My review of Black Torch anime
At first, I was surprised that they made an anime adaptation of a canceled manga with only a few chapters, even though there are so many other underrated and forgotten works out there. I’m not going to lie—that’s what made me watch this series.
The main character, Jiro, reminds me of classic shonen works; I’m not surprised by his inexplicable strength and reckless stupidity.
The series explains a bit about the Mononoke, and this is the first time I’ve learned about them—maybe because I don’t watch much anime. From what I understand, they’re similar to jinn in our beliefs, and I didn’t see any particular differences, especially regarding the concept of possession, their invisibility, and how to deal with them—particularly with the appearance of the black cat, Rago. As for the existence of an organization that deals with them, this has been around since ancient times, like witches and shamans.
Historically, they were worshipped and natural phenomena were attributed to them, and this was presented in the work, but it bothered me that some of the Mononoke presented themselves as gods , Of course, this goes against our religion.
They have a provocative way of presenting fan service involving the red-haired girl, Ichiko—highlighting her charms in that way is off-putting. How do you expect me to empathize with her past when you’re promoting her as a commodity?
Reggie, the guy with glasses, is nice to women but treats the protagonist poorly. I compared his character to Sanji (though not quite to that extent). His constant bickering with Zoro resembles the protagonist of Persona 4 in terms of his aloofness and intelligence.
The last character is that administrative girl—she doesn’t appear much.
We’ve seen Venom, we’ve seen Deco in his beast form, and we’ve seen the Kyubi. In all cases, it’s a typical shonen work—meaning it borrows from other shonen works.
Loli is there, of course, and this time it’s Mononoke.
It’s no surprise this series was canceled—there are plenty of similar stories involving curses, demons, and kaiju, all following the same formula—but unlike other works, there’s something that hooks the reader right from the start.
The manga is okay; it can be classified as average, especially since it’s short, complete, and has an open ending. Will we see another installment from this studio .I don't know
? Do I recommend it
Honestly, no—there are plenty of other works that are better than this one, unless you want to watch it.
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