because no one has bothered to write one and this manga is absolutely worth your time.
So this is esentially a parody of old school hot-blooded action shonen manga (like the ones by Ikki Kajiwara, Go Nagai, Masami Kurumada, etc.) and it's batshit insane. Shimamoto's writing makes fun of the tropes and clichés of the genre to a ridiculous level, but there's also his ultra-intense dynamic artwork that makes the whole thing even better (seriously, the guy draws like he was snorting coke ...
Alternative TitlesSynonyms: HonoTen, Blazing Transfer Student Japanese: 炎の転校生 InformationType: Manga Volumes: 12 Chapters: 118 Status: Finished Published: Jul 1983 to Nov 1985 Demographic: Shounen Serialization: Shounen Sunday Authors: Shimamoto, Kazuhiko (Story & Art) StatisticsScore: 7.331 (scored by 499 users) 1 indicates a . Ranked: #46232 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #8865 Members: 2,050 Favorites: 38 Resources |
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