A review by davramlocke
Gandhi: A Manga Biography by Kazuki Ebine

1.0

This was awful. It shocks me that something like this could get through the editing process and whatever quality control that Penguin has in place. The translation is broken, it's riddled with typos, and the dialogue bubbles are broken up mid-sentence, which might not seem so bad given how awful the writing is, but it breaks that horror up even more.

Gandhi's story is told in pretty typical manga form, though perhaps muted somewhat from the usual flamboyance found in those style of novel. Strangely, while calling it a manga, the publishers failed to give it the traditional manga right to left reading style, thus furthering their ineptitude at releasing this book.

The only saving grace of the entire thing is that it does relate some information about Gandhi and what he did. For younger readers, it might be something to read. For anyone with any knowledge of literature or self-respect, please pass on by and read a real biography and do the man some justice. This book does not.