OK. When I founded that Magi´s author realased a new manga i didn´t expected too much. Maybe because it reminds me of Edens Zero or Samurai 8, which taught me that the fact that a person makes a good manga doesn´t means that everythinh it does is good. But I had a big surprise reading Orient.
The story is about the Edo Japanese period dominated by Onis and Kishins (basucally, demons, samurais, swords, magic, that kind of stuff) and a guy called Musashi and his friend Kojiro (I still loving that references to characters of the context that Ohtaka works)
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Alternative TitlesJapanese: オリエント More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 22
Chapters: 158
Status: Finished
Published: May 30, 2018 to Oct 9, 2024
Theme:
Samurai
Demographic:
Shounen
Serialization:
Bessatsu Shounen Magazine Authors:
Ohtaka, Shinobu (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #140012 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #1814
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Your Feelings Categories Jan 20, 2022
Kinda re-did it
Overall, Orient got a slow start compared to Magi. Musashi as a character is hella annoying up until Awajima arc (which is super long), but recently he has gone calmer and how should I say, not brawn-over-brain like him in the earlier chapters? We got to see development from Kojiro's side too! I'm surprised that Musashi's past doesn't have as much impact to the plot as Kojiro's past. Y'all better catch up! Magi is more spread on this department as well, but that's okay, Orient still got a long journey. The thing that bother me the most is, the details keep getting less and ... Apr 12, 2022
I didn't watch, and probably won't watch, the anime, so I'm writing this as a manga only fan.
Most reviewers have already noted that Orient does not start off strong. Its no-brain 'shounen-ness' is so overpowering in the first few arcs, and the world-building also took a while to kick in and actually start making sense. Was very tempted to drop it at first, but now I'm glad I stuck with it! Things start getting more interesting at around chapter 40, I'd say. Ootaka Shinobu's art is also fantastic, as per usual. The fight scenes are flashy, and I prefer less-flashy-more-strategic fights, but her art skills are ... Feb 26, 2022
This is a great one. The story is predictable in some areas yet nostalgic in a sense. The art and art style is beautiful. The characters are the average Shonen bunch which isn't particularly bad and even though the base characters have the basic Shonen tropes the way they drive the story and the plot is interesting.
Tbh the start had me really bored, then it began to pick up the pace and things got interesting and the most recent chapters are really good, I've been enjoying every chapter. The manga so far is in no way able to match that of the top manga's such ... |

