Full Metal Panic!

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Japanese: フルメタル・パニック！

More titles

Information

Type: Manga

Volumes: 9

Chapters: 58

Status: Finished

Published: Jan 9, 2000 to Mar 9, 2005

Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance

Themes: Mecha, Military

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Dragon Age

Authors: Tateo, Retsu (Art), Gatou, Shouji (Story)

Statistics

Score: 7.80¹ (scored by 7,540 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #1339²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #1085

Members: 17,259

Favorites: 357

Resources

Wikipedia

7.80

Ranked #1339Popularity #1085Members 17,259

MangaDragon AgeTateo, Retsu (Art), Gatou, Shouji (Story)

Add to My List

Volumes: /9

Chapters: /58

Edit
Synopsis

A sergeant by the name of Sousuke Sagara is assigned an important task. That of guarding high school girl Chidori Kaname. Sousuke is a military genius, gaining high rank at an early age, but because of his strange upbringing, he lacks social skill. Now, he finds himself as a fish out of water as he attempts to protect a girl from an evil organization and turn in his school work on time.

(Source: ANN)

Edit
Background

Full Metal Panic! was published in English by ADV Manga from November 10, 2003 to April 11, 2006.

Edit
Related Manga

Sequel:	Full Metal Panic! Sigma
Spin-off:	Ikinari! Full Metal Panic!, Full Metal Panic! Surplus
Alternative version:	Full Metal Panic!
Adaptation:	Full Metal Panic! Movie 2: One Night Stand, Full Metal Panic! Movie 1: Boy Meets Girl, Full Metal Panic! Movie 3: Into the Blue, Full Metal Panic!

More characters
Characters

Sagara, Sousuke

Main

Chidori, Kaname

Main

Testarossa, Teletha

Main

Mao, Melissa

Supporting

Weber, Kurz

Supporting

Gauron

Supporting

Kalinin, Andrei Sergeivich

Supporting

Hayashimizu, Atsunobu

Supporting

Tokiwa, Kyouko

Supporting

Mikihara, Ren

Supporting

Reviews

Jul 1, 2013

Vanvonhunter

Recommended

I started reading Full Metal Panic! already being a huge fan of it because I had watched the anime adaption of the series first. Also this is my first review so I hope you enjoy it.

With that being said lets get started with this review:

Story - 10/10

The story is that of a romantic comedy which is full of hilarious situations between a sergeant named Sousuke Sagara and a girl named Chidori Kaname. As the story progresses you get to witness not only their developing relationships, but you also get a bit mecha action as you get to see into the everyday life of Sergeant ...

Open

Gift

Jun 2, 2012

Poeticas

Recommended

"I don't have any regrets. I'm glad I met you" Is what our heroine Kaname Chidori has to say seems romantic ? Quite a lot.

So what we have here is an intense Romance and Comedy manga mixed with action and Mechas all over the place making it quite a nice read so looking closer we see a story of clueless guy and strong willed girl trying to survive seems nice but lets add Tons of comedy , deadly battles and drama here and there we would get an story line so Writer Gatoh, Shoji brought us an story with many turns here and there ...

Open

Gift

Oct 24, 2022

darkpixelftw

Not Recommended

TL:DR
Confused plot, wild tonal dissonance, can't decide what genre it wants to be. Boring characters. barely any romantic progression and not a lot of chemistry anyway. Do not recommend, I'd give this one a hard pass

Story: 3/10
The manga reads like the author had two different ideas that they tried to do at the same time. It veers between comedy gag manga and serious shounen action so quickly and frequently that I'm getting complete tonal whiplash. Sometimes it happens mid-chapter! This confused plot works to the detriment of both ideas. You can't get into the romcom or comedy because look, Sagara just shot someone in the ... head. You can't get into the action because it's interrupted to shoehorn in romance tropes. It's disappointing because there's the seed of a good action spy story going, I could see the tense situations as the bodyguard tries to keep their identity a secret from the students while protecting their charge but the author just can't commit to it and it completely ruins any tension as well as keeping the actual plot (romance or action) very barebones as they try to juggle both storylines. You can be funny and have good action but not the way this manga does it.

There are some hints to bigger things that are never really explored. The main antagonists throws some hints that they know Sagara and that they've done something terrible to him but it's barely mentions. The more supernatural aspects (oh yeah, that’s a thing too by the way) but it's never really explored so it really just ends up more as Deus ex Machina and a reason for the plot to exist rather than an actual fleshed out concept.

There is very little romantic progression between the two main leads. Lots of trope type of stuff, misunderstandings, assumptions etc. Sagara doesn't feel anything for Kaname until the very end and even then there is no satisfying conclusion.

Art: 7/10
Pretty good, I like the mechs (oh yeah, this is a mech manga at some points). Nothing much to say.

Characters: 4/10
The main characters are dull, flat collections of tropes. Dense, tough guy and violent tsundere. Can't really say much more than that about it, they're pretty boring. There are some side characters too who have no personalities either. There's Kaname's best friends who basically exists so Kanames has someone to talk about Sagara too. There's Sagara's boss who is basically there for Kaname to be jealous of. There's so little character here, there isn’t even a lot to criticise.

Overall: 3/10
Disappointing. A good idea wasted with terrible execution. I don't recommend this manga at all. I suspect the manga is so highly rated because this is one of the first many people will have read.

Open

Gift

More stacks

Interest Stacks

Shounen manga with a Female Protagonist

by Rhiannon-Senpai

29 Entries · 15 Restacks

Drama Manga With Female Leads in them(Shounen Edition)

by Mei-o_Scarlett

42 Entries · 57 Restacks

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Full Metal Panic! Chapter 2 Discussion MangaKing - Nov 2, 2015	0 replies	by MangaKing »» Nov 2, 2015 6:36 PM
Poll: Full Metal Panic! Chapter 1 Discussion MangaKing - Nov 2, 2015	0 replies	by MangaKing »» Nov 2, 2015 6:25 PM
Is the manga cover all the novels ? almozayaf - Nov 7, 2014	0 replies	by almozayaf »» Nov 7, 2014 8:33 AM
Manga Scans? KidRyan - Dec 3, 2008	6 replies	by KidRyan »» Jan 12, 2009 8:04 PM

Full Metal Panic!
Full Metal Panic
Edit

What would you like to edit?

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Resources

Edit
Synopsis

Edit
Background

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Edit
Related Manga

More characters
Characters

Reviews

Interest Stacks

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Full Metal Panic!Full Metal Panic Edit What would you like to edit? SynopsisBackgroundAlternative TitlesPictureChapters/VolumesPublishing DatesRelationsTypeExternal Links

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Resources

EditSynopsis

EditBackground

Visit MALxJapan MALxJapan -More than just anime-

EditRelated Manga

More charactersCharacters

Reviews

Interest Stacks

More recommendations Recommendations

More newsRecent News

More discussionsRecent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Full Metal Panic!
Full Metal Panic
Edit

What would you like to edit?

Edit
Synopsis

Edit
Background

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Edit
Related Manga

More characters
Characters

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion