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Sunabozu ![]()
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Description
After a nuclear war turns most of the Earth into desert wastelands, surviving humans had used the sands in order to survive. One of them is a professional mercenary named Sunabozu, who makes a living by hiring himself out to anyone who needs his talents.
Type
Manga
Related Series
N/A
Associated Names
Desert Punk
Sunabouzu
砂ぼうず
Sunabouzu
砂ぼうず
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Latest Release(s)
c.136 by ManhwaFreak 9 days ago
c.135 by ManhwaFreak 16 days ago
v.22 c.130-139 (end) by Quicksandscans 23 days ago
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c.135 by ManhwaFreak 16 days ago
v.22 c.130-139 (end) by Quicksandscans 23 days ago
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Status
in Country of Origin
22 Volumes (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
Yes
Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 12, Chap 77 (Diverts with Chap 43 in EP 19 but reaches the same climax as Chap 76-77)
Ends at Vol 12, Chap 77 (Diverts with Chap 43 in EP 19 but reaches the same climax as Chap 76-77)
User Reviews
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Forum
2 topics, 10 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (157 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.98 / 10.0
Bayesian Average: 7.98 / 10.0
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Last Updated
March 30th 2024, 8:33pm
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Author(s)
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Year
1997
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Comic Beam (Enterbrain)
Licensed (in English)
No
English Publisher
N/A
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #679 
(-2)
Monthly Pos #615
(+107)
3 Month Pos #1301(+725)
6 Month Pos #2025(+1426)
Year Pos #3002(+81)
(-2)Monthly Pos #615
(+107)3 Month Pos #1301
(+725)6 Month Pos #2025
(+1426)Year Pos #3002
(+81)List Stats
On 1147 reading lists
On 923 wish lists
On 74 completed lists
On 47 unfinished lists
On 256 custom lists
On 923 wish lists
On 74 completed lists
On 47 unfinished lists
On 256 custom lists
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War... War never changes....
Since I've commented on a much, much, much worse manga (Arms Peddler) it would be a crime to not comment on one of the best manga I've read (and anime I've seen). I've become a fan of this title the moment I saw anime (which was in 2008) but unfortunately, until a while ago finding this manga in English was impossible.
Sunabōzu is a unique manga, interesting from start to finish and even though humour wasn't too refined (it was more of a college humour) I consider it as one of the most valuable reads I've had in my life as a manga reader. Paradoxically, despite it's often primitive jokes or out of the top behaviour (sometimes even cartoonish) of characters, there are not many manga that depict reality as well, even if it's in a setting almost completely unknown to us. The same goes for characters who we see as made from flesh and blood and not ink and paper. It's very rare to find characters such as these. Since the world they live in is more cruel than the one most of us know and here motto "survival of the fittest" is a fact and not just an empty slogan, characters behave very logically in such conditions.
The main hero (and most of other characters that have at least half a brain) are pragmatist and/or opportunists. If there was a chance to screw someone over they don't miss it, if the opponent has an advantage they don't think twice about withdrawing. The latter action is something that most mangakas do not consider. Main hero would run ?! That's ridiculous. He can't. He must stand firmly and fight with his foes and surely he will defeat them because of sheer fighting spirit... Well, not in Desert Punk (but in Arms Peddler unfortunately yes). There is no honour here, no pardon, what matters are results and effectiveness. It reminds me of Fallout game (but not crappy Fallout 3 but Fallout 1 - godly game) and maybe that's why I've loved it so much. It also reminds me of Firefly (the best tv show ever) and I haven't found any cartoon/anime or other tv series that would get even close to it.
Even though the plot isn't very original, carrying it out is. Desert Punk surprises (in a good way) in every chapter. Often I had to pick up my jaw from the floor, even more often I laughed (my sense of humour isn't too refined
) and sometimes my adrenaline level would rise. There are only few manga/anime that could trigger such reactions from me and even fewer that managed to maintain it from start to finish (Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Legend of Galactic Heroes, SPT Layzner, FMA, Urasawa's mangas, Romeo no Aoi Sora, Kemono no Souja Erin, Kaiji and that's about it). So if you're looking for a non-schematic, action manga, something that would allow you to relax and something you won't forget than this manga is for you.
Manga and anime are unfortunately very under-appreciated. This title has disappeared in tons of sh*t that floats around and are considered as masterpieces when they can't even compare to Desert Punk.
... Last updated on April 22nd, 2013, 11:58pm
Since I've commented on a much, much, much worse manga (Arms Peddler) it would be a crime to not comment on one of the best manga I've read (and anime I've seen). I've become a fan of this title the moment I saw anime (which was in 2008) but unfortunately, until a while ago finding this manga in English was impossible.
Sunabōzu is a unique manga, interesting from start to finish and even though humour wasn't too refined (it was more of a college humour) I consider it as one of the most valuable reads I've had in my life as a manga reader. Paradoxically, despite it's often primitive jokes or out of the top behaviour (sometimes even cartoonish) of characters, there are not many manga that depict reality as well, even if it's in a setting almost completely unknown to us. The same goes for characters who we see as made from flesh and blood and not ink and paper. It's very rare to find characters such as these. Since the world they live in is more cruel than the one most of us know and here motto "survival of the fittest" is a fact and not just an empty slogan, characters behave very logically in such conditions.
The main hero (and most of other characters that have at least half a brain) are pragmatist and/or opportunists. If there was a chance to screw someone over they don't miss it, if the opponent has an advantage they don't think twice about withdrawing. The latter action is something that most mangakas do not consider. Main hero would run ?! That's ridiculous. He can't. He must stand firmly and fight with his foes and surely he will defeat them because of sheer fighting spirit... Well, not in Desert Punk (but in Arms Peddler unfortunately yes). There is no honour here, no pardon, what matters are results and effectiveness. It reminds me of Fallout game (but not crappy Fallout 3 but Fallout 1 - godly game) and maybe that's why I've loved it so much. It also reminds me of Firefly (the best tv show ever) and I haven't found any cartoon/anime or other tv series that would get even close to it.
Even though the plot isn't very original, carrying it out is. Desert Punk surprises (in a good way) in every chapter. Often I had to pick up my jaw from the floor, even more often I laughed (my sense of humour isn't too refined
) and sometimes my adrenaline level would rise. There are only few manga/anime that could trigger such reactions from me and even fewer that managed to maintain it from start to finish (Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Legend of Galactic Heroes, SPT Layzner, FMA, Urasawa's mangas, Romeo no Aoi Sora, Kemono no Souja Erin, Kaiji and that's about it). So if you're looking for a non-schematic, action manga, something that would allow you to relax and something you won't forget than this manga is for you. Manga and anime are unfortunately very under-appreciated. This title has disappeared in tons of sh*t that floats around and are considered as masterpieces when they can't even compare to Desert Punk.
... Last updated on April 22nd, 2013, 11:58pm
It's one thing to have the story be set in a lawless world, but it's another to have the hero be so sick and twisted.
It's not even so much that the guy is a product of his environment: in fact, he's a little shit-for-brains troll who gets his kicks from making the people around him miserable, who gets pleasure from wrecking things or degrading people, and who certainly never bothers with things like ethics or morality.
Nice, huh? And half of the people rating this garbage gave it a '10'.
Don't let the nice drawings and decent action draw you in: this is another revolting piece of garbage that's meant to corrupt you, to make you think that living your life this way is normal, inevitable or 'smart', given the world we live in.
Well, certainly you can choose to become a POS banker, or a corrupt politician/police/..., or a drug dealer/murderer, or whatever else you can think of that gives you the easiest and most despicable approaches to wealth and power. You may well get some fleeting, superficial advantages - smart, huh?
As Max Keiser (a non-mainstream commentator whom I like quite a bit) mentions from time to time, studies have shown that traders with diminished empathy due to slight brain damage do better at playing the stock market, apparently because they don't get distracted by concern for others, or by any thoughts of the impact of their actions. This manga tries to convince you that the most logical approach to life is to have ZERO EMPATHY for others, that being a psychopath is normal and desirable.
Fact: you will not only make others miserable if you live your life that way - you will also be miserable yourself, inevitably. WAKE UP!
... Last updated on August 3rd, 2011, 11:54pm
It's not even so much that the guy is a product of his environment: in fact, he's a little shit-for-brains troll who gets his kicks from making the people around him miserable, who gets pleasure from wrecking things or degrading people, and who certainly never bothers with things like ethics or morality.
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
For example, when confronted with a truly decent guy, the 'hero' ends up selling him as a slave to a homosexual pervert, at a loss (even though the 'hero' cares only about money), just to wreck the guy's life, just because he can.
Later, the 'hero' spends an entire chapter trying to rape a woman he imprisoned.
Later, the 'hero' spends an entire chapter trying to rape a woman he imprisoned.
Nice, huh? And half of the people rating this garbage gave it a '10'.
Don't let the nice drawings and decent action draw you in: this is another revolting piece of garbage that's meant to corrupt you, to make you think that living your life this way is normal, inevitable or 'smart', given the world we live in.
Well, certainly you can choose to become a POS banker, or a corrupt politician/police/..., or a drug dealer/murderer, or whatever else you can think of that gives you the easiest and most despicable approaches to wealth and power. You may well get some fleeting, superficial advantages - smart, huh?
As Max Keiser (a non-mainstream commentator whom I like quite a bit) mentions from time to time, studies have shown that traders with diminished empathy due to slight brain damage do better at playing the stock market, apparently because they don't get distracted by concern for others, or by any thoughts of the impact of their actions. This manga tries to convince you that the most logical approach to life is to have ZERO EMPATHY for others, that being a psychopath is normal and desirable.
Fact: you will not only make others miserable if you live your life that way - you will also be miserable yourself, inevitably. WAKE UP!
... Last updated on August 3rd, 2011, 11:54pm
Yes, I saw the anime and loved it. I'm hunting down the manga as well, translated, import or no, doesn't matter... but thanks to FUNimation for giving this series such a great treatment in its tin box set!
...Has sent me searching for this (2nd OP shows various manga pages). Fun stuff. Maybe someday...
Saw the anime and it was cool... Hopefully I can get hold of the manga sometime. 
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