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kiki6k's review
5.0
RG Veda blends a captivating story with stunning artwork. Prophetic forces of good and evil collide, with the main character at the center of a shocking destiny.
laurbits's review
2.0
That CLAMP's roots in pretty boys, stretching the human body to extremes, destiny, prophecies and violating killing somewhat powerful but helpless women...goes back a long way.
silquesoleil's review
4.0
I read this manga years ago but for some reason I didn't really get the story, so I abandoned the series. But since I'm a huge fan of CLAMP's Tsubasa Reservoir chronicle which contains so many characters from RG Veda, I decided to give that series a second chance.
I've forgotten why I ever thought this series was complicated; the story is easy enough for a fantasy work:
a) there is a bad guy
b) there is a prophecy which states that you (or, in this case, the hero of the story, Yasha-ou, a former subordinate of the bad guy) have to gather six chosen people to defeat said bad guy
c) because the bad guy has influence, the hero is constantly on the run
Well, there are a lot of additions to this basic plot and don't be fooled, I really like this manga. There's action, there's bloodshed, there's a 300 old boy who looks like he's seven and who is considered bad luck, there is a huge amount of exposed men-chest and Yasha-ou's sword hilt looks so phallic it's not even funny anymore.
I LIED! IT'S HILARIOUS!
And I snickered when I saw Ashura-ou's pointy ears because I didn't expect that. (His alter ego of Celes has perfectly normal ears. But then again he's little Ashura's Daddy, so it makes sense.)
I've forgotten why I ever thought this series was complicated; the story is easy enough for a fantasy work:
a) there is a bad guy
b) there is a prophecy which states that you (or, in this case, the hero of the story, Yasha-ou, a former subordinate of the bad guy) have to gather six chosen people to defeat said bad guy
c) because the bad guy has influence, the hero is constantly on the run
Well, there are a lot of additions to this basic plot and don't be fooled, I really like this manga. There's action, there's bloodshed, there's a 300 old boy who looks like he's seven and who is considered bad luck, there is a huge amount of exposed men-chest and Yasha-ou's sword hilt looks so phallic it's not even funny anymore.
I LIED! IT'S HILARIOUS!
And I snickered when I saw Ashura-ou's pointy ears because I didn't expect that. (His alter ego of Celes has perfectly normal ears. But then again he's little Ashura's Daddy, so it makes sense.)
dinosaursatwork's review
2.0
Review #1: Very brief read, but the start of an intriguing story.
Review #2: I don't think this story flows well. There seem to be jumps which could have used a few more panels and some parts (e.g., Gigei) seem to be forced into the story to me. Overall, things could have been more developed. Moreover, I also am not a fan of Ashura, the child, but that might just be me disliking how children are generally written in literature.
I am not really fond of the art and prefer the newer CLAMP style much more.
Review #2: I don't think this story flows well. There seem to be jumps which could have used a few more panels and some parts (e.g., Gigei) seem to be forced into the story to me. Overall, things could have been more developed. Moreover, I also am not a fan of Ashura, the child, but that might just be me disliking how children are generally written in literature.
I am not really fond of the art and prefer the newer CLAMP style much more.
mergs_scribbles's review against another edition
3.0
I love CLAMP’s manga so I’m excited to finally be reading their debut.
This volume is a good start to the series. The panels are beautiful and the story is intriguing. My only issue with it was that it was a little too fast-paced for my liking.
This volume is a good start to the series. The panels are beautiful and the story is intriguing. My only issue with it was that it was a little too fast-paced for my liking.
gamas_de_azul's review
4.0
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Me pareció una historia increíble para ser la primera lo publicada por las autoras.
CLAMP nos presenta una aventura que sigue a Ashura, un personaje que es guiado por las profecías que hicieron de elle, y que ve su destino marcado por el capricho de las deidades, y de su propia naturaleza. En esta historia hay muchos personajes, cada unx con su historia personal, lo cual me hizo recordar las grandes epopeyas griegas. Se me hizo muy entretenido lo enrevesado de la historia, y me encantó que le protagonista no tuviera género definido, fue una gran incógnita durante la lectura pero me amigué bastante con su aspecto andrógino.
La parte visual me parece BELLÍSIMA. Es increíble la cantidad de detalles que hay por página y lo hermosa que es la estética. Aaaaunque, a veces era mucha información en un espacio bastante reducido.
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Me pareció una historia increíble para ser la primera lo publicada por las autoras.
CLAMP nos presenta una aventura que sigue a Ashura, un personaje que es guiado por las profecías que hicieron de elle, y que ve su destino marcado por el capricho de las deidades, y de su propia naturaleza. En esta historia hay muchos personajes, cada unx con su historia personal, lo cual me hizo recordar las grandes epopeyas griegas. Se me hizo muy entretenido lo enrevesado de la historia, y me encantó que le protagonista no tuviera género definido, fue una gran incógnita durante la lectura pero me amigué bastante con su aspecto andrógino.
La parte visual me parece BELLÍSIMA. Es increíble la cantidad de detalles que hay por página y lo hermosa que es la estética. Aaaaunque, a veces era mucha información en un espacio bastante reducido.
maguiworld's review
4.0
Interesante. Los dibujos me atraen mucho y como siempre Clamp tiene historias bastante originales aunque me faltaría un poco de explicación y contexto en algunas cosas.
No comprendo bien si la o el protagonista es hombre o mujer aún. No me modifica en nada la historia. Todos lo llaman el pero los dibujos me dan a entender otra cosa. En fin. Un detalle mínimo ya que si es hombre o mujer no modifica en nada la historia.
No comprendo bien si la o el protagonista es hombre o mujer aún. No me modifica en nada la historia. Todos lo llaman el pero los dibujos me dan a entender otra cosa. En fin. Un detalle mínimo ya que si es hombre o mujer no modifica en nada la historia.
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