Reviews

I was bored so picked up this manga because a lot of ppl were praising it. TBH, I don't see it as an out of ordinary shounen, if anything it gives me a feeling of shounen written for girls. The story reminds of Dragon ball, where the mage named Shion and his wife Emma have to obtain some objects, spells and rituals to surpress a power in her. They leave for a journey to search for these obejects et al, they encounter friends, enemies and some ppl who become travelling companions. The journey and the events related to obtaining of certain thing are very short, usually 3 chps. Thus some of secondary charcters don't have big character developlments, though I would have liked to see them again. Another thing that sort of made me irritated was, that there wasn't enough conflict shown between the characters. The fights were short and nothing spectcular, the mage keeps defeating and obtaining objects without mcuh hinderanece. If there is a problem, it is solved quickly and easily, like his magic running out because he used it too much.

Story 5- The story is fast paced that it makes me question what really the big picture is. The main characters' goal is to surpress Emma's ekidona (rare dark magic capable of destryoing the world), but the speed and facility they achieve their 'subgoals', it makes me think that there is something bigger to be revealed. Also the appearances/encounters with the secondary characters are very short, so it makes me think that they will also return with a bigger role. Or at least I hope so, because that would be the only reason for the story to be interesting.The story feels episodic, with the objective being the acquisition of a new thing and the supression of ekidona tying them together. Also bc of other characters they help along the way, giving them their own happy endings.

Art 7- It's average and detailed enough in important scenes. There are very few close up shots of characters, fights or anything else that could be considered important.

Character 6- I liked the characters in the beginning because they were funny, especially the cat, Anise. But as the series progresses, they r not as funny or spontaneous. I think that the one of the saving grace of the manga was the characters and their quirky characteristics. But they're just becoming bland now for me.

Enjoyment 6- I enjoyed it somewhat in the beginning and thought it would continue to get better, thus I will be able to enjoy it more. But it was the opposite, so I'm giving it a 6 based on the earlier chps (up until 8).

Overall 6- I really don't understand the reason for its popularity, it's average for at best. It's certainly not set apart from other shounens with its sotry or concept. But to each their own.

I will continue to read this manga, though will not look forward to new chp releases, with each mini 'episodic arch' the ending for them is predictable.