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Rave Master #8
Rave Master, Vol. 08
With the help of the legendary sword Ten Powers and his guide, the dog Plue, sixteen-year-old Haru Glory sets out to find the five missing RAVE stones and stop the evil Demon Card society from destroying the world.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 17, 2001
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About the author
Hiro Mashima
1,448 books1,917 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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January 22, 2019
This volume actually has 192 pages so the information is quite misleading.
With that aside though this volume continues the incredibly long and action packed arc that started in vol 7. We learn a little bit more about Haru's father and King, leader of Demon Card. If I'm not mistaken I think there are at least 2 more volumes to wrap this arc up.
With that aside though this volume continues the incredibly long and action packed arc that started in vol 7. We learn a little bit more about Haru's father and King, leader of Demon Card. If I'm not mistaken I think there are at least 2 more volumes to wrap this arc up.
September 13, 2023
Slapping my "Absurd" tag here because King's henchmen mostly look ridiculous. Well, by "mostly" I mean "everyone except Let," but honestly Let's Asian-style dragon horns and long hair are a little silly, too.
This volume does an Oda-esque thing of spreading all the heroes around so everyone gets to fight against one of the henchmen while the protagonist rushes toward the main boss. Well, okay, Haru fights two henchmen before joining his father in the battle against King, so it's not quite the same. Or is it? I recall Luffy fighting Blueno on the way to Lucci, so whatever. (Has that happened yet in One Piece? I guess it doesn't matter, cuz it's probably firstly a Kurumada thing, if anything...)
Haru also kind of pulls a new sword out of his ass while fighting Let, which is probably okay because this is the eighth of thirty-five volumes, and Haru now has five of the ten forms of Ten Commandments, so the pacing is kind of decent. Like, there's enough time ahead of us that he can't just keep spawning new swords, and will eventually have to settle into more of a... groove (heh).
This volume does an Oda-esque thing of spreading all the heroes around so everyone gets to fight against one of the henchmen while the protagonist rushes toward the main boss. Well, okay, Haru fights two henchmen before joining his father in the battle against King, so it's not quite the same. Or is it? I recall Luffy fighting Blueno on the way to Lucci, so whatever. (Has that happened yet in One Piece? I guess it doesn't matter, cuz it's probably firstly a Kurumada thing, if anything...)
Haru also kind of pulls a new sword out of his ass while fighting Let, which is probably okay because this is the eighth of thirty-five volumes, and Haru now has five of the ten forms of Ten Commandments, so the pacing is kind of decent. Like, there's enough time ahead of us that he can't just keep spawning new swords, and will eventually have to settle into more of a... groove (heh).
April 21, 2025
This volume has greater development of our newest editions to the cast (see last volume) and the interaction is both fun and interesting. If you have watched or read another popular series One Piece, the plot device of splitting the gang up and sending them in different directions is in full implementation here. Also, the villains introduced have very...."unique" character designs. Oda (One Piece) didn't invent this but has become synonymous with it, so while it isn't so much copying, many may feel it is a blatant rip off if they don't take release dates into context and realize this isn't something to be bothered by. The art is getting closer and closer to the quality we get from Hiro Mashima in Fairy Tail, which is telling you something about how good and how he still kept improving!
January 26, 2022
Tal vez sean 2.5 estrellas.
Lamentablemente no hay mucho que decir de este volumen. A pesar de que las cosas siguen avanzando, se siente como si aún no supieramos nada de los personajes.
Hasta ahora rescato al personaje de Musica, el más interesante de este grupo, los demás son agradables, pero hasta ahí. Espero que pronto todo tenga un mejor ritmo
Lamentablemente no hay mucho que decir de este volumen. A pesar de que las cosas siguen avanzando, se siente como si aún no supieramos nada de los personajes.
Hasta ahora rescato al personaje de Musica, el más interesante de este grupo, los demás son agradables, pero hasta ahí. Espero que pronto todo tenga un mejor ritmo
June 9, 2020
We learn a bit more about what's going on with Rabarrier, but mostly it's a volume that is the continuation of the fight started in the last volume. (And it doesn't finish here, either) Manga is the master of decompressed storytelling.
July 2, 2021
Tak dinyana ternyata ini menjadi penanda awal dari Arc Demon Card berakhir. Sarat ksi pertarungan serta pertemuan dengan tokoh ayah yang sejak mula menjadi tanda tanya.
Mashima sensei artworknya semakin baik terutama pada adegan2 laga.
Mashima sensei artworknya semakin baik terutama pada adegan2 laga.
April 27, 2018
Pretty great manga:) Pretty similar to fairy tail, It’s by the same author, If you love fairy tail you’ll most likely love this^.^🤔👌❤️
August 31, 2019
Dramatic backstory time.
March 22, 2021
Anyone should help me understanding some part of the story TT__TT
March 30, 2021
Paling suka gaya bertarungnya solasido. Praktis n keren aja.
March 28, 2022
Let is a bad ass haru vs King is awesome. Kings dark Tenfold sword is amazing 👏
August 30, 2025
Plot twist!
March 1, 2017
Otro tomo más de Rave, y uno que huele a final de manga. No tengo claro si a Mashima le estaban presionando para terminar la obra, que la cosa no iba demasiado bien en ventas o qué, pero el caso es que éste tomo y su forma de plantearlo nos hace pensar que se estaba preparando el final de la historia para el tomo siguiente.
El tomo en sí poco avanza más allá de ver a todo el grupo de personajes pegándose con los masillas de turno, esos enemigos sacados de la manga en el momento para que la cosa no vaya más rápido de lo normal y tengamos combates por doquier.
Dentro de éstos combates destaca el de Natsu con un hombre dragón, y digo que destaca porque el enemigo mola, y mola tanto que en breve se unirá al grupo.
Y la historia principal? Pues avanza algo, primero porque aparece otro de los guardianes de Rave, mientras que el combate contra King acaba por desvelar algo de la relación existente entre el padre de Haru y su actual enemigo (flashback a la vista).
En general es un tomo entretenido, pero que no aporta prácticamente nada a la historia. Vamos, el típico impas de pegarse.
El tomo en sí poco avanza más allá de ver a todo el grupo de personajes pegándose con los masillas de turno, esos enemigos sacados de la manga en el momento para que la cosa no vaya más rápido de lo normal y tengamos combates por doquier.
Dentro de éstos combates destaca el de Natsu con un hombre dragón, y digo que destaca porque el enemigo mola, y mola tanto que en breve se unirá al grupo.
Y la historia principal? Pues avanza algo, primero porque aparece otro de los guardianes de Rave, mientras que el combate contra King acaba por desvelar algo de la relación existente entre el padre de Haru y su actual enemigo (flashback a la vista).
En general es un tomo entretenido, pero que no aporta prácticamente nada a la historia. Vamos, el típico impas de pegarse.
June 12, 2014
One of my favorite anime like Fairy Tail. Rave Master always has those sad, awesome and etc scenes. Haru Glory the next Rave Master is going to kick butt and take down all the holders of the dark bring. This manga, Haru and his father (Gale), both fight Gale Raregroove (other half of Gale). Both father and son fighting together as they reunite in this one battle. Will they win or not? Who knows just read on and find out yourself.
August 19, 2008
Hiro Mashima, Rave Master vol. 8 (Tokyopop, 2000)
The battle of the five palace guards is on, but can Haru take them down alone? Mashima keeps the action fast in volume 8, and it's just as good as those that have come before it. ****
The battle of the five palace guards is on, but can Haru take them down alone? Mashima keeps the action fast in volume 8, and it's just as good as those that have come before it. ****
April 29, 2020
Improving art
Wow. Now that was a non stop action packed volume. Everyone got to showcase some skills and teamwork. Not even going to mention how visually striking the panels were.
Wow. Now that was a non stop action packed volume. Everyone got to showcase some skills and teamwork. Not even going to mention how visually striking the panels were.
April 26, 2017
In similar vein to the previous Volume - this one made good progress.
Hiro Mashima produced a very enjoyable version - with the plot advancing at a steady pace. It was quite refreshing to see how all the characters got involved in defending their own ground and not necessarily pegged to fighting together with an over-reliance on one or two specific person(s).
The one thing that has gone unmentioned so far in my reviews that I do want to call out - in particular for this Volume is the character bios at the end of every book. The author does a really good job in not only creating some stats that give the book a more RPG-esque feel - but the bios and their commentary also serve as a window into his mind -especially with regards to how he approaches character building and crafting their role, and "screen time" (if you may) in the storyline. You can see him having inner conversations that has him scrapping more action-scenes in favor of moving the plot ahead and recognising that his Villains have been extra-reliant on their DB stones - leading him to introduce a Villain that.. well doesn't.
The only reason I docked a star for this Volume is - like the Villains - Haru does tend to get fairly over reliant on his sword (and its many forms) leading to a "new" form getting revealed each time he faces a near-death experience fighting an opponent. It's not a negative comment as much as a loose statistical observation of sorts that could use more variety eg: Villain has to give way for a stronger opponent OR switches side, etc. It's not my place to do plotlines for Rave Master so I'll leave it at that for now :-)
To many more awesome Volumes.
Hiro Mashima produced a very enjoyable version - with the plot advancing at a steady pace. It was quite refreshing to see how all the characters got involved in defending their own ground and not necessarily pegged to fighting together with an over-reliance on one or two specific person(s).
The one thing that has gone unmentioned so far in my reviews that I do want to call out - in particular for this Volume is the character bios at the end of every book. The author does a really good job in not only creating some stats that give the book a more RPG-esque feel - but the bios and their commentary also serve as a window into his mind -especially with regards to how he approaches character building and crafting their role, and "screen time" (if you may) in the storyline. You can see him having inner conversations that has him scrapping more action-scenes in favor of moving the plot ahead and recognising that his Villains have been extra-reliant on their DB stones - leading him to introduce a Villain that.. well doesn't.
The only reason I docked a star for this Volume is - like the Villains - Haru does tend to get fairly over reliant on his sword (and its many forms) leading to a "new" form getting revealed each time he faces a near-death experience fighting an opponent. It's not a negative comment as much as a loose statistical observation of sorts that could use more variety eg: Villain has to give way for a stronger opponent OR switches side, etc. It's not my place to do plotlines for Rave Master so I'll leave it at that for now :-)
To many more awesome Volumes.
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