I have seen not that many titles with well portrayed disabilities in manga before stumbling upon Gangsta. I must hurry to say before I start the real part of the review the characters buildup personality wise is amazing and well paced. Nothing feels too out of the blue or too rushed. Now lets begin Plot: The story is put through the psychological lenses so whoever enjoys dark and angsty titles thats your pick. The main character and actually my favorite one Nicolas Brown is a deaf man. The plot somewhat portrays how human and how inhuman one community society if you will can be. So within such a cruel world the mangaka tried to develop a character with sort of a disability a man who is as fragile as strong he appears to be. But if we dive even deeper beyond the obvious you will notice that the manga actually goes further than just portraying just one disability. So to say the author showed that with or without disability we all can break. That masterpiece reminds me of one wellknown rhetorical question Are monsters born or created? Overall I would rate the plot with an 8 out of 10. I hardly ever give 10/10 but if only the author deepened the characters development by that I mean diving deeper into the world of disability and the ups and downs with it I would probably rate it higher Characters Design: Well from body language whoever follows that in manga knows what I mean to creation of atmosphere around the character everything is well thought up and nothing is done on the spur of the moment. I would rate the style and design of the characters really high I would give it 9/10. The idea the details the psychology hidden in the body language just superb I also like that the design doesnt focus on outer appearance e.g. clothes accessories etc. but on inward appearance e.g. personality values ideas etc. Art Style: Well its not my typical pick. Because I am into pretty/beautiful art which you mostly get either in BL or in shoujo genre duh but I have to give the applause. The art is really good. Well through the eyes of someone who ogles at guys with hot bodies damn Nicolas and Worick. The joke aside. I must apologize but I am really picky when it comes to art thus I cant give anything over 7. My rating on art is 7 out of 10.
90 /100
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