Reviews

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 7 by Hayao Miyazaki

mergs_scribbles's review

4.5

I’m sad to see this story end. I’ve grown so attached to these characters and their stories. I have mixed feelings about the ending but I think the series as a whole was truly well done.

juunrisa's review

slow-paced

4.0

okto's review against another edition

4.5

This was a really good ending for a really good and interesting story. 

nessylou's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

artmajorese's review

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

randolph_carter's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

ryenunreads's review

The fact that Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was published in the 1980s is both inspiring and concerning. Inspiring because people like Miyazaki were already concerned about the future of our planet and humanity. Concerning because the issues he explores are still ones we face today—issues with even more dire and immediate projections—yet no one is doing anything still.

I already loved watching the film, but the manga expands even more on this post apocalyptic world. This series closely echoes Miyazaki’s earlier and equally brutal work, Shuna’s Journey. If you’re game to read about the depravity of humanity and how even the best of us can succumb to our worst inclinations, this is the series for you. Heartbreaking and gut-wrenching, but an unrelenting reminder of what we all have to lose, Nausicaä is the only climate fiction we’ll ever need.

eressea0806's review against another edition

5.0

20201013 10th read
每看完一遍都要許願，漫畫版變成動畫版吧~
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2009/03/12 1st read
2016/10 7th read
2018/04 8th read
2019/02/11 9th read
好想看漫畫版變成動畫版啊~~ 只是預算應該是個無底洞吧....

maybeams's review

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

if you think the movie is sad……

#1: 5/21

#2: 6/28

#3: 7/1

#4: 7/3

#5: 7/4
#6: 7/8
#7: 7/8

mjfmjfmjf's review

3.0

Yep, that was an ending. Weird and confused to the end. And this volume was either longer or at least felt longer. Maybe if I read it again I'd get more out of it. But don't think that's worth doing. There was definitely a bigger story being told and I guess I mostly followed it. But the writing was never as cool as the art.