10 Responses to 'Best manga ever?'

1. Patomaru Says: January 14th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

   “news commentators attribute the sales to `an increasing awareness of politics in Japan`”

   I was wondering where everyone was getting their political acumen from.

2. Joe Jones Says: January 14th, 2009 at 10:32 pm

   I forwarded this around to some co-workers, and the comments quickly degraded into a discussion of Yukari Sato’s hotness or lack thereof.

3. Durf Says: January 14th, 2009 at 10:54 pm

   The pope’s involvement reminded me of the Uncyclopedia entry on North Korea. From the “Geography” section:

   The highlight of North Korean ski history was Kim Jong Ill’s . . . performance in the Men’s Freestyle event in the 1976 Winter Olympics wherein he landed a switch 720 misty flip to method air. The technique was without parallel and the women swooned. The Great Leader, however, was robbed of victory when the Pope called upon his divine powers to land a switch triple back flip to indy nosebone (see: Politics). The cowardly Pope will not be victorious again.

4. Durf Says: January 15th, 2009 at 9:51 pm

   Hey, congrats on getting picked up by the folks at Salon.

5. Adamu Says: January 15th, 2009 at 11:02 pm

   yeah this “best/worst x ever” series seems to be a good attention grabber

6. Roy Berman Says: January 15th, 2009 at 11:05 pm

   It’s a tradition of the blogging style. We can’t be having grey areas.

7. Benjamin Says: January 16th, 2009 at 9:50 am

   Wow. After having been a denizen of the nearly unknown Japanese Mahjong world for years, it’s finally getting some attention. And to think that the Koizumi manga is the first thing that gets noticed. I’ve been reading that manga ever since it was first serialized and always wondered how to even begin explaining it to people. Read it if you’re literate. If its not the best manga ever, it’s certainly the best Mahjong manga tankobon in existence. My favorite part is when GWB loses to Koizumi and rides around the White House lawn on a Segway to vent his frustration.

   For those interested, Chapter two of the Pope saga came out in last week’s Kindai Mahjong Original. The pope “creates” his super-powerful Mahjong hand while quoting Genesis, on the first day god said let there be tiles, etc. When he gets to the 7th day he completes the hand and commands Koizumi to rest…forever! Will Koizumi ever wake up? Stay tuned!

8. Benjamin Says: January 17th, 2009 at 11:04 am

   The salon guy replied to me! http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/16/the_legend_of_koizumi_2/index.html

9. Jaimie Says: January 8th, 2010 at 4:14 pm

   i think Kitchen Princess is officially the best of the best.

10. Mutantfrog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Legend of Koizumi anime Says: January 26th, 2010 at 2:36 pm

    [...] all settled by world leaders playing mahjong that was once described by an eminent critic as “the best manga ever,” has finally seen n anime adaptation. It is being released as an OVA instead of being shown [...]

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