Reviews

Asadora! 2 by Naoki Urasawa

zorpblorp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

briarsreviews's review against another edition

5.0

Asadora is my newest guilty pleasure! I absolutely adore this manga series about a young girl, Asa, and her search for her family and potentially a giant monster. It's fun, an easy read and quite the light read too. I highly recommend picking this up if you're looking for a fun, fast moving, and slightly mysterious book that won't bring you down or make you feel grey.

There's so many good parts to this book, so let's just write up a quick summary of my notes:
1. Mysterious intro in the jungle
2. Giant monster! In the flesh!
3. "Hero of the Skies" - This is a great tag line for the book, by the wa.
4. Shota is super sweet.
5. "Rotten egg like you" is the best insult I've heard all week.
6. Flash forward and cliffhangers.

Overall, I love this series! I think it's off to a great start and I'm still super intrigued about where it's going to go.

Five out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Viz for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

briarsreviews's review against another edition

5.0

I read the English version of this, but I believe this one deserves 5 stars as well.

graypeape's review against another edition

5.0

I'm really enjoying this series so far! We get lots of action in this volume, lots of exciting moments, and some mysterious goings on as well. I'm not saying anything, it'd all be too spoilery, and this is one of those stories where you need to let it all wash over you. Asa's moment of triumph at the end of the 1959 part of the story, good heavens! I could feel it with her. The combination of Urasawa's story and his artwork is just so perfect, they compliment each other so well. This is such a feel-good story, even though bad things have happened, that I can't help but love it. I hope Volume 3 will be available soon!

tabby2920's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

8bitlapras's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

jonahposner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

hxcpanda's review against another edition

5.0

Frankly I'm biased when it comes to literally anything Urasawa has done (I have a tattoo even), but this volume had everything I love about his story-telling, including a couple parts that made me say "oh my god" out loud.