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Strain [ストレイン] #5
Strain, Vol. 5
In the violent conclusion to an action manga, Shingo guns for the crime lord who holds the controlling shares in Kusaka. A Graphic Novel. Original.
216 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1998
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About the author
Buronson
441 books86 followersOkamura Yoshiyuki (岡村善行), also known as Buronson (武論尊) or Sho Fumimura (史村翔 Fumimura Shō), is a Japanese manga writer most known by his famous work Hokuto no Ken. known in English as Fist of the North Star.
He graduated from the Japanese Air Force Training School in 1967 and served as an Air Force radar mechanic. In 1969 he discharged from the Japanese Navy and was soon hired by Hiroshi Motomiya as a manga assistant. He started his manga writing career when he wrote the script of Pink Punch: Miyabi in 1972, drawn by Goro Sakai. In 1975 Buronson wrote his first big hit The Doberman Detective, drawn by Shinji Hiramatsu. The famous Hokuto no Ken made its debute as Buronson's greatest hit in 1983, drawn by Tetsuo Hara. In 1989 his story Ourou was released as a manga serialized in Animal Magazine, drawn by Kentarou Miura, and in 1990 a sequel entitled Ourou Den was released by the same manga artist. Buronson also collaborated with the manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami in many works as Strain (manga) , Human (manga) and the famous Sanctuary (manga). Among his other major works are The Phantom Gang, with art by Kaoru Shintani.
Buronson was mainly influenced by movies such as Bruce Lee's, and Mad Max.
The nickname Buronson is a tribute to the American actor Charles Bronson, whose way of growing the mustache was imitated by Yoshiyuki Okamura too.
He graduated from the Japanese Air Force Training School in 1967 and served as an Air Force radar mechanic. In 1969 he discharged from the Japanese Navy and was soon hired by Hiroshi Motomiya as a manga assistant. He started his manga writing career when he wrote the script of Pink Punch: Miyabi in 1972, drawn by Goro Sakai. In 1975 Buronson wrote his first big hit The Doberman Detective, drawn by Shinji Hiramatsu. The famous Hokuto no Ken made its debute as Buronson's greatest hit in 1983, drawn by Tetsuo Hara. In 1989 his story Ourou was released as a manga serialized in Animal Magazine, drawn by Kentarou Miura, and in 1990 a sequel entitled Ourou Den was released by the same manga artist. Buronson also collaborated with the manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami in many works as Strain (manga) , Human (manga) and the famous Sanctuary (manga). Among his other major works are The Phantom Gang, with art by Kaoru Shintani.
Buronson was mainly influenced by movies such as Bruce Lee's, and Mad Max.
The nickname Buronson is a tribute to the American actor Charles Bronson, whose way of growing the mustache was imitated by Yoshiyuki Okamura too.
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June 4, 2021
I am sorely disappointed that my fears about Shion ending with Shingo turned out right...
I think the authors could have went deeper with some themes instead of some useless battles but oh well.
Also tons of terrible people don't get justice here. Seems like a simple sad backstory redeems them for the author...
A bit of an underwhelming ending but hey, a very nice and entertaining ride overall!
I think the authors could have went deeper with some themes instead of some useless battles but oh well.
Also tons of terrible people don't get justice here. Seems like a simple sad backstory redeems them for the author...
A bit of an underwhelming ending but hey, a very nice and entertaining ride overall!
June 14, 2023
lol, It doesn't make any sense, it's like an action movie for a 13 yo boy.
But it was fun, like reading old gibis.
But it was fun, like reading old gibis.
January 1, 2025
2.4/5
The fifth and final volume in Buronson and Ikegami's Strain is enjoyably cheesy and violent, but severely undercooked. It rushes to the finish line without much redemption for itself or its cast of almost entirely despicable characters. Heinous actions are eventually justified by a sad backstory. It was funny the first time, but then it kept happening. It became quickly obvious that Buronson was going to use this one trope as a crutch to keep this increasingly convoluted storyline from buckling under its own weight. This stopped making sense two volumes ago, but I guess Buronson made it his mission to finish this somehow.
I'm still glad I read this, but my severe disappointment in the weird pretty bow Buronson tied up for even his most despicable characters is immeasurable, as is my distaste for a particular pairing of two certain characters that were hastily revealed to... not actually be blood-related. One of them is underaged.
Fucking ick.
Good art, though. As always.
The fifth and final volume in Buronson and Ikegami's Strain is enjoyably cheesy and violent, but severely undercooked. It rushes to the finish line without much redemption for itself or its cast of almost entirely despicable characters. Heinous actions are eventually justified by a sad backstory. It was funny the first time, but then it kept happening. It became quickly obvious that Buronson was going to use this one trope as a crutch to keep this increasingly convoluted storyline from buckling under its own weight. This stopped making sense two volumes ago, but I guess Buronson made it his mission to finish this somehow.
I'm still glad I read this, but my severe disappointment in the weird pretty bow Buronson tied up for even his most despicable characters is immeasurable, as is my distaste for a particular pairing of two certain characters that were hastily revealed to... not actually be blood-related. One of them is underaged.
Fucking ick.
Good art, though. As always.
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