Tougen Anki
Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood

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When I was reading the reviews on this manga here, I keep seeing people saying that this manga has too many plot holes and mistakes, and that it's generic and is just like other mangas. I often get annoyed whenever I see this because these readers only focus on how similar the manga is to other ones and refuse to read the manga for it's actual plot, characters, and world building.

In my personal opinion, I think the characters are pretty well built, Ichinose has a goal, and he may not be the smartest, but his fight scenes(especially with Mikaido) are incredibly good. The way he ... learns and developed his movement and fight, the way to the art developing and the poses get less and less stiff. It just makes you want to really scream in excitement while reading.

I also think that the other characters are pretty well built just as the main character, from the girl and her oni sister, to saw stitches, their backstory and character may be similar to other manga trios. But these days, manga trios are everywhere, Chainsaw man is a great manga too and it has more fans than this manga, therefore no one compares the manga trio to anything else(not that I'm hating on chainsaw man it's just an example).

The world building is great too, it gives you enough information about Onis and Momos, how each Oni section work together to survive and their underground hospital. The Momo government don't really have much details yet when you see chapter of them in their building. It seems just like the Oni if they could work on the surface. They show just enough cruelty of how bad the racism against Oni is, and how much Oni is just like the Momo, just with more power.

And alright, I have to admit, some characters can be a little confusing to read, but nonetheless the recent chapters with the guy with invisibility and tracking is incredible. I can't help but sit and wait for the next chapter wondering what will happen.

It's a great manga, it may be similar to other mangas but I still love it, it's one of many mangas I would be excited for each week and month. So please just read it as the manga it is, enjoy the characters as who they are drawn and written as, and stop comparing it to other mangas just because it's a bit generic, each generic manga still has it's own story after all.

So It's been a while since I started reading this and I've wanted to write a review but I just couldn't find the right words to help me convey what I feel about this manga. Slight spoilers ahead btw.

SO first of all the plot is very generic, but generic doesn't mean bad. If it's done in a good way generic can also be good as seen from almost every new gen shounen. But this... is just mid. The story starts with letting us know that Ichinose Shiki (the mc) is a trouble maker, always making trouble for his old man and everyone around him and ... he also never goes to school. Then a few panels later person with some type of mysterious magic comes in and tries to kill Ichionse, but of course his old man tries to stop him and dies in the process. But guess what? HE WASN'T HIS REAL DAD!! HE PICKED ICHINOSE OFF OF NOWHERE WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT?! After this Ichinose is all alone and miserable and doesn't know what to do which is when a mysterious guy with rollerblades and an umbrella made from blood comes in and tries to awaken Ichinose's true power by training him a bit. After training for 2 chapters Ichinose is told to go to this school for oni (his type of species which are basically demons able to manipulate blood) who train to fight off the momotarou (a group of supernatural humans who use bacteria? as their power source). Which is when he realizes that HE IS INDEED THE MC AND THE KID OF SOME IMPORTANT ONI FROM A CENTURY AGO aka the plot of Blue Exorcist and a couple of other shounen we've all watched before.

I'm gonna be honest it is kinda enjoyable at times despite not having a single unique trait. The characters are all painfully basic and stereotypical, though a few of them have some mystery behind their character which is good. One thing that this series doesn't fail at though is making good looking characters. EVERYONE is good looking. The villains, the doctors, the students, the teachers all of them are good looking. But I do not appreciate the way the women are represented in this. Sure they are thick and beautiful but all of their boobs are seriously VERY HUGE. No human can carry that shit around. I understand that it might be for fan service purposes but that shit ain't attractive at all.

One thing I like about it is that while the oni or the "bad guys" are just creatures trying to live their life peacefully, without harming humans, the momotarou who are supposed to be the "good guys" are the ones that are seriously corrupt. I think this is a good representation of how some good and evil works and I appreciate the author for doing that.
That being said, you should read it if you are an extreme shounen fan or if you want to kill time if you're bored.

Just got done reading all of the current chapters. At first I was enjoying the art and I liked the MC, I'm not too fussed about generic MC's like that. The first few chapters almost gave me mixed vibes between TG, BBB and Blue Exorcist. But then it suddenly changes pace from the academy, to a whole arc elsewhere before we even get time to be with the supporting cast.

At first I didn't mind it too much, thinking it was a new mangaka (with their first series), who has a chance to improve. But nope, it was brought to my attention by someone else that ... this is definitely the same mangaka that made Bougyaku no Kokekko (who went under a different pen-name), and based on the reviews and criticisms, the same issues all exist in that series.

The pacing sucks, the character writing sucks, the art has moments where the characters look too stiff, no name characters have faces drawn in a completely different style, the constant use of tropes, trying to make me sympathise with the bad guys with some really awful writing, the power system which just seems to be a weird combination of a bunch of other manga power systems in one, etc etc.

Honestly, this should get axed. The mangaka should look into doing art exclusively, and finding a writer that is actually competent. That way he can focus on fixing the art issues, while not having to write a story that sucks so bad. The fact that he's going under a different pen-name and still making the same mistakes is proof enough that it's just a waste of time to have views like "It has potential, so I'll keep reading". These seem like inherent problems with the mangaka that won't change later down the road.