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Rave Master #12
Rave Master, Vol. 12
To stop the demonoid attacks and find out the truth about Gale, Haru and his friends must brave this monolith of evil and battle the Five Palace Guardians.
184 pages, Library Binding
First published September 17, 2001
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About the author
Hiro Mashima
1,349 books1,935 followersHiro Mashima (Jap: 真島ヒロ) is a Japanese manga artist.
He gained success with his first serial Rave, published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing Edens Zero in 2018.
Fairy Tail won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
He gained success with his first serial Rave, published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing Edens Zero in 2018.
Fairy Tail won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
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February 26, 2019
The fight with the Oracion Six comes to a close in this volume. Then we kind of go off kilter as most manga's and anime do to setup what's next.
March 22, 2021
Constantly thinking about my crush who loved this series so much back in 2008 wtf missed that moment when that person told me to read this series long ago :’(
July 2, 2024
Alright, slightly over one-third of the way through the series! Fairy Tail and Edens Zero aren't too far off!
SIEG AS AN ALLY HOLY FUUUUUUUUU-
After all the Big Things happening, the volume ends with some lighter, comedic episodes. First, the weird hermit Alice and his mystery elixirs. Then, a village full of Nakajima's people.
I guess that's it for the Symphonia Arc? Arcs in this manga seem pretty short overall, I guess. The stuff with the Doryu Ghost Attack Squad must have been just a minor diversion to a) show Let as an ally and b) have Ruby join the team. Otherwise the Main Ideas were 1) the arrival of Lucia, 2) the arrival of the remaining Oracion Six, 3) the interference of Sieg, 4) the minor restoration of Elie's memories (including knowledge of Kaim). And I guess 5) Lucia joining the Oracion Six to fill his late father's position. So... I guess actually a lot of things happened in these couple volumes. According to the fan Wiki, the chapter with Saga's prophecy is part of the next arc, but I'd disagree, except that it's set outside Symphonia so idk. Anyway, we're moving south to get the next bit of Rave!
****
Reina on the cover of Chapter 89...! We're getting closer to the rampant sexiness of Mashima's later work!!
"I've peeked on her in the bath... Peeked on her changing clothes... I've even stolen her panties. Elie's such a good friend!!"
Haru and Musica making the face at Let, then Let doing it back, then all three men turning to face Elie 🤣
"Daddy got a new job as a beetle." 🤣
I guess Lucia is sixteen to parallel Haru in reference to their respective fathers. But... he looks too old.
I sometimes get Jegan and Sieg confused, so when Sieg appeared in the battle I was like "What's Jegan doing...?"
SIEG AS AN ALLY HOLY FUUUUUUUUU-
After all the Big Things happening, the volume ends with some lighter, comedic episodes. First, the weird hermit Alice and his mystery elixirs. Then, a village full of Nakajima's people.
I guess that's it for the Symphonia Arc? Arcs in this manga seem pretty short overall, I guess. The stuff with the Doryu Ghost Attack Squad must have been just a minor diversion to a) show Let as an ally and b) have Ruby join the team. Otherwise the Main Ideas were 1) the arrival of Lucia, 2) the arrival of the remaining Oracion Six, 3) the interference of Sieg, 4) the minor restoration of Elie's memories (including knowledge of Kaim). And I guess 5) Lucia joining the Oracion Six to fill his late father's position. So... I guess actually a lot of things happened in these couple volumes. According to the fan Wiki, the chapter with Saga's prophecy is part of the next arc, but I'd disagree, except that it's set outside Symphonia so idk. Anyway, we're moving south to get the next bit of Rave!
****
Reina on the cover of Chapter 89...! We're getting closer to the rampant sexiness of Mashima's later work!!
"I've peeked on her in the bath... Peeked on her changing clothes... I've even stolen her panties. Elie's such a good friend!!"
Haru and Musica making the face at Let, then Let doing it back, then all three men turning to face Elie 🤣
"Daddy got a new job as a beetle." 🤣
I guess Lucia is sixteen to parallel Haru in reference to their respective fathers. But... he looks too old.
I sometimes get Jegan and Sieg confused, so when Sieg appeared in the battle I was like "What's Jegan doing...?"
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May 31, 2017
Plenty of unexpected action, minor but fun twists, two chapter filler in the end, and an over-reliance on the 'Etheralion' makes this a pretty average but ongoing Volume in the series.
On to more..
On to more..
July 4, 2021
Kebangkitan DC serta masa lalu Gale (King)
April 21, 2022
Seig tells us more about ellie and Alice shows up and messes with the crew
September 4, 2025
Defeat arc
November 20, 2008
Hiro Mashima, Rave Master, Vol. 12 (Tokyopop, 2001)
The culmination of the battle with the Oracion Six (okay, five) is upon us, and with it, the appearance of an old enemy. Once all that's dispensed with, the crew head for a city of fortune tellers to figure out which Rave stone to pursue next-- but when they get there, Haru finds himself having flashbacks to Garage Island, and they're sent on a quest to recover poi. Poi? Yes, poi. The weirdness continues! ****
The culmination of the battle with the Oracion Six (okay, five) is upon us, and with it, the appearance of an old enemy. Once all that's dispensed with, the crew head for a city of fortune tellers to figure out which Rave stone to pursue next-- but when they get there, Haru finds himself having flashbacks to Garage Island, and they're sent on a quest to recover poi. Poi? Yes, poi. The weirdness continues! ****
May 1, 2020
DC Reborn
We had a lot going on this volume. Our heroes were soundly defeated, old enemies resurface and align with new enemies. We also got to dab into Elie's past and markings.
We had a lot going on this volume. Our heroes were soundly defeated, old enemies resurface and align with new enemies. We also got to dab into Elie's past and markings.
April 5, 2017
Sí, dos tomos en un día, pero es que en caso contrario se me van a acabar yendo las reseñas sobre tomos a más de seis meses después de haberlos leído. Y tampoco pasa nada por ponerlos aquí en cuanto caen, no?
El doceavo tomo de Rave nos termina la inútil lucha contra el grupo Oration 6 y lo hace con la aparición de Sieg Geart, quién no sólo parece haber cambiado de bando en su afán por proteger la línea temporal, sino que ayuda activamente al grupo protagonista.
Es gracias a éste personaje (cuyo diseño Mashiba recuperaría en su siguiente obra) que el grupo consigue grandes cantidades de información sobre la amenaza que supone su nuevo enemigo, sobre la existencia de varias Dark Bring poderosas al modo de las Rave y sobre la urgencia cada vez mayor de ir a los recuerdos estelares (sean lo que sean).
Por otro lado tenemos más recuerdos de Elie, el personaje femenino de la serie que poco a poco nos va desvelando su pasado, además de sembrar en su tramo del tomo una serie de semillas muy chulas que se recuperarán a futuro, algo extraño en Mashiba y que implica cierta planificación en ésta parte de la trama.
El dibujo sigue siendo normalito, faltándole pulirse mucho para llegar al que vemos a día de hoy.
En resumen, un tomo con más chicha que el tomo anterior, pero que desluce bastante en sus dos capítulos finales, relleno puro y duro y sin demasiada gracia. A ver por donde tira en los siguientes tomos.
El doceavo tomo de Rave nos termina la inútil lucha contra el grupo Oration 6 y lo hace con la aparición de Sieg Geart, quién no sólo parece haber cambiado de bando en su afán por proteger la línea temporal, sino que ayuda activamente al grupo protagonista.
Es gracias a éste personaje (cuyo diseño Mashiba recuperaría en su siguiente obra) que el grupo consigue grandes cantidades de información sobre la amenaza que supone su nuevo enemigo, sobre la existencia de varias Dark Bring poderosas al modo de las Rave y sobre la urgencia cada vez mayor de ir a los recuerdos estelares (sean lo que sean).
Por otro lado tenemos más recuerdos de Elie, el personaje femenino de la serie que poco a poco nos va desvelando su pasado, además de sembrar en su tramo del tomo una serie de semillas muy chulas que se recuperarán a futuro, algo extraño en Mashiba y que implica cierta planificación en ésta parte de la trama.
El dibujo sigue siendo normalito, faltándole pulirse mucho para llegar al que vemos a día de hoy.
En resumen, un tomo con más chicha que el tomo anterior, pero que desluce bastante en sus dos capítulos finales, relleno puro y duro y sin demasiada gracia. A ver por donde tira en los siguientes tomos.
April 7, 2017
I rarely read graphic novels and found that this one was quite interesting. oddly enough I started the series on this one and plan to go back and read from the beginning. I would recommend this book to people like action and adventure.
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