The celebration of Kazuya Minekura’s brilliant Wild Adapter continues!
At Experiments in Manga, Ash Brown considers how Kubota’s skill at majhong reflects his overall personality. Here’s a particularly insightful quote:
While on the surface mahjong may at first appear to be mostly about luck, there is actually a huge amount of strategy involved, especially as players become more skilled. In many ways, you have to make your own luck. Mahjong requires mental flexibility, the willingness to change strategies, quick thinking, and the ability to make accurate deductions from limited information.
Sounds like Kubota to me!
At The Manga Curmudgeon, David Welsh reposts a Flipped column on Wild Adapter that, unlike other old reviews, does not inspire the urge for a rewrite.
And here at home, MJ devotes her Three Things Thursday column to guilty pleasures in Wild Adapter that aren’t so guilty after all. I’m quite fond of her closing comment:
So while I am certainly adamant that non-fans of BL should give Wild Adapter a try, that’s not because the story isn’t BL. They should read it because it’s really good BL, and people should know what that looks like.
If you’d like to participate in the Manga Moveable Feast, see this post for instructions. If you haven’t got a blog of your own, let us know and we’ll post it for you. A complete archive for the Wild Adapter MMF can be found here.
Ash says
June 23, 2011 at 8:45 amI’m so glad you enjoyed my post! Thank you again for hosting this Feast. Wild Adapter is one of my favorites.
Michelle Smith says
June 23, 2011 at 8:48 amYou’re welcome! I also appreciated the explanation of the “riichi” line. :)
Ash says
June 23, 2011 at 9:03 amOh, good! I’m glad I could help. ^_^ I wonder how many people are confused by that line.
Melinda Beasi says
June 23, 2011 at 9:30 amIt was a wonderful, creative post that (to me) embodies what’s best about the Manga Moveable Feast. I’m so pleased that you contributed it.
Ash says
June 23, 2011 at 10:10 amThank you for the kind comments! I was excited when I came up with the idea for the post, so it makes me happy that it has been received well.
judi(togainunochi) says
June 23, 2011 at 1:29 pmI just want to say thanks to everyone for all the Wild Adapter love. I have been shamelessly promoting this manga since day one, as well as her other works.
As for Kazuya Minekura, she is one of my very favorite mangaka. I even have her art books from Japan for both Wild Adapter and Saiyuki.
I know she wrote that Wild Adapter and Kobota were her favorites, so I hope her health improves so she can once again gift us with more of her works.
Melinda Beasi says
June 23, 2011 at 5:30 pmThanks for reading, Judi! It’s good to know we have some folks enjoying the conversation!