Type: Manga
Status: Ongoing
Premise: There once was a princess who fell victim to a curse. She was imprisoned by a demon who slew all who would approach her and never allowed her to speak to another living soul save for him. Countless knights challenged the demon in order to save the princess; nobles looking for her hand in marriage, paladins on holly crusades, fighters of unimaginable skill looking for a worthy opponent to test their abilities and gods angered by the demons arrogance, but all were slain by the demon. Finally an knight without a name arrived on the battlefield, this man without a soul who was created by the king to die for his master was offered freedom and a name should he be able to save the princess. This unknown man who was devoid of everything slew the demon and saved the princess and now our story begins anew.
Thoughts: This one is intriguing. Cyberpunk norse mythology in a high fantasy setting..... how many times have you heard that before? To go along with this unorthodox setting we are being introduced to characters who are evolving right in front of our eyes as we read, we start with a blank canvas in our main character and build him as the story unfolds.
Prose: Lovely artwork in a rough sketch like style as well as full color, you tend to forget how much color helps with the reading after so long without it in the manga world and this book makes great use of it to highlight and reinforce ideas.
Cons: This manga is just starting out and there are only a limited number of chapters out at the moment. Also the plot is slow to develop the ominous hints that are being dropped in the early sections of the story, so we will see how the story develops as more volumes are released.
-Notes: Early to start this one at the moment, give it a while. I can't stress enough how lovely the full color is in this one.
8/10 (Slaying the immortal, were gods and men have failed.)
8/10 (Slaying the immortal, were gods and men have failed.)
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