Record of Ragnarok, Vol. 3

終末のワルキューレ [Record of Ragnarok] #3

by Azychika (Illustrator)

La scazzottata tra Adamo e Zeus giunge alla sua sudatissima e sbalorditiva conclusione. L’incontro successivo vede fronteggiarsi Kojiro Sasaki e il fratello maggiore di Zeus, Poseidone... Riuscirà la spada del “perdente più forte” della storia umana a rivaleggiare con la tecnica di lancia più sopraffina del mondo divino?!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Mythology, Comics, Action, Fiction, Historical Fiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2019

About the author

Aka アジチカ, aka Chika Kato.

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 3.5 stars.

It's still interesting but there are plenty of great ideas, plus the final show down between human and god is exciting! But I don't like it as much as the first two volumes.

[Subham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Talk about epic and this volume defines that. Its basically the origin of Adam and his resolve to fight for his children aka humanity and then we see his entire origin in the Garden of Eden and how he came about and the way he copies Zeus move and their ultimate fight with the latter going in his new form and even then its just so epic. This manga was so well done in terms of fight like its just continued pages and pages of fight with one upping the other even though in the end the victory was predictable, the ending was just gorgeous It feels like parchment from an ancient text. But man was it beautiful. Probably one of the best volumes so far.

And then the next fight will be even more awesome: Poseidon vs Kojiro Sasaki (Japan's ultimate warrior maybe). The art was gorgeous when he enters and the things he does is just wow. This manga is becoming next level good especially with the art and the moments that entails and the stakes are just legendary!

[Juan Carlos malik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó bastante la pelea de zeus y adán y el cambio tan drástico que le dieron a la expulsión del edén. Además del tema de la resistencia que podemos tener los humanos.

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second battle was the highlight so far. Everything since then has been a bit of a letdown.

[Facundo Mosquera · Rating 4 out of 5]

lo disfruté bastante a este tomo. Adán realmente se merece su título del padre de la humanidad

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tak więc smutek mam wielki że tak się skończyła walka i czekam na tych bombików

[Nicolo · Rating 3 out of 5]

The surprises keep on coming. You'd think that the last fight would be lopsided, but the two combatants ended up pushing each other to the limit.

The third round battle is revealed to be Poseidon versus Sasaki Kojiro. Here's the kicker, Kojiro actually lost his most famous fight against Musashi, but the author has something up his sleeve no doubt. As always, the art is amazing.

[Mert · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 Stars (%80/100)

I really liked it in general. The fight between Adam and Zeus comes to an end at the beginning of this volume. I have to say it is much better in the manga compared to the anime. I almost cried because I really liked Adam's character. After that, the third fight is between Poseidon who is described as stronger and crueler than even Zeus, and Sasaki Kojiro a famous swordsman with the greatest loser as his title. I'm super curious about this new fight as I knew Kojiro before, and I especially liked him in the Fate series as well.

[Lizz · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
broooooooooooo

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you to NetGalley and VIZ Media for a free review copy!

In this volume we get to see the conclusion of the Adam vs. Zeus fight and it doesn't disappoint! No spoilers here but they really push each other to their limit and it is an even fight right to the end! Then we get to see a little bit of the next fight, which I'm excited to see the conclusion to in the next volume! Overall a great volume and I'm excited for the next one!

[Esperanza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creo que esta es la pelea que menos me ha gustado, los dibujos como siempre es espectacular, pero ninguno de los personajes me produjo nada. No voy a negar que estoy feliz con el ganador, ya que el otro oponente me cayó fatal.

[Tesutamento · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kapak birazcık yanıltıcı olabilir. Kitabın çok büyük bir kısmı Adem ile Zeus'un dövüşünü anlatıyor. Özellikle dövüşte sonlara doğru epey heyecanla ve merakla okudum. İlk dövüşten daha çok beğendim diyebilirim ki aslında onu da beğenmiştim. Adem ve Havva'nın cennetten kovulma hikayesini de farklı yorumla görüyoruz.

Kitabın son kısmında kapaktaki dövüşçüleri görebiliyoruz. İnsanlığın bir sonraki temsilcisinin Sasaki Kojiro olması ve hatta öldüğünden daha yaşlı bir halinde olması tüm seyircileri şaşırtıyor. Kojiro son dövüşünde Miyamoto Musaşi'ye mağlup olarak ölmüş bir kılıç ustası olduğundan herkesin şaşırması normal. İşte bu noktada bu serinin en sevdiğim özelliği devreye giriyor. Tanrılara karşı bir insanın nasıl şansı olabilir sorusuna her dövüşte farklı bir yanıt görüyoruz. Bu dövüşte de insanlığın elinde güzel bir koz göreceğiz gibi.

[Autmn Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aaaaaa, I don't loke this volume. 😂

No no not because this volume is bad of course, I just can't take how the volume ended. Xoxo.

"Is there any men that need a reasons to protect his own children."

I loove that sentence, and I love Adam's character.

So, in the last two volumes, I don't really understand about this manga. Then, understand that this manga is focusing on battle and if we want to like the story, we need how the battle's arc and if want to know about the character, we need to focus how they handle the battle.

For me, this battle not that epic, but Adam is epic. 😂

For the third battle, I'll ho with Poseidon coz I like the handsome chara 😬. Well, I haven't seen the full arc, so maybe I'll change my mind after I see how it goes. 😂

[MajesticalLion · Rating 3 out of 5]

Classic battle Shonen bait and switch. A little predictable, but still cool. Kind of bummed Adam went out this early, but round 3 looks like it's going to be cool. Just have to wait for Vol 4 to come out in 3 months to see it. 😤😭

[Matias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lo bueno es que me estoy aprendiendo la historia de los espadachines más famosos de Japón (?

[Rodri · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 evento the outcome was not what I wanted, that was so intense!

[Ivan Zamora · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solo porque sigo en desacuerdo con el final de la ronda dos 😭

[I Nyoman Dhimas Yudha Yudha Satria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ah, humanity lost again... even though Adam is very strong...
While Sasaki Kojiro San, i still don't understand why Umemura San chose Him.

[ʚ amelia ɞ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ugh I'm actually so bitter that Adam lost this battle. I was hoping he could win. Maybe if the battle between Adam and Zeus had happened later, it would have turned out differently.

[omar ☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read up to volume;
#5: ★★★★☆


adam mi papá ♡

[Juls. V. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A-adan 😟

[Shaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

En este tomo vamos a ver el final de la pelea de Adan y Zeus. Tengo que decir que aún sigue sin ser una serie que me esté encantando, cada vez tengo intriga por saber cómo los van a ir las peleas y como los van a emparejar para que la humanidad tenga algo de posibilidades de sobrevivir, pero aun así, no está mal.
La pelea de Adan y Zeus ha sido épica, yo no sabía cuándo iba a terminar, aunque me parece que fue un poco robo la pelea, pero no os puedo decir más porque es SPOILERS, aun así, seguiré leyéndolo.

[Sophia Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

ADAM. BABYGIRL. WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WINNNN. HOW COULD THEY KILL OF SUCH A HOT A BABYGIRL MAN. this is truly tragic. the fights were bangers… DUH. love ares and loki so much. fucking hate zeus… but i guess humans ZERO and gods two…. BUT. ITS POSEIDON TIME. i think he is also hotter in the manga because DAMN. bro has an aura that is so cold and i love it. LOVE THE FIGHTS. LOVE THE DRAMA and all the twist and turns. ONTO FIGHT THREE!

[Angélica Díaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt a little disappointed with Poseidon, cuz don't used water but Kojiro was amazing, I was already falling in love with him since fate stay night and now that I know more about him and after read his biography I only have a thing to say about him: your are the greatest looser that won a god!!!

[Danie Ware · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not sure this has much of a story, more a narrative line as an excuse for OTT ultraviolence, lots of noise snd shouting, some seriously infeasible bewbage and an… interesting interpretation of the basic Christian mythos. Good fun, tho - and very filmic

[Ilham Muradov · Rating 5 out of 5]

10/10

Chapter 10:

Chapter 10: I could train for a thousand years and I still wouldn't be able to beat that human!

Chapter 10: The Serpent accused Eve of eating the fruit forbidden by God! But in truth... Resentful that Eve remained faithfuk to her husband, Adam, the Serpent tried to make Eve his own. It was a completely false accusation! However, the government, the judicial system, and the prosecution, all authority was in the hands of the gods. The probability of a human receiving a guilty verdict in eden was 99.99999 percent! The sentence was expulsion from paradise.

Chapter 10: Eve. If you're going so am I.

Chapter 10: And with that Adam and Eve left for Earth forever

Chapter 10: Your eyes. I don't see the flames of hatred toward us gods in your eyes. What's the real reason you came out here to fight?
You too? What is it with you guys? Hatred? Revenge?


Chapter 11: Their father's words, his enormous benevolence filled the hearts of his children. And without anyone taking the lead unbidden and all at once every human there, in there own way began to pray. There was no sex, race, ethinicy, nor religion. Politicians, criminals, the rich, the poor, the good, the bad for the first time in their history, humanity came together as one. They all prayed for the same thing. Adam's victory!

Chapter 11:

Chapter 11:

Chapter 11: It seemed that it was only a matter of time. However against Zeus, who continued throwing lethal blows, Adam stood his ground! He countered each blow with Divine Replication. The humans and the gods were all on their feet awed by the beauty of the battle's lethality. A moment of perfection only made possible through the exchange of blows.

Chapter 11: Amid the frenzy that filled Valhalla arena one person saw what was coming before anyone else. Who was that? It was Adam himself. In this world even great events are set off by the most trivial causes. Gout. Hay fever. Even revolutions and wars. They all start from one little thing.

Chapter 11: While humanity his children were in despair, Adam their father was in darkness.

Chapter 11: Somewhere a baby is crying. It's okay. Don't cry. If anyone scares you daddy will take care of them.

Chapter 11:

Chapter 11:

Chapter 11:

Chapter 11: Hey kid, you put this old geezer on his ass first. You're a helluva man! If this had been a contest of endurance you would've won!

Chapter 11:

Chapter 12: Two consecutive losses. It seemed to be a hopeless situation. Yet no one was hanging their head! Even in death, Adam had left a great legacy to his children. Humans can defy the gods! He left them with unprecedented confidence.

Chapter 12: In the 400 years since I ascended to heaven, I've continued to hone my skills with the sword. Kojiro's evolution never ends. In other words, at this moment, I am in my prime!

Chapter 13: Following the almighty lord Zeus here is the gods' champion for round three! If lord Zeus rules all of Cosmos, this god rules all of the seas! The Tyrant of the Seas! Even other gods fear incurring his wrath! He is the most fearsome of all gods! The second of the Greek big three! The Zeus of the seas! His name is...


Chapter 13: And...! The fearless human challenging the God of the seas is this man! Who is humanity's ultimate swordsman? Was it Minamoto Yoshitsune, the devil of Mt.Kurama, who laid low the Taira family with his Kuramatachi sword? NO! Was it Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, the sword saint who established the Shinkage school of swordmanship that even Takeda Shingen feared? NO! Perhaps it was Yanagi Matashiro, the master of the silent sword whom Chiba Shusaku, a master swordsman from the late Edo period, once said was unbeatable?! NO! I proclaim that this is the ultimate swordsman! But how can a man who tasted defeat be the ultimate, you ask? Is it his signature technique, the Tsumabegaeshi?! Or his thirst for vengeance agains the gods who loved Musashi more than him?! NO! NO!! NO!!! It's none of those things! Moving forward even in defeat! Taking one step further even in death! His pursuit of perfection continues to this very day! Humannity's Greatest Loser


Chapter 13: There before you is the state all swordsmen strive to attain. Sasaki Kojiro is, without doubt, Peerless Under the Heavens!

[Yoshiro · Rating 5 out of 5]

PopKulturowy Kociołek:

Fukui Takumi, Umemura Shinya i Ajichika powracają w trzeciej odsłonie serii, aby rozwinąć mocny cliffhanger z końcówki poprzedniego albumu. Na arenie walki ciągle więc mamy Adama i Zeusa, którzy okazali się dla siebie godnymi przeciwnikami. Potyczka pomiędzy tymi postaciami przebiega w bardzo zaskakujący sposób i czytelnik musi przygotować się na liczne mocne zwroty akcji. Techniki wykorzystywane przez obie postacie to „coś”, co na pewno zostanie zapamiętane na bardzo długo. Nie wspominając już o tym, że kolejny raz trudno jest oderwać od mangi wzrok (biorąc pod uwagę jej świetną szatę graficzną).

Mamy tutaj również odrobinę historii w postaci retrospekcji ukazujących przeszłość czempiona ludzi (Adama). Pierwszy człowiek dla dobra rodziny jest gotowy na naprawdę największe możliwe poświęcenie. Przekłada się to bezpośrednio na jego siłę (wspartą pewną pomocą Walkirii). Jeśli to jednak jeszcze dla kogoś mało, to w historii znajdziemy całą masę zaszytej symboliki. Chodzi tutaj zarówno o odniesienia do mitologii Greckiej, jak i Biblii. Wiele z tych elementów ma wręcz wymusić na odbiorcy opowieści, pewną refleksję nad tym, co właśnie przeczytał i zobaczył.

Końcówka albumu wprowadza na scenę nowych wojowników. Naprzeciwko siebie stają Bóg mórz i oceanów Posejdon oraz japoński szermierz Kojirou Sasaki (oczywiste odniesienie nie tylko do historii Japonii, ale również serii Vagabond). Wybór takiego reprezentanta ludzkości niekoniecznie jednak wszystkim się podoba. Część widzów ma do tego spore zastrzeżenia. Sprawą otwartą pozostaje czy wojownik ten spełni pokładane w nim oczekiwania. Oczywiście tomik kończy się w takim momencie, że jego rozwinięcie następuje dopiero w kolejnej odsłonie.

[Jaime Tort · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sasaki Kojiro contra Poseidón.

Antes que nada, tengo entendido que de humanos japoneses sólo están Kojiro y Okita Souji, así que dejar claro que no entiendo por qué no está Musashi, quien sin duda fue el mejor de la Historia.

Kojiro mola bastante. Tiene una personalidad carismática, su lore funciona con las habilidades que le dan, excepto por el final. La habilidad que le dan al final no tiene ni pies ni cabeza y me parece un deus ex machina completamente evitable.

Poseidón se parece más a Poseidón que Zeus a Zeus, lo cual es un avance. Usa su arma, se presenta como la encarnación que es de una fuerza de la naturaleza, y a pesar de que su actitud no es la que debería, sigue teniendo sentido. Mi problema es con sus habilidades. Pegar rápido. Ya está. No interactúa con el agua para pelear, no digamos controla, no tiene ninguna de las propiedades del mar, los ríos o los lagos, y su habilidad no parece variar en nada al acercarse o alejarse del agua.

En cuanto a la pelea en sí, la gracia de Kojiro es que pierde contra gente peor que él, lo cual estaría genial en el último tercio del torneo contra un duelista invicto. Pero no, tienen que dejarle contra las cuerdas, que recuerde el poder de la amistad y romper personaje siendo más rápido que alguien que concentra toda su habilidad en ser rápido.

Ambos personajes están bien construidos, a su manera, y, aunque no me gusta que Poseidón no sea un dios de las masas de agua, es un duelo más que resultón. Mi mayor problema es que debería haber sucedido 6 peleas después para transmitir lo que busca.

[Andrés Salazar · Rating 5 out of 5]

In my review of Vol.2, I mentioned that the fight between Zeus and Adam was going to be one of the best fights I've read in a manga, and after reading this volume, I can honestly stand by what I've said wholeheartedly.

The fight draws two opposing sides and points-of-view into an epic encounter that simply evokes thrills from not even the reader, but even the characters in the manga. In many ways, it's a battle of "archetypes" or "ideals". Whereas Zeus has always been depicted as a "God among Gods", often revered throughout history, in reality, he's a toxic r*pist while also being a terrible father and role model. Thus, Zeus in the manga is not depicted in a "divine" way, but rather as a disturbing (with emphasis) old man, which represents his own nature. In contrast, Adam is depicted as both a caring father and husband, which he truly was; when he states his reason for fighting, is such an epic and emotional moment that it simply wins the hearts of everyone (reader included).

The severe juxtaposition between the two, as well as the sheer intensity of the fight, makes this one of the greatest fights you'll ever read.

Adam is not one, but he definitely is the GOD of this manga.

Can't wait for the development of Kojiro vs Poseidon, especially after the weight and emotion of Zeus vs Adam's fight paves the way for this one.

[Urtzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: esto es más para mi "yo del futuro que como reseña"

El final de la pelea de Zeus vs Adán es una cosa un poco loca. Casi se siente como una injusticia el resultado de la segunda pelea del Ragnarok pero teniendo en cuenta la importancia de Zeus en el Valhalla se entiende que esté haya ganado.

Después del final de la segunda pelea se nos introduce a Sasaki Kojiro y Poseidón. Una vez más los diseños son muy buenos y los pasados de los personajes mejoran mucho comparándolos con las primeras dos peleas. Poseidón es un personaje que impone en los primeros dos capitulos que sale y después ya podemos ver que Sasaki es el que va a ganar de calle. (Desde está pelea se nos muestra el favoritismo que tendrá el autor por los personajes asiáticos y su aparente disgusto con la mitología griega; en serio los unicos dioses griegos que se salvan en el torneo son Zeus y Apolo que cojones)

La pelea es buena sin llegar al nivel de Jack vs Hercules (que es la mejor de lejos) pero supera a la primera y muchas otras.