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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Violence, Alcohol
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
C10 A9 W9 P7 I6 L10 E9 = 60/14 => 4,28/5⭐
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Un género de comedia muy francés es el que caricaturiza los tópicos regionales. Aquí Goscinny, aunque parte de una premisa que no me gusta mucho, lo hace muy bien. Además, también ayuda a aprender Historia. Primera aparición de Ideafix.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
One of Peter's favourite series. I haven't read Asterix before, but I decided to give this a go and see why it's so special to him.
It's silly- mostly slapstick comedy, though the Roman names do have bad puns- but it teaches kids history, geography and culture in a way they may not realise. I can't hate on that.
It's silly- mostly slapstick comedy, though the Roman names do have bad puns- but it teaches kids history, geography and culture in a way they may not realise. I can't hate on that.
The new Roman Inspector General Overanxius has build a wall to keep the Village of defiant Gauls from spreading their seditious ideas to Roman lands & to starve them into submission. While it might be a simple matter for them to break it all, Asterix makes a bet with the IG just to spite him. That they will travel of all major towns across Gaul, get the local cuisine from each and host a banquet for the General. So starts the traveler's guide to all towns in Gaul, in antiquity with their modern counterparts.
There is surprisingly little I have to say about this story. Because even though we go through a number of new locations, and meet all manner of characters, some allies, some enemies and some in between, little goes on other than Asterix & Obelisk entering a town, getting into trouble, steamrolling through said trouble onto the next leg of the challenge.
I'm sure the locations and references were relatable to someone native to France/ Europe, but most of it went over my head. And there is the overused gag of Obelisk and him being fat, which sort of makes you loose some of the likeness to the character.
We do however get a whole gamut of new Hurricane pun names to giggle over. Some of my favorite
Inspector General Overanxius
Fishfingus; Spongefingus
Unpatriotix
Poisonus Fungus
Uptotrix
Villaus & Unscrupulus
Well, all series have their ups and down, but for the sheer amount of world building we got in this iteration, I'll give it a tentative 3 out of 5