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Basara [バサラ] #22
Basara, Vol. 22
As war breaks out in Kyoto, Taro races to warn Sarasa about Project Pomegranate, a secret plan launched by Hagiwara. But a traitor has betrayed Taro to the Yaro-Gumi, Kyoto's feared elite police force. With the truth of Project Pomegranate still a mystery, the forces of Sarasa and the Red King ride into battle against one another, not realizing that, in doing so, they play into Hagiwara's hands!
188 pages, Paperback
First published January 26, 1998
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Yumi Tamura
236 books194 followersName (in native language): 田村由美
Birth Date: September 5
Zodiac: Virgo
Tamura is an avid RPG videogamer - Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc. She also loves to read mystery books, and going on the computer to chat with her fans.
Birth Date: September 5
Zodiac: Virgo
Tamura is an avid RPG videogamer - Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc. She also loves to read mystery books, and going on the computer to chat with her fans.
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July 11, 2023
WTF JUST HAPPENED
June 4, 2021
The first chapter in this volume was so powerful and utterly remarkable in its depiction of the gruesome reality of politics that I had to take a moment to absorb it! It's shockingly reminiscent of the brutal consequences that happens to reporters and journalists in my country when they try to disclose the repugnancy of tyrannical dictators.
This volume have the most amount of revelation going on so far. We get to see a lot of character development especially from Shuri, Asagi, and Ageha, and of course supporting characters like Kikune and Nakijin and even little Shinbashi. I won't mention Tatara/Sarasa because that's stating the obvious but my oh my! This volume was such a treat with all the action, deaths, confusion, and the betrayals. The story is getting so complex and yet not losing its charm, it isn't afraid to explore its boundaries especially when it comes to the politics and how it affects character relationships and the characters themselves.
As I see it, this manga could really make a great subject for a literary criticism paper, you can use an array of theories like Feminist, Gender Studies, Marxist, Structuralist, or Deconstruction theories (maybe even Psychological theory) to analyze this manga and you'd have a pretty solid paper. Moments like this makes me wish I was smart enough to do so and wish I listened hard enough during my LitCrit class. It literally has so much context in different areas of theories going on that you won't find it hard to look for your arguments and ideas. I'm writing this review instead in hopes that someone, somewhere out there smarter than me, will be convinced to pick up this series and write a paper on it because I'd absolutely read the hell out of it.
Anyway, those are all my stream of thoughts for this volume. Sorry if it's messy. Here are some other thoughts for the next volume:
- I hope nothing bad happens to Ageha in the next volume, he's the one I fear for most because those Yogumi thugs seems extremely dangerous.
- I'm so happy that Asagi got a kind of redemption arc. I hope gets the peace he deserves.
- I really can't wait until everything is resolved and Sarasa can finally be herself again and free to love Shuri.
This volume have the most amount of revelation going on so far. We get to see a lot of character development especially from Shuri, Asagi, and Ageha, and of course supporting characters like Kikune and Nakijin and even little Shinbashi. I won't mention Tatara/Sarasa because that's stating the obvious but my oh my! This volume was such a treat with all the action, deaths, confusion, and the betrayals. The story is getting so complex and yet not losing its charm, it isn't afraid to explore its boundaries especially when it comes to the politics and how it affects character relationships and the characters themselves.
As I see it, this manga could really make a great subject for a literary criticism paper, you can use an array of theories like Feminist, Gender Studies, Marxist, Structuralist, or Deconstruction theories (maybe even Psychological theory) to analyze this manga and you'd have a pretty solid paper. Moments like this makes me wish I was smart enough to do so and wish I listened hard enough during my LitCrit class. It literally has so much context in different areas of theories going on that you won't find it hard to look for your arguments and ideas. I'm writing this review instead in hopes that someone, somewhere out there smarter than me, will be convinced to pick up this series and write a paper on it because I'd absolutely read the hell out of it.
Anyway, those are all my stream of thoughts for this volume. Sorry if it's messy. Here are some other thoughts for the next volume:
- I hope nothing bad happens to Ageha in the next volume, he's the one I fear for most because those Yogumi thugs seems extremely dangerous.
- I'm so happy that Asagi got a kind of redemption arc. I hope gets the peace he deserves.
- I really can't wait until everything is resolved and Sarasa can finally be herself again and free to love Shuri.
March 1, 2024
Wow.
Just wow. If I could get any manga as an epic live action movie trilogy with LoTR love and respect to the source material then it would be Basara.
It may not be my favourite manga, but its acclaim as the mother of enemies to lovers is not enough to describe how amazing it is.
It’s also really drives home the horror reading it with the ongoing genocide of Palestine. Fiction reflects events of the past and of the current day.
Just wow. If I could get any manga as an epic live action movie trilogy with LoTR love and respect to the source material then it would be Basara.
It may not be my favourite manga, but its acclaim as the mother of enemies to lovers is not enough to describe how amazing it is.
It’s also really drives home the horror reading it with the ongoing genocide of Palestine. Fiction reflects events of the past and of the current day.
December 1, 2019
Everyone's personal growth in this series amazes me!
July 21, 2020
"This is for Tatara! I'm the best equipped to decide what survives because I'm the last king."
****emotional****
****emotional****
December 7, 2020
Un tome avec pleins d'actions, je ne m'attendais absolument pas à la fin ! Il me faut la suite !
May 11, 2023
they stress me out fr 🫠
March 9, 2025
it’s always the journalists. the truth tellers.
November 19, 2025
me cambio la vida
December 2, 2013
Nah inilah jadinya kalau seseorang seperti saya mementingkan cover diatas segalanya. Saya jadi nggak jeli dengan isi dari komik yang panjangnya ada 27 volume ini.
Setelah mencicipi volume 1, bisa dibayangkan betapa besarnya penyesalan sekarang karena baru aja tau kalo komik ini SANGAT BAGUS.
Sasara yang berubah dengan kesadaran sendiri menjadi Tatara, seorang perempuan berumur 16 tahun yang menguatkan diri dengan tujuan membalaskan dendam desanya yang hancur dan kakak serta ayahnya yang mati diakibatkan serangan dari Raja Merah. Sasara hanya bisa menjadi dirinya sendiri saat ia berada di Onsen yang kemudia benar benar tertarik dengan seorang pemuda humoris tapi juga kharismatik dan seenaknya sendiri bernama Shuri. Tipikal kan? Nggak ada yang aneh dari jalan cerita ini. kecuali kalau Shuri ini adalah sang Raja Merah.
Hebatnya lagi yang membuatku sangat sangat kagum, Yumi Tamura menguatkan ikatan mereka tanpa terburu-buru dan alur yang keren, bisa dibuktikan dengan terbongkarnya identitas Shuri sang Raja Merah di buku ke-5.
Tidak perlu ragu lagi, inilah lambang dari cover not worth anything. :D
April 4, 2014
Synopsis:
As war breaks out in Kyoto, Taro races to warn Sarasa about Project Pomegranate, a secret plan launched by Hagiwara. But a traitor has betrayed Taro to the Yaro-Gumi, Kyoto's feared elite police force. With the truth of Project Pomegranate still a mystery, the forces of Sarasa and the Red King ride into battle against one another, not realizing that, in doing so, they play into Hagiwara's hands!
My Thoughts:
The battle is on and raging and Hagiwara's trap is laid. Thanks to Ageha figuring out Taro's message, the armies are warned in time and they don't go up in a fiery pit.
We learn Shuri's motivation for coming to this battle at last. That man sure has grown over the course of this series. It's impossible for me not to love him. I adore him. Sarasa has grown, too. She faces him head on. It's amazing. Shuri risks a lot to take out one of the relics that he feels cannot remain in the new country Tatara is trying to create, but he does it knowing that he may lose something. It was pretty awe-inspiring.
I love this series.
As war breaks out in Kyoto, Taro races to warn Sarasa about Project Pomegranate, a secret plan launched by Hagiwara. But a traitor has betrayed Taro to the Yaro-Gumi, Kyoto's feared elite police force. With the truth of Project Pomegranate still a mystery, the forces of Sarasa and the Red King ride into battle against one another, not realizing that, in doing so, they play into Hagiwara's hands!
My Thoughts:
The battle is on and raging and Hagiwara's trap is laid. Thanks to Ageha figuring out Taro's message, the armies are warned in time and they don't go up in a fiery pit.
We learn Shuri's motivation for coming to this battle at last. That man sure has grown over the course of this series. It's impossible for me not to love him. I adore him. Sarasa has grown, too. She faces him head on. It's amazing. Shuri risks a lot to take out one of the relics that he feels cannot remain in the new country Tatara is trying to create, but he does it knowing that he may lose something. It was pretty awe-inspiring.
I love this series.
April 9, 2015
Di jilid ini... saya JATUH CINTA sama Asagi~ hehehehe~ habis, kayakna dia bullyable sih~ #gaplok
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