Witchblade Takeru Manga Collection

Witchblade Takeru #1-2

by Yasuko Kobayashi, Kazasa Sumita

The complete two-volume series reprinted in one omnibus edition! Takeru is a young Japanese girl. She lives in a convent and is being raised by Buddist nuns. But the convent holds a dark secret: a chamber houses a box, of which inside is locked the Witchblade - a powerful artifact that has existed throughout the ages. Takeru has nightmares about the Witchblade, not understanding what they mean. But when demons attack the convent, Takeru discovers the Witchblade and unwittingly becomes it's bearer!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

小林 靖子 in Japanese

Reviews

[Pranta Dastider]

Not bad, but not so fantastic either. As a manga I really appreciated its colours. The artwork was okay. The story lacked a bit. Although it had twists and surprise revelations, they were not unpredictable. The final battle could have been special, but it was short lived. I think this story needed much more time to flourish. Because manga normally needs that much space to grow. Anyways, casual readers are welcome to read it, serious manga readers might do well staying away.

[Manethraen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Haiku reviews:

Uncontrollable
Which blade is Witchblade? Hidden.
In a dark recess

[Phil Zimmerman · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just horrible. Not sure what I read here but all it seemed to be was characters screaming each others names, with brief interludes of fighting and upskirts. wow, bad.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I first became aware of Witchblade after becoming a fan of the TV show and in doing so learned it was based on comics. Unfortunately I never got my hands on those comics and the show was cancelled or not renewed after 2 or 3 seasons.

Sometime recently I learned that it was re-imagined into Japanese manga and I was able to get my hands on this two volume collection.

This writer Kazasa Sumita doesn't hide the fact that he loves sexualized elements of arts which you will get with upskirt shots of Takeru, the bearer of the Witchblade, and other females in specific scenes so if you're uncomfortable with these things then...

As stated earlier I was a fan of the story and enjoyed this one as well. I really wish this had more volumes so it could be properly flushed out though. I say this because you get a tad bit more info of Takeru's history in volume 2 and because it ends on a semi cliffhanger I really want to find out how everyone ends up.

[Bruno · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zo spannend! Laat u niet afleiden door de cover, het is geen hentai, maar wel wijze pulp, onschuldig en een beetje infantiel. Maar het leest als een sneltrein. Wie destijds graag Buffy zag, zal dit graag lezen.

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

a bit of warning to librarians - this is not for jr. or sr. high libraries, the art, fine in japan, would cause problems in even slightly conservative parts of the u.s.

[Johan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Had never heard of Witchblade before. Concept ok (cut off arm from a demon, turns its human bearer into a weapon), execution horrible even disgusting. Sometimes I got the impression that the story was an excuse to draw upskirts and almost but not completely nudes of girls of highschool age. Is this hentai or still manga? Anyway, not my cup of tea. Can’t recommend.

The only manga I have read before this were two manga guides as in The Manga guide to Databases, wich is very good ... if you want to learn about databases.