Sousei no Taiga
Taiga of Genesis

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Sousei no Taiga is surely a refreshing read.

I hate serious historical manga that goes in long dialogues and historical details or the survival types that won't fail ro make you feel gloomy for the entire day after reading it but thankfully sousei no taiga manages to be anything but boring.

1.story
premise is simple so on chapter one we get right into it, and one thing i appreciate the most is the use of show-don't-tell at this stage of the manga. the characters don't dwell on the where and why they are there but rather let it sink in gradually which is a natural flow.
things seem ... to keep that natural flow throughout which I like i like when stories take a logical path it just makes sense.
I must admit that I am more interested in the day to day lives of humans who have to live with mammoths than i am in the conflict of racism having traveled back the the paleolithic era. at first i thought it was just a simple territorial dispute but it is now much grander than that and I'm this close to getting sick of it.

2. Art
Isn't vagabond level or anything but it didn't fail to capture, however, the absolute spookiness that each and everyone of our squad members felt when faced with the sight of the world as it was millions of years ago. when they faced an extinct species of trees and animals the author doesn't need to show me their scared faces because it is presented in a way that even the reader feels like they're right there in the moment i do appreciate that.

3. characters
the cast is pretty diverse in personalities but also in skin colour i do appreciate that. I am not sure why i feel, though that the characters interactions seem to fade more and more as the battles become more intense (that also makes sense story wise but it's still a shame)
I like the use of certain archetype, like chihiro being the funny cheerful girl, and riku being the older brother almost mom of the group. but my favourite by far is namuru who seems to have a lot of layers to his character i wish we explored it a bit more but well.
all in all i want a spin off of namuru with his family and for tiari and taiga to be married and have lots of kids i'm not asking for much, really. jk

as for the protagonist taiga i don't like how easy everything comes to him and it feels like the story is leading him rather than the other way around.

4.overall concept
I must admit that I am more interested in the day to day lives of humans who have to live with mammoths than i am in the conflict of racism having traveled back the the paleolithic era. at first i thought it was just a simple territorial dispute but it is now much grander than that and I'm this close to getting sick of it.

very interesting and fun even though it could be more, it is enough.

Long story short Sousei no Taiga is a Seinen version of Dr Stone. And it does it's job well.

=World= 10

=Story= 10

=Characters= 5
MC too OP, MC has harem, there isn't anyone comparable to MC in greatness, OPness, usefulness, chadness and the like.
Theres one impressing leader neanderthal, a useful blacksmith, and very nimble and strong female neanderthal.
Unfortunately you could say everyone except these 4 characters is either a cannon fodder or a filler.
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=Art Quality= 6
I like the art, but its low resolution, is making it look bad if someone wants to be picky

=Art Style= 10
The style is absolutely great and fits this manga's dark and brutal story.

It started very well for me. I assimilated taiga's search and inner problems. I think it describes the feeling of being stuck in modernity well. mangaka who was able to convey the feelings of the side characters, especially those who could not adapt, to us in later part of the story. Idea of ​​going back to prehistoric times drives me crazy, i like to imagine a day of people's ancestors. I like the drawings of early humans and extinct animals, it's exciting to recreate them

But i didn't like that they could adapt so quickly, i expected them to be stunned for a long time because ... you went back hundreds of thousands of years. an unacceptable, utterly improbable situation. there are extinct animals and and just after you identify which species it is, you start looking for a place to stay. are you kiddin me? Is it really that simple to put it aside? Moreover, how in a short time taiga were able to learn the language of homo sapiens? How can a college student studying for hours adapt mentally and physically to fight so quickly? even if he was talented, even if he was spiritually ready, how did his muscles adapt so quickly?

and nazis? I think the story is tied to most cliched place.