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"An evil mage intends to annihilate the world. I need your help to save it from destruction!" Everything about college student Amamiya Yuuhi is grades, looks, and his blasé outlook on life. So what happens when he awakens one day to a talking lizard, who informs him that there is a gigantic hammer in outer space that is poised to split the Earth into pieces and requests his allegiance in the fight against the forces of evil? Pretend it never happened? Unfortunately for Yuuhi, a bit of coercion in the form of a super-powered princess prevents him from returning to his mediocre life-as-usual. In the adventure of a lifetime, Yuuhi will join forces with the capricious princess and a motley crew of companions to fight back against an evil mage and his horrifying homunculus before the Biscuit Hammer can destroy the planet!
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First published November 4, 2014
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July 19, 2015
This is an odd series, and I'd imagine that someone picking it up without hearing anything about it first might be disappointed that it's not a straight-up shonen fighting series. It's an odd duck light deconstruction of the shonen fighting series genre, in particular the kids-become-magical-knights-and-save-the-world sub-genre, that incorporates humor by breaking the fourth wall to dead-pan point out genre tropes. Behind the humor and action, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer is actually quite character-driven, and contains some heavy themes about life/death, childhood/adulthood, predestination/agency, among others.
I'm having a hard time explaining it, but the series also deconstructs the genre by making the characters exaggerated versions of people who had "real" reactions to shonen save-the-world plots. For example, the main character, Yuu-kun, initially refuses to take up his mantle as a knight (which includes a spirit lizard companion and a form of telekinesis), because the idea is ridiculous; he's a kid; and he doesn't want to get killed. Ultimately Yuu-un jumps on board, but only because he has a crush on Samidare, the girl who's housing the Princess's spirit (whom the knights are supposed to protect), who is the resident pixie girl, but who seems like she might get her own backstory eventually (and not just be there for frequent panty shots). Yuu-kun also latches on to Samidare because he wants someone to tell him how to live his life. In these ways Satoshi Mizukami builds a funny, over-the-top character appropriate for a fighting series, but one whose motivations are recognizably authentic. This is true of several of the other characters as well.
This series was a rough start for me, and I'm not sure I'll read more, not that I don't think that the ideas are interesting, but because my enthusiasm about the series sits somewhere in the middle. It's a bit too serious for me to go to it when I want a rollicking good, trope-filled fun action manga, but the characters haven't yet gotten their hooks thoroughly in me. Also, my brain and eyes snag a little bit on the art and layout of this series, which might be due to the fact that this was one of the creator's first works. The visual storytelling isn't bad, but my eye doesn't flow through it as fluidly as it usually does of manga, which, in comparison to Western comics are usually meant to be read at a more rapid panel per unit time. Since I tend not to like funny things (personal flaw, I mean preference :p), I sometimes find the humor to be a slight annoyance than an asset. In that vein, I'm not a fan of the fact that panty shots are a running joke in the series, because making it a joke legitimizes having a ridiculous number of them.
I'm having a hard time explaining it, but the series also deconstructs the genre by making the characters exaggerated versions of people who had "real" reactions to shonen save-the-world plots. For example, the main character, Yuu-kun, initially refuses to take up his mantle as a knight (which includes a spirit lizard companion and a form of telekinesis), because the idea is ridiculous; he's a kid; and he doesn't want to get killed. Ultimately Yuu-un jumps on board, but only because he has a crush on Samidare, the girl who's housing the Princess's spirit (whom the knights are supposed to protect), who is the resident pixie girl, but who seems like she might get her own backstory eventually (and not just be there for frequent panty shots). Yuu-kun also latches on to Samidare because he wants someone to tell him how to live his life. In these ways Satoshi Mizukami builds a funny, over-the-top character appropriate for a fighting series, but one whose motivations are recognizably authentic. This is true of several of the other characters as well.
This series was a rough start for me, and I'm not sure I'll read more, not that I don't think that the ideas are interesting, but because my enthusiasm about the series sits somewhere in the middle. It's a bit too serious for me to go to it when I want a rollicking good, trope-filled fun action manga, but the characters haven't yet gotten their hooks thoroughly in me. Also, my brain and eyes snag a little bit on the art and layout of this series, which might be due to the fact that this was one of the creator's first works. The visual storytelling isn't bad, but my eye doesn't flow through it as fluidly as it usually does of manga, which, in comparison to Western comics are usually meant to be read at a more rapid panel per unit time. Since I tend not to like funny things (personal flaw, I mean preference :p), I sometimes find the humor to be a slight annoyance than an asset. In that vein, I'm not a fan of the fact that panty shots are a running joke in the series, because making it a joke legitimizes having a ridiculous number of them.
March 2, 2025
3.5*
I assumed this was just going to be a standard action series but it was far more interesting than that.
I assumed this was just going to be a standard action series but it was far more interesting than that.
July 24, 2022
Satoshi Mizukami wrote a manga called Spirit Circle. It is one of the best manga’s I read in the last five or so year. So, when I heard that an anime based on his other manga was finally going to start airing, I decided to check it out.
Right from the outset you feel its his work. Mizukami has this really distant artwork, which feels cutesy, but he undercuts it with adult, witty banter humor. Don’t expect too much visually, especially when it comes to interiors, while he knows how to create an impactful big panel when he’s about to reveal something important. He does the same here, when we finally see the biscuit hammer.
Amamiya is your average college student. Then, one morning he wakes up and there’s a talking lizard on top of him. The lizard introduces himself as a knight, a servant to the amazing princess who needs more soldiers to fight her war against a colossal enemy. The Earth itself is in peril, and Amamiya is one of the chosen soldiers who will have to step it up. So, what does Amamiya do when hearing such incredible news. He keeps calm and just throws the lizard out the window. These few panels sold me on the manga already. The comedic timing is perfect, especially if you are into deadpan comedy as much as I am.
Anyway, the lizard comes back and after a shouting match between him and Amamiya announces he will be here to stay, and nobody else can see him but Amamiya, to which Amamiya replies that he better go and see a psychologist. The constant banter between Amamiya and the Lizard Knight is also one of the comedic highlights of the show. The lowlight - some cheap ecchi panties shots. Lizard gifts him a rim which lets him use telekinesis and create floating objects. Amamiya isn’t interested in any of that, especially when he realizes that his physical abilities mirror his psychic ones.
But, just like the lizard, the universe itself won’t let him alone. He is attacked by a bizarre looking human fish hybrid that the Lizard calls a Golem. Amamiya is crushed, and just before he is about the bite the big one, he is saved. His savior is non other but the famed princess he should be fighting side by side for. She punches the golem into smithereens. It turns out, she is also his next-door neighbor and the sister of his physics professor. Small world. Little by little he gets really impressed by this princess, Samidare. He pledges his loyalty to her, once she declares that she wants to crush the world after she saves it. The lizard says she is mad, and I agree, but Amamiya doesn’t listen to us… He might like crazy bi…es….
While we do not get a lot of development from Samidare, who just feels like this massive, unchanging force, there is plenty of interesting things going on with Amamiya. Throughout the first part of the volume, we get flashes of his past. There are chains around him, both in dream and in memory. When he was a young kid, his father died. The father was a good detective, but he was betrayed by his closest friend and died. Amamiya’s mother vanished soon after the funeral, which mean he had to go and live with his grandfather. The grandfather, his father’s father, didn’t take the death of his son well, at all. From that day on, he started to live with this motto: “Don’t make friends nor enemies. Enemies will stab you in the heart and friends will stab you in the back”. And he applied this motto to Amamiya as a kid. One time Amamiya brought a friend back home. As retribution for not following his grandfather’s motto he was chained and left in a small room for three days. After so much trauma in his early life, there is no wonder that he despises the world and everything on it. That is why he accepted to be Samidare’s knight. She will destroy the world and he can’t wait.
He thinks he is a complete back hole devoid of every kind emotion. But that isn’t true. Samidare changes him in ways he didn’t want to change, or at least wasn’t aware off. As they spend time together, he realizes he wants to be useful to her. But not just as a tool, he wants to be a pillar in her life and ambition. His strength becoming hers etc. She is the new light in his life, his breaker of traumatic chains, the first step towards a new, more complete life. He isn’t aware of it yet, but he will love her. The highlight of this change is when he toward the end of the first volume ask the lizard to heal his grandfather. Before that we get what seems an honest scene between the grandfather and Amamiya. The grandfather apologizes for what he did in the past, Amamiya erupts and tells him everything he always wished he could say.
All this is going on while a giant biscuit hammer is slowly descending towards Earth, ready to smash it to bits.
Right from the outset you feel its his work. Mizukami has this really distant artwork, which feels cutesy, but he undercuts it with adult, witty banter humor. Don’t expect too much visually, especially when it comes to interiors, while he knows how to create an impactful big panel when he’s about to reveal something important. He does the same here, when we finally see the biscuit hammer.
Amamiya is your average college student. Then, one morning he wakes up and there’s a talking lizard on top of him. The lizard introduces himself as a knight, a servant to the amazing princess who needs more soldiers to fight her war against a colossal enemy. The Earth itself is in peril, and Amamiya is one of the chosen soldiers who will have to step it up. So, what does Amamiya do when hearing such incredible news. He keeps calm and just throws the lizard out the window. These few panels sold me on the manga already. The comedic timing is perfect, especially if you are into deadpan comedy as much as I am.
Anyway, the lizard comes back and after a shouting match between him and Amamiya announces he will be here to stay, and nobody else can see him but Amamiya, to which Amamiya replies that he better go and see a psychologist. The constant banter between Amamiya and the Lizard Knight is also one of the comedic highlights of the show. The lowlight - some cheap ecchi panties shots. Lizard gifts him a rim which lets him use telekinesis and create floating objects. Amamiya isn’t interested in any of that, especially when he realizes that his physical abilities mirror his psychic ones.
But, just like the lizard, the universe itself won’t let him alone. He is attacked by a bizarre looking human fish hybrid that the Lizard calls a Golem. Amamiya is crushed, and just before he is about the bite the big one, he is saved. His savior is non other but the famed princess he should be fighting side by side for. She punches the golem into smithereens. It turns out, she is also his next-door neighbor and the sister of his physics professor. Small world. Little by little he gets really impressed by this princess, Samidare. He pledges his loyalty to her, once she declares that she wants to crush the world after she saves it. The lizard says she is mad, and I agree, but Amamiya doesn’t listen to us… He might like crazy bi…es….
While we do not get a lot of development from Samidare, who just feels like this massive, unchanging force, there is plenty of interesting things going on with Amamiya. Throughout the first part of the volume, we get flashes of his past. There are chains around him, both in dream and in memory. When he was a young kid, his father died. The father was a good detective, but he was betrayed by his closest friend and died. Amamiya’s mother vanished soon after the funeral, which mean he had to go and live with his grandfather. The grandfather, his father’s father, didn’t take the death of his son well, at all. From that day on, he started to live with this motto: “Don’t make friends nor enemies. Enemies will stab you in the heart and friends will stab you in the back”. And he applied this motto to Amamiya as a kid. One time Amamiya brought a friend back home. As retribution for not following his grandfather’s motto he was chained and left in a small room for three days. After so much trauma in his early life, there is no wonder that he despises the world and everything on it. That is why he accepted to be Samidare’s knight. She will destroy the world and he can’t wait.
He thinks he is a complete back hole devoid of every kind emotion. But that isn’t true. Samidare changes him in ways he didn’t want to change, or at least wasn’t aware off. As they spend time together, he realizes he wants to be useful to her. But not just as a tool, he wants to be a pillar in her life and ambition. His strength becoming hers etc. She is the new light in his life, his breaker of traumatic chains, the first step towards a new, more complete life. He isn’t aware of it yet, but he will love her. The highlight of this change is when he toward the end of the first volume ask the lizard to heal his grandfather. Before that we get what seems an honest scene between the grandfather and Amamiya. The grandfather apologizes for what he did in the past, Amamiya erupts and tells him everything he always wished he could say.
All this is going on while a giant biscuit hammer is slowly descending towards Earth, ready to smash it to bits.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 8, 2018
So far, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer is quite the intriguing diamond in the rough--which makes the fact that it's out of print rather tragic. It's certainly worth reading, but it's very hard to find (and ridiculously expensive if you do manage to track down a copy. Of the first volume, at least.). I was lucky enough to find a library willing to inter-library loan me this volume, and here we are.
While the premise of talking animals seeking out people to become "knights," in service of a "princess" to stop an evil mage and his golems from destroying the world with a giant, cosmic hammer is certainly attention-grabbing, perhaps just as noteworthy are the characters themselves: With one exception, none of the major characters are high-schoolers. It says a lot about the current state of the medium, that this is at all remarkable, but it's hard to say how refreshing it is to read a manga where the characters are in college, or have jobs, or can actually go out for drinks. Hell, there are even hints at honest-to-goodness romantic relationships, and love, without the characters losing their minds over the idea of holding hands. Again, that says more about the state of the manga industry than L&tBH itself, but it's still worth noting. That said, this series manages to feel more "adult" than others the feature more violence, gore, or sex. There's still fanservice, and the occasional panty shot and the like, but they serve more to break the tension in this context, than anything.
Because if you really take stock of the motivations of the various characters, there's a lot of tension to be found here. The reasons why people choose to spend their lives they way they do are rarely simple, or even pleasant, but L&tBH doesn't shy away from exploring them. Seemingly happy characters have deep-seated trauma that drives them; emotionally stunted characters have their own reasons for being that way; people who would seem downright evil out of context, are actually a lot more human than they seem. For all the superpowers, and magic-slinging fights against supernatural creatures, this is first and foremost, a character-driven series.
That said, there are times it's a little on the slower side, as we get to know these folks. Personally, I greatly enjoyed that aspect, because it meant that when something happened to one of them, there was a reason to care. There aren't many answers to a lot of the looming questions in the background of this series, but there's still a ton to enjoy here. In a way similar to Assassination Classroom, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer is a very human drama, wrapped up in an eminently bizarre package. Yet, I don't think this particular story could have been told any other way.
If you're lucky enough to track down a copy--or if Mizukami's other, more recent works, Planet With and Spirit Circle end up becoming popular enough to warrant a reprint of his earlier stuff--definitely give Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer a read. As obscure manga go, it's one of the best I've read, and it certainly deserves more attention than it's gotten.
While the premise of talking animals seeking out people to become "knights," in service of a "princess" to stop an evil mage and his golems from destroying the world with a giant, cosmic hammer is certainly attention-grabbing, perhaps just as noteworthy are the characters themselves: With one exception, none of the major characters are high-schoolers. It says a lot about the current state of the medium, that this is at all remarkable, but it's hard to say how refreshing it is to read a manga where the characters are in college, or have jobs, or can actually go out for drinks. Hell, there are even hints at honest-to-goodness romantic relationships, and love, without the characters losing their minds over the idea of holding hands. Again, that says more about the state of the manga industry than L&tBH itself, but it's still worth noting. That said, this series manages to feel more "adult" than others the feature more violence, gore, or sex. There's still fanservice, and the occasional panty shot and the like, but they serve more to break the tension in this context, than anything.
Because if you really take stock of the motivations of the various characters, there's a lot of tension to be found here. The reasons why people choose to spend their lives they way they do are rarely simple, or even pleasant, but L&tBH doesn't shy away from exploring them. Seemingly happy characters have deep-seated trauma that drives them; emotionally stunted characters have their own reasons for being that way; people who would seem downright evil out of context, are actually a lot more human than they seem. For all the superpowers, and magic-slinging fights against supernatural creatures, this is first and foremost, a character-driven series.
That said, there are times it's a little on the slower side, as we get to know these folks. Personally, I greatly enjoyed that aspect, because it meant that when something happened to one of them, there was a reason to care. There aren't many answers to a lot of the looming questions in the background of this series, but there's still a ton to enjoy here. In a way similar to Assassination Classroom, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer is a very human drama, wrapped up in an eminently bizarre package. Yet, I don't think this particular story could have been told any other way.
If you're lucky enough to track down a copy--or if Mizukami's other, more recent works, Planet With and Spirit Circle end up becoming popular enough to warrant a reprint of his earlier stuff--definitely give Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer a read. As obscure manga go, it's one of the best I've read, and it certainly deserves more attention than it's gotten.
December 5, 2017
I really enjoyed this, and I really can't wait to see where this goes.
The main character and the motivations of the not main characters all make sense and are in line with their personalities. The motivations themselves are also atypical and refreshing from what I am used to with the Shonen series that I have witnessed. Also, the reactions to deaths within this series is one of the most realistic I have witnessed in a long, long while, and I really like that they took a good chunk of the second volume to really explore how it affected everybody.
Some down points to this series, gratuitous panty shots (that really don't add anything to the story as a whole), and the first volume is really slow, but is the payoff worth it? Most definitely.
The main character and the motivations of the not main characters all make sense and are in line with their personalities. The motivations themselves are also atypical and refreshing from what I am used to with the Shonen series that I have witnessed. Also, the reactions to deaths within this series is one of the most realistic I have witnessed in a long, long while, and I really like that they took a good chunk of the second volume to really explore how it affected everybody.
Some down points to this series, gratuitous panty shots (that really don't add anything to the story as a whole), and the first volume is really slow, but is the payoff worth it? Most definitely.
May 3, 2020
It shows potential...but tonally it's a nightmare. On the one hand you have extremely heavy themes being dealt with, in a very interesting way I would say. Yet, there's a lot of unnecessary fan service that immediately undercuts any good the book had been doing up until that point.
I mean...at least it's not icky fan service. The panty shots are gratuitous but it's drawn in a way so that it anything from sexy. Almost as if it HAD to be there despite the author really not wanting it. I don't know.
It's interesting enough I'll give it one more volume, but it's not something that really "wow's" me out the gate.
I mean...at least it's not icky fan service. The panty shots are gratuitous but it's drawn in a way so that it anything from sexy. Almost as if it HAD to be there despite the author really not wanting it. I don't know.
It's interesting enough I'll give it one more volume, but it's not something that really "wow's" me out the gate.
June 25, 2018
This is an interesting mix of 'save the world' manga and a satiric send-up of the genre. It's got talking animal partners, a princess and her knights, a reluctant hero. But those animals aren't very supportive, the princess is a stronger fighter than her knights, and our reluctant hero is really more of an apathetic loser.
Oh, and one of our heroes only wants to save the world so they can have the honor of destroying it themselves.
This is Surprisingly fun and character driven, with a more subdued sense of humor than 'LOL RANDOM!' goofs.
Oh, and one of our heroes only wants to save the world so they can have the honor of destroying it themselves.
This is Surprisingly fun and character driven, with a more subdued sense of humor than 'LOL RANDOM!' goofs.
June 2, 2018
Mizukami has a superpower: in a sea of manga with terrible, unsatisfying, insulting endings, he has the power to write endings that perfectly wrap up the entire series, leaving no characters out to dry, never forgetting what made the story great. His endings (and stories) are so great, in fact, they make up for his extremely boring art and character designs.
August 18, 2023
I am quite conflicted with this one. It is certainly entertaining and interesting but it also feels like something is either missing or lost in translation. I like the themes are growing up, moving past trauma, and finding purpose in life. However, either the pacing or the random shifts in tone just muddy the overall enjoyability.
July 30, 2024
a surprisingly tender but overall solid adventure story with one of the most creative premises i’ve ever read. the character development can seem a bit forced at times but still a devastatingly good read with a compelling plot that sadly didn’t translate into a good anime adaptation
February 17, 2017
A solid start to a promising series with a lot of depth under the surface that shines through.
January 2, 2021
4/5 for whole series
January 11, 2023
It has an interesting premise, but there's some fanservice that made me uncomfortable.
June 21, 2023
Cute book with a bleak outlook. Some good artwork. Interesting characters.
June 28, 2023
I heard good things about this, but the pacing was really off. It felt like it took 3x the amount of pages to tell the same amount of story.
March 28, 2024
It's enjoyable and unique, it even surprised me a few times, but at also felt really slow at times.
April 9, 2015
I liked this but at the same time I disliked it. The bits that I did enjoy were the general feel of the plot, which was reminiscent of FLCL (one of my favorite anime of all time), with an oddball sense of humor that combines the bizarre with contemporary worlds. I also appreciated the streamlined drawing style and expressive faces of the characters, as well as the light feeling to the artwork and fighting. Like FLCL, I enjoyed the parodies of manga and anime cliches, such as the Magical Girl who, rather than summoning a magical weapon and shooting sparkly bits of light and glitter at the enemy, summons a blade / dagger / claw and slashes the enemies to death...
What felt a bit off were the characters themselves. The knight/princess relationship is intriguing but didn't feel as heartfelt as in other series, but that in itself could have been the point, that this isn't a heartfelt try-your-hardest, become a strong person shonen series, but rather one that turns those points on its head. Become strong to save the world to destroy it yourself because you love it? I wonder if it's just me that finds that hard to grasp. It also felt like the main character's dark past was a bit...stereotyped, as if they wanted to have a dark character but didn't flesh it out completely.
Similarly, the knight/princess relationship was more of a dominant / submissive sort of thing, it seems like, which felt unpalatable personally, most likely due to the ridiculous amount of 50 Shades of Grey fandom going on. The fan service seemed like it was trying to become a parody, but it just fell flat to me.
Think I will try a bit more to see where it goes. Give it a try and see?
What felt a bit off were the characters themselves. The knight/princess relationship is intriguing but didn't feel as heartfelt as in other series, but that in itself could have been the point, that this isn't a heartfelt try-your-hardest, become a strong person shonen series, but rather one that turns those points on its head. Become strong to save the world to destroy it yourself because you love it? I wonder if it's just me that finds that hard to grasp. It also felt like the main character's dark past was a bit...stereotyped, as if they wanted to have a dark character but didn't flesh it out completely.
Similarly, the knight/princess relationship was more of a dominant / submissive sort of thing, it seems like, which felt unpalatable personally, most likely due to the ridiculous amount of 50 Shades of Grey fandom going on. The fan service seemed like it was trying to become a parody, but it just fell flat to me.
Think I will try a bit more to see where it goes. Give it a try and see?
February 3, 2015
Great, pitch perfect shonen manga with a slightly more introspective and philosophical bent. This omnibus contains the first 2 volumes, and as others have noted, it does start slightly slow. The mangas greatest strength is it ability to balance a fairly large and fleshy cast, things that will become apparent later, but the first volume shows some of the strong writing. An intelligent and logical main character who asks natural questions and uses his limited powers tactically is so unfortunately rare in shonen it's practically a breath of fresh air here, along with serious consequences for decisions that are addressed and continue to show up through out the run. The genre twists are all subtle though, in many ways this is good, clean, power-up-my-nakama-to-beat-the-boss shonen without the hot blooded screaming, and it's ability to riff within the defined framework is spectacular.
The translations are excellent. I had read the entire run scanlated and plan to snap up every volume as soon as it's released, there's no comparison. 4 stars only because, as mentioned, the first volumne does start slow before the real meat of the series.
The translations are excellent. I had read the entire run scanlated and plan to snap up every volume as soon as it's released, there's no comparison. 4 stars only because, as mentioned, the first volumne does start slow before the real meat of the series.
July 26, 2015
For what starts out as a goofy shounen comedy, this gets dark.
Man, where to start with this?
It starts out with a lizard appearing and telling Yuuhi, our MC, that he's going to be a super hero. And then Yuuhi chucks him out the window.
But this lizard is persistent, demanding that he accept his destiny and help protect their princess.
The princess then swoops in and rescues his butt from a monster.
So you think at the start this will be a bit of a parody, what with Yuuhi really not caring about this whole super power thing and the princess not really needing protecting.
But then you start getting some history on our characters (so far, no one with a happy past) and the fight really gets started.
This series makes me think of later volumes Buso Renkin, though maybe this one's a tad less ridiculous.
I get the impression that this story will only improve with time, and I look forward to it.
Man, where to start with this?
It starts out with a lizard appearing and telling Yuuhi, our MC, that he's going to be a super hero. And then Yuuhi chucks him out the window.
But this lizard is persistent, demanding that he accept his destiny and help protect their princess.
The princess then swoops in and rescues his butt from a monster.
So you think at the start this will be a bit of a parody, what with Yuuhi really not caring about this whole super power thing and the princess not really needing protecting.
But then you start getting some history on our characters (so far, no one with a happy past) and the fight really gets started.
This series makes me think of later volumes Buso Renkin, though maybe this one's a tad less ridiculous.
I get the impression that this story will only improve with time, and I look forward to it.
November 28, 2014
Some dude wakes up to a talking lizard and finds out that he is the Lizard Knight charged with defending a princess in her quest to destroy a giant space hammer. In this bildungsroman, love is formed and other stuff happens. For instance, the main character finds that he has Telekinesis from the ring he was given and other such things. We find that the characters have tragic pasts and that this stuff has shaped them to want to destroy the world themselves. It's pretty weird.
I really want to read more, but it stopped at volume 2 and I heard that there are 10 volumes in this series, though I could be wrong. In any case, I will be waiting for the next installment with anticipation.
I really want to read more, but it stopped at volume 2 and I heard that there are 10 volumes in this series, though I could be wrong. In any case, I will be waiting for the next installment with anticipation.
March 6, 2015
This manga came highly recommended by a friend who was overjoyed to see this get an English release, so I figured the least I could do was get the first book. It takes a few chapters to get rolling but I really enjoy the pace and slice-of-life approach to an epic shonen story, also the characters' relationships are very well done. I have to say the artist's style has grown on me and worry that it may put some potential readers off. Really I guess my only complaint would be the occasional panty-shot gags.
September 11, 2023
Log pros 10 volumes
December 30, 2014
Probably my favorite manga, but it does start a little slowly. The exposition is a bit clumsy in some places and I prefer the darker tone that's adopted later on.
January 15, 2015
Boy, did this one start off slow. I nearly gave up! The second volume (in this 2-in-1) picked up considerably.
March 17, 2015
Don't know if I will be continuing this
June 2, 2016
OMGOSH! This series is very good! I'm in love once again!!! <3
October 23, 2016
Best manga I have ever read. I just finished it the second time through and the roller coaster is still fun.
December 7, 2020
This was an odd series to me at first and my first introduction into manga. I definitely have to say it gets so much better after this first book!
June 28, 2025
One of my favorite manga series of all time.
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