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Batman and the Justice League Manga #3
Batman and the Justice League Vol. 3
THE WORLD'S GREATEST SUPER-VILLAINS UNITE in manga format!
Mangaka Shiori Teshirogi ( Saint The Lost Canvas ) continues her exciting original story, combining an authentic Japanese comics approach with the World's Greatest Super Heroes.
To take down the Justice League once and for all, Lex Luthor, the Joker, Sinestro, Reverse-Flash, Cyborg Superman, and Ares come together to form a super-team of their the Injustice League !
Once they harness the power of the ley lines for themselves and access the Akashic Records, the Injustice League will have the ability to remake the world as they see fit. It will take the combined might of the World's Greatest Super Heroes to stop them, but when Rui falls into the hands of the enemy, it's up to Batman alone to save him!
Mangaka Shiori Teshirogi ( Saint The Lost Canvas ) continues to bring together the best of both Japanese and American comics as the pulse-pounding adventure continues. The third installment of Batman and the Injustice League collects chapters 10-16 of the wildly popular series, currently serialized in the Japanese monthly Champion Red.
Mangaka Shiori Teshirogi ( Saint The Lost Canvas ) continues her exciting original story, combining an authentic Japanese comics approach with the World's Greatest Super Heroes.
To take down the Justice League once and for all, Lex Luthor, the Joker, Sinestro, Reverse-Flash, Cyborg Superman, and Ares come together to form a super-team of their the Injustice League !
Once they harness the power of the ley lines for themselves and access the Akashic Records, the Injustice League will have the ability to remake the world as they see fit. It will take the combined might of the World's Greatest Super Heroes to stop them, but when Rui falls into the hands of the enemy, it's up to Batman alone to save him!
Mangaka Shiori Teshirogi ( Saint The Lost Canvas ) continues to bring together the best of both Japanese and American comics as the pulse-pounding adventure continues. The third installment of Batman and the Injustice League collects chapters 10-16 of the wildly popular series, currently serialized in the Japanese monthly Champion Red.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 18, 2019
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June 27, 2020
Absolutely terrible. The lack of backgrounds turn this into a book of pinups. There's no flow of action between the panels at all. There's also this odd shading effect that makes the pages look like they are being shown on a grainy TV broadcast from the 70's. I could barely tell you what the story was about.
November 26, 2019
The same faults as the previous volumes, magnified by a multiplying cast.
November 24, 2022
I have run across several different types of American comics done in the art and style of Japanese Manga. Some are quite good, but others do not "convert" as well. This falls into the latter category.
Shiori Teshirogi does his version of the Justice League. In a similar vein to the standard story line about Luthor starting an Injustice League. While this is the third volume of the story, I just wanted to see if it was any good (then I'd buy the entire set).
The story revolves around ley lines and a villain's attempts to control them. On top of this, we have Luthor trying to develop his team to take on the Justice League. That part is good. The parts with the additional characters (Rui, his mother, etc) don't fit as well. The manga style of the Justice League seems to make them very young looking. Though Sinestro and many of the Injustice League look better.
The story? It's a bit meh. The characters of Rui and his mom (it took me several chapters to realize Rui was male) are, at best, meh. The art is very good, in the manga style, but the fight with the Ley Line serpent thing is very hard to decipher due to the Black and White art style.
By no means terrible, neither is it very good. I doubt I'll be looking into getting more of this series.
Shiori Teshirogi does his version of the Justice League. In a similar vein to the standard story line about Luthor starting an Injustice League. While this is the third volume of the story, I just wanted to see if it was any good (then I'd buy the entire set).
The story revolves around ley lines and a villain's attempts to control them. On top of this, we have Luthor trying to develop his team to take on the Justice League. That part is good. The parts with the additional characters (Rui, his mother, etc) don't fit as well. The manga style of the Justice League seems to make them very young looking. Though Sinestro and many of the Injustice League look better.
The story? It's a bit meh. The characters of Rui and his mom (it took me several chapters to realize Rui was male) are, at best, meh. The art is very good, in the manga style, but the fight with the Ley Line serpent thing is very hard to decipher due to the Black and White art style.
By no means terrible, neither is it very good. I doubt I'll be looking into getting more of this series.
October 4, 2020
This book was so good, now focusing on Batman and JL basically teaming to stop the newly fomed LOD. We learn more about ley lines and how aramiya family is involved and a big focus on Arkurou and especially my boy Rui!! ALSO HAL FINALLY! And his battle with reverse flash is epic! And the art just keeps getting better and better!
December 28, 2019
Very good blend of Japanese culture and classic DC plot building. The big reveal of who was behind the mask, Akurou, was well done. The entire line up of villains have been revealed so the next volume should focus on the battle. Looking forward to the next volume!
January 30, 2020
Pretty interesting plot so far, and I really like the art!
April 12, 2020
How dare this happen to my new son, Rui?! I'm very upset! Where's the next volume?!
April 25, 2025
Quick recap: Rui Aramiya is the heir to a legacy of Shinto shrine priests and priestesses. A year ago, his mother Sayuri was injured in an explosion and went into a coma. Recently, Rui has started expressing strange powers, powers which villains such as the Joker and Lex Luthor have tried to capture Rui for. Batman and his allies in the Justice League have been protecting Rui, but not all the pieces have fit together.
The battle between Aquaman and Ocean Master concludes as Arthur is finally able to break through and emotionally connect with Orm by showing him his memories. Meanwhile, Batman confronts new villain Akurou and manages to crack his oni mask a bit. Turns out Akurou’s control over ley lines is at least partially dependent on the mask and the villain is forced to retreat. Oh, and Superman stops the tidal wave.
The battle then shifts to Wayne Manor, where Wonder Woman and Rui are having to deal with a rampaging Sayuri. She’s being manipulated by Sinestro, master of the yellow power ring and its ability to instill great fear. Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth and Rui’s partial awakening to his ley line legacy finally break through to Sayuri’s real self, and the woman at last awakens. Sinestro announces he’ll be showing up in person soon, leaves behind a piece of the fear monster Parallax, and scarpers.
The fear construct is blown apart by the just now arrived Hal Jordan, Green Lantern of Earth, and his green power ring that works on willpower and courage. (This version of Hal also has a bit of Kyle Rayner in the design.) Sayuri announces that the next task for Rui lies in the Batcave!
Sinestro meets up with Akurou, though he’s not much impressed, and we are introduced to the rest of the Injustice League. There’s the previously mentioned Lex Luthor and Joker, plus Cyborg Superman, Reverse Flash, and Ares, God of War. Ocean Master is also a member, but seems to have resigned. The ley lines are the key to the Akashic Records, control of which will allow the villains to change Earth to their ideal world. (The fact that they have very different ideas about what an ideal world will look like is left hanging for the moment.)
Green Lantern guards the manor while Batman, Wonder Woman, Sayuri, Rui, and Alfred go to the Batcave. Batman decides that Rui is trustworthy enough to learn that he is also Bruce Wayne. Turns out that the Batcave is a natural ley line focus, and a place where Rui can awaken his full power.
Up top, Green Lantern is surprised when Sinestro doesn’t show up, but Reverse-Flash does. In this continuity, they haven’t fought before, so GL has some difficulty dealing with the lethal speedster.
Back in the cave, Rui enters the ley line confluence. He’s transported to the spirit world, which presents itself to him as his childhood home and temple, complete with his deceased grandmother. She gives him sage if oblique advice, and reveals that Rui must go to a certain sacred rock some distance away as part of his ordeal.
However, Akurou and Sinestro have teamed up to influence the spirit world, buffeting Rui with fear and self-doubt so that the boy will agree to only be a conduit for Akurou to use the power of the ley lines.
We get more information on Akurou this time. As heavily telegraphed in previous volumes, he’s someone close to Rui who feels that he, not anyone else, should have been the heir to the family bloodline powers. He claims to have been poorly treated by the Aramiya family, but that might just be him overreacting to not being the favorite Chosen One. And it’s hinted that in addition to his festering resentment, he had a personal tragedy that he could theoretically have averted if he had powers.
So he began a campaign to undercut Rui’s confidence and found ways to partially tap into the ley lines in preparation for this master plan to steal the power outright.
Cyborg Superman is an unusual choice for the Injustice League, but understandable–the usual choice of Bizarro would be a no-go for “ideal world” motivation, but Hank Henshaw has had the kind of life where he would most assuredly like to rearrange the world. Ares is even more out there–he’s much more of a mastermind who has minions, not someone who’d be willing to treat human type villains as equals. (Note that “mastermind” doesn’t actually require him to be very bright, just that he is the one with the big plan.)
The art style has the tendency to make all the Justice Leaguers look younger than usual, early twenties at best. And Orm is outright a Saint Seiya-type bishounen (pretty boy).
The plot structure makes it mostly likely there’s only going to be two more volumes, but that would mean some of the villains getting shortchanged for screen time.
Still, if you want to see the Justice League in a manga style, this series delivers that.
The battle between Aquaman and Ocean Master concludes as Arthur is finally able to break through and emotionally connect with Orm by showing him his memories. Meanwhile, Batman confronts new villain Akurou and manages to crack his oni mask a bit. Turns out Akurou’s control over ley lines is at least partially dependent on the mask and the villain is forced to retreat. Oh, and Superman stops the tidal wave.
The battle then shifts to Wayne Manor, where Wonder Woman and Rui are having to deal with a rampaging Sayuri. She’s being manipulated by Sinestro, master of the yellow power ring and its ability to instill great fear. Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth and Rui’s partial awakening to his ley line legacy finally break through to Sayuri’s real self, and the woman at last awakens. Sinestro announces he’ll be showing up in person soon, leaves behind a piece of the fear monster Parallax, and scarpers.
The fear construct is blown apart by the just now arrived Hal Jordan, Green Lantern of Earth, and his green power ring that works on willpower and courage. (This version of Hal also has a bit of Kyle Rayner in the design.) Sayuri announces that the next task for Rui lies in the Batcave!
Sinestro meets up with Akurou, though he’s not much impressed, and we are introduced to the rest of the Injustice League. There’s the previously mentioned Lex Luthor and Joker, plus Cyborg Superman, Reverse Flash, and Ares, God of War. Ocean Master is also a member, but seems to have resigned. The ley lines are the key to the Akashic Records, control of which will allow the villains to change Earth to their ideal world. (The fact that they have very different ideas about what an ideal world will look like is left hanging for the moment.)
Green Lantern guards the manor while Batman, Wonder Woman, Sayuri, Rui, and Alfred go to the Batcave. Batman decides that Rui is trustworthy enough to learn that he is also Bruce Wayne. Turns out that the Batcave is a natural ley line focus, and a place where Rui can awaken his full power.
Up top, Green Lantern is surprised when Sinestro doesn’t show up, but Reverse-Flash does. In this continuity, they haven’t fought before, so GL has some difficulty dealing with the lethal speedster.
Back in the cave, Rui enters the ley line confluence. He’s transported to the spirit world, which presents itself to him as his childhood home and temple, complete with his deceased grandmother. She gives him sage if oblique advice, and reveals that Rui must go to a certain sacred rock some distance away as part of his ordeal.
However, Akurou and Sinestro have teamed up to influence the spirit world, buffeting Rui with fear and self-doubt so that the boy will agree to only be a conduit for Akurou to use the power of the ley lines.
We get more information on Akurou this time. As heavily telegraphed in previous volumes, he’s someone close to Rui who feels that he, not anyone else, should have been the heir to the family bloodline powers. He claims to have been poorly treated by the Aramiya family, but that might just be him overreacting to not being the favorite Chosen One. And it’s hinted that in addition to his festering resentment, he had a personal tragedy that he could theoretically have averted if he had powers.
So he began a campaign to undercut Rui’s confidence and found ways to partially tap into the ley lines in preparation for this master plan to steal the power outright.
Cyborg Superman is an unusual choice for the Injustice League, but understandable–the usual choice of Bizarro would be a no-go for “ideal world” motivation, but Hank Henshaw has had the kind of life where he would most assuredly like to rearrange the world. Ares is even more out there–he’s much more of a mastermind who has minions, not someone who’d be willing to treat human type villains as equals. (Note that “mastermind” doesn’t actually require him to be very bright, just that he is the one with the big plan.)
The art style has the tendency to make all the Justice Leaguers look younger than usual, early twenties at best. And Orm is outright a Saint Seiya-type bishounen (pretty boy).
The plot structure makes it mostly likely there’s only going to be two more volumes, but that would mean some of the villains getting shortchanged for screen time.
Still, if you want to see the Justice League in a manga style, this series delivers that.
September 20, 2022
3.5 Stars.
One trend that I've noticed in these volumes is that the beginning is always a bit of a trek to get through, then next thing I know, I'm in the middle. Lastly, I reach the ending in quick succession and find myself eager to learn what happened next. This one was no different.
After Aquaman fights off his brother, Rui and the DC heroes continue to fight Akurou the masked fighter, and soon new heroes and villains come into play, including Green Lantern and Sinestro as the stars of this specific volume.
Rui is more focused in this volume, as we learn more about his family and background. It was engaging to learn where he came from and the supposed origin of the Ley Lines. He seems like someone young readers can look up to, a kid who fights back but in the end, is still a kid, and isn't expected to perform perfectly at all times. He makes mistakes, and the manga lets Rui know it's okay to ask for help, despite what Rui himself may initially believe.
The DC Heroes are once again written and portrayed well once again. Batman and Wonder Woman continue to be my favorites. Although I do wonder if Hal Jordan was always as much of a jokester as he was in this volume.
I do wish that there was more to the fight between Aquaman and Orm; the second volume ended on this huge cliffhanger that was resolved within the first two pages; so within two seconds of reading time. The way Aquaman is handled is also weird to me, but I won't say much more than that.
And although the drawings are still beautiful, compared to the second volume, the direction of the action scenes was hard to follow. I think it was because so much of them were sewn together in two pages rather than individually, and the spine of the book would get in the way.
So if you've been keeping up with this manga series, I would say it's still worth it to keep going. I just personally prefer the second volume overall.
One trend that I've noticed in these volumes is that the beginning is always a bit of a trek to get through, then next thing I know, I'm in the middle. Lastly, I reach the ending in quick succession and find myself eager to learn what happened next. This one was no different.
After Aquaman fights off his brother, Rui and the DC heroes continue to fight Akurou the masked fighter, and soon new heroes and villains come into play, including Green Lantern and Sinestro as the stars of this specific volume.
Rui is more focused in this volume, as we learn more about his family and background. It was engaging to learn where he came from and the supposed origin of the Ley Lines. He seems like someone young readers can look up to, a kid who fights back but in the end, is still a kid, and isn't expected to perform perfectly at all times. He makes mistakes, and the manga lets Rui know it's okay to ask for help, despite what Rui himself may initially believe.
The DC Heroes are once again written and portrayed well once again. Batman and Wonder Woman continue to be my favorites. Although I do wonder if Hal Jordan was always as much of a jokester as he was in this volume.
I do wish that there was more to the fight between Aquaman and Orm; the second volume ended on this huge cliffhanger that was resolved within the first two pages; so within two seconds of reading time. The way Aquaman is handled is also weird to me, but I won't say much more than that.
And although the drawings are still beautiful, compared to the second volume, the direction of the action scenes was hard to follow. I think it was because so much of them were sewn together in two pages rather than individually, and the spine of the book would get in the way.
So if you've been keeping up with this manga series, I would say it's still worth it to keep going. I just personally prefer the second volume overall.
July 3, 2024
Better than Volume 2, but still things that don't make sense. Great artwork, but then, random events, random characters, just odd. I truly enjoy the artwork though, which is what drives the story. Kind of curious what happen to the characters, and although this one left some loose ends, at least it wrapped up better than the previous volume.
All in all, amazing artwork, mediocre (at best) storyline, pacing, and overall cohesiveness.
All in all, amazing artwork, mediocre (at best) storyline, pacing, and overall cohesiveness.
June 5, 2022
Each volume throws more characters into the mix with little plot or character development. The art can be vary confusing to follow and it took me out of the story. Won't be continuing to the next volume.
February 1, 2023
Mammamia, quanti personaggi per soli quattro volumi...
Non mi dispiace la storia di Rui solo che con la scusa che devono apparire tutti i personaggi, l'autrice è costretta a fare i salti mortali e a sacrificare lui, povero.
Non mi dispiace la storia di Rui solo che con la scusa che devono apparire tutti i personaggi, l'autrice è costretta a fare i salti mortali e a sacrificare lui, povero.
July 27, 2020
L'histoire va dans tous les sens et le dessin est bordélique. Il faut vraiment être motivé pour suivre cette série.
Le cliffhanger du volume précédent est résolu en trente secondes à base du pouvoir de l'amour puis c'est reparti pour de la baston avec des serpents lumineux géants. Puis une fois cette menace évitée, on a le droit au retour de Riu et de sa maman qui sont liés par leur famille aux Ley Lines, point central de l'histoire.
Et là on a le droit au cliché ultime des mangas: le dépassement de soi et le sacrifice au service du Bien Commun. Et c'est écrit de la façon la plus bêtasse possible. On a le droit à une pluie de pétales de sakura pour enfoncer le clou.
Green Lantern fait son apparition et il affronte NegaFlash. Je me demande bien qui va surgir dans le volume 4. Mais serais-je au rendez-vous ? Il y a très peu de chance...
Le cliffhanger du volume précédent est résolu en trente secondes à base du pouvoir de l'amour puis c'est reparti pour de la baston avec des serpents lumineux géants. Puis une fois cette menace évitée, on a le droit au retour de Riu et de sa maman qui sont liés par leur famille aux Ley Lines, point central de l'histoire.
Et là on a le droit au cliché ultime des mangas: le dépassement de soi et le sacrifice au service du Bien Commun. Et c'est écrit de la façon la plus bêtasse possible. On a le droit à une pluie de pétales de sakura pour enfoncer le clou.
Green Lantern fait son apparition et il affronte NegaFlash. Je me demande bien qui va surgir dans le volume 4. Mais serais-je au rendez-vous ? Il y a très peu de chance...
August 11, 2020
Wonder Woman breaks the trance Sayuri is under. Rui has been captured by an oni.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 21, 2025
I understand Rui is the central character in the story, but I would have enjoyed more JL fighting instead of all the existential philosophizing.
November 6, 2019
So far, this is probably my favorite of the three volumes that have been published. I especially adored the art for when Rui is inheriting the power of the ley lines from his mother, and Rui's struggle within his mind to deal with his newfound power.
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