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George J. Horvath May 21, 2025

So, after reading all of Slam Dunk, catching up on Viz's release of Fist of the North Star, & reading that JoJo side-story manga... what am I in the mood for next? Amusingly enough, while I read, re-read, or re-watched various Masami Kurumada titles last year for #Kurumada50, I didn't touch RnK.

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George J. Horvath May 21, 2025

I did the author's notes & afterwords trilogy last year, and I re-reviewed the anime & did that "Ring ni Kakero vs. Ring ni Kakero 1" piece in 2021. But the last time I did a full read of Ring ni Kakero was over a decade ago, which is where my 2013 review of the manga came from. Time for a re-read!

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Masami Kurumada started off his career as an assistant in the early-70s to Ko Inoue for Samurai Giants & (allegedly) his idol Hiroshi Motom...

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Plus, I actually never did a proper reading thread for a Kurumada manga here on Bluesky (all of my #Kurumada50 reading threads were done on Twitter), so it makes sense. I'll also read what little was fan translated in English, to compare the changes made (at least early on) in more detail.

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