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BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad #8
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Volume 8
As the Greatful Sound concert is slowly creeping up, Ryusuke and Lucille have not only caught the attention of the music-loving public - they are also on the radar of hip-hop mogul Leon Sykes, the man who fell to earth in the helicopter. It seems Leon is after Lucille and will do anything to pick up his guitar and play, just like yesterday. Ryusuke must turn up his charm bit time...or watch as his guitar gently weeps! Meanwhile, Koyuki has had a sudden spark of inspiration. Could this be the song to send them over the top? Or will they be stuck as absolute beginners forever?
208 pages, Paperback
First published August 8, 2001
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About the author
Harold Sakuishi
225 books78 followersAssociated names :
哈罗德作石
HAROLD作石
Name (in native language) : ハロルド 作石
Birth Name : Sakuishi (作石) Takahiro (貴浩)
Blood type : AB
Sakuishi has a wide variety of interests which include baseball (he is a huge Chunichi Dragons fan), martial arts, MMA, and music (he is a huge Red Hot Chili Peppers fan).
Each of these has become the basis for his most popular series (baseball in Stopper Busujima, fighting in Bakaichi, and music in Beck).
His series also often include character cameos from his past works; one of the newspaper reporters in Beck is actually from Stopper Busujima and so on. Additionally, he's a big fan of Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) with an altered version of that story appearing in Beck written by "Christy Sakuishi".
In Beck he included many famous people in background crowds. These included many popular musicians, characters from Happy Sangokushi and MMA legends Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba.
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January 30, 2020
I wonder when they will get Chiba to rap. Koyuki can sing, and Chiba can rap. They can do it like Linkin Park in terms of vocal division. This way Chiba won't get to do nothing when Koyuki takes the role of the vocalist of a song. Chiba is a great rapper, too, right. Exploit that, guys!
August 6, 2017
I love this manga so much!!
January 23, 2019
A must read for any music lover🎧🥁🎸 Pretty great rock and roll manga, good art and pretty good story!😁🤟💕
June 17, 2020
Maho gets plenty of screentime this volume, so I'm happy.
May 6, 2021
I'm worried about Beck (the dog, not the band)!
February 18, 2025
Casi duerme con ella dos veces😞
July 22, 2025
if they drop chiba I’m dropping the manga
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 11, 2008
Overall Rating: A+
Synopsis: Beck is a manga by Harold Sakuishi that follows Koyuki, a junior high nerd. At the beginning of the series, Koyuki leads a boring life, with a pervert as his only friend. That all changes when he saves a strange looking dog named Beck, and meets the dog's owner, Ryuusuke. The two become friends, and Koyuki starts down the path to being cool.
Beck centers around a band formed by Ryuusuke, and its rise to fame, but that's not what the series is about. The manga primarily follows Koyuki, and focuses on his trouble with girls, trying to learn to play the guitar, getting extorted for money by a bully, and his failing grades. Oh, yeah, and his swimming lessons from Saitou-san. The series touches on Koyuki's struggles in a way that makes the fact that he is becoming famous (at least at his school and in underground clubs) for his singing.
As the story progresses, it focuses more and more on the fledgling band, and its rise in popularity. At the end of volume 7, there is even an interesting subplot based around Ryuusuke's guitar, Lucille. It's these little things, subplots that don't focus on the band itself, but on its members that make Beck one of the better manga out there. It makes the characters intriguing, and I identify with the geek in Koyuki. Maybe one day, I can be in a Japanese punk band...
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Synopsis: Beck is a manga by Harold Sakuishi that follows Koyuki, a junior high nerd. At the beginning of the series, Koyuki leads a boring life, with a pervert as his only friend. That all changes when he saves a strange looking dog named Beck, and meets the dog's owner, Ryuusuke. The two become friends, and Koyuki starts down the path to being cool.
Beck centers around a band formed by Ryuusuke, and its rise to fame, but that's not what the series is about. The manga primarily follows Koyuki, and focuses on his trouble with girls, trying to learn to play the guitar, getting extorted for money by a bully, and his failing grades. Oh, yeah, and his swimming lessons from Saitou-san. The series touches on Koyuki's struggles in a way that makes the fact that he is becoming famous (at least at his school and in underground clubs) for his singing.
As the story progresses, it focuses more and more on the fledgling band, and its rise in popularity. At the end of volume 7, there is even an interesting subplot based around Ryuusuke's guitar, Lucille. It's these little things, subplots that don't focus on the band itself, but on its members that make Beck one of the better manga out there. It makes the characters intriguing, and I identify with the geek in Koyuki. Maybe one day, I can be in a Japanese punk band...
For more manga and anime reviews, please check out Hobotaku.
July 17, 2018
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