Reviews

Levius, Volume 1 by Haruhisa Nakata

dickenst's review

4.0

Once the story picked up almost halfway through it was really good. The art style is really cool but I also found it a little distracting. The artist really liked their eye shots. Not sure I'll continue this series.

raeld9601's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.75

capycado's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

emmaopaline's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

mdefillipi's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ciaraofthekorn's review

5.0

This has been my first physical manga that I've experienced. Honestly it took me longer to read than I initially thought it would. Though I do acknowledge what others have said in their reviews regarding characters and their on page personalities. And yes, the names of certain characters are, I don't how to articulate it but, oof. Our main antagonist, Dr. Jack Clown Pudding, made me laugh out loud when he introduced himself.

What I liked about this though was the artwork. It was honestly amazing and so aesthetically pleasing to my eyes. It is steampunk-esque with some like gothic and dainty touches here and there. The atmosphere for me really pushed me through to finish it. I will say that I did enjoy the story going on though it felt a little 1-dimensional to me in terms of motivations and propelling the story.

But alas, I still really enjoyed it overall and that is why I gave 5 stars.

charonlrdraws's review

5.0

And I got emotional over a M.M.A book...I mean Levius goes through so much and the way this ends is bitter sweet, like he did what he came to do but at what cost.

dylan__'s review

dark medium-paced

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

4.25

ghostreads's review

5.0

Unbelievably beautiful, mesmerizing art. Tragic, violent, disturbing story. I will be picking up /EST at the earliest opportunity--frankly, I'm obsessed with this.

curiousmadra's review

4.0

Dude…. I can’t tell you how much the art ABSOLUTELY SLAPS in this manga like my god, the fighting scenes with Levius beating up his opponents and the facial expressions were surreal. I can be talking about this whole mangas art all day seriously lol! I’m saying this as I was confused by the plot because so much has happened in this 20 chapter manga and to be frank, you get lost in a good way because the art sucks you in to the mecha fighting world!

There is a Netflix adaptation since 2019 but personally from looking at the trailer as well as some images, the exact detail on the characters designs are sorta lost so I 100% will go with the manga.

Guys just read this weird steampunk manga with amazing art or else Dr Clown Jack Pudding will come after you (jk)