Konjiki no Gash!! 2

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I just finished the original Konjiki no gash and loved it. It was a great story with a lot more depth then I thought it would have. Right after that I read through all 18 available chapters of Konjiki no gash 2 and was surprised at how much it reflected the original story, even though it ended 13 years before the second began to publish.

I thought the new story arc was very interesting and think the Villains are quite mysterious and cool. So many old characters have grown and I can't wait to see them. Gash and Kiyomaru still have the same energy as ... before and there skills are up to par with the end of the original series.

I would definitely give this a 9/10. One off because its a little funky in the beginning.

Also some amazing fully colored art panels for landscapes of the Demon World. IRON FOLOGRE! INVINCIBLE FOLGORE!

For those who have read Zatch Bell and thorough enjoyed it, the sequel still has its nostalgic flavor but with a modern touch to it. I think what this author has improved on is the suspense of every chapter with so many mysteries and questions for the audience. The characters have grown and the villains seem a little less cliche with more brains this time around. Obviously there is the usual cast and same personalities. The author has done a great job balancing the Zatch Bell we all know and love while trying to provide a new twist every step of the way.

I highly recommend ... this to people who have watched the original series. You won't be disappointed.

As a whole, the series is very much akin to Naruto Shippuden than a full-on sequel, feeling very much like it's just the same thing, but fifteen years later and with new foes. It starts off pretty distinct, having Zatch dead and the mamodo unable to cast spells...but a scant few chapters in, it "remedies" that and turns the series into more of the original, but with less of what made that original series so good. Most of the presently-available 26 chapters are about seeing prominent characters from the original series again, with it only starting to change to more than just a game of ... catching up with characters at the end of 25. Additionally, the new foes don't seem particularly powerful, due to the original series characters being very battle-hardened and capable. Compared to Bargo's first appearance in the original (who, keep in mind, arrived in the single digit chapters), nothing here seems half as intimidating.

While it's better than most nostalgia-centric sequels to older fiction that are all the rage right now, it's not a particularly good one, either. If you want something on the level of the original, you can do much better. However, if you absolutely must have more Zatch, you can certainly do much worse, too.