#tista

[choujinx]

TISTA (2007-2008) by endou tatsuya

[depressedmonster99]

And again India flooded Bangladesh. The horror people facing in the river areas are unimaginable. Thinking about the people, the animals. It will literally drown them. Maybe it already has I don't know. Don't know what will happen if the dams aren't closed. You don't need enemies when you have friends like India. Being such a small country, rarely people knows what we go through by India. Please get informed about the situation and help put pressure on India about this decades old dam issue. India does this every year. They close their dam during summer (which dries out our rivers) and open it in the rainy season to flood Bangladesh.

I am sorry for sharing bleak news with you all. I know how disturbed everyone gets by these. Forgive me.

May we all find peace. And may Allah send us a miracle. In Sha Allah. Ameen.

[animehouse-moe]

Blade of The Moon Princess Volume 1: An Incredible Look Into Endou's Vision

Rather imprudent of me to title this after the artist rather than the art itself, but it's very hard not to. When your most recent work is your greatest hit, and one of the largest out of nowhere successes in a good while, it's hard to relate everything to that feat.

Regardless, what we have here is Endou's last serialized work before Spy x Family. There's a trio of one-shots bridging the gap, but all three (I Spy in particular, of course) contribute a significant amount to what it is that Endou distills into Spy x Family. Of course, you get borrowings from Tista, and most certainly from Blade of The Moon Princess. Because of those ties, I'd love to explain the connections (and quality) of Blade of The Moon Princess in relation to Endou's Magnum Opus.

Let's get the story out of the way: there are people living on the moon. All Feudal Japan-like but with fancy technology and unimaginable power. Kaguya, the young girl on the cover, is the next-in-line princess to succeed her mother and rise from princess to empress of the moon. Of course, not everyone likes that, as the branch family that was disgraced by the actions of the prior empress that originated from their family has stained their history. Desperate to claw back the power they had lost, they attempt to murder Kaguya's mother and steal away the symbol of her power, a sword passed down from empress to empress that's meant to protect the people of the moon. The coup-meets-assassination fails, and Kaguya is able to flee to the tainted planet (Earth) with the sword and evade the branch family, if only briefly.

Surprisingly well put together, yeah? I thought so too. Where Tista lacks a clear cut vision as to the reason behind Tista's story, Endou rectifies that hole here by providing viewers with the idea that Kaguya's goal is to return to the moon as its empress and usurp the branch family that has wrestled control away from her.

Moving on though, there's quite a few pieces that will catch the attention of readers. The moon, Kaguya, bamboo and Japan. It's Endou's version of The Story of Princess Kaguya. And I think that's really cool. They stretch the fabric of the original story so thin that you can shine a light through it, and Endou uses that light to illuminate the details that he's added. Kaguya does not appear to an old man in a stalk of bamboo. Rather, she appears in a space ship shaped like bamboo.

Much like Endou's marriage of sci-fi and fantasy with Blade of The Moon Princess, they form a transitional period in their storytelling between Tista and Spy x Family. Not quite as humorous as Spy x Family, and not quite as dark as Tista, Kaguya helms a story that straddles the middle of Endou's mind through this first volume. And I think that's something that will be immediately apparent to readers throughout the whole volume.

Though I say 'whole volume', there's two things that will immediately clue readers in: Anya and perspective. Now no, Anya does not appear in this first volume really. But I mean, just look at Kaguya's expressions, they exude the simplicity and laziness of Anya. While Ashe from the referentially titled Rengoku No Ashe might have been the inspiration for Anya's design, Kaguya represents a good portion of her soul.

Similarly, though in the opposite direction, is Endou's use of perspective. While it still exists in Spy x Family, it's to a far lesser degree than something like Tista. In his early days, he very much so had a penchant for blown perspective and the depiction of characters with small and narrow frames. Blade of The Moon Princess continues this trend, though perhaps on a lesser scale than before. The latter example in particular feels like it was pulled directly from Tista.

Anyways, let's refocus on the story to close things out. We know what Endou wants to do, we know where we're going and where it wants to end. It's a very confident series in that regard, which in turns provides me with confidence that it'll be a solid ride through its five volume run. It won't rush to fit it into two volumes, and it won't barely make it a story through one, it'll take its ideals about Kaguya's character, and take the time Endou needs to probably mold and shape it. It's the most promising exercise in Endou's storytelling prior to Spy x Family, and that has me very intrigued. A hot headed girl, stranded so far away from home, stuck with feelings of inadequacy and rage. But a girl that must nonetheless learn how to harness those feelings for the better, and use them to protect the people that form her kingdom. It's a well put and traditional approach with all the right twists and turns inserted by Endou. I'm very curious to see where it goes.

[imberlae]

[wondrousmay]

Early birthday presents for myself! Got SxF fanbook and Endo-sensei’s past manga!

[mr-legoman]

Cutie

[faline-cat444]

Despite the holiday some things got delivered

[b3crew]

REVIEW | "TISTA" - Vol. 1 | B3 - Boston Bastard Brigade

It’s interesting reading manga from famous writers before they made their big hit. Sometimes it gives hints of their future greatness, like when looking through the early works of Osamu Tezuka and Go Nagai. However, sometimes a manga writer has many bumps on the road to smooth out before they hit their first home run. TISTA, the 2007 debut manga from Spy × Family creator Tatsuya Endo, is one such example.

Like the hit that’d be made years later, much of TISTA plays with keeping a major secret from the public eye. In this case, it’s a high schooler named Tista Lone, who moonlights as the deadly assassin Sister Militia. Her task is to kill those who seem evil in the eyes of God, ranging from crooked politicians to low-life drug dealers. However, a run-in with her classmate Arty during a job makes her start questioning her role as a killer-for-hire.

One of the strongest aspects of TISTA is how it questions morality. Despite having dozens of kills under her belt, Tista doesn’t question her actions because of her having “God on her side”. But once a guy like Arty, who aims to be a famous painter, enters her life and gives her a taste of normalcy, Tista starts having a mental breakdown. Her once-clean assassinations start getting sloppy, and her eyes begin to worsen. Yet those who should be watching over her are instead drugging her up and pushing her to keep on killing.

The situation would be an interesting one, if it weren’t for how one-dimensional almost every character is. I should be feeling something for Tista’s predicament, especially when she’s on the verge of having a massive brain malfunction. But alas, there’s not enough here that makes me want to both sympathize or empathize for her or any of these characters. Even Arty, who takes center stage for half of this narrative, is presented in a mediocre display. He’s supposed to be a great artist-to-be, but he’s got nothing spewing from his heart that says otherwise.

Click here to read the rest of the review!

[fantomcomics]

What’s Out This Week? 4/5

Better late than never, right?

Disney Villains: Scar #1 - Chuck Brown,Trevor Fraley & Jahnoy Lindsay

A startling new vision starring Disney's greatest villain, set within the world of The Lion King!  Eisner and Ringo Award-winning author Chuck Brown (Bitter Root) and stunning artist Trevor Fraley tell a tale of fire and fury, centered on an enraged Scar, unable to accept that he will never be king - not so long as long as Mufasa and his new son inhabit Pride Rock. A plan is starting to formulate within Scar's corrupt mind, which will bring him face-to-face with the mysterious shaman, Rafiki...

Hairball #1 (of 4) -  Matt Kindt & Tyler Jenkins

A brand-new supernatural nightmare that's Junji Ito meets Hayao Miyazaki from the Eisner-nominated creators of Fear Case and Apache Delivery Service. A young girl with a black cat begins to suspect the innocuous beast is behind all her troubles: her parents' fighting, family plagues, and innumerable supernatural horrors. As she tries her best to rid herself of this creature, she discovers that maybe the cat is not evil after all and a greater terror may be behind these horrific events harming her life.  

Junk Rabbit #1 (of 5) -  Jimmie Robinson

A new hero rises from mountains of consumer waste, mass homelessness, and devastating climate change. Some call the hero a myth, an urban legend, but others know that it's the JUNK RABBIT come to life!

JIMMIE ROBINSON brings a new take to the dystopian tale of how climate disaster alters not only our world, but also the heroes that literally rise from it. Swamp Thing meets RoboCop.

Parachute Kids GN - Betty Tang

Feng-Li can't wait to discover America with her family! But after an action-packed vacation, her parents deliver shocking news: They are returning to Taiwan and leaving Feng-Li and her older siblings in California on their own. Suddenly, the three kids must fend for themselves in a strange new world-and get along. Starting a new school, learning a new language, and trying to make new friends while managing a household is hard enough, but Bro and Sis's constant bickering makes everything worse. Thankfully, there are some hilarious moments to balance the stress and loneliness. But as tensions escalate-and all three kids get tangled in a web of bad choices-can Feng-Li keep her family together?

Second Coming: Trinity #1 (of 6) - Mark Russell, Richard Pace & Leonard Kirk 

Back again: The book that turned the comics industry upside-down with "quite a bit of humor...[and] a lot of heart" (The New York Times). Jesus Christ, the Son of God, tackles his biggest challenge in 2000 years: babysitting a child with super powers! Meanwhile, his roommate-the superhero called Sunstar-faces his greatest enemy, and his own guilt, in a court of law. Written and co-created by 2022 Eisner winner Mark Russell with art by co-creator Richard Pace and Leonard Kirk.

Sonic The Hedgehog #1 5th Anniversary Edition - Ian Flynn, Tracy Yardley & Tyson Hesse

It has been five years since Sonic the Hedgehog #1, can you believe it?! Five years of friendship, speediness, and chili dogs! To celebrate, we're getting the team back together! Join Ian Flynn and Tracy Yardley for a reprint of #1, plus an all-new bonus short story, a look at how the comics get made, and more!

The Sprite & The Gardener TP - Rii Abrego & Joe Whitt

Long, long ago, sprites were the caretakers of gardens. Every flower was grown by their hand. But when humans appeared and began growing their own gardens, the sprites' magical talents soon became a thing of the past. When Wisteria, an ambitious, kindhearted sprite, starts to ask questions about the way things used to be, she'll begin to unearth her long-lost talent of gardening. But her newly honed skills might not be the welcome surprise she intends them to be. The Sprite and the Gardener, the debut graphic novel by Joe Whitt and Rii Abrego, is bursting with whimsical art and vibrant characters. Join our neighborhood of sprites in this beautiful, gentle fantasy where both gardens and friendships blossom.

Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Dog Of War #1 - Mike Chen & Angel Hernandez

BORK! An extremely rare purebred corgi from Earth makes its way aboard Deep Space 9 when Quark cuts a deal to procure it for a high buyer. After all, a Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all! But Latinum the corgi comes with unexpected cargo that shakes Captain Benjamin Sisko to the core: a Borg component discovered by a crew sent to uncover Cardassian technology after the station's reoccupation. Don't miss out on this exclusive "lost episode" celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fan-favorite show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and debut comic series by acclaimed author Mike Chen (Star Wars: Brotherhood) and Star Trek comics artist extraordinaire Angel Hernandez!

Sweet Paprika: Black, White & Pink One-Shot - Mirka Andolfo

Infernum Press' sexy CCO, created by Harvey Award-winning superstar MIRKA ANDOLFO, returns with some all-new stories for a special in black, white, and...pink! 

A selection of fun and spicy adventures set within the SWEET PAPRIKA universe, presented by an outstanding array of talent from across the comics and entertainment industry, including KATANA COLLINS (Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn, Soul Stripper), STJEPAN ŠEJIC (Harleen, SUNSTONE), RETSU TATEO (Full Metal Panic), KIM KRIZAN (Before Sunrise), STEVE ORLANDO (Marauders, Scarlet Witch, COMMANDERS IN CRISIS), and more!

Tista GN Vol 1 - Tatsuya Endo

In New York City, the NYPD struggles to track down a serial killer known as Sister Militia, who has been targeting mobsters and other criminals in the Big Apple. No one knows who Sister Militia really is except a few residents of a Catholic orphanage. Her name is Tista...

Wheel Of Time: The Eye Of The World TP - Chuck Dixon, Robert Jordan & Chase Conley

The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel has been hailed as an exciting interpretation of Robert Jordan's classic fantasy novel. The first volume introduces Rand al'Thor and his friends Matrim and Perrin at home in Emond's Field, shortly before the spring festival. Moiraine Damodred and Lan Mandragoran appear and almost before Rand knows it, a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the Two Rivers seeking their master's enemy. Moiraine must persuade Rand al'Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.

Whatcha snagging this week, Fantom Fam?

[idiotickate106]

Rahhh, Tatsuya Endo shelf 🗣️ (until I move it when I get an entire new bookshelf so I can take volumes 4-7 out from behind the eyes only book)

Still need to pick up vol.3 of blade of the moon princess🧍

[projectcatzo]

They hate until they realize you own the entire Tista series in print

[choujinx]

TISTA (2007-2008) by endou tatsuya

[depressedmonster99]

If you were interested what the flood looks like. To remind you, India did this. People, animal, children are drowning. So many dead already.

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[animehouse-moe]

Blade of The Moon Princess Volume 3 Review: Secret Third Option

Blade of The Moon Princess continues to be an interesting read- all for the wrong reasons. It's a curious mix of Tatsuya Endo's passion that appeared with Tista, and a lot of the more sensible and creative work that Spy x Family displays. Stuck in the middle (of both Endo's bibliography and the series itself), this third volume struggles to find its place in the bigger picture. A great read for understanding the gradient and transition between Tista and Spy x Family, but not necessarily a worthwhile one outside of that for a good few reasons you'll find in the full review.

[imberlae]

[atthequillsmercy]

Lenni Reviews: "Tista" Vol. 2, by Tatsuya Endo

(Image Source) *This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. Trigger warning for child abuse. FBI agent Snow is honing in on the assassin Tista and the organization backing her. As she persues her investigation, Brother Leone – who raised Tista – is realizing Tista is falling apart inside. It’s a shame this is the last one because I would have liked to know more about how the…