Gong Bao Chicken

nathandouglasdavis Apr 22, 2020

1

Since it's only fourteen pages long, I was able to reread it a couple times to see if I missed anything, to see if it has anything of value within it--any depth or actual drama. And I suppose it's sorta funny seeing the guy panicking at feir advances, but then the guy's personality switches (?) and fe becomes at ease with feir arm around feir shoulder and seems to suddenly have a deep attachment to fem. Of course, the whole interaction is within feir dreams, which makes an already meaningless story even less meaningful. But does it have to be meaningful? Things can be devoid of meaning, just showing a glimpse of mundanity, and still be beautiful. Is this one of those things? Is this beautiful? Well, the art certainly isn't. The character designs are pretty bland, with facial proportions which change from one page to another. The layout of the panels can also be a bit confusing, with the flow of the narrative not always being clear. But even beyond the art, there wasn't anything about this that inspired or captivated me. I would have gotten just as much entertainment from flipping through fourteen blank pages as I got from this manhua. Which then made me feel confused, asking myself "Why would an artist put in so much effort to create something so bland and pointless?"

angelsreviews Aug 21, 2013

7

Ok… I kind of went ‘WHAT?’ to this manga. The storyline is really short and it was interesting to find an almost completely wordless manga out there. It sort of showed the storyline rather well and made a bit sense but the ending was really feeling like I had missed something to the story. I read it two times (it was really short so it didn’t bother me none to do that) and I still can’t figure out why it’s called Gong Bao Chicken except for a small comment. The artwork is well detailed but the lines are really thin so sometimes things blend in with each other a little too much. They don’t seem to show up rather well but I guess since this is the dream world, it is supposed to be unclear. It is very bishonen with the man looking a lot like a woman. It’s a good one for those that only care about artwork instead of the words or just want to see a manga with not very many words. I enjoyed the manga even though it had faults in rather small areas. The over all one was a rather interesting experience.