One-shot Mangas
By ratyz5
@ratyz5 (7808)
Philippines
September 6, 2008 8:31pm CST
Hello to everyone (^_^ )
Seeing that Blade of the Immortal is still ongoing, I looked up on the author, Hiroaki Samura (or Samura Hiroaki, really don't know which is the first name) and checked up on some works that he has made and are already completely scanlated..
I was fortunate to find Brigit's Supper,Emerald and Night of the Succubus. All Seinen by the way..
I'm still reading Ohikkoshi and Bradherley's Coach from the same author/artist.
All titles, aside from the Blade of the Immortal, are one-shot*In the American comic book industry, the term one-shot is used to denote a pilot comic or a stand-alone story created to last as one issue. These single issues are usually labeled with a "#1" despite there being no following issues, and are sometimes subtitled as "specials". On occasion, a character or concept will appear in a series of one-shots, in cases where the subject matter is not financially lucrative enough to merit an ongoing or limited series, but still popular enough to be published on a regular basis, often annually or quarterly. A current example of a series of one-shots would be Marvel Comics' Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius publications. This type of one-shot is not to be confused with a comic book annual, which is typically a companion publication to an established ongoing series.
In the Japanese manga industry, the same concept is expressed by the term yomikiri, which implies that the comic is presented in its entirety without any continuation. One-shot manga tells its entire story in 15-20 pages, usually written for contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length manga series (much like a television pilot). Many popular manga series that began as one-shot stories includes Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star), Naruto, One Piece, Berserk and Kinnikuman among others. Rising Stars of Manga is an annual competition for original English-language one-shot manga, many of which have gone on to become full-length manga series.* - answers.com
If you like reading manga on Seinen genres, you can try out those titles though, it is possible that you have already read those (^_^")
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@semicolonp (518)
• Philippines
7 Sep 08
Holy crap. DUDE! You're reading Bradherley's Coach? PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT IT!
See, I love Kotonoha, right? Their stories are weird and interesting and appeals to the geek in me in many and varied ways. They have these sets of one-shot collections with simplistic stories that managed to freak the hell out of me with the most common plotlines and less than stellar drawing, and these sets of one-shots have also managed to confuse the hell out of me more than any of the manymanymany manga I've read before.
So, yes, I dearly love Kotonoha. In the sea of shounen/shoujo stereotypes and not-enough-seinen/josei scanlation world, they provide an alternative.
Unfortunately, I am easily scared. And when I read Kotonoha-editor's response regarding this new Samura-creation, I didn't know whether I was up to it! .
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@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
7 Sep 08
I am sad to reply that I have just finished reading Ohikkoshi and just about to begin to read what you want me to summarize (T_T )
A preview from mangaupdates has this posted:
Every year, Lord Nicola A. Bradherley, one of Europe’s leading aristocrats, sends his coach round to various orphanges to adopt little girls and trains them to join his opera troupe. But most of these girls never make it onto the stage — a far more sinister fate awaits them, sacrificed in the name of the greater good. –zzled
So I hope that didn't spoil too much..
@semicolonp (518)
• Philippines
12 Sep 08
Ack! I've had Ohikkoshi in my HD for a loooong time now, but I was being stubborn and going, "I'll finish BotI, then I'll read it!" But then, just when I thought BotI'd finish with the current arc, another arc will start. Not that I mind, obviously (:D) but, yeah. I haven't really read Ohikkoshi either. I'll remedy that this weekend, I think.
Have you read Bradherley's Coach, yet? I... that description really intrigues me, but I'm still kinda scared of reading it for myself, hehe. Maybe I'll ask that hardened friend of mine to read it in my stead.
By the way, where did you find his other titles? I've been meaning to horde his works, but BotI ate my brain (especially now that it's an anime. ANIME!). I was so so glad when I realized some kind group was scanlating it and hosting it online. Yeah, uhm, am I still off-topic? Sorry! I'll... uh... Okay, I got nothing. Sorry! _
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@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
15 Sep 08
Sorry for not immediately replying to this inquiry of yours..
Anyway, since you must've already remedied yourself on Ohikkoshi, you definitely have to read Bradherley's Coach!!
I'm really tempted to tell you how the chapters revolve around this intriguing fate that the other girls end up to instead of living their dreams of performing on stage but, I simply don't want to spoil it at all.. You simply have to read it.. don't let anyone else tell you what it holds or your impressions on it wouldn't be authentic.. what am I saying?! and I think I have used the word 'simply' twice.. let me check.. You just have to read it for yourself..
Blade of the Immortal Anime.. would the artwork be consistent with the manga? I really do hope that it somehow retains it or else, I'd just look forward to the story.. then again, if the art work is altered, what more could I expect with the story..? But still, if ever possible, I'd have to read it first before watching it.. more details in the manga it seems to retain integrity then compare it with the animated version.. can't really help it since its better to see fight scenes in motion than on panels of every page in the manga that would even get you wondering which perspectives are you looking at..
Oh yeah, your asking where, right? Similar to how you look for reviews, I look for it on search engines with key words 'manga series', on line, free, manga.. Found Ohikkoshi at anymanga.com while the other titles, Brigit's Supper, Emerald, Night of the Succubus and Bradherley's Coach at mangafox.com

@phyrethyme (1267)
• Philippines
8 Sep 08
Thanks for posting something like this. Now I have more ideas about Mangas. I like them, I started two months ago reading but I don't know much.. So I guess, thanks for the information :)
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@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
8 Sep 08
About the one-shot info? I just read about it when I started reading one and got interested on what it meant..
Uhmmm, two of the titles that I mentioned.. kind'a has content which not everyone would look forward to so.. be warned or something.. especially Bradherley's Coach.. to think that it was historical.. then again, you can consider other historical facts about things that are too inhumane.. (-_- )
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@phyrethyme (1267)
• Philippines
8 Sep 08
Thank you still. :) It's interesting, I promise. :)
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@magojordan (3252)
• Philippines
9 Sep 08
You should also try zombie powder by Kubo the same author of Bleach. It wasn't actually a complete series in itself but it has a good plot and the you could see the characters there are somewhat similar to Bleach characters. Thanks for sharing the info. 
@Hanyouyomi (2186)
• Dallas, Texas
13 Jul 16
@ratyz5 Ragnarok was discontinued?! Of was "Into The Abyss" a continuation? Also I came here in part to see what kind of One-Shots you've read. And to be honest I expected a mention of Akira Toriyama's "Sand Land." Also I miss Rising Stars Of Manga, as I submitted a one-shot to them back in 2008, but the art was poor and the story was meh. I anted to try again in 2009, but Tokyopop went under at that time. They've long sense bounced back, but I mis the old days... Also I thought Zombie Powder was three volumes...

![Mangaka - Hiroaki Samura - He has a good understanding of anatomy[citation needed] that allows him to create uniquely expressive poses and angles. His use of accurately detailed shots of hands and feet makes them almost as reflective of character and mood as his faces. Atmospheric backgrounds and landscapes round out the look of the manga, which incorporates many panels done in a finished, shaded pencil style rather than in inked line art. His superb drawing skills are shown to their best advantage in these penciled panels. This applies to most of the manga and artwork he has created. He doesn't seem to use pencils as much as he used to though, preferring a sketchy ink style instead.
- answers.com Mangaka - Hiroaki Samura - He has a good understanding of anatomy[citation needed] that allows him to create uniquely expressive poses and angles. His use of accurately detailed shots of hands and feet makes them almost as reflective of character and mood as his faces. Atmospheric backgrounds and landscapes round out the look of the manga, which incorporates many panels done in a finished, shaded pencil style rather than in inked line art. His superb drawing skills are shown to their best advantage in these penciled panels. This applies to most of the manga and artwork he has created. He doesn't seem to use pencils as much as he used to though, preferring a sketchy ink style instead.
- answers.com](https://img.mylot.com/2037393.jpg)



