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alexbthelibrarian 's review for:
Blackguard, Vol. 1
by Ryo Hanada
I received an eARC of this title through NetGalley in return for an honest review.
Trigger Warning: This book talks a lot about self harm and suicide.
I have conflicting feelings about this title.
For starters, I think the concept is really cool. It's a dystopian world where creatures who were infected by a virus have overrun the planet. It's the classic zombie idea. You get bitten, you get infected with no hope of cure. The main character is someone who is supposed to be the best at defeating these monsters because he has a mental health issue known as morbus si. He ends up being paired up with another person who's tasked with making sure he stays alive. I think it is interesting because it seems like the main character has never experienced anything outside of his job. So his new partner and their new recruit try and teach him the pluses of being alive.
I think where I did not like this is mostly the art style. It just was not for me. It is also very blunt about self harm and suicide which is not particularly something I enjoy when reading manga. I would be interested to see if this starts to change through out the series, but as for the first volume, it is a mediocre start for me. Not fantastic and super interesting but not boring and unreadable. If you can get passed the self harm and suicide talk, might be worth a read.
Trigger Warning: This book talks a lot about self harm and suicide.
I have conflicting feelings about this title.
For starters, I think the concept is really cool. It's a dystopian world where creatures who were infected by a virus have overrun the planet. It's the classic zombie idea. You get bitten, you get infected with no hope of cure. The main character is someone who is supposed to be the best at defeating these monsters because he has a mental health issue known as morbus si. He ends up being paired up with another person who's tasked with making sure he stays alive. I think it is interesting because it seems like the main character has never experienced anything outside of his job. So his new partner and their new recruit try and teach him the pluses of being alive.
I think where I did not like this is mostly the art style. It just was not for me. It is also very blunt about self harm and suicide which is not particularly something I enjoy when reading manga. I would be interested to see if this starts to change through out the series, but as for the first volume, it is a mediocre start for me. Not fantastic and super interesting but not boring and unreadable. If you can get passed the self harm and suicide talk, might be worth a read.