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Battle Club = Love

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So, anyway, I was reading this article (see here --> [link] ) about a 12-year old boy borrowing "mature" manga from the Library. After all the ado, I was intrigued: I had to see what the big deal was about.

So I got the first volume and settled down to read it. What was quickly apparent (by like... the first panel of the first page)is that Battle Club loves fan service. LOVES IT. It is one of the most obvious and unashamed series that I've read, and even knows that it's a book, which is strange and cool at the same time. Hence, there are shots like this:







Shots like this are all too common. Also, the series assumes that all the readers of this manga are prepubescent boys with the attenstion span of a goldfish... a DUMB goldfish. So, there can only be so many panels of story before there are over-the-top shots of jailbait genetalia pressed firmly against sheer clinging underwear. I was like, "What does ANY of this have to do to the story?", but I digress. You don't read this for story. You read it for fun... and the series is fun, indeed.

Here's a two page sequence from Volume 1. Stuff like this happens all the time. If you like this, you're bound to love the manga.

Of course you can study the philosophical and theological implications of partaking in such a story, or being in a culture where such a story is encouraged and enjoyed...


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or you can just enjoy the boobies. Your choice. :)










Hope y'all are doing well. Talk to you soon!! :heart: :hug: :heart:

Mike Crichlow

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!Vuluberdogerest Nov 20, 2008  Hobbyist General Artist
OMYGOSH! I WAS LISTENING TO ANIME DIET AND I HEARD YOU WERE WRITTING A MANGA! WOOT! Soory I luv manga....

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*MichaelCrichlow Nov 20, 2008
Awesome! It's cool to know that people are finding me through all types of venues. Ha! Work has been pretty heavy, so I'm working on comics, but not my own story. Hopefully, I'll make time to work on my own story soon.

Much love, and thanks again! :D :heart:

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~RedSpade15 Aug 28, 2008
Oh it's the guy who drew Ikki Tousen. Yeah, he loves the fan service. Totally.

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~M-veculous Aug 27, 2008  Hobbyist Artist
I do love that artist. I have been a fan of his since 13 years of age. And while the fanservice is almost the main reason to read his stuff, I have been hooked on the actual stories. Take Battle Vixens(Ikki tousen). Its based around Romance of the three Kingdoms and if you think that story is not complex your wrong. I think that there is more to these books than unadulterated fanservice. For me anyway.

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*RabidElf Aug 26, 2008  Professional Digital Artist
I believe that is the second series of the Battle Vixens story line. I have heard that one character eventually suplexes a shark in it if it it is the one I am thinking of. Yeah Battle Vixens is fun but a series you don't admit you read alas.

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*MichaelCrichlow Aug 26, 2008
Yeah, she suplexes a shark in it! Ha! I was like, Wow! Never seen that before. :D :heart:

I've never read Battle Vixens. I'll have to give it a try. :)

Cheers! :D

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*RabidElf Aug 26, 2008  Professional Digital Artist
It's slightly more serious than the second series.

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=aeolus06 Aug 25, 2008  Student Digital Artist
looks awesome :D ill have to buy a copy

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~animepatriarch Aug 25, 2008
i dont see the big deal either i used to get the 17+ stuff when i was in middle school and didnt have any problems. my mom got a little concerned because i was buying them a lot. She made me give her one to flip threw and she didnt see anything wrong.

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~mjtfreeze Aug 25, 2008  Professional General Artist
This is to funny. Mind you this is nothing, come over in england and the stuff they show on normal non cable national television after 8pm is for adults only lol. This manga isnt mature, I'v been in comic book stores and sometimes its easier to find a good looking girl who loves comics in real life than to to find mature manga in my library.

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