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hidekisohma's review against another edition
3.0
So having finished the first volume of this, i really enjoyed it and wanted to get into the second volume so i bought it and started reading it pretty quickly after the previous one and... eh, this one wasn't nearly as good.
The basic premise is this elementary school girl shows up and tells Haru that he needs his and yuki's help to take down this guy in the accel world that has an armor that drove him crazy. That's essentially the plot.
This one was...weird. Nearly the entire second half of the book was a battle, and it DRAGGED. It also didn't help that there were only 8 chapters in this entire 240 page book so that averaged about 30 pages a chapter.
Haru has a lot of self doubt in this one and there was a lot of "haru froze and couldn't move" situations and that got tedious. The new character introduced "Niku" um... she was fine later on in the book, but the way they introduced her was a little odd. She pretended to be a relative of Haru's and tried buttering him up by staying at his house. and that lead to ..weird suggestive situations. and it's weird because like... she's an elementary school student? so.... yeah japan's weird sometimes.
once you got past that weirdness though, this character was interesting. it's obvious her brain is older than her body (what i mean by that is, in the accel world, time passes 30 minutes for every 1.5 seconds. so in theory you could be in that world for a year in 7 hours. so we're lead to believe that the girl has spent YEARS mentally in this world so she's like a 30 year old mentally. i don't know, the way this world works is weird.) she acts older than she is, which, for once actually makes sense and her desire to help her friend is pretty geniune even though he went crazy in the game.
The biggest issue i had with this volume was the final battle. it took SO LONG. i'm not kidding it was a good 100 pages of the book. it dragged on and on to the point that my brain was doing a lot of skimming.
The first book had action but there were several battles and they were all concise and to the point. this one felt like an endurance test.
The parts where they're not in the accel world were fine and the characters act like they normally do, so that was fine.
I'm hoping book 3 will be better as this one was just an even 3 out of 5. Not great, not terrible, but fine.
The basic premise is this elementary school girl shows up and tells Haru that he needs his and yuki's help to take down this guy in the accel world that has an armor that drove him crazy. That's essentially the plot.
This one was...weird. Nearly the entire second half of the book was a battle, and it DRAGGED. It also didn't help that there were only 8 chapters in this entire 240 page book so that averaged about 30 pages a chapter.
Haru has a lot of self doubt in this one and there was a lot of "haru froze and couldn't move" situations and that got tedious. The new character introduced "Niku" um... she was fine later on in the book, but the way they introduced her was a little odd. She pretended to be a relative of Haru's and tried buttering him up by staying at his house. and that lead to ..weird suggestive situations. and it's weird because like... she's an elementary school student? so.... yeah japan's weird sometimes.
once you got past that weirdness though, this character was interesting. it's obvious her brain is older than her body (what i mean by that is, in the accel world, time passes 30 minutes for every 1.5 seconds. so in theory you could be in that world for a year in 7 hours. so we're lead to believe that the girl has spent YEARS mentally in this world so she's like a 30 year old mentally. i don't know, the way this world works is weird.) she acts older than she is, which, for once actually makes sense and her desire to help her friend is pretty geniune even though he went crazy in the game.
The biggest issue i had with this volume was the final battle. it took SO LONG. i'm not kidding it was a good 100 pages of the book. it dragged on and on to the point that my brain was doing a lot of skimming.
The first book had action but there were several battles and they were all concise and to the point. this one felt like an endurance test.
The parts where they're not in the accel world were fine and the characters act like they normally do, so that was fine.
I'm hoping book 3 will be better as this one was just an even 3 out of 5. Not great, not terrible, but fine.
electrozombie's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
irayred's review against another edition
4.0
[ Re-read in 2020. ]
"It’s for me. I’m fighting because I want to like myself, the menial, weak, thickheaded me I hate so much, just a little more than I did yesterday."
I might be biased but Accel World just keeps getting better and better. We get introduced to new characters, such as the Yellow King and the current Red King. There is a powerful villain too: Chrome Disaster, which apparently was born from the despair of a wicked Burst Linker who was forced to delete the program, so now, this enhanced armament makes the user go berserk and attack others without reason.
Thus, the Red King, Scarlet Rain, has to deal with Cherry Rook, a Burst Linker who once belonged to Prominence, the red legion. She uses her abilities to track down Silver Crow IRL, and the Black King –by proxy, and ask for their help, so she can deal with Cherry before others do.
Now, this second volume is filled with sweet, funny moments but also we get to see important character development and information about the whole virtual game. Despite what other people think, I believe Haru is one hell of a protagonist because we actually see him grow. In the beginning, he loathes himself but little by little, and with the help of new friends, a love interest and shared adventures, he develops a new kind of confidence in himself.
It’s really something to see how a fighting game can affect his life so much. He searches for strength, to stand up for what he believes in and against Black Lotus’ enemies, to be worthy of her, but also to like himself a bit more. I guess that this may come as your typical shonen but I can’t help but to love the story as well as the characters. I care a lot for them and I cannot wait to see what happens next!
Also, can we talk about how wonderful Kuroyukihime is? She’s just one of my fav female characters ever! I love her so damn much!
PREVIOUS REVIEWS:
Volume 1
"It’s for me. I’m fighting because I want to like myself, the menial, weak, thickheaded me I hate so much, just a little more than I did yesterday."
I might be biased but Accel World just keeps getting better and better. We get introduced to new characters, such as the Yellow King and the current Red King. There is a powerful villain too: Chrome Disaster, which apparently was born from the despair of a wicked Burst Linker who was forced to delete the program, so now, this enhanced armament makes the user go berserk and attack others without reason.
Thus, the Red King, Scarlet Rain, has to deal with Cherry Rook, a Burst Linker who once belonged to Prominence, the red legion. She uses her abilities to track down Silver Crow IRL, and the Black King –by proxy, and ask for their help, so she can deal with Cherry before others do.
Now, this second volume is filled with sweet, funny moments but also we get to see important character development and information about the whole virtual game. Despite what other people think, I believe Haru is one hell of a protagonist because we actually see him grow. In the beginning, he loathes himself but little by little, and with the help of new friends, a love interest and shared adventures, he develops a new kind of confidence in himself.
It’s really something to see how a fighting game can affect his life so much. He searches for strength, to stand up for what he believes in and against Black Lotus’ enemies, to be worthy of her, but also to like himself a bit more. I guess that this may come as your typical shonen but I can’t help but to love the story as well as the characters. I care a lot for them and I cannot wait to see what happens next!
Also, can we talk about how wonderful Kuroyukihime is? She’s just one of my fav female characters ever! I love her so damn much!
PREVIOUS REVIEWS:
Volume 1
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