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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
It's not bad, but it's not exactly wowing me. I might give volume two a try, but I think I've read too manga similar to this one that managed to hit me in the feels in the first volume, and this one just isn't there. I'll round it up to 3.5 stars for the cat, though.
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Une entrée en douceur dans le cet histoire. Je suis impatient d'en apprendre plus sur le monde des esprit. C'est un univers plus de curiosité et de tendresse
I need the second one!! The creatures were really weird, the house was too. I absolutely love the tiny plant growing things, I don't remember what their called so, I'll just call them tiny plant growing things. Their so cute
*4.5 stars*
This was super super interesting! I love all the spirits and creatures! The Azare and Kodak’s stories made me tear up honestly. I’m so excited to learn more about the spirits and the book of the dead! This was super fun and I’m excited to read volume 2!
This was super super interesting! I love all the spirits and creatures! The Azare and Kodak’s stories made me tear up honestly. I’m so excited to learn more about the spirits and the book of the dead! This was super fun and I’m excited to read volume 2!
The start of a new series, Ghostly Things, Vol. 1 by Ushio Shirotori is a paranormal fantasy manga featuring a teenager in a new (and probably haunted) house.
Yachiho’s father is overseas, meaning she moves into the large, new house that’s supposedly haunted. Quickly, she finds that it is indeed haunted—spirits abound, there’s a huge underground library, and her father might have bought this house for a specific reason. Beneath the house in the long corridors and library is a crossing to the Spirit Realm, attended to by its guardian, Moro.
The majority of chapters feature Yachiho exploring her new home, getting to know Moro and the spirits that share her living space, and searching for The Book of the Dead. Many chapters have a distinct slice-of-life tone. With Moro’s help Yachiho learns about the different yokai, who they are, and how to help them.
However, early chapters are guilty of feeding Yachiho information and having Moro do the majority of the work. It is only in later chapters that Yachiho begins to truly get herself fully involved, having true connections to different yokai and a real sense of wanting to help them however she can. Eventually, though, Yachiho begins to grow as a character and gains more personality.
Pacing is a bit irregular throughout the manga. Pertinent elements of the overarching plot tend to be told very quickly, sometimes as if needed to get out of the way for the slower chapters featuring some sort of spirit that needs assistance. These chapters tend to lean more towards an almost slice-of-life feel. While both aspects are interesting and fun to read, the series hasn’t yet truly found its footing in this aspect yet.
The closing chapters of the manga are, perhaps, some of the most intriguing. Stakes are risen. Yachiho begins to find her place, and the plot a little more driven. While this first volume had to find its footing, future volumes look well set up, and I am quite interested to see what sort of direction the series will take.
Those who love reading about yokai, slower pace paranormal stories, and fans of series such as The Morose Mononokean would definitely enjoy checking out Ghostly Things, Vol. 1 by Ushio Shirotori.
I received this manga from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This review originally found on Looking Glass Reads.
Yachiho’s father is overseas, meaning she moves into the large, new house that’s supposedly haunted. Quickly, she finds that it is indeed haunted—spirits abound, there’s a huge underground library, and her father might have bought this house for a specific reason. Beneath the house in the long corridors and library is a crossing to the Spirit Realm, attended to by its guardian, Moro.
The majority of chapters feature Yachiho exploring her new home, getting to know Moro and the spirits that share her living space, and searching for The Book of the Dead. Many chapters have a distinct slice-of-life tone. With Moro’s help Yachiho learns about the different yokai, who they are, and how to help them.
However, early chapters are guilty of feeding Yachiho information and having Moro do the majority of the work. It is only in later chapters that Yachiho begins to truly get herself fully involved, having true connections to different yokai and a real sense of wanting to help them however she can. Eventually, though, Yachiho begins to grow as a character and gains more personality.
Pacing is a bit irregular throughout the manga. Pertinent elements of the overarching plot tend to be told very quickly, sometimes as if needed to get out of the way for the slower chapters featuring some sort of spirit that needs assistance. These chapters tend to lean more towards an almost slice-of-life feel. While both aspects are interesting and fun to read, the series hasn’t yet truly found its footing in this aspect yet.
The closing chapters of the manga are, perhaps, some of the most intriguing. Stakes are risen. Yachiho begins to find her place, and the plot a little more driven. While this first volume had to find its footing, future volumes look well set up, and I am quite interested to see what sort of direction the series will take.
Those who love reading about yokai, slower pace paranormal stories, and fans of series such as The Morose Mononokean would definitely enjoy checking out Ghostly Things, Vol. 1 by Ushio Shirotori.
I received this manga from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This review originally found on Looking Glass Reads.
I just finished this manga, and overall it’s decent.
The artwork is really stunning, and the designs of our ghosts, although not particularly original, blend really well with the story and art-style.
I think this series has great potential, and overall I am definitely intrigued by the plot and the direction it hopefully goes in, but nothing much happens in this first volume and overall it includes A LOT of info-dumping that could be tiring to the reader.
So, I will definitely be continuing, as there are some elements I think could intrigue me if they were to continue as I expect them to, but this first volume really isn’t anything special.
It is an average read, thereof the average rating.
The artwork is really stunning, and the designs of our ghosts, although not particularly original, blend really well with the story and art-style.
I think this series has great potential, and overall I am definitely intrigued by the plot and the direction it hopefully goes in, but nothing much happens in this first volume and overall it includes A LOT of info-dumping that could be tiring to the reader.
So, I will definitely be continuing, as there are some elements I think could intrigue me if they were to continue as I expect them to, but this first volume really isn’t anything special.
It is an average read, thereof the average rating.
Interesting and cool world building. Might continue. Liked it.
This is a story about a girl who starts living in a haunted house, and finding out its a crossroads managed by a guardian called Moro. Yachiho is startled but not really fazed - in fact, her main annoyance is with the fact that the spirits are eating her food! The feel of the manga tends towards slice of life, but not entirely. There's a mystery in the works, that plays between the individual stories about Moro sending on another spirit to their next world, and it has to do with the person who owned the house before, Yachiho's mission in the house, and a stranger who comes by to catch some spirits. Moro's interactions with her are mostly humorous, but he also doles out advice on nature and the way of things. She herself doesn't do much in the story, as of this volume. The artwork is nice, with clear lines and interesting designs for the yokai. I liked the varied kinds portrayed - a dragon, a pair of rain and thunder spirits, and spirits for both rot and growth (the latter, kodama, get a chapter devoted to them). At the same time, yes, it also brings to mind several other manga series that have the same premise or feel of things, so it doesn't entirely feel distinct enough. Overall, though, it is a good story, and I would love to read further installments.
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Seven Seas, via Edelweiss.
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Seven Seas, via Edelweiss.
This was lovely!
A story about a high school girl moving into the “haunted” house and getting along with the spirits who live there too.
I liked the art, I especially liked the spirits designs. The story is very atmospheric, there were some horrror-esque scenes and some charming and adorable scenes.
It has a similar vibe as Natsume’s Book of Friends as in it’s the story about s human who sees spirits and tries to help them. For some reason, I liked Ayashikoto-Gatari better.
A story about a high school girl moving into the “haunted” house and getting along with the spirits who live there too.
I liked the art, I especially liked the spirits designs. The story is very atmospheric, there were some horrror-esque scenes and some charming and adorable scenes.
It has a similar vibe as Natsume’s Book of Friends as in it’s the story about s human who sees spirits and tries to help them. For some reason, I liked Ayashikoto-Gatari better.