The BEST Depiction of War in Manga | Front Mission Dog Life & Dog Style Intro and Review

[@vustvaleo8068]

ah yes the manga gave me the feeling of 50% damage hit to my Wanzer's right arm unit's HP and legs unit's HP that I now move slowly from some dude using a mortar cannon hiding behind a shipping container across the street.

[@silluete]

Please stop. You remind me of my ptsd again.

[@felixchrist667]

I remember that moment when i played front mission 3 25years ago 😢

[@vlargxera]

@@felixchrist667did you unlock the hidden laser? I would ask about the ending but my ex wife tossed the memory card with the game save.

[@felixchrist667]

@@vlargxera i think so. In late gameplay, we can call a number at phone ( i forgot the number) & someone answer it and transfer giant wanzer with laser weapon to us. Big white wanzer if i not mistaken

[@vlargxera]

@@felixchrist667 thanks I’m trying to get a copy and a working PS2 again; either that or just play the remake on PS5

[@wither5673]

''the writer who would go on to wright Gundam thunderbolt'' I am sold...

[@ryutak777]

I heard of Front Mission a long time ago in passing I had no idea it was so peak

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

Worth playing the third game, the original and not the upcoming remake (based on Tokyo Game Show demo, it's a low budget attempt with worse sound, animation, etc. than the PS1 game)

[@alphalightning00frost67]

​@@MoreEvilThanYahwehreal

[@GalgalimEyes]

everybody gangsta until the guy starts speaking QR code

[@SovietsbetterthanrussiaALT]

🍷

[@ArmoredPapercup24]

8:05 And This, is unironically proven by Ukraine war Military Nerds likes to argue about the effectiveness of the Tank in drone warfare, While completely forget the fact that there are literally burning people inside that steel casket

[@haokylan04]

There a word for those Military Nerd , they're call " Sofa General "

[@murkythreat]

R Noncredibledefense in a nutshell

[@wowarmy8154]

@@haokylan04i like the term "Armchair General" better

[@oscaranderson5719]

gross oversimplification, but aigh. a dead tank also doesn’t necessarily mean a dead crew, it’s hard to tell from a glance unless there’s an obvious sign like a turret toss.

[@falkyrie5228]

You can do both.

[@grim3897]

It surprised me how the end of the manga is a bit on the supernatural side of things but even that was done splendidly. Easily among one of my favourite mangas of all time

[@andrewowens4421]

Yeah, like the dude in glasses seems to be some... avatar of war? He actively tries to corrupt people through the story and even mentions that he gets sick when he does something good. I never really got his purpose other than being a very overt metaphor. It's not bad or anything, just seems a bit out of place.

[@wolfensniper4012]

When the Ukrainian War started at 2022 that ending scene just stuck in my head for a day, very creepy

[@alwaysangry2232]

nah, is cringe as sh1t

[@CuteLittleLily]

@@andrewowens4421 isnt his "girl" died from stray bullet. i believe the end encapsulate how he as a person is broken beyond repair and he want revenge by just doing what he good at. like edgy kids, but i think if you live like him where you see countles atrocity, it would be understandable that he prolly not that right in the head

[@paybacksuper3670]

@@andrewowens4421 he just use cloaking device and the dude is a spy.

[@tuna8181]

Votoms mecha looking aah, the roller skates really makes it one

[@krono5el]

always reminded me of Gungriffon the Eurasian Conflict on Saturn when i was a kid, my first battles in places like kiev back then.

[@knoight889]

"Dog Life & Dog Style" has a special place in my heart, unfortunately related to my IRL experience that changed everything for me. First time reading this manga, I met it as a good written, but a sci-fiction. Because these kinds of conflicts are not possible anymore in our world, we have an “End of History” and all of that. Little did I know, that this manga was a prediction for me. A year later, my mother proposed me to go hang out with my sister in Prague a bit, as she was going to leave us back for her studies up there. I declined as I only got 2 mouths ago job of my dreams - game designer, and didn't want to take any vacations this early, plus that would be strange a bit. 2 days later after she left I regretted my decision. Approximately 10 days later, after she left, I was going to buy drinkable water for family not far from our place. Crazy enough to myself, during that walk I find myself very related to Indusuka from manga, because I was hearing the second beautiful thing, that I ever heard in my life. (First one was the singing of an orthodox priest, when my grandmother was dying of Cancer). It was a symphony of the Russian and Ukrainian artillery and machine gun fire slowly approaching the city where I lived - Kiev, capital city of Ukraine. Their approach was clear - every 2-3 days during mine food/water resupplying routine I clearly was hearing as the front was getting closer and closer, to the city. At some point, I even was able to identify different kinds of artillery systems that worked out there. Hearing this was comparable to a sex, you will never understand all mighty of heavy weaponry till you hear it for yourself, even from a far. At that moment, enjoying approaching sounds of a death, I said to myself: “Not a sci-fiction anymore, huh?” Crazy time we're living in. P.S. Please do not try to discuss politics here, it will not change everything and only make me cringe a lot. Especially if you heard about Ukraine first time in your life after 24.02.2022. I just wanted to share my experience. P.S.S. Thx to NopeMechs a lot for your content, your videos helping me a lot during developing of mine TTRPG “Broken Lances” based on Mecha Hack and inspired by Front Mission & Gundam & Metal Gear Solid.

[@AlexRoivas]

I need to go to bed because I work 12 hours tomorrow but after I am done I will watch this video. I am a huge Front Mission fan and when I heard about the manga, I checked it out and was shocked out how insanely violent it is. I loved it. I can't believe Square Enix even approved this.

[@ThePale_Man]

i work 15 hours night shift 6 days a week, and i watch any video that looks intresting so i pass time.

[@AlexRoivas]

@ThePale_Man i would too but I just fall asleep.

[@SnipyShino]

Square Enix publishes a lot of rather brutal manga, surprisingly

[@AlexRoivas]

@SnipyShino i never knew that. Front Mission Dogs Life manga reminded me of Moonlight Mile manga and then it turns out it was made by the same guy, Ohtagaki Yasuo, who eventually made Gundam Thunderbolt, sadly, Thunderbolt is not as violent as his previous works.

[@astrea555]

Man I've been just thinking about this manga recently, after looking at the various Front Mission remakes we're getting, yet never had a chance to read it. I had no idea the same artist did Thunderbolt!! And I didn't expect such a glowing review, amazing video and I'll try to find some time to read it because morally grey stories like these are amazing. From what I remember playing the original games, they didn't have the same kind of stories unfortunately, still war stories but clearly not the same tone for sure.

[@jmneo4635]

There is also "Arms Peddler" Manga, which sadly in forever hiatus. This one depicts Post-Apocalypse Earth with some mystical elements that can quench if your thirsty for Berserk level brutality. Also great art style for those looking for the classic manga of old but not too old. Two special mentions for dark depressing theme are: Gunslinger Girl - Italian Child soldiers Tetragrammaton Labyrinth - Immortal goth girl set in Europe heavy on Christian religion.

[@StarGazer05916]

Peak fucking mentioned, I love arms peddler

[@TheBaltthasar]

Loved that manga, liked the scifi and fantasy elements that it had, too bad it got in hiatus when some interesting stuff was about to happen

[@AmericanSuperSoldier]

Glad to see one of my favorite manga get covered! You have fine taste, sir.

[@Punishthefalse]

You can't hide that Girls' Frontline BGM playing when war is declared from me.

[@NopeMechs]

Girls Frontline ost is too good I couldn't help it

[@exequielfri1352]

Nice Review. Its nice to see stories about normal people and not about some teenager with emotional issues and súper piloting Powers.

[@oratank]

normal? most of character in this series are psycho at some point

[@exequielfri1352]

@@oratankwe all adults have done kind of mental illnes. Even if one isnt aware of it.

[@dereenaldoambun9158]

@@oratank Well, wars bring the best and worst of humanity.

[@Nostripe361]

@@dereenaldoambun9158I’d say war is the worst of humanity but sometimes heroes do show the best of humanity during its worst moment

[@khaimk4r4su]

"All you need is k1ll" may not be realistic but does put in place ordinary people who get combat boons against imposible odds

[@zmanswat9524]

I wish it got the animation treatment like thunderbolt did. I even imported the complete manga set a long time ago. As well as building the square enix kits. Maybe if it gets enough interest it will get adapted

[@a_lethe_ion]

I really like Eden- it's an endless world as a manga that does touch on proxy wars and it's effect on civilians. Its unflinching. It's also about addiction, politics, exploitation, poverty etc

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

That manga is absolute garbage.

[@HueWave]

Glad to see the series is finally getting the love it deserves Started reading it in 2017 and i loved it throughout

[@Cipher_556]

Loved Thunderbolt, this looks like a masterpiece.

[@Verbal_Ninjutsu2]

So glad i found your channel dedicated to mecha. Not just gundam. But mecha. Such an under represented niche. 😢

[@MrAsaqe]

Thanks for covering this. DL&DS was something I picked up at a Japanese used book store back in the oughts and the macabre approach was appealing to me. Though its the remaster that is exposing people this manga.

[@sportyeight7769]

What remaster ? did i missed something ?

[@MrAsaqe]

@@sportyeight7769 The Front Mission games have been remastered

[@mbe102]

HOLY SHIT.... I am so glad this video got recommended to me :O.... Gundam Thunderbolt is INCREDIBLY good. Hot damn am I about to read the crap out of this manga, thank you!

[@Smoke-em_out_64]

While not a mecha story or a manga, I recommend Black Powder Red Earth. It follows a conflict in the middle east where PMCs are the main fight forces in the ground. I haven't personally been able to check it out yet, but its on my list

[@NopeMechs]

Looks up my alley. PMC + tactics RPG is an amazing idea. I'll wishlist.

[@Smoke-em_out_64]

@@NopeMechs It has a video game, a tabletop skirmish game, and a comic book/light novel (I'm not sure what it's classified as)

[@joko9364]

"hang on i remember that struggle snuggle scene!" very memorable manga, cant remember why i dropped but thanks for reminding me to pick it back up. Great video btw, nice editing and thanks for making it.

[@cabbage_cat]

On a semi related note, Kriegsfront Tactics is an upcoming game that's basically a love letter to the Front Mission series. You can already play the demo.

[@WilfredoCelisJr]

a gem unearthed. one of my favorite.

[@Shadowtepller333]

reading now with the gundam thunderbolt OST in the background, god i love Yasuo Ootagaki. Great video by the way, i totally dont mind if you branch out from the gundam universe and im sure lots of other people love it as well

[@dereenaldoambun9158]

I'm glad some of the crudeness vibe of war from this manga carried over to Thunderbolt.

[@hakugen3479]

5:13 "Mr President, a second missile."

[@kingslayer3344]

The helicopter pilot and his wife are just Io Fleming and Claudia

[@DarkKniteZ]

Loving finding gem videos like this. This manga is my style. Thank you

[@Serotoninsim]

Started this video then paused it to go read it. Now I’m back and I can’t thank you enough for this gem genuinely one of my favorite mangas ever if you have anything else like this please recommend

[@YukitoOnline]

Ah, this manga, good ol times. I remember reading this way back in 2012. Favorite part is Style 7 Thanks for reminding me of this old Manga.

[@satanicpuppyoverlord9054]

I love this channel so much.

[@Troikaverse]

Thank you for the recommend! Just started reading it and I'm really getting into it.

[@lelouche25]

Brother made Thunderbolt!? Oh yeah, this is going to be fucking amazing.

[@razgriss5882]

when i was reading this manga i couldn't shake this feeling that it feels eerely similar to Gundam Thunderbolt, even though the story and setting is completely different. now it all makes sense once you mentioned the author is the same person

[@samuelgarcia-fo4yn]

Uff maybe a bit late but i was experimented problems with my phone but better latter then never, i don't expect you cover the Front Mission manga but i glad you make it, i wish this inspired to read Thunderbolt manga

[@NateCreed07]

You got me, going to check this out

[@notaspy1227]

I remember showing this manga to my platoon when in the field, I managed to get most of them into manga by doing so.

[@Tony-fv1cc]

Wow, you dropped this at a perfect time.

[@josephchristianruiz6581]

Saw this video on my recommendations and never knew Front Mission had a manga. Went through in today and was amazed with the plot, characters in the story and of course the role Inuzuka had to play in this manga.

[@ekd1852]

This my first time hearing of the manga version of front mission, the art looks amazing so I'll definitely check it out. My only experience of the front mission games are front mission 4 and 5, which I enjoyed but it's been along time, I've also heard not many liked the remakes, but I haven't played the remakes yet.

[@COUNTVLAIDMIR]

Its criminal how Square Enix just abandoned this series and left it to stagnate under smaller studios just making remakes of the games and model kit lines. This franchise could have been so huge.

[@ar-4323]

Honestly, remembered the manga but not the name for long time. Took years for me to find the name and learn it was a spinoff series (well kind of as you say). If you like mature manga with some thoughts I will recommend 透明人間の骨, though I don’t know if it is translated or not. Nothing related to mech though.

[@J0kerHecz]

I heard he wrote Gundam Thunderbolt and that’s all I needed to hear to straight up start reading this!

[@cobytang]

Ah yes, Dog Life & Dog Style. I stumbled upon it when I was in junior high. It really fccked with me, how unapologetically raw and violent it was.

[@MrGoatFish10]

I remembered playing Front mission 3 back then in ps1 that game is a gem.

[@zanitzeuken]

Been playing Front Mission games since I was about 15. Then went to actual war at 18 to 26. I have to say even games like FM1 and FM3 capture much of the essence. The invisible man is certainly the witness to everything, the sum and what remains of what we have to look back on after it's over.

[@Friunt24]

Oh wow, I saw their assets while skimming on sprite resource. Boy their mechs are super cool and detailed!

[@Anon26535]

This is how Front Mission was meant to be. I remember playing the first game because everyone said it was such a gritty depiction of near future warfare, but when I got into it it was just a bunch of little robots punching each other. I was reminded of the immortal words of Billy Connolly: "But there was nae dead bodies around. And I thought, oh, aye!"

[@ALUCARD8699]

Thanks for sharing and for spoiling just enough to spike interest. Definitely will give a read.

[@cameronyoung9599]

7:16 Bull terrier spotted. Best manga of all time.

[@Josh6nika]

Have you heard of the new upcoming video game The Forever Winter from Fun Dog Studios. The entire game has a concept similar to this where instead of being a soldier or someone popular in a giant mechanized apocalyptic war. You are a nobody, a scavenger trying to survive as the war slowly destroys the world. The game is a grimdark tactical survival horror shooter (PvEvE) where you play as a lowly scavenger using the choas to his advantage to sneak pass and loot the dead. You dont shoot to kill. You shoot to live. Try to be the hero, your dead. Its in early acces right now because the developers are still working on it and they need support and error look outs. Just like the manga, from what we have seen from the game, its insanely violent, bleak, and disturbing in its depiction of mechanized warfare and lore. Your video on this manga has the same concepts and tone as the game. This manga may have been one of its inspirations as the game is heavily inspired by famous si-fi titles and manga

[@NopeMechs]

I hadn't heard of the game until publishing the video honestly, but I might look into it. Thanks for the info! 😄

[@bananaslices4425]

I think the Europan mechs were inspired by some of the mechs in Front Mission games.

[@Errorcutive]

If anything the manga does right. Is how it shows what exactly sets apart high skill wanzer pilots. Akagi and Sheepherder is defo clear example of 99 short and 99 melee stat in game with bonus of dodge 99.

[@SubSub-g3r]

I just went through the manga and Inuzuka Kenichi reminds me of Judge Holden in Blood Meridian. Both seems to have the ability to show up at battlefields and escape unharmed, able to bring out the worst of people in a battlefield and seems to thrive off war. (Of course, the main differences are Holden is a large man and is an active participant in the atrocities described in Blood Meridian, while Kenichi is a small man and a noncombatant).

[@ramaluminus]

Yo, Front Mission mentioned! FM 4 is one of the FM out there, imo.

[@cham__gnon5649]

I really loved your video and I will clearly check this manga ! Also if you want a great manga who talks about war, I recomend you "Nausicaä of the valley of the wind". Ok there is no gundam lol, but it is really interesting and it's only 7 volumes.

[@NopeMechs]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video :) Also, I didn't know Nausicaä had a manga so I'm interested in checking it out now. Thanks

[@StarGazer05916]

This scratches an itch I needed

[@ADM.II.]

Same.

[@MrDarksol]

Wow this was really really dark depressing sad and there's no good involved in it. Which I think is perfect for front mission because I do believe even the series kind of goes into that front although the only recent thing I've heard about the series now is most people didn't like the first remake, a good amount of people didn't like the second remake and from what I'm hearing about the third remake from what people reacted in the trailer's, it's not looking that good. And we don't talk about that 1 not front mission game that was just a metal gear solid rip-off so at least this manga carries the essence of the series and it is good for what it does.

[@shadow1910]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I really enjoyed this manga when I saw it on one of those sites a long time ago. This manga reminds me of the horrors of war and how back in 2006 I wanted to join the Marines but my Marine veteran cousin convinced me otherwise since he went to the Iraq War back in 2003-2005. After hearing that I wanted to join he called me and said "In a way, I hated life." Scared me straight and never joined. But anywho, great manga, would recommended to anyone who likes war/mech theme stories.

[@bartekbziukiewicz2651]

I didn't know FM has a manga. Mech Violence brings back Eden it's an endless world to mind. Games needed this. It's not just fun robots shooting each other and this shows it beautifuly. I started collecting Basilisk books now but this is next on the list

[@justincholos.balisang6884]

The last arc is definitely my favorite part of the manga.

[@thekebab1655]

5:34 didn’t expect to hear this OST but I’m very pleased

[@locke8628]

If anyone is curious about the ending The war ends, Inuzuka gets arrested and interrogated but pulls some dark sorcery to mysteriously vanish into thin air as a nuke explodes over Japan

[@mirceazaharia2094]

... ehhh, third time's the charm? It took two to create anime. I wonder what the third one will bring.

[@locke8628]

@@mirceazaharia2094 Lizard furries

[@MrJH101]

Thematically, he’s meant to be a spirit of war by the end of the manga. But in all likelihood, he was surrounded by battlefields full of high-tech gear and dead elite soldiers that he probably just looted some military augments/equipment that allowed him to “vanish” from his interrogators.

[@NomNomm6063]

Front mission is awesome. I played the hell out of the ds version. Didn’t know there was a manga 👍 I was in the navy for a couple years and the experience made me anti-war. Being in a crew 20 hrs a day, doing everything together, every day changed how I view the relationships that I have.

[@networknomad5600]

Holy CRAP, it’s clear where much of the inspiration for Forever Winter is being pulled from, I mean that dog holding the severed hand? HOLY SHIT

[@ShahjahanMasood]

I read it when it came out blind and MAN. I was not ready for that. It is really really good.

[@kasperk679]

almost impossible to get your hands on a paper version of this series. if you find one in the wild, buy it! it is valuable.

[@KansaiCool]

When this hopefully gets an anime or live action series one day, it’ll be awesome.

[@waterbears9874]

i read this earlier, my main complaint, besides being a little too gratuitous at times is that it feels very one sided. idk the lore behind front mission, ive never interacted with the franchise before now, but the USN just feels comically evil to the point it just feels uncomfortable and not in a "war is bad" way but more in a "what message is the author trying to send" way. in a way it almost feels like it glorifies war at times by giving the heros glorious last stands and speeches and getting the girl. I feel like if a piece of media doesnt humanize the enemy to a degree it fails at being anti war, especially to the comical degree this manga goes about it. I still thought it was for the most part cool just kinda off putting like im okay with comically evil orc like factions until its obviously alluding to real life nations. idk if im looking into it too much, it just made me feel weird and i couldnt stop thinking about it

[@Cross-Out]

to be fair, this manga humanized the OCU far more than their portrayals in the games, although I only really played Front Mission 3-5 that didn't really focus much on them.

[@AndreLuis-gw5ox]

I would argue that its because of Japan's mentality to WW2, they see themselves as the "eternal victim" of the war. So the villains in war manga/anime are always insanely evil, and the japanese self insert is the noble hero fighting against the western hordes of maniacs.

[@waterbears9874]

@@Cross-Out again I haven’t played front mission, so idk much of the story, just going off the manga it made me feel kinda weird

[@waterbears9874]

@@AndreLuis-gw5ox yeah I had that in the back of my mind, from what I’ve heard Japanese ww2 education is just “America nuked us one day and we don’t know why”

[@Cross-Out]

@@waterbears9874 just saying that it's a good change of pace from the games, albeit much more brutal

[@brrman4089]

Holy shit bruh this is the front mission evolved

[@bbear0_o]

thank you for this! it has 80 ish chapter too

[@majorsilly8966]

I can’t even express how much this is my favorite type of manga/anime with military, modern/near future military, light, Mecha and horror/gore, all combined into one type of show ❤❤

[@inukuji9294]

that ending is haunting... so relatable with what happens in the world lol

[@LuoSon312_G8]

reminds me alot of the Konami 'inspired' game "Left Alive" that tried too hard to be Metal Gear Solid while also being Front Mission (mecha tactical JRPG & all). was unable to play it since Konami limited its release, then snubbed it from stores around a month later.

[@FroggypondVideos]

every single panel that doesn't have camera man in them was taken by camera man. Every single panel that does have camera man in them is a selfie

[@PäiviYevheniy]

Gotta love the blocky mecha design that is still so anime of front mission.

[@ppl6660]

i read the first few chapters but then got hooked and read it all in 3 days its peak

[@ThePale_Man]

rookie numbers! i finished it in less then one day. im so unemployed

[@mrssirens]

Reminds me of watching things in ukraine, seeing soldiers joke about them being next to die, or bombing a trench and seeing some poor dude roll out of a bunker to just get casually tapped by passing soldier as they bleed out.

[@TheQuantum36]

the look of that manga kind of reminds me of Masamune Shirow's Appleseed that came out way back in the 80's and early 90's

[@onetwo5155]

One of the best manga I have read on warfare. Very realistic and very faithful to human nature. I wish there were far more stories in this.

[@Iyizilla-abayomi]

So Else gets forever winter vibes from the manga.

[@brunokopte1347]

Just from the sense that it also draws from modern warfare dystopia with a spice of future technology. They "fish from the same stream", as Terry Pratchett used to say. If you like this and FW, you might enjoy "Eden: It's an Endless World".

[@light-dx3fz]

Most likely inspired forever winter

[@ADM.II.]

*"You're not that guy, you're this guy"!*

[@breadbread1000]

FINALLY SOMEONE TALK ABOUT IT!

[@Ful_Cro]

Have you ever read the first edition of Gundam 0079? That thing has pretty gruesome scenes as well

[@NopeMechs]

I'm making my way through it (very slowly) lol

[@ALL4ONE5288]

love front mission 3 and this taiwan but with mech wanzer.

[@lupuskonig9]

God, we need more Gundam’s like Thunderbolt.

[@pillowjam8072]

fruit of eden is fucking epic dude, bro is him

[@melancholyman369]

Inuzuka is my boi, he's on that Nightcrawler grindset. No hedonism guh stop my guy from making bank.

[@ALL4ONE5288]

cant wait for the front mission 3 remake.

[@DEATHRAGE157]

as a frontmission 1 player as a child, it was fun to watch this vid

[@3pleblow]

Now Im invested thanks for the sauce.

[@GamingWander12309]

You should try the game This War of Mine it’s a game where you’re just a civilian trying to survive in a war torn city.

[@I_am_not_fool_I_am_Oldschool]

I love this manga so much, have it all. A must have

[@crackedhammer4612]

Ngl would love to see more of this universe, maybe some more USN perspective but hey this world is amazing

[@Gibson7Clans]

I loved this game series! It’s awesome there is a Manga on this. 😁 I hope it’s good.

[@SpaceDikon]

Brother is the epitome of the cameraman

[@kolinmartz]

Damn. Australia fighting the USA. What an odd timeline

[@serteshsardrakal2272]

I hope someone turns raltz bloodthornes sci-fi "first contact" into a comic or manga. It goes from happy go lucky to soldiers using portable nuclear missiles and aliens committing xenocide on humanity. And the whole universe is just bonkers

[@UserRedZero]

Inuzuka feels like he’d know a lot about “Khorne” if asked.

[@Iburneddownanorphanage]

Gives forever winter vibes

[@ADM.II.]

Beat me to it.