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A review by bookalchemist
Ran and the Gray World, Vol. 1 by Aki Irie
3.0
The art is stunning. Just a fantastic experience. However. I'm generally someone who likes being thrown into a world and given little exposition to explain things...this manga really pushed that to the point that I was kind of confused through most of the manga. I felt like I was just missing something the whole time.
Then there's the real problem: Ran is in 4th grade. She has magic shoes that age her up to...17ish? And she insists on using them and going out in the world despite her brother's best attempts to stop her. She hangs out with some drunk dudes, who thankfully do nothing terrible, but then meets this millionaire playboy who at first tells his butler he would never touch her because she's 'a child' (so he must be in his 20s). By the end of the first volume, he's borderline stalking her and tells her they can't be friends while grabbing her jaw and bringing her towards him. Again, he has no idea she's actually a 4th grader, but that is incredibly uncomfortable. I'm good.
Then there's the real problem: Ran is in 4th grade. She has magic shoes that age her up to...17ish? And she insists on using them and going out in the world despite her brother's best attempts to stop her. She hangs out with some drunk dudes, who thankfully do nothing terrible, but then meets this millionaire playboy who at first tells his butler he would never touch her because she's 'a child' (so he must be in his 20s). By the end of the first volume, he's borderline stalking her and tells her they can't be friends while grabbing her jaw and bringing her towards him. Again, he has no idea she's actually a 4th grader, but that is incredibly uncomfortable. I'm good.