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Monster Collection #1
Monster Collection: Volume 1
Kasche Arbadel is the most promising summoning student in the School of Sorcery. Her preternatural empathy with beasts, allows her to control monsters well beyond her training, but it also causes her to share their pain. Trouble seems to follow her wherever she goes, and her reckless behavior nearly made her department bankrupt. When a magical relic is stolen from the Summoning department's vaults, Kasche is sent in pursuit. But finding the thief is only the beginning of her adventure. Kasche uncovers an evil Marquise's plot to overthrow the kingdom by using the legendary ENCYCLOPEDIA VERUM, an ancient tome containing the summoning names of the most powerful monsters ever seen. Working with him is Eclipse, an inhuman summoner who dabbles in the forbidden art of necromancy.
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First published December 1, 1998
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February 27, 2017
Today' s post is on Monster Collection volume 1 by Itoh Sei. It is 168 pages long and is published by CMX. The cover is blue with the main character in the center and monster behind her. The intended reader is someone who likes high action series with humor added in to keep it from getting too dark. There is mild foul language, implied sexuality, and lots of violence in this series. The story is told from third person god perspective but it closely follows our brave heroes. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- Kasche Arbadel is the most gifted yet reckless summoner in her school. When an artifact of immense power if stolen. It's trail-by-fire when Kasche is sent in pursuit!
He who controls the most powerful monster can control the world. Kasche may have a talent for controlling beast, but she's got a lot to learn about self-control before she can become a full-fledged Summoner. When disaster strikes, her principal chooses her to avert it. Joined by allies both human and not, Kasche must recapture the relic from an evil Summoner before he can use it to unlock the Encyclopedia Verum, and call up the most powerful monsters ever seen!
Review- This is an interesting and funny shonen manga. The main character is Kasche. She is powerful summoner but very silly. She loves her monsters to the point that she feel kill to protect them when they are to protect her. She gets a new monster, a Lamia, and frees her from the bad guy. She also hires the thief, who is really a highly trained warrior from a race of warriors, to help her get the Encyclopedia Verum back. It ends with our heroes getting their strength back to start chasing the bad guy. The plot is promising with lots of interesting magic, lore, and world building. I look forward to seeing what Kasche and company get into.
I give this volume a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
From the back of the book- Kasche Arbadel is the most gifted yet reckless summoner in her school. When an artifact of immense power if stolen. It's trail-by-fire when Kasche is sent in pursuit!
He who controls the most powerful monster can control the world. Kasche may have a talent for controlling beast, but she's got a lot to learn about self-control before she can become a full-fledged Summoner. When disaster strikes, her principal chooses her to avert it. Joined by allies both human and not, Kasche must recapture the relic from an evil Summoner before he can use it to unlock the Encyclopedia Verum, and call up the most powerful monsters ever seen!
Review- This is an interesting and funny shonen manga. The main character is Kasche. She is powerful summoner but very silly. She loves her monsters to the point that she feel kill to protect them when they are to protect her. She gets a new monster, a Lamia, and frees her from the bad guy. She also hires the thief, who is really a highly trained warrior from a race of warriors, to help her get the Encyclopedia Verum back. It ends with our heroes getting their strength back to start chasing the bad guy. The plot is promising with lots of interesting magic, lore, and world building. I look forward to seeing what Kasche and company get into.
I give this volume a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
September 14, 2017
This not the first manga I read, but is the first one I hold in my hands and I truly enjoyed it. It was quite funny and not hard to get.
Good characters and a plot that promises to be amazing. I'm not disappointed at all. This was quite a fun read, and since I'm sick it was a great timekiller.
Kescha is such a character, she makes me laugh a lot, She, Nastascha and Corvo make a great trio. This should have an anime, that could be great.
Looking forward to the next volumes and also to know what's gonna happen next in the story.
Good characters and a plot that promises to be amazing. I'm not disappointed at all. This was quite a fun read, and since I'm sick it was a great timekiller.
Kescha is such a character, she makes me laugh a lot, She, Nastascha and Corvo make a great trio. This should have an anime, that could be great.
Looking forward to the next volumes and also to know what's gonna happen next in the story.
March 24, 2020
CMX tends to have gems hidden under its banner that most people I talk to never heard of. This series is one of them, and I can't blame anyone for giving this a pass. This is a fast pace manga with cliches left and right, perverted scenes scattered across the volume, and overall good action scenes. The art is superb and wish I saw more series today that had such retro detail. I can't wait to see where this series takes me!
June 9, 2011
storia divertente e bella caratterizzazione dei personaggi!
February 19, 2014
Guess I'll have to buy more of this series too.
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