Thank you netgalley for an advanced ARC of this manga

It was OK but not great, I didn't really connect with the characters but I can see this book being great for others but for me it just didn't love it

Manga d'un RPG, j'ai eu du mal a entrer dans l'univers et à comprendre les personnages malgré un premier tome... J'ai eu du mal avec les planches relativement chargées en noir et en texte avec pourtant des aspirations Shonen qu'on connait déjà avec des séries comme SAO notamment (que j'ai vraiment apprécié).

Peut-être une exception à la règle... J'ai n'ai pas été entrainée par ce premier tome...

Thanks Net Galley for the copy to review. If I could use half stars I would give this a 3.5 stars but since I can’t I rounded up to a 4 star since it is better than a 3 star.

I have recently been getting into manga and when I saw this one that is an adaptation from one of the entries in my favorite video game series I was excited. If you are a fan of the Atelier Ryza games (or any games in the atelier world) you will enjoy it, it stays true to the story and the characters you already enjoy. If you have never even heard of the video games you will still enjoy it and not have any confusion.

This manga follows Ryza and her friends who live on an isolated island where no one comes or goes, but like most teens they long for an adventure. This follows their adventures as they set out to discover the world and of course save their home and friends.

I loved everything about this manga, the colored art was perfectly done, and the manga panels were amazing.
you can tell alot of time and effort went into it.

This is an interesting story about a group of friends that live on an island that no one is allowed to leave. They all dream about going on adventures! When one day a traveling merchant comes to their island and a girl is being attacked by monsters. They meet a couple people who are coming to their island for research. Their journey for adventure and getting stronger turns into a path to learn their past, and save their futures. As they uncover the past and learn about the dangers that lurk in their home they band together to save their home and set things right that were wrong by their ancestry.

After the disaster that was the anime adaptation, I’ll admit I was more than a little worried about how this would play out. Honestly it took the complete opposite approach to the anime by focusing almost entirely on the big picture and the trials and darkness that Ryza and company face. Of course, that means we lose a lot of the little details of the interpersonal relationships, but the core of the story was there and we hit all of the major plot milestones. I’d be interested to know what someone who didn’t play the game(s) or watch the anime would think.

As for the art, I think it was fantastic - it’s highly detailed and keeps all of the silly quirks of these JRPG character designs while also letting the characters be expressive. I would have liked to see a bit more scenery, though I suppose that’s more important for the two later games which may, hopefully, get manga adaptations of their own.

Nothing beats the level of detail in a video game that you can spend dozens of hours playing, but this manga does a very good job of distilling this story down to its most important parts and conveying them in a way that’s true to the original.