Les Misérables is my favorite musical. In addition, manga have always been in my interests since I was a child. Seeing the two genres intermix was very satisfying to consume and surprisingly worked out very well together. I believe making comics/manga of classics is a great way to introduce the "younger" population of readers to older classics that may get them interested in reading the book after they are able to get a good image in their head of the characters, emotions per scene, and etc. An overall great enjoyable read. Felt like I was watching the movie again :)

Another beautiful adaptation of a many-layered, long tale of love, loss, dreams, and revolution. I only got to know the story through the 2012 movie adaptation of the musical, but loved the story ever since. To see it in some more details and these intriguing pictures was a joy. Now, I’m more tempted to read the original book by Victor Hugo more than ever.

This was a really comprehensive adaptation of the book. Some panels were a little difficult to read as an ebook. I really enjoyed the manga after having read victor Hugo’s book.

I always wanted to read some of the classic stories such as Les Miserables and The Count of Monte Christo - thinking that I would most likely really enjoy the stories but might not enjoy the classic writing style as much (and then having to commit to a heavy tome to get through it). When I saw there was a Manga adaptation I thought this must be the answer to my prayers - And. It. Is.

The adaptation is done so beautifully. Granted - I cannot really compare it with the original story since I have not read it but both Les Miserables and The Count of Monte Christo were so incredibly enjoyable that I am definitely considering giving the original books a try! I really think that there might be a lot of others that might give a classic a try if it is in Manga format! I am curious to read other peoples reviews who have read the original book to understand how it compares. I feel like with a Manga on so little pages (compared to the original) they must have left major events and background information out. I am not sure how much one would enjoy this Manga after reading the real deal. But I do think it might be the perfect entrance point into the story.

The art is beautiful and I would consider it to be enjoyable for manga enthusiasts as much as people who are new to the manga style and more of the typical western reader.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advance copy of the book in exchange for this honest review.

The Manga Classics series was my introduction to manga. I decided I loved it immediately but it still always surprises me how much I enjoy the format each time I delve into another one.

This manga tackles Les Misérables, whose story I previously knew from the 2012 movie starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway. Because this story is so well known, my knowledge of it even before I saw the movie felt fairly complete, as though I’d absorbed it by osmosis. Needless to say, the story needs no introduction.

I really enjoyed the illustrations in this manga. Fantine and Cosette with doe eyes are absolutely adorable.

The story was easy to follow and the characters were expressive, making it easy to read the emotion of each scene. I’m keen to read more Manga Classics.

Thank you to NetGalley and UDON Entertainment for the opportunity to read this book.

I think that it's really awesome to take a classic and turn it into a manga. My biggest issue is that it's hard to read on a tablet/phone. Since they are read back to front, you have to scroll all the way to the bottom to start the book. Also the page breaks are not very easy to see so sometimes you can not tell what page you are on.
Since Les Miserables is such a long book, they were not able to go as in-depth as the book. Fantine and jean valjean are the main stories in the book. It goes back and forth in time telling the story of France in the 1800s. The art work was great helps make the classics easier to learn

I fell in love with the story of Les Misérables when I first catched a glimpse of the musical. And here again, Manga Classics gave me this wonderful and artsy version of the story so that I could finally say that I've read it once in my life. I gotta say I would have probably not read the story if it weren't for the beautiful artstyle of the Manga, but it just completed it for me. I loved it just as much as I loved all of the Manga Classics I got to read.

Thank you to @udonentertainment @mangaclassics #manga #udonentertainment @netgalley for the digital #graphicnovel in return for my honest review.
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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Original Publication Date: August 11, 2014
👐🏼👐🏼👐🏼Aaargh! So good. A mix of book and movie version. But, still good.
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Jazz Hands 👐🏼 I’m a huge fan of Manga Classics now! And the above classics were familiar to me but yet, reading them in this format gave me new thoughts and feelings. The illustrations were incredible that brought characters I’ve met before even more alive. If you’re not use to manga comics, reading back to front, will need getting used to but it’s not a big deal. If you’ve been meaning to read classics, these are great introductions to them. I want to start collecting them now!

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The characters' personalities are very well crafted and I felt like the writing was true to the original storyline. One thing I can say is that I wanted more dialogue and parts to the character of Cosette. I found myself getting teary at a few parts and the animation was perfect!

This manga confirmed to me that Les Miserables is my favorite classic and one of my favorite stories ever. I absolutely love this adaptation as well as how the various characters, choices, and emotions were portrayed. Hands down, this is my favorite out of the manga classics that I have read.

If you feel intimidated reading a big book like Les Miserables, I highly suggest reading this version. Reading it as a Manga makes it so much easier to digest and makes it a lot less overwhelming. Seeing these characters that are so dear to so many people's hearts, in a new way is so much fun. The art is beautiful and captures so much of the emotion of this story.

Thank you Netgalley for providing a digital copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve never been a fan of les mis but I wanted to see if a different style of adaptation would be more to my liking and surprisingly yes! The drawing style was beautiful and classic. They portrayed the clothing and time period well. All in all, an enjoyable way to revisit a classic.

Magna is hard enough to read backwards, but it’s even harder on an e book. The format made it difficult to understand the story as an ebook. The story itself was good, but I think magna needs to be in paper format.

Les Miserables (why does it not have a title in English? Because Ursula K. LeGuin already got dibs on The Dispossessed?) is my favorite book. I've watched every movie adaptation I've managed to get a hold of, I love the musical and watch it every time it is in town (in spite of its flaws).

This manga adaptation is pretty good. The original is very long, so a lot had to be removed to make it fit in a single very thick manga volume. For those that have not come across the original or its many adaptations, "Les Miserables" is a story of redemption through love, and a criticism on the penal system. Jean Valjean, an ex convict, has trouble making an honest living since no one wants to house or employ a person with a criminal record. Valjean, originally imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, starts slipping into the path of criminal activity, until a fateful encounter with a kind bishop who offers him kindness and forgiveness. After that, Valjean attempts to live a rightful life, and ends up adopting an orphan girl who brings joy to his life.

If you have not had a chance to tackle Victor Hugo's classic, give this version a try. You can finish it in an evening and brag about everything the musical missed. The art is beautiful, but grown up.

Where does this adaptation fall short? When I look at a new adaptation of Les Mis, I search for the things that made me love the original so much, and more often than not, I'm disappointed. That was not the case here - we get to see Valjean's robbery of a child and how deeply it affects him. We get to see the Thenardiers in their full glory, with no attempt at turning that despicable couple into comedic characters. We get to see Marius' callous, biased, treatment of Valjean, and we witness his stalker streak when courting Cossette. We see Eponine's scheming without getting swayed by her unrequited love. Some things were missing tho - while Gavroche had a larger role than in most adaptations, we don't get to see the heart breaking little pidgeons in the elephant (the author of this version did acknowledge Gavroche's role, also a favorite of theirs, had to be reduced). And the biggest issue was with Javert's fate - without the multi page internal dialogue of the original, I've yet to see an adaptation where what he does makes sense.

I think what Manga Classics is doing by bringing in adaptations of literature classics is fantastic, making intimidating behemoths more accessible. I'd love to see War and Peace.

I have always been intrigued by the idea of reading Les Mis, but I'm not sure I could commit to the actual reading of that monster of a book.  This was a great way to tackle it in a much smaller and. more accessible way.  The art was well done and the characters were well designed.  It was a great adaptation.

I am a huge manga fan and I enjoy Les Miserables. Why haven't I read a Manga Classic before? This was a great adaption. The story was fast paced and the art was stunning. I loved seeing the Les Miserables characters brought to life in manga format. I highly recommend this volume (that is a nice lengthly volume over 300 pages) to anyone that wants to start getting into classic literature or anyone who loves Les Miserables and wants to experience it in a different format. I will definitely be reading more Manga Classics in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley and UDON Entertainment for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Fascinating story. I only picked it up because I felt a manga interpretation might be more approachable than the original. Story was well presented and much more engaging than I expected.

Uhmmm the drawings are good, like always manga classics do not disappoint, but the story is very hard to introduce to younger children, I recommend this book for older teens up, the story gets very grim and very soon, but again is a good way to make someone interested in reading the complete book.

Thank you NetGalley for the free ARC and this is my honest opinion.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. It has been published in September 2021.

"Manga Classics: Les Miserables" was a bit underwhelming.
I love the original, and I thought this manga quite banalized the story for the sake of simplicity. While I do realize an adaptation is bound to leave bits and pieces out, especially when drawing from such a ponderous masterpiece, I really didn't appreciate how this manga made it all about Cosette and Marius' love story: it reads almost like a soap opera, for goodness' sake!
The social and political parts were reduced to mere background setting; the character of Javert, who is so complex in the original, came out as flat as any one-dimensional villain in this version.
Kudos to the storyboarder and the artist for trying to introduce a larger part of the public to "Les Misérables", but it could have been done better.

I’m a sucker for Les Mis adaptions as I find it to be such a powerful story. I always love the manga adaptions of stories I’ve already read. Combining Japanese art with this powerful story of the French Revolution is so interesting. The characters are very realistic for manga. They do a good job of making them look serious and not too cute. The scenery is gorgeous and of course the outfits too. This is a great way to experience Les Mis and I really enjoyed it.