A review by rosienreads
Shaman King, Vol. 5 by Hiroyuki Takei

4.0

 Carrying on the Shaman King manga read, we’re in the preliminary round of the Shaman King competition. It’s strange reading these as I know the general trajectory of the story quite well from the anime (despite the differences) so it’s very familiar to me but it’s also been long enough that I can’t really remember the details. In this one, things start of with the general light-hearted side we’ve seen so far but it does take a dark turn with the introduction of Faust and his necromancy which went much darker than I was expecting. These are relatively quick reads and a nice trip down memory lane, at least until we get to later volumes when I suspect there will be more changes and fewer memories.