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tactics #2
tactics, Volume 2
Ever since he was a child, Kantarou has been able to see and talk to spirits, and now, all grown up, Kantarou moonlights as an exorcist solving the problems of ghosts and demons with the help of Haruka, the legendary demon-eating tengu.
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 31, 2011
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July 18, 2020
This was an OK volume, this time Kan-chan and Haruka go to a hot spring to solve a case of missing kids, which was pretty interesting especially since the Kagome, Kagome song played such a big part of it. We meet a new tengu/god, Haruka wants to know how he was sealed and why and more which made me feel sad. We do later see that Kan-chan knew and is also offering help... but he should really show it better now at times it came across as indifference/being a dick. The other two stories takes place at a church as Kan-chan is hired to be an interpreter/translator for a priest and the other is about a boy who is possessed, but is he?
The stories were good and often quite fun and exciting to read, however the problem is just Kan-chan and how arrogant and annoying he is and how he treats the youkai he has. For someone saving youkai he treats his own pretty badly at times. Kan-chan thinks he is so awesome and can do anything no matter what, but in the end he often needs Haruka's help or Youko's in case of money as he himself is barely bringing in anything.
The art is pretty OK.
The stories were good and often quite fun and exciting to read, however the problem is just Kan-chan and how arrogant and annoying he is and how he treats the youkai he has. For someone saving youkai he treats his own pretty badly at times. Kan-chan thinks he is so awesome and can do anything no matter what, but in the end he often needs Haruka's help or Youko's in case of money as he himself is barely bringing in anything.
The art is pretty OK.
October 16, 2016
We start to get a sense of an ongoing story as it's revealed that Haruka doesn't remember his past. Yes, Kantaro broke the seal and freed him, but just who sealed him away in the first place?
We also get a hot springs episode. Being set in the early part of the 20th century as this is, I'm thinking we won't get a trip to the beach--no bikinis in that era, after all--but a school festival wouldn't surprise me. At least there hasn't been any fan service ...
It's not the best manga I've ever read, but I like the concept well enough to at least find it fun.
We also get a hot springs episode. Being set in the early part of the 20th century as this is, I'm thinking we won't get a trip to the beach--no bikinis in that era, after all--but a school festival wouldn't surprise me. At least there hasn't been any fan service ...
It's not the best manga I've ever read, but I like the concept well enough to at least find it fun.
December 31, 2012
I liked this volume more than the first, as we are starting to find out more about Haruka, who (predictably!) is already my favourite character.
We also see more insight into the childhood experiences that have shaped Kantarou...
We also see more insight into the childhood experiences that have shaped Kantarou...
December 23, 2020
Tactics is one of those little hidden gems that some of us are lucky enough to stumble across.
June 2, 2025
The characters are starting to have some depth and a little more to them. Which I very much appreciate over how 1 dimensional they felt in the first volume.
October 4, 2015
There were things about this manga that I really ended up liking a lot, but the art style was not one of them. The humor also didn't always translate terribly well, which is similarly problematic because Tactics is essentially a humor manga. However, I really liked the concept and the characters. Our greedy little priest who really just wants to be 'stronger' for possessing the demon-eating Tengu... I don't know, it sort of worked for me in all its silliness. I'm not even sure why, but I really enjoyed following the odd little adventures of a clever priest who was still essentially kind of directionless--in that he had no real master plan to use the demon-eating Tengu for world domination or anything other than basically hanging out. It was kind of adorable in that way.
On the other hand, I might be an easy sell when folklore and demons are involved.
At any rate, I wouldn't have picked up this book (based on the very, what I would call 1980s shoujo art alone), but someone left it in our little free library so I decided to take a chance. Volume 1 is available on-line, so caught up that way.
On the other hand, I might be an easy sell when folklore and demons are involved.
At any rate, I wouldn't have picked up this book (based on the very, what I would call 1980s shoujo art alone), but someone left it in our little free library so I decided to take a chance. Volume 1 is available on-line, so caught up that way.
January 3, 2008
Muu!
These books are so much fun!
Two volumes in, the plot isn't terribly deep. So far the story seems to be more about the interactions of the characters than some sort of grand master plot. And that's cool, just a bit different from the other series I'm reading. But it's early in the series yet, so we'll see. :) There's a seed of mystery that's been planted about Kantarou's powers and Haruka's amnesia, and I guess we'll see how that develops.
I particularly enjoy the cute little youkai like Muu and the sassy banter between the main characters. I also enjoy how subtly Kantarou manipulates Haruka. I assume that's what the title refers to - the "tactics" that Kantarou uses to keep Haruka bound to him by his own will rather than by compelling him to obey by magic.
I consider the bits of Japanese folklore that I'm learning along the way to be a bonus!
These books are so much fun!
Two volumes in, the plot isn't terribly deep. So far the story seems to be more about the interactions of the characters than some sort of grand master plot. And that's cool, just a bit different from the other series I'm reading. But it's early in the series yet, so we'll see. :) There's a seed of mystery that's been planted about Kantarou's powers and Haruka's amnesia, and I guess we'll see how that develops.
I particularly enjoy the cute little youkai like Muu and the sassy banter between the main characters. I also enjoy how subtly Kantarou manipulates Haruka. I assume that's what the title refers to - the "tactics" that Kantarou uses to keep Haruka bound to him by his own will rather than by compelling him to obey by magic.
I consider the bits of Japanese folklore that I'm learning along the way to be a bonus!
August 4, 2009
This manga is so good. I mean, I watched the anime so I basically know what will happen, but still, there are so many scenes/adventures that never happened in the anime. What I adore about this manga is that one moment, it's all fun and roses, and then Kantaro makes such a sad face and you realize how incredibly lonely he is, that for him, Haruka is the only family he has, the only friend.
October 17, 2008
Wow. I loved it.
Great art, interesting storyline, different from the anime, but still the same.
Great art, interesting storyline, different from the anime, but still the same.
August 23, 2010
the book was fuuny in the page of the book was fuuny part it was so fuuny that i laugh on the floor
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