Old Boy

In an old building, between floors seven and eight, a man has been incarcerated in a locked room for the last ten years. With no idea as to why he was taken in the first place, nor where he is, the man has spent the last decade alone with no contact to the outside world except for the television in the corner. One day, a group of men in dark suits burst into his cell and announce that his sentence is over before stuffing him in a suitcase and dumping him in a park. Free to do as he wishes, the man has just one thing on his mind: revenge against those who ruined his life. Now with the perfectly honed body and a festering anger gained from his time alone, he has become a lethal fighter hell bent on finding out exactly what the reason for his imprisonment was, the people behind it, and making them pay for it.

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This was one of the first manga i ever read.I got the urge to read it after i saw the korean movie Oldboy and wanted to see if the manga was any better(not that it is not good). I am glad that i did that choice :)I was fairly suprised how fast i got addicted to reading chapter after chapter. The pacing is good, and so is the art and the characthers. The story differated a little from the movie, and that was a good plot twist both for me and the story of the manga. I dont want to spoil anything for anybody so i will not go in to any details, so please when you have the time , pick up this manga and start getting excited!

As far as complexity and depth you wont find much better, as a mystery man that has locked away 25 year old Shinchi Goto and menipulates all aspects of his life until Goto finds himself wraped up in a life or death game to find the truth about who would want him locked and why. The auther does an amazing job of catching the deepest part of the human psyche and brilliantly pertraying real human emotions. I found the art style to be very unique. It was very appropriate that such a realistic and believable story have a darker art style that is anime but looked more real. not a single panal was halfassed. The story does have a pacing problem. its hard to keep track of when everything is going on, like when one day will start and another will end. other then that will always keep you on your toes and woundering. with every mystory thats uncovered it only creates more qestions that must be answered Up until the last page of the last chapter.

This manga is joke istg, after I read the last chapter I felt like I'm donkey , you know there is a Tom and Jerry ep when that dog got played by the cat then he saw himself with donkey head basically that's me , after an epic beginning and mysterious journey we went throughout, we got a super weak ending , I felt like the author was laughing at us , I won't spoil anything but trust me the reason why all that events happened to the MC for a silly reason , unfortunately that was a huge disappointment .

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