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Sengoku Nights
Sengoku Nights, Vol. 1
Teenager Masayoshi Kurozuka must learn to live with the fact that he is the reincarnation of an evil woman named Oni-bime.
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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August 20, 2021
I am very glad I picked this up! It’s an older series with only two volumes but worth the read! So far the art is very good and the plot is interesting. I am excited to see what happens in volume 2!
February 4, 2014
One of my favourite manga (the others being Fullmetal Alchemist, Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, and Inuyasha). Great characters, great art, great story weaving together past and present, horror and humour.
July 31, 2022
Past lives can be a real-- Oni.
The story is interesting and, if I remember my Japanese folktales well enough, I believe there are quite a few ghost stories being retold through the chapters.
Things got even more interesting when Masayoshi, the main character and (male) reincarnation of Oni-hime, (Oni = form of an ogre, hime = Japanese for princess,) starts to remember his/her former days alive and showed flashbacks of her past life. However I felt it got a tad confusing when Masayoshi regained his memories as Oni-hime, as both Masayoshi and Oni-hime are one in the same, Masayoshi still refers to Oni-hime like a different person.
When depicting demon-y/supernatural things the art is gorgeous! And I especially love the character design for Nozuchi No Mikoto, a demon Warrior that made a contract with Oni-hime some 500 year ago, who's back to protect Masayoshi/Oni-hime as literal ghosts from the past hunt Oni-hime. And shout out to Grandma, who is also a spirit, her design is simple and she's such a cool character.
Definitely worth the impulse buy and I'm looking forward to finishing the series with volume 2.
Check out my bookstagram! @Witchy_Bookish_Otaku
The story is interesting and, if I remember my Japanese folktales well enough, I believe there are quite a few ghost stories being retold through the chapters.
Things got even more interesting when Masayoshi, the main character and (male) reincarnation of Oni-hime, (Oni = form of an ogre, hime = Japanese for princess,) starts to remember his/her former days alive and showed flashbacks of her past life. However I felt it got a tad confusing when Masayoshi regained his memories as Oni-hime, as both Masayoshi and Oni-hime are one in the same, Masayoshi still refers to Oni-hime like a different person.
When depicting demon-y/supernatural things the art is gorgeous! And I especially love the character design for Nozuchi No Mikoto, a demon Warrior that made a contract with Oni-hime some 500 year ago, who's back to protect Masayoshi/Oni-hime as literal ghosts from the past hunt Oni-hime. And shout out to Grandma, who is also a spirit, her design is simple and she's such a cool character.
Definitely worth the impulse buy and I'm looking forward to finishing the series with volume 2.
Check out my bookstagram! @Witchy_Bookish_Otaku
December 26, 2022
This manga series is by the same manga creator for Diablo. I feel about the same way as I did about the other series. Both have interesting stories nothing that like screams amazing but both worth giving a once-over both are short series which makes them an easy read.
March 30, 2013
~3/5
[This review, and many others, are available on my blog.]
I picked this two volume series up a while ago, mostly because I knew there were only two volumes, Tokyopop had recently closed and I wanted some of their completed series’, and I loved this authors’ other series, Diabolo. Diabolo was my first ever manga, it’s what got me to read more, I love it, and I hold it in a special place in my heart.
This volume wasn’t too bad, but I don’t think it’s going to be as good as its predecessor.
Sengoku Nights is about a boy, Masayoshi, who is the reincarnation of a woman, Oni-Hime. Oni-Hime/Masayoshi doesn’t remember the past for a bit of this book, but he has a demon working for him, Nozuchi. Although, Nozuchi was lovers with Oni-Hime and expects to be the same with Masayoshi, even if she’s now a he, Masayoshi wants none of that.
Oni-Hime locked up Nozuchi, as well as a whole lot of other demons and spirits in some mountain, but the mountain’s been sold and an exorcist set them all free, so now all of them are after Masayoshi for revenge. Including, in a surprising turn of events, Oni-Hime’s father, who is a horrible person although I’m not going to spoil why.
We meet the exorcist, who seems alright at first but is actually working against Masayoshi, and I’m sure we’ll find out why in the next book. There’s also Masayoshi’s friends, including a girl who is obsessed with all things supernatural but hasn’t seen any spirits or demons herself, and Masayoshi, I think, likes her but hasn’t told her about him being a reincarnation. Then there’s Grandma, a spirit who helps Masayoshi, although she isn't actually his grandma. Lastly, there’s Masayoshi’s parents, who we see very little of, but who I don’t really like. At all. Particularly his mother, who’s a bitch to her husband, even though he’s not much better because he never fights back.
One big downfall to this book were the obvious sexist elements. It’s possible that the remarks are probably only because of the time they are set in, as it was back when samurai’s were around, but still. I didn’t like it.
This was pretty much just alright. The artwork wasn’t bad, I liked seeing the similarities in the art to Diabolo (but mostly just because it’s nostalgic for me), the characters were alright, the story is alright. I have the next, and last, volume, and I plan to read it soon.
[This review, and many others, are available on my blog.]
I picked this two volume series up a while ago, mostly because I knew there were only two volumes, Tokyopop had recently closed and I wanted some of their completed series’, and I loved this authors’ other series, Diabolo. Diabolo was my first ever manga, it’s what got me to read more, I love it, and I hold it in a special place in my heart.
This volume wasn’t too bad, but I don’t think it’s going to be as good as its predecessor.
Sengoku Nights is about a boy, Masayoshi, who is the reincarnation of a woman, Oni-Hime. Oni-Hime/Masayoshi doesn’t remember the past for a bit of this book, but he has a demon working for him, Nozuchi. Although, Nozuchi was lovers with Oni-Hime and expects to be the same with Masayoshi, even if she’s now a he, Masayoshi wants none of that.
Oni-Hime locked up Nozuchi, as well as a whole lot of other demons and spirits in some mountain, but the mountain’s been sold and an exorcist set them all free, so now all of them are after Masayoshi for revenge. Including, in a surprising turn of events, Oni-Hime’s father, who is a horrible person although I’m not going to spoil why.
We meet the exorcist, who seems alright at first but is actually working against Masayoshi, and I’m sure we’ll find out why in the next book. There’s also Masayoshi’s friends, including a girl who is obsessed with all things supernatural but hasn’t seen any spirits or demons herself, and Masayoshi, I think, likes her but hasn’t told her about him being a reincarnation. Then there’s Grandma, a spirit who helps Masayoshi, although she isn't actually his grandma. Lastly, there’s Masayoshi’s parents, who we see very little of, but who I don’t really like. At all. Particularly his mother, who’s a bitch to her husband, even though he’s not much better because he never fights back.
One big downfall to this book were the obvious sexist elements. It’s possible that the remarks are probably only because of the time they are set in, as it was back when samurai’s were around, but still. I didn’t like it.
This was pretty much just alright. The artwork wasn’t bad, I liked seeing the similarities in the art to Diabolo (but mostly just because it’s nostalgic for me), the characters were alright, the story is alright. I have the next, and last, volume, and I plan to read it soon.
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