After I heard that it has similarities with the black swordsman arc from Berserk makes me feel obligated to check it out over the weekend. It really does feel like wasted potential because so much about this feels very unique compared to other stuff out there.
I was literally telling a co-worker about Blaster Knuckle and I’m so glad more people are finding out and talking about it because it’s very underrated and a hidden gem of a manga!
Bruh! Finally! Someone mentions this series! I read it back in middle school and it’s like if Berserk just stayed on the black swordsman arc. Will re-read it again
I’m just wondering how race was explored and Throughout the story. It’s strange for me to hear the concept of the KKK being demons win the thing that’s honestly so scary about the mess that they’re just other people like us but aside for no reason other than the color of our skin that we’re less than human and that it’s OK to commit these monstrosities. Making them literal demons is an interesting choice to say the least. I’ve always noticed the mistreatment of black characters when it came to manga and anime how there would be racist depiction or when they were depicted that they would be illustrated disrespectful manner and if not they would only be the side characters. So I do congratulate the story on having a black man lead without representing him disrespectfully or seeming like a ploy for exploitation. At the end of the day Japanese and black People are both people of color who have to deal with similar racial issues regardless of the historical differences and it should only makes sense that as minorities we should stick together more. The store had such a potential to educate so many people on racial issues and explore them in an intriguing way in the universe that it sets up while also being an action packed series with good writing. It’s really interesting how it’s taken place in Mississippi as well which is actually where I live it it has a deep-seated history of really bad racism and some of it still left over from the past. The Deep South.
I would be hesitant to prescribe the experience of racialization to Japanese people who live in Japan. As far as I’m aware they are not oppressed by other races in their own country. Those who live abroad, or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc generation Japanese folks definitely would share racial experiences with Black people, but not Japan-dwelling Mangakas like the one who wrote this manga. Also, I don’t mean to be an ass just shutting down your points, but Japanese people do not have common historical backgrounds with Black people. Japanese imperialism was nasty stuff, just like British and American Imperialism is to this day. The shit they did to China and parts of South Asia is horrific especially in WW2. They have never been colonized or enslaved, although they have enslaved other races. They have been a global economic superpower in recent history as well. Overall my point is, the Japanese do not have much in common with Black people beyond their racial discrimination in countries like the US, Canada, the UK, etc.
Well japan isn't innocent of any past or current transgressions. They discriminate against Koreans even till this day. Even their policies are very strict towards people looking to migrat. And also they still haven't done a good job on paying past sins towards comfort women since it's colonial days.
I know this video is old but I hope you see this but there was another manga with a black lead called knights by Murao Minoru I remember reading this and the series is complete so give it a try
Imagine seeing this blow up overseas…especially within the Black Community! Imagine seeing like a high production anime adaptation like Afro Samurai but with Blaster Knuckle! Yo…truly wasted potential, whoever cancelled this…oh wait Japan
When I read the title of the video I was a tiny bit confused maybe make a small change to "The Seinen Manga Time Forgot" "The Seinen Time Forgot" sounds like there's a concept like "Sanen Time".
1)MAN,your stuff is goooood, ill be waiting for another ep,hope youll gain a lots of subs 2)about race,the only kinda non stereotypical russian(as im from russia) i recommend stuff from Rasenjin Hayami(Kutsuzure Sensen: Majo Vasenka no Sensou; Taihou to Stamp). never"d knew that comedy about ww2 will be my kinda thing 3) where i can give you money? because you definately deserve some cash. At least some of mine sweet sweet rubles
It's pronounced Cestus, it's even written as such in Katakana. U is written as V in Latin. Blaster Knuckle started publishing in 92, so roughly 3 years after Berserk. It is rather common for authors to be "inspired" by each others works, especially if they are friends. Ultimately Miura didn't invent anything, Guts can be said to be inspired by Evil dead, so a character losing an arm and having it replaced by a cannon or something else isn't entirely new. Nothing exists in a vacuum. You know what great seinen no one talks about? Sanctuary by Buronson, the same guy who wrote Japan with Miura.
If it had all contemporary pop news figures in it and sacrificed good story telling for surface level virtue and hamfisted social politics of the author then....yeah they would have every right to complain. Almost like the story can just be good and the author should just present his story without lecturing the fanbase
1:00 "problematic storytelling method" I failed to see how the possessed horse scene is in anyway problematic. Are you implying Miura has failed morally in someway of depicting sexual violence? It is merely like other form of violence in a dark fantasy story. Current social media feminism have highten people's uncomfortablness around such topic, that doesn't make it problematic. If it is, The instant Guts kill a person already makes it problematic. For it makes no sense for us to spare sword killing scene but not raping scene.
How do you morally fail? What moral standards are you beholden to as a mangaka? Maybe he meant that was too far for him personally. I don't think that we should shield people from content we otherwise enjoy but some subject matter can be difficult to some people because of circumstance. I feel like people are feeding way too much into the twitter hate.
@@earlyman7439 if it is too far for him "personally", he wouldn't use the word "problematic", because the word in modern social media usage implies a belief or depiction that is out of fashion and morally incorrect in modern times that everyone accepts (e.g. blackface in Hollywood movies).
@@williampan29 There will naturally people who agree with him since before any social media. There is no specific context for which a woman being SA-ed by a possessed horse won't be distasteful for some. It's fine if you don't enjoy as long as you aren't maligning anyone for doing so and I don't really think he doing that either. Your beef seems to be with the word itself, when the word has kind of been absorbed into the vernacular to stand in for "content warning". It's like those people who think saying "based" is a racism dogwhistle or W/E when in reality it's just the normal thing that happens to common speech: specific jargon being commuted in meaning for everyday use. South Park has a pretty good episode about this with the f-word.
I think the "problematic storytelling method" is the fact there is serial violence to begin with. Things like serial assault and rape are very looked down upon (for good reason) almost everywhere. So it makes sense how people wince and see it as problematic in fictional media as well. Ofc I thing his writing is a well and dandy but still some people just hate sexual violence in general, and in berserks defense what did ppl expect while reading it.
I see it as problematic because its reckless use cheapens the seriousness of rape and it’s profound impact on the victim. I believe Miura did a very good job with his portrayal rape and it’s consequences with Guts and how his victimization traumatized him and shaped his relationships, but leaning too heavily on something that is so horrible can cheapen it and thus it is problematic in the case of the rape horse. Also, this mf really tried to blame “current social media feminism” for making people uncomfortable with rape. I really don’t think it did any more so than people already were uncomfortable with it, and if it did that’s good, these things should be taken seriously and people are more likely to do so if they’re uncomfortable with it.
I'm sorry but if you came out of Black Swordsman without realising Guts' angst is a coping mechanism... I don't even know what to say to that to be honest. Like, the very examples you show are immediately followed up by obvious displays that it's an act like saving the girl he told to kill herself
I disagree that this is a novelty manga, even though this is the first time I've been exposed to this. Novelty Manga runoff one concept and have a sense of distance from the mangaka. By just looking at the panels, the care is there, the mangaka has empathy for the characters in their depiction, showing their vunerability authentically. It reminds of what I've read of Hakuto no Ken. Even though it's only modes are staunch and melodramatic, with "the strong rule" stuff reaching insanity at some points, we get a sense of Ken's weighing grief, Raoh's tough exterior breaking as he shows his love for Toki. The mangaka's had good understanding of these characters. Compare it to Baki, where the hyper-masculinity is the totality of the story making it so disconnected from reality that moments of vunerability come across as flat, only in service of Itagaki's doctrine. This is what make's Baki special, but it shows the character's are ultimatly just vessels for Itagaki, even Biscut Oliva.
this had so much potential, hope there will be a revival or an animated adaptation with the original author involved in the writing
I second that motion.
I can't believe I knew about this before this video came out.
Me too
Same
After I heard that it has similarities with the black swordsman arc from Berserk makes me feel obligated to check it out over the weekend. It really does feel like wasted potential because so much about this feels very unique compared to other stuff out there.
I was literally telling a co-worker about Blaster Knuckle and I’m so glad more people are finding out and talking about it because it’s very underrated and a hidden gem of a manga!
Man, this deserved to continue *so much.* Tysm for talking about it ML!
Blaster Knuckle is such a hidden gem. I was always sad to learn that it was cut short.
This has gotta be the most underrated manga UA-cam channel keep up the great videos m8
Glad someone covered this on UA-cam.
Blaster Knuckle sounds fantastic.
Bruh! Finally! Someone mentions this series! I read it back in middle school and it’s like if Berserk just stayed on the black swordsman arc. Will re-read it again
All your videos were entertaining to watch
I'll be here to watch all your upcoming videos:-)
Acknowledging Berserk shortcomings? Salute and respect
That Horse will forever haunt me
Fuck yeah I wish this would have gotten more , it’s such a good concept and as an African American, this is important , it could have been big.
I stumble upon your channel and I really enjoy your videos. Hope this works out for you, keep up the good work.
I really enjoyed this vid. Def put this manga on my list.
0:55 you conceived me to read Berserk on this sentence.
Holy shit I remember reading the first couple of chapters lf this years ago. Felt like a fever dream.
Guess I gotta go back and read it through now.
I’m just wondering how race was explored and Throughout the story. It’s strange for me to hear the concept of the KKK being demons win the thing that’s honestly so scary about the mess that they’re just other people like us but aside for no reason other than the color of our skin that we’re less than human and that it’s OK to commit these monstrosities. Making them literal demons is an interesting choice to say the least. I’ve always noticed the mistreatment of black characters when it came to manga and anime how there would be racist depiction or when they were depicted that they would be illustrated disrespectful manner and if not they would only be the side characters. So I do congratulate the story on having a black man lead without representing him disrespectfully or seeming like a ploy for exploitation. At the end of the day Japanese and black
People are both people of color who have to deal with similar racial issues regardless of the historical differences and it should only makes sense that as minorities we should stick together more. The store had such a potential to educate so many people on racial issues and explore them in an intriguing way in the universe that it sets up while also being an action packed series with good writing.
It’s really interesting how it’s taken place in Mississippi as well which is actually where I live it it has a deep-seated history of really bad racism and some of it still left over from the past. The Deep South.
Very well put.
Not really comparable because the Japanese have a first world country and are Asian aka the majority race
I would be hesitant to prescribe the experience of racialization to Japanese people who live in Japan. As far as I’m aware they are not oppressed by other races in their own country.
Those who live abroad, or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc generation Japanese folks definitely would share racial experiences with Black people, but not Japan-dwelling Mangakas like the one who wrote this manga.
Also, I don’t mean to be an ass just shutting down your points, but Japanese people do not have common historical backgrounds with Black people. Japanese imperialism was nasty stuff, just like British and American Imperialism is to this day. The shit they did to China and parts of South Asia is horrific especially in WW2. They have never been colonized or enslaved, although they have enslaved other races. They have been a global economic superpower in recent history as well. Overall my point is, the Japanese do not have much in common with Black people beyond their racial discrimination in countries like the US, Canada, the UK, etc.
Well japan isn't innocent of any past or current transgressions. They discriminate against Koreans even till this day. Even their policies are very strict towards people looking to migrat. And also they still haven't done a good job on paying past sins towards comfort women since it's colonial days.
What there more good black rep in anime then from other animation from. The world
Catcher Freeman would be proud, sorry wrong Freeman
Now I gotta see more Blaster Knuckle
I'm I'll check it out, thanks for the recommendation
RIP- Kentaro Miura
0:30 lmao!
I know this video is old but I hope you see this but there was another manga with a black lead called knights by Murao Minoru I remember reading this and the series is complete so give it a try
Sounds sick as hell, I’ll give it a look
@@THEMANGALOG it’s a short series like five volumes long 23 chapters I think. I hope you can find it I do like the combat moves
Imagine seeing this blow up overseas…especially within the Black Community! Imagine seeing like a high production anime adaptation like Afro Samurai but with Blaster Knuckle! Yo…truly wasted potential, whoever cancelled this…oh wait Japan
Could you cover the "Bio-Booster Armor Guyver" manga series in a future video?
Guyver is probably on the list of stuff I could do. Wanna do more Toku-inspired manga for sure.
@@THEMANGALOG ranger reject this one needs more exposure
Was one of my first anime to watch
First anime with blood in it
It was mind opening
The OVA not the TV
Netflix will love it
To make bad adoption of it
When I read the title of the video I was a tiny bit confused maybe make a small change to "The Seinen Manga Time Forgot" "The Seinen Time Forgot" sounds like there's a concept like "Sanen Time".
5:40 and what about Afro Samurai?
1)MAN,your stuff is goooood, ill be waiting for another ep,hope youll gain a lots of subs
2)about race,the only kinda non stereotypical russian(as im from russia) i recommend stuff from Rasenjin Hayami(Kutsuzure Sensen: Majo Vasenka no Sensou; Taihou to Stamp). never"d knew that comedy about ww2 will be my kinda thing
3) where i can give you money? because you definately deserve some cash. At least some of mine sweet sweet rubles
thank you so much! I'll be opening a Patreon when we hit 10K, so hold off on the cash for now lol
It's pronounced Cestus, it's even written as such in Katakana. U is written as V in Latin.
Blaster Knuckle started publishing in 92, so roughly 3 years after Berserk. It is rather common for authors to be "inspired" by each others works, especially if they are friends. Ultimately Miura didn't invent anything, Guts can be said to be inspired by Evil dead, so a character losing an arm and having it replaced by a cannon or something else isn't entirely new. Nothing exists in a vacuum.
You know what great seinen no one talks about? Sanctuary by Buronson, the same guy who wrote Japan with Miura.
I'm a Hokuto no Ken fan and now I have to check that out because I've never heard of it.
I wish the continued this 😔
Bobby portis manga adaptation on the thumbnail wtf
Thank you
Naoki Urusawa made a black man a protagonist in the second half of billy bat
Need an anime or ova
I can only imagine how many "omg stop putting politics in my manga" cries there would be if Blaster Knuckle was released today.
If it had all contemporary pop news figures in it and sacrificed good story telling for surface level virtue and hamfisted social politics of the author then....yeah they would have every right to complain. Almost like the story can just be good and the author should just present his story without lecturing the fanbase
Wait. The guy who wrote cestyvs was miuras highschool friend?
You need more clout
🤠👍🏿
How do I get my hands on physical copies of Blaster Knuckle?
1:00 "problematic storytelling method"
I failed to see how the possessed horse scene is in anyway problematic.
Are you implying Miura has failed morally in someway of depicting sexual violence?
It is merely like other form of violence in a dark fantasy story. Current social media feminism have highten people's uncomfortablness around such topic, that doesn't make it problematic.
If it is, The instant Guts kill a person already makes it problematic.
For it makes no sense for us to spare sword killing scene but not raping scene.
How do you morally fail? What moral standards are you beholden to as a mangaka?
Maybe he meant that was too far for him personally. I don't think that we should shield people from content we otherwise enjoy but some subject matter can be difficult to some people because of circumstance. I feel like people are feeding way too much into the twitter hate.
@@earlyman7439 if it is too far for him "personally", he wouldn't use the word "problematic", because the word in modern social media usage implies a belief or depiction that is out of fashion and morally incorrect in modern times that everyone accepts (e.g. blackface in Hollywood movies).
@@williampan29 There will naturally people who agree with him since before any social media. There is no specific context for which a woman being SA-ed by a possessed horse won't be distasteful for some. It's fine if you don't enjoy as long as you aren't maligning anyone for doing so and I don't really think he doing that either. Your beef seems to be with the word itself, when the word has kind of been absorbed into the vernacular to stand in for "content warning". It's like those people who think saying "based" is a racism dogwhistle or W/E when in reality it's just the normal thing that happens to common speech: specific jargon being commuted in meaning for everyday use. South Park has a pretty good episode about this with the f-word.
I think the "problematic storytelling method" is the fact there is serial violence to begin with. Things like serial assault and rape are very looked down upon (for good reason) almost everywhere. So it makes sense how people wince and see it as problematic in fictional media as well. Ofc I thing his writing is a well and dandy but still some people just hate sexual violence in general, and in berserks defense what did ppl expect while reading it.
I see it as problematic because its reckless use cheapens the seriousness of rape and it’s profound impact on the victim.
I believe Miura did a very good job with his portrayal rape and it’s consequences with Guts and how his victimization traumatized him and shaped his relationships, but leaning too heavily on something that is so horrible can cheapen it and thus it is problematic in the case of the rape horse.
Also, this mf really tried to blame “current social media feminism” for making people uncomfortable with rape. I really don’t think it did any more so than people already were uncomfortable with it, and if it did that’s good, these things should be taken seriously and people are more likely to do so if they’re uncomfortable with it.
I'm sorry but if you came out of Black Swordsman without realising Guts' angst is a coping mechanism... I don't even know what to say to that to be honest. Like, the very examples you show are immediately followed up by obvious displays that it's an act like saving the girl he told to kill herself
I disagree that this is a novelty manga, even though this is the first time I've been exposed to this. Novelty Manga runoff one concept and have a sense of distance from the mangaka. By just looking at the panels, the care is there, the mangaka has empathy for the characters in their depiction, showing their vunerability authentically. It reminds of what I've read of Hakuto no Ken. Even though it's only modes are staunch and melodramatic, with "the strong rule" stuff reaching insanity at some points, we get a sense of Ken's weighing grief, Raoh's tough exterior breaking as he shows his love for Toki. The mangaka's had good understanding of these characters. Compare it to Baki, where the hyper-masculinity is the totality of the story making it so disconnected from reality that moments of vunerability come across as flat, only in service of Itagaki's doctrine. This is what make's Baki special, but it shows the character's are ultimatly just vessels for Itagaki, even Biscut Oliva.
Ohhh yeah knuckle blaster, I liked it but too bad it was canceled
There’s a manga about Robert Johnson, the blues musician
"me and the devil blues" is the title