Manga Review: Tekkon Kinkreet: Black & White (All in One)
Posted by: Erin F. on September 13, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Tekkon Kinkreet: Black & White (All in One)
By Taiyo Matsumoto
Viz, 624 pp.
Rating: Mature
Ed Chavez of animeondvd and the mangacast taught me everything I know about manga. At San Diego Comic Con this year Ed got his advance copy of Tekkon Kinkreet before anyone else – including the Vice President of Publishing at Viz, a young man named Alvin. At one of the Viz panels Ed pretended to lick his copy of Tekkon while Alvin watched, his jaw hanging open in surprise and jealousy.
Now that I’ve read Tekkon Kinkreet, I can say without hyperbole that Ed’s actions at the time were totally reasonable and appropriate.
The StoryBlack and White are brothers and members of team Cat, a youth street gang with a