The artstyle in the manga is all over the place, the panels are overcrowded with excessive information, and the narration is bad. The 's not bad, but it's one of those times where the anime is actually better than the manga, although the manga REALLY improves all of this later on. I'll be talking about the anime because I watched it first. Since there's no real story, there's also no real worldbuilding - essentially each story arc could be considered as a separate "world" because nothing ties the events and locations together except for the fact that Jing and Kir have travelled there. Now this is where Rose (the girl from chapter/episode 2) comes in (and the main problem with my story that I want to write). We never learn who his mother is, or what does the crystal from the first chapter mean to Jing, even though these secrets are highlighted a couple of times. Like, aside from one flashback story arc, we never get to know anything about who Jing is. The lack of a "bigger" story (like in Naruto or One Piece) really hurts the narration in the long run because you can't really get attached to any of the new characters since they'll be gone in the next story arc (each 2-3 episodes/chapters).Īlso, since Jing and Kir are rather static protagonists, they don't really change either. Even so, the episodic story style is what is probably kept the King Jing manga/anime from getting really big. However, the manga more than makes up for it with the stellar artwork, creative artstyle and touching moral messages. If someone isn't familiar with the story, it basically boils down to this - Jing and his albatross sidekick Kir arrive to a new location in search of treasure, then they meet a girl who helps them with finding the treasure, defeat the villain of the day, get the treasure, leave all their newly made friends behind and disappear as they go to a new location to find new treasure, rinse and repeat.Īs you can see, the plot is VERY formulaic especially since there's almost no overarching storyline - the manga hints at Jing's past a couple of time and we even get to see his childhood in a few chapters, but it's never really explored or explained properly. Just saying, I'm no professional author or something, just a big fan of King of Bandit Jing.Īs some of you may have known, "King of Bandit Jing" is an anime (released in 2002) based on a Japanese manga that ran in a Kodansha manga magazine from 1995 to 2005 (including the sequel - King Jing Twilight Tales). I realize that in 2019(heh, now 2020) the King Jing fandom is probably pretty much dead but I don't really care since this is more of a passion project if anything. Normally I wouldn't have written anything like this rant but the story wouldn't really make any sense out of context that I feel I need to provide since King of Bandit Jing isn't exactly a popular anime, especially nowadays. Before continuing the story, I need to say something about this series. Sorry for not updating this story and - no, I haven't completely abandoned it. Originally posted as a review author note on fanfiction net.
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