Manga Review: Sidooh

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Sidooh by Takahashi Tsutomu



Sidooh is a a japanese manga created by the author Tsutomu Takahashi who also did the illustration all by himself. The japanese manga publishing company Shueisha ran Sidooh in it's Weekly Young Jump Magazine and it first began publication in the year 2005 and is still currently ongoing with over 20 volumes created. This manga is set in 1855 Japan so it is a historical manga which focuses on the life of two children growing up and training to become full fledged samurai.


Plot/Story (:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty:)



During the political upheavals and social strife at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan (1855), two parent-less brothers Yukimura Shoutarou and Yukimura G entarou struggles to survive in these turbulent times. With their only possession being their deceased father's sword and clinging onto the wisdom of their mother's final words, the brothers seek to embark on the Path of the Warrior: Sidooh.

Right off the bat you can tell that the lives of the main characters the two brothers are not going to be an easy one. First their mother dies, which is always sad, and then they meet a young guy called Kiyozou Asakura. This is the start of their great journey because then they get mixed up in this strange cult led by this really crazy guy called Rugi. The two brothers have to fight to survive and will have to join them eventually. It is when they join them the main focus is getting back agaisnt the corrupt westerners. Which I find is pretty unique seeing as how most japanese historical manga's is about cival war, but this time it's taking a stab at the americans conquest, which is okey in my books.


Characters (:star::star::star-half::star-empty::star-empty:)



Yukimura Shoutarou: He is the older brother and the main protagonist if you will. He is much more responsible and mature and so his job is too look out for his younger brother who always gets into trouble. As the older brother he takes it upon himself to always be one step ahead in everything he does, and that includes his swordplay and overall badass-ness. While his brother is quite weak and can often barely put up a fight he will always be the one to step in and end things before they grow out of control.

Yukimura Gentarou: Gentarou is the younger brother of Shoutarou and is pretty much the complete opposite of his older brother. Unlike Shoutarou his patience and composure is very thin and if he sees somthing intresting, anything at all he will go and have a look even if it means walking straight into an enemy base. His lack of self control and overall selfishness is what might compromise the missions he is sent out to do. Yet even when he becomes an acomplished swordsman he merely becomes overly arrogant.


Art/Theme (:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty:)



The art style is mostly made up of very vivid brush strokes, you can tell that their wasnt really alot of care taken when it comes to drawing anything with a solid straight line. But that does not really detract from the whole atmosphere of the art because the entire page is essentially one big sweeping motion of brush strokes which sure the sort of "noir" side of things as you will. Since this story is far from sunshine and rainbows the author had to find a way to create a suitable mood to represent these emotions and feelings. And I think he has been quite successfully in that for the majority. However I just can't help find that on some pages when it is in night time I cannot really see the entire scene clearly, though perhaps he is just trying to get across the "difficulty" to see in the night feeling.


Overall/Closing (:star::star::star-half::star-empty::star-empty:)

For a manga with over 20 volumes already created this manga being distributed in english is slim to none as it only has over 50 chapters currently at the time this review is being written. It does seem that this manga is quite obscure and that not many people have come to read it. Yet I am pretty much dissapointed with this manga because the overall feel of things is that, nothing substantial has happened yet. However the good thing is that of course it will get alot better with is certain. If all 20 volumes of sidooh was in english then the manga would be alot better to read. However at this point in time with only having reading a fraction of the total number of volumes availble for this manga, its kinda medicore.





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