#50s manga

[classic-shoujo]

Paris~Tokyo (1959) by Makoto Takahashi

[animenostalgia]

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[sleepless-miles]

Ribbon no Kishi // Princess Knight, by Osamu Tezuka

[zatsu-manga-dump]

Magazine : Gekkan Norakuro (Monthly Norakuro), circa 1964-1965

This monthly manga magazine ran between 1964 and 1965 (approx.). It was aimed as a "family manga magazine", and featured Norakuro stories, manga that were previously published in the Shounen Club magazine, as well as what seems to be exclusive manga not related to Norakuro.

Norakuro was a pretty popular character at the times, and a lot of goodies were being sold. The original manga ran for 10 years in Shounen Club (1931-1941). It was a decision of the Japanese military to stop the serialization of the manga.

It depicted the life of Norakuro, who was in the military. It apparantly depicted war in a fun way according to the few panels and posts on the Internet I read, however I must admit I am not able to judge how much it was war propaganda, and how much it wasn't, since I couldn't access the source material myself.

One of the first issues (if not the first) of the magazine, featuring Boukendan Kichi (Keizou Shimada, 1933-1939) and Robot Santoudai (Koremitsu Maetani, 1958-1962). (Source)

1965/3 issue

1965/11 issue, featuring its table of content, and the front page of 2 manga chapters : Gisou (Norakuro, Suihou Tagawa) and Songoku (Shigeru Sugiura). Songoku is a short manga exclusive to Gekkan Norakuro that ran for 2-3 chapters in 1965.

1965 New Year issue

1965/4 issue

1965/5 issue

Sources: Wikipedia 1 2 3 4 5 + various auctions sites for the pictures.

[ratfest]

my heartbeat sounds funny!

[manga-meow]

[beaulesbian]

it was so interesting how the mihawk vs zoro fight was different in the manga than in the show.

i feel it was much more sudden, no planning the duel for next day, just when zoro saw mihawk he already knew he has to try and fight him.

luffy doesn't say anything against if even if they had just seen mihawk split that ship with just his sword. he accepts it (because he already understands he can't stand in the way of zoro's dream), and stands close by without saying anythign almost the whole fight. watching it closely.

and when zoro is having troubles, luffy still holds johnny and yosuku back so they don't interfere with the duel .

only after zoro is defeated and drops in the water, luffy loses it, and goes after mihawk with so much anger.

it was a nice and interesting moment that mihawk saw luffy holding the others away from the fight.

lets luffy know that he didn't kill zoro.

and then this whole thing sksajds

"luffy, can you hear me?"

"i hear you."

the way they showed it in the show was great - with how close luffy was by zoro's side, immediately checking up on him and hearing what zoro wanted to say to him directly.

but the way it's in the manga, it's almost heartbreaking because they're some distance away and luffy has to ask usopp if zoro is ok, and zoro isn't even sure if luffy is around, but he needs him to know!

that we won't ever fail!

"got a problem with that, king of the pirates?"

and same as in the show, luffy in different words say zoro could never fail him! he's so happy zoro survived that

[celestie0]

gojo so cute for pointing out to shop lady which flavor he wants. i wonder if he flirts for discounts lmaooo

[hamable]

Something something there were others with quirks before The Glowing Baby, but because it was flashy and harmless it made the perfect First Quirk story and that trend of holding up the flashy and “good” quirks of society while shadowing all others has been an issue since the beginning…

[yugiohz]

the all might plushies are almost sold out while the endeavor ones remain god is reallllll and life imitates art

[classic-shoujo]

Kokeshi Detective Agency (1957) by Osamu Tezuka

[jetix]

Go! Go! Ackman on V Jump in 1994

[manga-meow]

[akasanata]

A little bit of hope for Jonathan...

Only for it to be burned in the flames

Love the way Dracula is drawn, like he's enjoying himself

[kookoofufu]

Okay I'm noticing things re-reading the Zoro vs Mihawk duel, specifically how Mihawk gets as inspired as Zoro does.

Mihawk is very interesting because he's one of the few characters in One Piece who has actually achieved their dream: becoming the world's greatest swordsman. But he's not happy.

It's important that Mihawk is introduced frowning. Yes he has a RBF but I think the frowning is supposed to emphasize that Mihawk is bored and unfulfilled. He's completely stagnant, faces no real challenge and hasn't for a long time. His comment about picking on Don Krieg "for fun" is somewhat unbelievable, because he is clearly not actually having fun.

He also starts off mean as shit. Mihawk is usually very cool and detached, but when he first learns Zoro's dream he immediately starts putting Zoro down. This is notably different from the anime where he smiles in response. Why the weird intense animosity?

The animosity continues with his comments about swordplay during the fight. In the anime it seems like he's saying Zoro is more powerful than expected, but in the manga, given his early comment about subtlety, it's supposed to be an insult.

Mihawk starts to respect Zoro after his response to being stabbed, but when Zoro turns around with the "swordsman's shame" line at the end of the duel, it's the first time in the entire interaction where Mihawk smiles.

In One Piece, many characters (especially villains) dismiss and mock dreams. Mihawk seems the same at first, but this expectation is flipped when he smiles and gives a Big Damn Speech about Zoro surpassing him after the duel. He's the first major player to actually support Zoro and Luffy in pursuing their dreams!

I think this duel changed Mihawk from being jaded and angry about dreams to being supportive of the people (our heroes) trying to achieve them. Mihawk has something to look forward to, maybe for the first time since becoming the greatest. And isn't it awesome that some small fry pirate hunter from the east blue made a warlord want to lose? It ties into a theory/observation I saw floating around that the straw hats inspire villains by defeating them, jolting them out of complacency and making them want to pursue their abandoned dreams (i.e. Crocodile returning to the New World, Buggy wanting to become King of the Pirates). And I think that's neat.