By Mamahara Ellie
Overall: Mediocre
Smex Factor: Modest
Art: Different
Status: 1 Volume; Complete
Review: It's Batman. Gay, Japanese Batman. Only, not as smooth, and he clearly enjoys banter. So, maybe if Terry McGinnis replaced Bruce Wayne. And was gay and Japanese. ...What? You're not a Batman nerd!? Ah well...
So, the Batman sticker on my keyboard is eyeing me disapprovingly. But don't worry, Bats, you know you're my one and only. See, Deep Black (ie gay Batman clone) lacks what makes Batman the best guy ever. He lacks his intensity, and his insanity, and his general badassery. Basically, rather than Batman, Deep Black is everything I hated about Batman Beyond (the jibes, the tomfoolery, the fact that Terry's a douchebag...Well, Deep Black isn't as bad as Terry. Maybe a mix of Terry and Bruce). But this isn't a comparison of Deep Black and Batman. ...Okay, one last thing: Batman would NEVER be that nice to Dick, or Jason, or Tim, or ANY Robin. He trains them to broken bones and rock hard TEARS, man!
Okay, so if you've ever heard of Batman, that's the set up for this. Except, his family situation is...less tragic and more Japanese. This isn't an angsty BL, this is fluff, people. And Batman doesn't get..........."giddy with love."
Okay, okay. I'll stop. But really.
So, this being a Mamahara Ellie manga, it actually has a pretty solid plot; nothing fancy or intricate, but a plot all the same. Gay Batman (Deep Black) and this group called the Silver Axes (I'm thinking it might be a mistranslation of Axis, but what do I know) are duking it out because SA is blowing up a bunch of buildings in search of some paintings of Sages. In a fairly simple battle of the wits (it's damn easy to follow), Deep Black/Kenshou (his secret identity) meets this guy called Minami, and seriously. If you can't figure out the direction it's going from that point on, you've probably never read BL before. Or books.
The plot gets weaker towards the end, as it gets gayer and gayer, but honestly, would anyone expect anything else?
Minami's kind of annoying. He's pretty whiny, and he's the type to look at the floor in pain all the time because he's stupid. Deep Black isn't intense enough to be Batman, but I can't help but like him anyway, if only for the fact that I can accurately call him Gay Batman.
All in all, I'd say the only reason to read it is to laugh at a man that could honestly and purposefully be called Gay Batman.
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