Manga Spotlight

The cute Eri in the volume one cover page, as the chainsaw man and Yamamoto gaze at her.












Once again,its the manga spotlight! he manga spotlight will shine upon "Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge" or "ネガティブ・ハッピー・チェーンソーエッヂ". Now, the following introduction is taken from manga-updates, who takes from SCX-scans.

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From Mangaupdates who takes from SCX-Scans:

Eri Yukizaki is a girl who fights. She is a "pretty soldier." Her foe is the evil Chainsaw-man, who doesn't die even after being slashed. If he isn't defeated, the world will have no future. "I was wrapped into this battle, and my life has changed completely..." A "non-stop" negative youth story! ===========================================

Now, if there is one word to describe this manga, it would be unique. Really, really unique. Even the drawing style is unique. And the plot is just above unique.

Basically, this manga is only made up of...around 5 "main" characters. First up, of course, is the main "hero" of this manga. The reason he's written in quotation marks is because, well , I don't even know if he's the main hero. He's weak, insecure and else. But, I admit, he does appear to be quite heroic towards the end of the manga. Plus, the manga's told in his perspective, so I think he's the main protagonist. =)

Looks real nice and sombre here, doesn't he. Yamamoto's the name. Tell the truth, I quite like the mangaka artwork. Really nice and smooth. The drawings are clean. A huge, and I mean HUGE difference from mine. But I prefer Mayumi Azuma-sensei's style of drawing. Back to the point, insecurity is him. Quite pessimistic, and looks at this world with no hope, plus insecurity is a recipe for being RAWR~







Cute and strong. She's the sword-weilding, chainsaw man fighting, Eri! Nothing much to say about her, as I don't want to spoil anyone, but she's a real hottie(as far as manga goes, anyway). Being a tsundere just amplifies her grace. And did I mention she's cute? I mean, she cute...












The kewl, hooded chainsaw guy! Noone knows who's he, where's he from and why is he destined to fight Eri to the end, except for Eri herself.















Noto, one of Yamamoto's best buddy, who unfortunately died in an accident prior to the manga's story. However, he still leaves an impact on Yamamoto even after his death. We're not given a clear view of his handsome face for most of the manga, only during the ending did we get the change to see him.










Watanabe, the last of the trio of best buddies. An aspiring musician. The reason for his never-ending pursuit of music(writing) is reveal in the end.












That's all for the characters. There're just basically 5 characters in the manga. The same number of characters in that awfully stupid movie, Dark Water, but the similarity ends there. While Dark Water plainly sucks arse, Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge is entertaining, and intriguing.

There 2 subplots in this manga - one between the chainsaw man and Eri, and the other between the 3 good friends, and these 2 subplots are linked by the relationship between Eri and Yamamoto. There's a fair share of action, comedy and ecchi in this manga. And the manga dwells quite on the negative aspect of life, but ends the happily-ever-after way. But alas, all good thing must end sooner or later (eg- Naruto went past its due date =x). To me, the ending was perfect. It could be longer, but 8 chapters was suitable as well. It wraps up everything nicely, and kept me captivated until the end of the journey. All in all, an enjoyable read.


Special thanks to the [SCX-scans] group that worked on this manga, delivering it to Japanese illiterate like myself. Great job guys! But, be sure to buy the manga once it's out in your respective area, which is NEVER in my case.