Well, let's start with saying that the anime and manga differ a bit, but generally the story's the same. Stumbled upon the anime version of this manga and watched it in one go as I absolutely fell in love with the story. I felt like doing absolutely nothing yesterday. Wonderful!ĭISCLAIMER: This review is about the entire series.
NAKED SHION NO.6 MANGA SERIES
This is a 5-star series to cherish and go back to. The worldbuilding conjured up by Atsuko Asano is alien but still disturbingly accurate, with that degree of reality and possibility that makes good dystopian and sci-fi fiction particularly compelling when done well. The artwork by Hinoki Kino is consistently great, the pages are animated by exciting changes of pace, from chaotic action scenes to more meditative moments, and the characters' design is simply stunning. I could count on the fingers on one hand the moments that I found to be slightly less than compelling.
NAKED SHION NO.6 MANGA FULL
6 remains solid and full of narrative tension. From motherly love to unrequited love, from friendship to brotherhood. 6 simply as an example of yaoi/BL manga - but it certainly provides the series with a very strong anchor and it's impossible not to root for Shion and Nezumi and to think fondly of their love story.īesides, love is a very strong element in the series, in all its possible connotations. I wouldn't call it the focus of the series - and I think it'd be wrong and limiting to think of No. Their growing relationship is one made of trust, friendship, contrasts, attraction, and mutual support.
Nothing is easy, however, and the open ending - so full of hope but also uncertainty - was an amazing payoff. Nezumi is prickly, sarcastic and wounded by his tragic past, but we observe him slowly crawling out of his shell and embrace a more positive outlook on life and his future. 6's elite to a rejected member of society but never loses his fundamental trust in people and their goodness. Shion goes from being a privileged child of No. Nezumi and Shion follow a very interesting arc during the series. 6 through and through and each volume added something to the story, either in terms of character development, worldbuilding and/or plot advancement. What a beautiful ending to a beautiful series!
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