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4.37 AVERAGE
4.37 AVERAGE
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Coming off of the 1997 animé and a vague handful of memes and knowledge that this was peak edge fiction, I was actually seriously worried I wouldn’t enjoy this, and I figured any criticism wouldn’t be well received. Not only that, but my biggest concern with the animé was the sharp pivot to magic, where the series had been strictly realistic beforehand.
Honestly, those concerns were completely unfounded and I ended up taking this series for what it was. No one ever talked about Puck (which I suspect is a side effect of needing to tout this as peak edge fiction) but he was a fantastic comic relief character and really offset a lot of Guts’s immense darkness and uncaring attitude. Guts is hard to like here, plain and simple. He does good things and he is a fascinating character to follow; you know what he’s after is a greater evil, but the obsession with doing so has made him callous and hostile. Puck softens the blow and honestly was my favorite character, though as we near the story the 1997 animé was set in, that will likely change.
Honestly, those concerns were completely unfounded and I ended up taking this series for what it was. No one ever talked about Puck (which I suspect is a side effect of needing to tout this as peak edge fiction) but he was a fantastic comic relief character and really offset a lot of Guts’s immense darkness and uncaring attitude. Guts is hard to like here, plain and simple. He does good things and he is a fascinating character to follow; you know what he’s after is a greater evil, but the obsession with doing so has made him callous and hostile. Puck softens the blow and honestly was my favorite character, though as we near the story the 1997 animé was set in, that will likely change.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Such a good introduction to a series I've only ever read good things about. I think the description "a man literally too angry to die" is the perfect sum-up of this story.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think what's so good about this manga is the way in which it builds the backstory into the characters in a way which means that you can figure out what happened (or what's going to happen) and then it delivers rather then trying to do a plot twist that surprises you.
It goes if you're willing to think about this you can figure it out before it happens my story is good enough that I don't have to rely on shock value.
It goes if you're willing to think about this you can figure it out before it happens my story is good enough that I don't have to rely on shock value.
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Gruesome non-stop action that is leaving me forever stressed for Guts