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brambresseleers's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
crookedtreehouse's review
2.0
The second half of this volume: the story of Rin trying to cross the border is well-written, clever, and shows quite a bit of character growth for Rin. On its own, I probably would have given it three or four stars.
Unfortunately, the beginning of this book: the continuation of a battle from the last volume is Potentially Interesting. I like the idea of starting a story in media res, almost as much as I dislike that the last volume ended in the middle of a battle. But the fight itself isn't depicted well. The sketchiness of Samura's style, which I usually love, just wasn't able to make the fight clear. It was like watching a fight scene from The Man Of Steel movie. The camera swings around wildly, you have no idea who is attacking whom, and what the results are. I had also lost all sense of the other characters by the time they showed up. It's only been a few days since I read the last volume but I couldn't remember where we'd last seen them, and what their current goals were.
This volume is about 1/3rd of the way through the series, so I'm going to continue to power through it, but I found both volumes of The Gathering a bit wanting. I think comic readers unfamiliar with manga will have an even more difficult time following the action and the story.
Unfortunately, the beginning of this book: the continuation of a battle from the last volume is Potentially Interesting. I like the idea of starting a story in media res, almost as much as I dislike that the last volume ended in the middle of a battle. But the fight itself isn't depicted well. The sketchiness of Samura's style, which I usually love, just wasn't able to make the fight clear. It was like watching a fight scene from The Man Of Steel movie. The camera swings around wildly, you have no idea who is attacking whom, and what the results are. I had also lost all sense of the other characters by the time they showed up. It's only been a few days since I read the last volume but I couldn't remember where we'd last seen them, and what their current goals were.
This volume is about 1/3rd of the way through the series, so I'm going to continue to power through it, but I found both volumes of The Gathering a bit wanting. I think comic readers unfamiliar with manga will have an even more difficult time following the action and the story.
jokoloyo's review against another edition
4.0
much better than previous volume. Not only the fighting scenes of Manji & friends, but the Rin's plot acrossing the border.
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