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A review by hidekisohma
Accel World, Vol. 3 (light novel): The Twilight Marauder by Reki Kawahara
3.0
So having been a while since i read the 2nd volume, i decided to come back and read the third one. While i really liked the first light novel, the second one was....meh? So i was hoping the third would pick back up. and what do i have to say about the third one? well, it's both better and worse than the second one at the same time. Let me explain.
Volume 3 is about the main girl going off on a trip to okinawa. while she's gone, haruyuki and takumu meet this new burst linker called Nomi. He basically learns about Haruyuki's burst linking and tries to blackmail him into him giving Nomi points so he can keep burst linking without having to fight. and nomi also steals Haruyuki's wings and now Haru has to go off on a rocky style training montage to get the power of flight back. Oh also his annoying friend Chi is a healing burst linker now.
So why is this better than the previous one? Well, it's better because A, it makes more sense than the previous one, where volume 2 kind of threw a LOT of jibberishy jargon at you, and the battle took FOREVER. like literally the battle in the 2nd volume took half the book and i got battle fatigue after a while. The final battle in this one was only about 30-40 pages so i was grateful for that. So there you go.
What is probably the best thing for me in this book was the introduction of a new character "Sky Raker" she's this girl with prosthetic legs who teaches Haru how to fly again. She's rad and probably my favorite character in the series so far.
Positives:
- faster end battle
- less complicated.
- introduction of Sky Raker
Now for why it's WORSE than volume 2. First of all, the villain Nomi is AWFUL. he's one of those little pieces of crap that thinks he's super awesome and smug. you know, the kind who needs a good slap across the face. Has no real power and uses manipulation and cheating to win everything. The villain from the 2nd volume was a hulking monstrosity and seemed like an unstoppable force. this guy's just a little weasel and i honestly can't stand him.
Also, as i said before, Kuro (Aka the girl on the cover) is MIA for almost the whole book. She's on a school trip and basically can't be involved in the main story. so that's lame. i assume this is done because like.. if she was around, she'd beat the main villain in 15 seconds and there would be no need for this arc. i get that, but MAN was this annoying. It almost feels to me like this is a justice league movie "wait for superman" situation which pisses me off.
Also, it ends on a cliffhanger. Normally these light novels are pretty self contained, however, this one ends on a cliff hanger and reading some stuff on the wiki, yeah, 3-4 are really meant to be read together so..pfffff. now i gotta read 4. If nothing else, to see this little idiot get his teeth knocked in.
Bad
- ends on a cliffhanger
- kuro is off on vacation (out of the 90% of the story)
- Villain is AWFUL
- Chiyu (friend) is more annoying than usual
So overall, it has its mix of good and bad. this one definitely leaves a bad taste in your mouth because it's one of those BAD cliffhangers, so i'm gonna have to buy volume 4 dang it. Ah well.
Mixed bag..but it was FINE. Not great, not good, but fine. 3 out of 5.
Volume 3 is about the main girl going off on a trip to okinawa. while she's gone, haruyuki and takumu meet this new burst linker called Nomi. He basically learns about Haruyuki's burst linking and tries to blackmail him into him giving Nomi points so he can keep burst linking without having to fight. and nomi also steals Haruyuki's wings and now Haru has to go off on a rocky style training montage to get the power of flight back. Oh also his annoying friend Chi is a healing burst linker now.
So why is this better than the previous one? Well, it's better because A, it makes more sense than the previous one, where volume 2 kind of threw a LOT of jibberishy jargon at you, and the battle took FOREVER. like literally the battle in the 2nd volume took half the book and i got battle fatigue after a while. The final battle in this one was only about 30-40 pages so i was grateful for that. So there you go.
What is probably the best thing for me in this book was the introduction of a new character "Sky Raker" she's this girl with prosthetic legs who teaches Haru how to fly again. She's rad and probably my favorite character in the series so far.
Positives:
- faster end battle
- less complicated.
- introduction of Sky Raker
Now for why it's WORSE than volume 2. First of all, the villain Nomi is AWFUL. he's one of those little pieces of crap that thinks he's super awesome and smug. you know, the kind who needs a good slap across the face. Has no real power and uses manipulation and cheating to win everything. The villain from the 2nd volume was a hulking monstrosity and seemed like an unstoppable force. this guy's just a little weasel and i honestly can't stand him.
Also, as i said before, Kuro (Aka the girl on the cover) is MIA for almost the whole book. She's on a school trip and basically can't be involved in the main story. so that's lame. i assume this is done because like.. if she was around, she'd beat the main villain in 15 seconds and there would be no need for this arc. i get that, but MAN was this annoying. It almost feels to me like this is a justice league movie "wait for superman" situation which pisses me off.
Also, it ends on a cliffhanger. Normally these light novels are pretty self contained, however, this one ends on a cliff hanger and reading some stuff on the wiki, yeah, 3-4 are really meant to be read together so..pfffff. now i gotta read 4. If nothing else, to see this little idiot get his teeth knocked in.
Bad
- ends on a cliffhanger
- kuro is off on vacation (out of the 90% of the story)
- Villain is AWFUL
- Chiyu (friend) is more annoying than usual
So overall, it has its mix of good and bad. this one definitely leaves a bad taste in your mouth because it's one of those BAD cliffhangers, so i'm gonna have to buy volume 4 dang it. Ah well.
Mixed bag..but it was FINE. Not great, not good, but fine. 3 out of 5.