Let's Bible! - The Good Book Goes Wild, Manga Style

"Let's Bible"... Sunday School was never like this!
While I was browsing through one of my favorite Japanese blogs, Japundit, an unusual image caught my eye... Let's Bible! I had to know more, especially after reading that the woman in white struggling (well, not really) to keep her cleavage contained was Jesus!

Was this one more weird & wild attempt to transmogrify a western classic into the no-holds-barred Japanese graphic novel / manga format?

Heaven-sent saviour... with one Hell of a rack!
Seems that Let's Bible isn't some wacked-out comic book version of the New Testament though it does borrow more than a few characters from it, including Jesus Christ him-, uh, herself - sporting an unexpectedly sexy new look. That, and a rack that would make Pam Anderson drool.

The Devil also has a starring role though he's traded his horns & forked tail for a pair of hippie pants, a sombrero, a mandolin and Hispanic heritage. Let's not forget Judas, represented by a hot chick in full-out Goth regalia. The charm offensive - or offensive charm - goes on and on!


The Devil comes from way down there... in, er, Mexico??
As for the story... one day in Croatia (huh? nevermind), a young, sex-obsessed fisherman meets a beautiful woman in white named Nazareth, who wants to go to heaven.

And so their adventure begins - punctuated by epic battles between the forces of good and evil, guest appearances by the 12 apostles, and a scene where Nazareth gets her boob squeezed. Then things start getting weird.


The Father, the Son... and the Holy Grope!
Who's responsible for Let's Bible? Well, even though most people assume manga is an "only in Japan" genre, the creators are actually Korean: In-Wan Youn (writer) and Kyung-Il Yang (illustrator). These two also collaborated on a better-known manga (or in Korean, "manhwa") called Shin Angyo Onshi.

As Korea has a large Christian population that can be strongly activist, it's no wonder Youn & Yang have kept their heads down over Let's Bible... good practice for the natural follow-up, "Let's Koran"! (via Topless Robot and Anizeen)