Orange Crows, Volume 1

Orange Crows #1

by James Perry

Five years ago, a young witch named Cierra broke the one unforgivable law of the witch she attempted to create her own magic. Her unlawful tampering burnt down a research room and injured the Mayor's daughter, Cierra's best friend. As punishment, she was exiled to the Wilderness, a barren wasteland crawling with the witch-devouring Fairies and the bloodthirsty Forsaken. After surviving for five ruthless years, her exile has now ended, and she has been ushered back to civilization, only to discover that the world around her has changed dramatically.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novels

193 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2009

Reviews

[A Journey to Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't really know how to rate this but it was enjoyable. If you are looking for witches, Fairies, warlocks, and magical creatures, then this book it for you.

[Juliana Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty good, super entertaining and kept my attention. love the drawings. favorite character is Sparticus.

[Lil' Violet · Rating 2 out of 5]

Runaways vol 2 #7-12
Art: Chapters/comics 7-10 all is the same art as in the previous 6 comics however comics/chapters 11 and 12 have a gust artist takeshi miyazawa. So for the first six chapters the art work is like the first book intolerable and forgettable in fact in spots you may even find it hard to see that it is the same artwork because it looks different compared to book one even. the last two however is interesting like classic comic style with a slight manga flare the art work there is highly enjoyable. Because of the art shift between intolerable and highly enjoyable rating isn't as easy this time around B-

Characters: no Real character development from anyone this time around. Nico, Alex, chase, molly, karolina. As well as a side character but he doesn't help the characters or plot any he is more of a "we need a way to do X" kind of character a one shot a poorly done one shot. Nico and Karolina both act a little boy crazy and adolescent here up till this book they were acting really mature about everything but then we introduce character X which stirs up all kinds of unnecessary drama. The other characters fade into the background and there is a mole amongst them. While the runaways may not have gotten any real character development this round we do get a nice character development from our bad guys who want to get their children back....but are also willing to mind wipe super heroes showing the reader just how far these people will go B+

Story: Compared to book one the story isn't as good it is by no means a filler as by chapter/comic 12 it does in a sense move the story along but at the same time it was as TV tropes would call it very narm. In a comic story you can make anyone believe anything parents evil? ok sure, kids who are a witch, mutant, time traveler with a dinosaur ok why not who says that couldn't happen in this universe? Vampire.....wait what? see this is where the narm comes in and where you can't believe it anymore that is the only part of this story that makes it less then it could be It could have been put any other way that made sense the kid was working for the pride, or the kid was unknowingly chipped by the pride, or he was a spy anything but out of the blue vampire. But for that one flaw this story did meet its objective to exploit the characters emotions and show readers that they all have weaknesses and aren’t perfect while that could have gone about in a different way that didn’t seem as juvenile (seriously nico just storms out of the room) it wasn’t that bad minus the vampire while this is not the best story it is not the worst either B-

Cover:Karolina in her normal yellow shirt, blue jeans, arm warmers and human looking in the sky with thunder around her while this does look dramatic it doesn't really add to the story in anyway the inner chapter/comic covers give or take draw the reader in into wanting to read it more then the main cover does C-

Rating: T for teen

Company: Marvel


My rating : 4 of 5 while I didn't like the out of no where vampire twist the last two parts really brought the story back to base and the art work there really helped while I'm not a fan of the cover the story isn't that bad and the art is....well...yeah its not as bad as vol 9 I don't think any of the art work can be as bad as vol 9

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

I originally bought this manga for a friend, but got entranced by the front cover. Orange Crows volume one is a story about Cierra a young witch exiled, for Illegally accessing a research area for higher class witches, conducted her own magical experiment without a licence, and destroyed an important research room.

I must admit the story's slow and the characters are a little bland; with the exception of Cierra and Natty. The reason I rated it so highly was because it captured my attention, I got entranced in their world. The concept of Witches, Wizards, and Fairies. Also the fact that Fairies aren't these girly little winged people but more of magic absorbing monsters, makes it quiet intriguing. I also love the artwork, I know it's not amazing, nor is it detailed to every strand of hair. But that's what I love about it, It's draw detailed enough to the fact that it looks good without being overbearing.

This is definitely a manga I would follow up on in the near future.

[Jenna · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story felt a little flat, as if the concept had not been fully thought out prior to its creation. It also kind of felt like a manga adaptation of a pre-existing series (video game, animation, etc), in which readers are expected to know the characters' back stories and motivations. While the drawings were nice, the transitions and action sequences were not outstanding in comparison to some of the great fighting manga that are out there.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Orange Crows is about a young witch that got exiled. This book grew on me. It was one of the first mangas I collected.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

The only complaint I have is I can't seem to find a Volume 2 anywhere! The story was slow-paced at the beginning,but once it picked up the pace I really enjoyed it.

[Holly Letson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not impressed.
Very predictable.

[kuristina- tabreez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't care what others say, I really liked this! It was, yes, kinda cheesy and predictable, but it was also a lot of fun and created a very unique atmosphere which I enjoyed! I could tell that the use of the word Forsaken was played up a bit, in order to try to create some sort of poetic, deep feel while also not making it seem terribly cheesy with such strong language for characters we just met. But that was okay, it kinda made me chuckle and appreciate the flow of the series. I also must say that it's unique to read about a series with the main character being someone subtly smarter than probably almost the entire audience reading her story. She's just also a very odd main character in general. I wonder if she is the one-eyed demon who killed so many people though? It's certainly seeming that way. Also, I ship her and Jack. I want to even draw some fan art of it. It's odd. This graphic novel has me so hooked that I just don't want to read anything else but the next volume. There's nothing else I'm interested in and I'm so very much craving more! Also, Bianka is cute. I wonder if she's a real Queen Witch? Also, I feel like the Myth of Wings is more so an actual historical story rather than a myth. And I think all of them are tied to it, especially Bianka and Cierra. Cierra's condition must have been caused by what happened in the research room, but did it really? It's looking more like it might perhaps be from something she encounter in the Wilderness. Her powers also definitely explain how she's survived so long too.
Ah, I can't wait until James Perry sends me all three volumes from the kickstarter campaign I gave to!
And there's so much more I want to say... Next time I read this, I guess!