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Wāqwāq #1
Wāqwāq, Vol. 1
Proof of the GodsShio is forced by the tragedy of the machine war to team up with a mysterious girl from another world whose blood is the color red, just like the prophecies proclaim. Is this girl the human race's last hope for survival in a world overrun by metal?
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2009
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March 3, 2021
VOLUME 1 REVIEW;
The beginning of this volume might put you off a bit. A certain character dies, but it wasn't done well, and doesn't feel impactful. The front artwork cover is pretty though.
SUMMARY OF PREMISE (spoiler-free);
This is basically a Shonen Science-Fantasy, set in a post-apocalyptic world called WaqWaq. There are only 3 life forms that exist in this mostly deserted landscape of sand. Black-blood humans who are androids. They live underground towns to protect themselves from Machines. These Machines are trying to destroy black-bloods because they rebelled against Red-blood humans (the original humans, aka us). Which wiped out all of red bloods. The red-bloods created both the black-bloods and machines, but aren't able to turn off the programming of the machines. So the machines are constantly stuck trying to destroy black-bloods. But 3 Magis (basically gods in this world), created 7 powerful machines that can fuse with a black-blood, giving them super natural powers. These black-bloods are designated as Guardians of the towns, and protect them in a endless war of black-bloods vs machines.
OVERALL REVIEW;
In a nutshell. It reminds me of CLAMP's X series (that they never finished). Where a Kami (human red-blooded girl from another timeline) arrives in the world and can grant one wish to a person. But instead of that Kami being all powerful, the Guardians of the WaqWaq world are all powerful, as well as the 3 Magis. So in that sense, it is more like Escaflowne, set in a Nier Automata dystopian future.
The rest of the artwork—gives me Samurai 8 vibes—however sometimes it is hard to tell what is going on, because the art can get congested sometimes.
The series doesn't start off good for me. It is hard to connect to some of the characters because the character development is poor; including the death scenes. I can even think of more likeable characters from other series.
Battles and abilities aren't even that interesting. Even though they give me some Megaman vibes. Such as our Main Characters default power is Eating and he gains the abilities of his defeated foes. He swallows Fire, then Fire burns Wood, and Wood drains Water.
Lastly, we have plenty information about the main characters father, but nothing about the mother. Which seems so strange to me. There are themes of ethnic cleansing like Attack On Titan, but it doesn't try to send a bad message.
The beginning of this volume might put you off a bit. A certain character dies, but it wasn't done well, and doesn't feel impactful. The front artwork cover is pretty though.
SUMMARY OF PREMISE (spoiler-free);
This is basically a Shonen Science-Fantasy, set in a post-apocalyptic world called WaqWaq. There are only 3 life forms that exist in this mostly deserted landscape of sand. Black-blood humans who are androids. They live underground towns to protect themselves from Machines. These Machines are trying to destroy black-bloods because they rebelled against Red-blood humans (the original humans, aka us). Which wiped out all of red bloods. The red-bloods created both the black-bloods and machines, but aren't able to turn off the programming of the machines. So the machines are constantly stuck trying to destroy black-bloods. But 3 Magis (basically gods in this world), created 7 powerful machines that can fuse with a black-blood, giving them super natural powers. These black-bloods are designated as Guardians of the towns, and protect them in a endless war of black-bloods vs machines.
OVERALL REVIEW;
In a nutshell. It reminds me of CLAMP's X series (that they never finished). Where a Kami (human red-blooded girl from another timeline) arrives in the world and can grant one wish to a person. But instead of that Kami being all powerful, the Guardians of the WaqWaq world are all powerful, as well as the 3 Magis. So in that sense, it is more like Escaflowne, set in a Nier Automata dystopian future.
The rest of the artwork—gives me Samurai 8 vibes—however sometimes it is hard to tell what is going on, because the art can get congested sometimes.
The series doesn't start off good for me. It is hard to connect to some of the characters because the character development is poor; including the death scenes. I can even think of more likeable characters from other series.
Battles and abilities aren't even that interesting. Even though they give me some Megaman vibes. Such as our Main Characters default power is Eating and he gains the abilities of his defeated foes. He swallows Fire, then Fire burns Wood, and Wood drains Water.
Lastly, we have plenty information about the main characters father, but nothing about the mother. Which seems so strange to me. There are themes of ethnic cleansing like Attack On Titan, but it doesn't try to send a bad message.
August 18, 2021
Waqwaq is a post-apocalyptic, mostly deserted world existing where we would call "the future."
In this volume, we learn about the "red-blooded god" who created the world, black-blooded humans and the machines before disappearing mysteriously. The black-blooded humans believe that one day, their red-blooded god will return to them and fulfill the wishes of humans. In the meantime, there is a seemingly endless war between the black-blooded humans and the machines. Black-bloods are forced into hiding underground and rely on the help of Sakimori, seven black-bloods guardians who fuse with Gojin-Zou that give them the ability to fight off the machines and protect black-bloods.
The story starts off with a young girl, Matsuda, being forcibly taken from our time to become the future's new red-blooded god. Being in this world endangers her greatly, as both machines and black-bloods are drawn to her - machines are drawn to her for strength and black-bloods are drawn with a sudden urge to kill. She "shall be hated by humans and loved by the machines of the world." During a fight to protect a village and save the young girl from a machine, a Guardian falls and transfers his power to his son, Shio, before he dies. Shio then learns how to fuse with his Sakimori so that he can protect the new red-blooded god.
It's a pretty interesting world, although I'm not particularly fond of the
In this volume, we learn about the "red-blooded god" who created the world, black-blooded humans and the machines before disappearing mysteriously. The black-blooded humans believe that one day, their red-blooded god will return to them and fulfill the wishes of humans. In the meantime, there is a seemingly endless war between the black-blooded humans and the machines. Black-bloods are forced into hiding underground and rely on the help of Sakimori, seven black-bloods guardians who fuse with Gojin-Zou that give them the ability to fight off the machines and protect black-bloods.
The story starts off with a young girl, Matsuda, being forcibly taken from our time to become the future's new red-blooded god. Being in this world endangers her greatly, as both machines and black-bloods are drawn to her - machines are drawn to her for strength and black-bloods are drawn with a sudden urge to kill. She "shall be hated by humans and loved by the machines of the world." During a fight to protect a village and save the young girl from a machine, a Guardian falls and transfers his power to his son, Shio, before he dies. Shio then learns how to fuse with his Sakimori so that he can protect the new red-blooded god.
It's a pretty interesting world, although I'm not particularly fond of the
February 18, 2026
Oof, rough start. The stock characters and overload of cliché make the story feel very unserious. I’m mostly here for the art style, but while it sings on the front cover, the over-detailed nature of the illustrations make the black and white pages confusing. Maybe that was intended (and I can accept that to some degree) but overall it feels accidental.
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