Moar Manga

Well I've read a couple other "vocab blogs" and they all use adroit. I dislike that word, among others, so I'm warning you, don't look for it.

My avocation in life, is, I think, manga/anime. I had lapses in favor for it, of course, but it's always there to welcome me back. My current obsession is with a particular manga, The Cage of Eden (I've talked about this before). The main characters, Akira Sengoku, is probably about 14/15, you know, our age. Nice kid, and he has two childhood friends, Akagami Rion and Arita Kouhei. Rion is his pseudo-girlfriend, Kouhei is his "right-hand man". In any case, when their plane crashes on a remote island, Sengoku is seperated from his friends. The plane is definitively busted, as it was an emergency crash landing, although no one is hurt. However, something about the island causes the newly arrived inhabitants demeanor change, violently. They kill the pilot (a plot twist later reveals who killed him) and begin to run amuck after they are attacked by an extinct carnivore with massive jaws.

Traveling about the island, Sengoku meets up with Rion and my personal favorite character who reminds me much of myself, Zaji, as well as a flight attendant named Oomori and a super-nerd genius (see-Joe Leo) named Mariya. Together, they all find that not only is the island inhabited with all manner of deadly extinct animals, it is massive and appears on no maps. It is a shamelessly bloody tale, with all manner of deaths including but limited to- falling, blunt impact, drowning, being eaten, ticks, and posionous grapes. I highly suggest everyone who has read to this point to check out the first 5 or so chapters, trust me, it gets really good.

Also....

Sengoku and his rival Yarai, who is a social pariah at their school,  are on a crusade to discover the mystery of the island, plagued by the raucous cawing of the crows of Death.