This week I've read Lone wolf and cub by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima . I've constantly seen this manga being recommended to me by many but had never had the chance to read it myself. I normally would like the stories of older men taking care of children and adventuring around. Lone wolf and cub are just like that storyline and I liked it a lot. Normally the child is a tenager and helps with the fighting in a large way. But this one Daigoro, the child, is one years old. I Loved how the one year old would pee on someone to start a duel. Or him throwing a coin at the women fighter to distacter her while Ogami fights. It's such a cute dynamic. I enjoy seeing little Daigoro and what small action he will do to help his father. Now the father or Ogami Itto. Ogami used to be the Kaishakunin of the person who enforces the will of the shogun. I didn't know the details about the details of what a kaishakunin position was before reading into this flashback arc. I...
Diary of a Dominatrix by Molly Kiely has to be the strangest but the most informational piece i've read so far. I should have expected this to be detailed but i wasn't expecting what i've read. I wish i could just be like “oh yes i'll use this information in daily life” but i'm not that extra. Something that was a lot of fun to do was show this to my friends. I loved seeing their reactions that couldn't stay hidden behind a mask. Especially the ball stretcher! I was really laughing at how they ran away holding their crotches. Leading back to the comic story itself, it was a really relaxed way of describing how to be a dominatrix. Since there is normally such a stigma of women being in positions of dominance over men it was a great read to see how casually Molly talks about her experience/what to do. She is taking a big step to normalise what she does and I think it's definitely paid off. It's definitely way more accepted as well as the techniques have up...
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daneil Clowes is one of the most interesting comics i've read. The main character, Clay, is the perfect cipher for the reader to relate to. As Clay is trying to figure out why his wife was in a bdsm movie the reader is also confused by the seemingly random events that happen to Clay. Even right before the discovery of his wife is shown the first strange act is a prostitute going up to him, in a movie theater, asking for a good time. From there it only gets stranger. Sex and mental and physical abuse is the main themes in the comic. Randomly one moment while lookign for his wife he gets attacked by cops then lands in a sex cult to find out the leader is a wanted fellon to then just leave to see a fish women. The strangeness continues. Yet while all these things that normally would freakout a person Clay is completely fine. He rarely reacts in the way most people would act, with emotion. Which is why I think he became a great main character. Lots o...
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