I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m the Strongest? I’m Not Even an Adventurer Yet! (Manga) Volume 1

I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m the Strongest? I’m Not Even an Adventurer Yet! (Manga) #1

by KRSG (Illustrator), Jason Li (Translator), Nabeshiki

Ever since he was a young boy, Noor has wanted to be like the adventurers in his father’s stories—dragon-slayers, curse-breakers, heroes who always save the day. But as everyone knows, to be an adventurer, you’ve gotta have the right skills!Unfortunately for Noor, his [Parry] is bottom-of-the-barrel useless, his prospects are nonexistent, and everybody he knows is telling him to throw in the towel. Faced with this harsh reality, he figures there’s only one thing to make up for it with effort! An intense, solitary training regimen ought to do it. If one year won’t cut it, he’ll train for five! If not five, ten!Now facing the tail end of his twenties with no new skills to show for his labors, Noor sets out to become an adventurer anyway, determined to try one last time to make his dream come true. He might be clueless when it comes to adventuring, but he’s no stranger to hard work! Now, if only he can figure out why everyone keeps looking at him like that...

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novels

188 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 29, 2023

Reviews

[K.M. Carroll · Rating 5 out of 5]

I watched the anime of this and loved it, then I had to track down the manga. I love these characters so much! Yeah, Noor is kind of dumb, but his assumption that everyone is better educated than he is is usually right. It's when everyone else assumes he knows more than he does (he totally had a plan to take out those goblins!) that the hilarity ensues.

[Priscilla · Rating 4 out of 5]

En dehors de ce titre à rallonge, il est plutôt évocateur puisqu'on suit Noor, un jeune homme humble et solitaire, qui a toujours rêvé d'être aventurier. Mais il n'a jamais réussi à débloquer une compétence lui permettant d'intégrer une des classes. La seule chose qu'il a longuement pratiqué, c'est... la parade. Eh oui. Aventurier de rang F, il ne peut pas partir en quête et est réduit à faire des travaux de nettoyage d'égouts, par exemple. Jusqu'à ce qu'il sauve une jeune femme issue d'une riche et puissante famille. On va alors découvrir que ce jeune homme si simple cache peut-être un des aventuriers qui pourrait être le plus puissant à sa manière ! Un manga que j'ai bien aimé, le dessin est chouette, l'intrigue sympathique et c'est original de mettre en avant un héros puissant tout en étant terriblement basique.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a bit like a darker version of Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town.

[Justin · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is rare that a manga matches the astethic of the light novel, but this one does so.