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This is a brilliant manga. Story, art, writing, everything is done really well.

The titular character, Reiri, grows and develops greatly throughout the unfolding events, slowly changing her view on existence and life, and despite the bitter sweet ending - it fits her growth, and mirrors her origins well.

Difficult to put down, beautifully illustrated, and masterfully paced - Reiri is evidently a work of great skill and effort.

Art - Beautiful and refined. A blend of realistic and stylized, with aspects of it feeling gritty and tangible, at times horrifying, and others feeling light and distilled to the essence, it's one of the prettier mangas out there.

Story ... - An interesting story that keeps you glued to the pages, wanting to find out what happens next. A mix of personal character growth and broader historically inspired intrigue, it is well paced, and focuses on just the right scale to make everything completely engrossing at all times.

Writing - From dialogues to the progression of the story, everything is great.

Characters - A strong point of Reiri is the characters in it. They are of equally great quality as all other components of this manga, and turn the experience of reading it into one of the more immersive historically inspired reading experiences out there.

If only there was an official English release as well, since there's nothing I'd want more than to own the entire physical set of this.

Reiri is a historical fiction manga written by Hitoshi Iwaaki(parasyte/ historie).. It's about a girl whose family is killed but she is saved by a Samurai Lord. She decides to become a fighter for him.
If you like Japanese history, this is a must read. It has great action, dialog and thoroughly enjoyable.
We see Tokugawa Ieyasu, Oda Nobunaga, Takeda Nobukaysu and other warlords make war. And Reiri is in the midst of it all!!


Story: 8
It's fiction. But follows history as closely as possible, with few added spices.

Art: 8
Art is always smooth and easy on the ... eyes. Fights are easy to follow.

Character: 8
I loved Reiri, Okabe, Souzo, and Nobukatsu. You'll love them too. They are written so beautifully! There is immense character growth for our protagonist. Physical as well as mental.

Enjoyment: 9
The pacing is fast, to say the least. In 35 chapters an entire piece of history is packed. I enjoyed every page.
My only complaint-- Reiri is overpowered.
And one wish-- I wish it had more than 35 chapters.

So that's it!! Go on read the story. Hope you like it.
Thank you for reading this review!!