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Children of the Whales, Vol. 4 by Abi Umeda

syllareads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

silberfederling's review against another edition

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4.0

Ich habe irgendwie das Gefühl, dass die Serie noch ein gutes Beispiel dafür wird, welche menschlichen Abgründe eigentlich exisitieren.
Die Menschen auf der Mudwahle ähneln den Menschen in der Außenwelt unglaublich, was vermutlich auch nicht komplett verwunderlich ist, da sie "erst" 100 Jahre isoliert leben, aber gleichzeitig gibt es viele kleine Unterschiede, bei denen gefühlt besonders deutlich wird bei wem der Charaktere sich welche Abgründe verstecken.
Und ich bin auch sehr gespannt, ob die Nous nicht noch eine ganz eigene Intention in der ganzen Geschichte haben.
Spoiler Ich finde es außerdem cool, dass nach dem, was das Nous der Apathaia gezeigt hat, das Japan in unserer Realität, die fiktive glückliche Welt ist. Ich mag es, wenn Realität und Fiktion sich zu vermischen beginnt.

lilsuccubus's review

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3.0

Hard to follow, with way too many characters to keep track of. Reminds me a bit of Beowulf. Very dark subject matter, but the pacing is too fast for the deaths to have the right impact.

romancelibrarian's review against another edition

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3.0

I think I am over this story ... I am now having a difficult time distinguishing between characters never mind figuring out what the hell is going on.

redbluemoon's review against another edition

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5.0

FR
Ce manga m'a peu à peu fait tomber amoureuse de lui ! C'est si beau, que ce soit les graphismes, les relations entre les personnages, la façon de nous faire revivre l'histoire, la vision de la mort. J'adore !

EN
I quickly fell in love with this series! It's so beautiful, be it the illustrations, the characters' relationships, the way the reader is sent in the past to live the story, the vision of death. I love it!

jkenna's review against another edition

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4.0

We learned so much in this volume!! Can't wait to read the next one

minaelol's review against another edition

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5.0

ily king

pandaaaaa14's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

honniker's review

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emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

OK, I'm pretty much addicted to this series at this point and not going to lie Ouni is pretty much my Manga boyfriend. 

evelyn14's review against another edition

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4.0

This was a quite confusing volume, because of the fighting I got confused by the characters

After that ending, I really need to get the next volume soon!