Bench

MANGA
Author: Kishimoto, Masashi (Story & Art)

Genres: Shounen, Sports

I just read the one shot manga Bench and I am quite disapointed. I was expecting something more interesting by author of Naruto.

What I was expecting?

1. More humor. There was nothing funny for me.
2. More original story. There was nothing new for me. The biggest disapointement came with the plot with glases. What a stupid conclusion?! And it is not original. I saw this plot also in some movie.
3. Better drawings - I did not get used with Kishimoto's style here. The noses of characters was too unnatural for me. And most of characters was too simple and difficuld to remember them. He forced himself to make something different from style of drawing in Naruto and he overdid it.

What I liked?

1. Character design of Ou Masayuki. This character realy has a charisma. With better nose he would be perfect :-)
2. Inspiration for second main character in Astro Boy. That was good idea to came with Atom. The shame, that he did not used it in better story.

I mean it wasn't bad manga, but also not good. My ranking is 6/10. And only because of Ou.

More info here: http://myanimelist.net/manga/22721/Bench
You can read it online here: http://manga.animevibe.net/Bench/Oneshot/1