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Log Horizon: The West Wind Brigade #1
Log Horizon: The West Wind Brigade, Vol. 1 - manga
The beautiful harem guild fights bravely!!
In the online RPG world of Elder Tales, the West Wind Brigade is renowned among players for its skills, strength, and...gorgeous members! But when a disastrous expansion Pack traps thousands of players inside the game world, it's up to guild master Soujirou to keep his friends safe-from man and beast alike!!
In the online RPG world of Elder Tales, the West Wind Brigade is renowned among players for its skills, strength, and...gorgeous members! But when a disastrous expansion Pack traps thousands of players inside the game world, it's up to guild master Soujirou to keep his friends safe-from man and beast alike!!
166 pages, Paperback
First published May 29, 2015
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Mamare Touno real name is Daisuke Umezu (梅津 大輔, Umezu Daisuke).
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Mamare Touno real name is Daisuke Umezu (梅津 大輔, Umezu Daisuke).
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September 23, 2019
Harem gamer guild, eh? *rolls eyes*
Fortunately, this one doesn't suck. Nicely noble male leader and tons of gamer girls. Of course, this is like Sword Art Online or .hack. Gamers are stuck in their games. Food tastes like crap. Player-Killers are running rampant. And the rules of the world need to be re-learned.
I hear the anime is awesome. Like, really awesome.
I don't know. All I've read is a couple of volumes of the manga. It's okay but nothing to freak out over. Maybe I ought to WATCH it instead?
Fortunately, this one doesn't suck. Nicely noble male leader and tons of gamer girls. Of course, this is like Sword Art Online or .hack. Gamers are stuck in their games. Food tastes like crap. Player-Killers are running rampant. And the rules of the world need to be re-learned.
I hear the anime is awesome. Like, really awesome.
I don't know. All I've read is a couple of volumes of the manga. It's okay but nothing to freak out over. Maybe I ought to WATCH it instead?
May 4, 2020
Log Horizon is yet another trapped-in-a-game story. Log Horizon is one of the more interesting ones to me, but unfortunately, the things that made the anime fun are largely missing from this manga.
This follows top combat guild The West Wind Brigade in the days after the video game Log Horizon mysteriously stops letting people log out. the team members are trapped inside, suddenly trying to figure out how to have life within the confines of the game world. How do we eat? What are the consequences of death? Are all the mechanics still the same? Can my human body jump 30 feet like my game character can?
And that's fine. It's handled in an acceptable manner. The art is fairly good. the dialogue isn't offputting. It manages to work some tension in. If you like that sort of stuff, this is ... fine.
Not saying there aren't issues. The guild is a dude who's the guild leader and his harem of badass women who all seem to want him to one degree or another. And while we meet like seven of these ladies, I can remember the personality of maybe two. The rest are just some level of "thirsty for the guild leader" or "Thirsty but also self-doubting." Feels like introducing fewer characters and giving them more personality would have gone a long way toward helping make this first book more engaging.
Because at this point, unfortunately, the basic premise is not going to be enough for a lot of readers. We live in an era where .hack, and Sword Art Online, and Overlord and How Not to Summon a Demon Lord are all varying levels of well known. Log Horizon original flavor differentiated itself by being more about logistics and world building. It was the Stardew Valley to SOA's Diablo. But by focusing on this combat guild, it kind of negates that hook.
So, like I said ... it's fine. But it just didn't do enough to be anything more than that for me.
This follows top combat guild The West Wind Brigade in the days after the video game Log Horizon mysteriously stops letting people log out. the team members are trapped inside, suddenly trying to figure out how to have life within the confines of the game world. How do we eat? What are the consequences of death? Are all the mechanics still the same? Can my human body jump 30 feet like my game character can?
And that's fine. It's handled in an acceptable manner. The art is fairly good. the dialogue isn't offputting. It manages to work some tension in. If you like that sort of stuff, this is ... fine.
Not saying there aren't issues. The guild is a dude who's the guild leader and his harem of badass women who all seem to want him to one degree or another. And while we meet like seven of these ladies, I can remember the personality of maybe two. The rest are just some level of "thirsty for the guild leader" or "Thirsty but also self-doubting." Feels like introducing fewer characters and giving them more personality would have gone a long way toward helping make this first book more engaging.
Because at this point, unfortunately, the basic premise is not going to be enough for a lot of readers. We live in an era where .hack, and Sword Art Online, and Overlord and How Not to Summon a Demon Lord are all varying levels of well known. Log Horizon original flavor differentiated itself by being more about logistics and world building. It was the Stardew Valley to SOA's Diablo. But by focusing on this combat guild, it kind of negates that hook.
So, like I said ... it's fine. But it just didn't do enough to be anything more than that for me.
June 22, 2017
I have loved Log Horizon[1] since I first discovered the anime. Perhaps it's the wish-fulfillment angle: I would love to be in the situation the protagonists are in, taking up the body and abilities of my favorite MMO-RPG character, in their world. To be young, and healthy, and physically powerful, and to have an opportunity to do meaningful things.
This particular volume is a fun romp with the girls of the West Wind Brigade, and their guild master / crush, Sōjirō. It picks up exactly where the first book of Log Horizon's main story line does, at the Calamity. It's an entirely new story, however, and where Shirō had to gather his friends, the West Wind Brigade is already there, together, and helping each other through the troubling adjustments.
It's a different flavor of a familiar dish, and if you like that sort of thing, it's exactly the sort of thing you like.
[1]A bad translation, by the bye. It really should be Horizon Log, where Log means record, rather than a piece of wood. In other words, a record of new horizons reached.
This particular volume is a fun romp with the girls of the West Wind Brigade, and their guild master / crush, Sōjirō. It picks up exactly where the first book of Log Horizon's main story line does, at the Calamity. It's an entirely new story, however, and where Shirō had to gather his friends, the West Wind Brigade is already there, together, and helping each other through the troubling adjustments.
It's a different flavor of a familiar dish, and if you like that sort of thing, it's exactly the sort of thing you like.
[1]A bad translation, by the bye. It really should be Horizon Log, where Log means record, rather than a piece of wood. In other words, a record of new horizons reached.
November 15, 2024
Kłoda horyzont Zachód wiatr brygada albo Log horizon West Wind Brigade to manga opowiadająca historię poszukiwaczy przygód z gildii West Wind Brigade, jednej z gildii którą osoby znające serię Log horizon mogą kojarzyć. Dobra ale od początku, historia opowiada o graczach ptzenieśonych do świata gry "Elder Tale", i ich zmaganiach z nowymi problemami które ta nagła zmiana przed nimi postawiła. To co można wyróżnić to fakt że NPC nagle stali się ludzcy, a niektórzy gracze pomimo że to ich nowa rzeczywistość dalej mają przestawiony kompas moralny na typowego gracza MMORPG, więc PK dalej występuje, co prawda śmierć nie jest permanentna, co wyróżnia ją na tle innych podobnych, jednak to sprawia że kompas moralny jest jeszcze ciężej kontrolować.
Anyway kupiłem tą mangę bo urzekło mnie anime i postać głównego bohatera, to też jestem niepocieszony że dostał tu 2 panele i jedno zdanie, mimo to jest to naprawdę dobra manga dla fanów isekai lub fantasy, a jeszcze lepsza dla fanów samego Log horizon, rozwija ona postacie drugoplanowe znane z głównej serii.
Tak szczerze mówiąc to Sojiro świetnie spełnia rolę głównego bohatera, czasami miałem wrażenie że nawet lepiej niż sam Shiroe, jednak dalej wolę piekielnego stratega.
I do wszystkich którzy nazywają to podróbką SAO, kij wam w oko Log Horizon było pierwsze
Anyway kupiłem tą mangę bo urzekło mnie anime i postać głównego bohatera, to też jestem niepocieszony że dostał tu 2 panele i jedno zdanie, mimo to jest to naprawdę dobra manga dla fanów isekai lub fantasy, a jeszcze lepsza dla fanów samego Log horizon, rozwija ona postacie drugoplanowe znane z głównej serii.
Tak szczerze mówiąc to Sojiro świetnie spełnia rolę głównego bohatera, czasami miałem wrażenie że nawet lepiej niż sam Shiroe, jednak dalej wolę piekielnego stratega.
I do wszystkich którzy nazywają to podróbką SAO, kij wam w oko Log Horizon było pierwsze
December 28, 2020
Mais... occupe toi de moi... j'ai besoin d'attention...
Cette critique concerne l’ensemble du manga “Log Horizon - La Brigade du Vent de l’Ouest”, soit les 11 tomes.
Log Horizon est une nouvelle histoire d’humains piégés dans un jeu vidéo, ici Elder Tale. Pour moi, l’anime Log Horizon est l’un des meilleurs du genre car c’est l’un des rares qui s’intéresse aux problèmes économiques, politiques, législatifs, … et cela permet l’immersion et la compréhension de l’impact positive et négative qu’aurait notre arrivée dans un monde comme celui d’Elder Tale.
Ce manga est donc un spin-off de l’histoire originelle. Il est centré sur la guilde de “la Brigade du Vent de l'Ouest” qui s'est retrouvée enfermée dans le jeu en ligne « Elder Tale ». Au milieu de la confusion, le danger semble guetter les jeunes filles de la guilde ! Le combat de Sôjirô, le maître de la guilde, pour protéger ses camarades ne fait que commencer !
Bon…c’est un manga intéressant…si l’on a aimé Log Horizon, ça nous permet d’avoir un nouveau point de vue, de retrouver Shiroe dans certaines cases et de découvrir les problèmes survenus directement après l’arrivée des joueurs. Malheureusement, les choses qui rendaient l'anime intéressant et son univers complexe sont absentes, très peu de construction de l’univers, je pense que l’auteur a pris pour acquis le fait que les personnes qui lisaient ce manga avait déjà des connaissances de l’univers d’Elder Tale. Les moments les plus importants de l’anime originel sont présents mais ni expliqués, ni développés. Certes ce manga n’avait pas cet objectif là, mais cela aurait permis de développer l’univers autour de ce manga et d’avoir réellement un point de vue différent, ce qui n’est pas le cas.
De plus, le style de Koyuki est vraiment pas mal, les dessins sont bons et ils permettent de reproduire une certaine tension lorsque l’intrigue est à son apogée dans les tomes 7-8-9-10. Malheureusement, ça s’arrête là, cette série de manga est rempli de fan service, l’histoire est centré sur Seta Sôjirô, meneur de la guilde de la Brigade du Vent de l’Ouest, une guilde harem. On y retrouve les codes de ce genre, avec l’ensemble des femmes de la guilde qui souhaitent passer le plus de temps possible avec lui et évidemment, plus si affinité. Seta Sôjirô est un bon personnage principal mais le manga manque de quelque chose pour vraiment pouvoir s’immerger dedans. Le personnage secondaire de Nazuna et de Dolce sont intéressants mais ils ne sont pas assez développés.
Du coup, voilà je dirai qu’à part si vous avez aimé l’univers de Log Horizon, ou si vous aimez le genre Harem, cette série n’est pas pour vous.
Cette critique concerne l’ensemble du manga “Log Horizon - La Brigade du Vent de l’Ouest”, soit les 11 tomes.
Log Horizon est une nouvelle histoire d’humains piégés dans un jeu vidéo, ici Elder Tale. Pour moi, l’anime Log Horizon est l’un des meilleurs du genre car c’est l’un des rares qui s’intéresse aux problèmes économiques, politiques, législatifs, … et cela permet l’immersion et la compréhension de l’impact positive et négative qu’aurait notre arrivée dans un monde comme celui d’Elder Tale.
Ce manga est donc un spin-off de l’histoire originelle. Il est centré sur la guilde de “la Brigade du Vent de l'Ouest” qui s'est retrouvée enfermée dans le jeu en ligne « Elder Tale ». Au milieu de la confusion, le danger semble guetter les jeunes filles de la guilde ! Le combat de Sôjirô, le maître de la guilde, pour protéger ses camarades ne fait que commencer !
Bon…c’est un manga intéressant…si l’on a aimé Log Horizon, ça nous permet d’avoir un nouveau point de vue, de retrouver Shiroe dans certaines cases et de découvrir les problèmes survenus directement après l’arrivée des joueurs. Malheureusement, les choses qui rendaient l'anime intéressant et son univers complexe sont absentes, très peu de construction de l’univers, je pense que l’auteur a pris pour acquis le fait que les personnes qui lisaient ce manga avait déjà des connaissances de l’univers d’Elder Tale. Les moments les plus importants de l’anime originel sont présents mais ni expliqués, ni développés. Certes ce manga n’avait pas cet objectif là, mais cela aurait permis de développer l’univers autour de ce manga et d’avoir réellement un point de vue différent, ce qui n’est pas le cas.
De plus, le style de Koyuki est vraiment pas mal, les dessins sont bons et ils permettent de reproduire une certaine tension lorsque l’intrigue est à son apogée dans les tomes 7-8-9-10. Malheureusement, ça s’arrête là, cette série de manga est rempli de fan service, l’histoire est centré sur Seta Sôjirô, meneur de la guilde de la Brigade du Vent de l’Ouest, une guilde harem. On y retrouve les codes de ce genre, avec l’ensemble des femmes de la guilde qui souhaitent passer le plus de temps possible avec lui et évidemment, plus si affinité. Seta Sôjirô est un bon personnage principal mais le manga manque de quelque chose pour vraiment pouvoir s’immerger dedans. Le personnage secondaire de Nazuna et de Dolce sont intéressants mais ils ne sont pas assez développés.
Du coup, voilà je dirai qu’à part si vous avez aimé l’univers de Log Horizon, ou si vous aimez le genre Harem, cette série n’est pas pour vous.
July 21, 2017
I read through this very quickly. The premise was interesting--players of a MMO video game suddenly find themselves trapped living in the game world as their characters. It reminded me of Sword Art Online, and I think this may also be anime turned to manga I didn't enjoy Sword Art Online when. I read it, but I did enjoy the anime (at least the first half).
Though the characters in Log Horizon are visually distinct, there was very little to distinguish them in personality. This is compounded by the fact that this is a harem manga, meaning there is a central hero and a bunch of attractive female characters who are all in love with him. And they all call him "master". And despite being the same level they are all inferior to him in skills. And, again despite being the same level, they are incapable of defending themselves and need their "master" to come save them.
There were glimmers of promise. By the end of the second chapter, there are a few odd things about the game world--food only tastes normal in a raw state. An NPC character--ironically, the only one with some distinguishing characteristic--normally controlled by a computer seems to be as real as the human-controlled characters. But i often found the action difficult to follow, and the hints of mystery about the world were too overshadowed by the lack of character development and the sexist harem concept for me to enjoy this.
Though the characters in Log Horizon are visually distinct, there was very little to distinguish them in personality. This is compounded by the fact that this is a harem manga, meaning there is a central hero and a bunch of attractive female characters who are all in love with him. And they all call him "master". And despite being the same level they are all inferior to him in skills. And, again despite being the same level, they are incapable of defending themselves and need their "master" to come save them.
There were glimmers of promise. By the end of the second chapter, there are a few odd things about the game world--food only tastes normal in a raw state. An NPC character--ironically, the only one with some distinguishing characteristic--normally controlled by a computer seems to be as real as the human-controlled characters. But i often found the action difficult to follow, and the hints of mystery about the world were too overshadowed by the lack of character development and the sexist harem concept for me to enjoy this.
October 15, 2019
3½ rounded up. Why? Because it's Log Horizon so it deserves it.
If you were picking this up without knowing anything about LH, it wouldn't be as good. I can grant that. It truly feels as if it is meant to be read by those who have some understanding of what's going on. I would be curious to know what someone going into it with no prior LH history would think.
That being said, it is from the perspective of the West Wind Brigade guild which has one or two members of the former Debauchery Tea Party group. It is something of a harem guild with Soujiro as the guild master and a bunch of ladies who seem to think he's the bread on butter. But that hasn't been the focus of the story, thank heaven.
Interestingly enough I like how it puts WWB at the beginning of things and how they are learning about combat as people vs avatars on a screen, food, and the People of the Land (the former NPCs). All things that come up in the mainline series -- but with a slightly different take on it so far.
So if I like LH and WWB, why not a higher score? Well, because the mainline story is better. The Light Novels and Anime so far have done it better.
Verdict: If you like LH, West Wind Brigade is solid so far. Maybe not mindboggingly brilliant, but pretty good. Hope it keeps up.
If you were picking this up without knowing anything about LH, it wouldn't be as good. I can grant that. It truly feels as if it is meant to be read by those who have some understanding of what's going on. I would be curious to know what someone going into it with no prior LH history would think.
That being said, it is from the perspective of the West Wind Brigade guild which has one or two members of the former Debauchery Tea Party group. It is something of a harem guild with Soujiro as the guild master and a bunch of ladies who seem to think he's the bread on butter. But that hasn't been the focus of the story, thank heaven.
Interestingly enough I like how it puts WWB at the beginning of things and how they are learning about combat as people vs avatars on a screen, food, and the People of the Land (the former NPCs). All things that come up in the mainline series -- but with a slightly different take on it so far.
So if I like LH and WWB, why not a higher score? Well, because the mainline story is better. The Light Novels and Anime so far have done it better.
Verdict: If you like LH, West Wind Brigade is solid so far. Maybe not mindboggingly brilliant, but pretty good. Hope it keeps up.
March 12, 2019
Muy interesante y entretenido. Aborda bien el tema de los videojuegos (al estar "atrapados" en uno) y el hecho de que cuente información poco a poco hace que sea muy llevadero. Te encariñas con los personajes y en general hasta querrías formar parte de este mundo. El único "pero" que tiene este libro es que peca de ser redudante. Me parece genial que expliques las clases que hay en Elder Tale y todos esos datos que pueden ser de utilidad (porque los usa en un momento apropiado, no en cualquiera). Pero del mismo modo que explique cuántas profesiones hay en un punto, vuelve a repetirlo más adelante (aunque expandiéndolo).
May 3, 2018
I found Volume 1 of The West Wing Brigade to be just as lacking as Volume 1 of Log Horizon. I will more than likely look into some other manga to read.
March 27, 2018
Edit: Read up to volume eight. I still am enjoying how they’re discussing how to revitalize their world’s economy, inspire players, and work with the NPCs, which are all topics which rarely seem to be discussed in this genre. Fanservice is still annoying, especially when Kurinon, the sole lesbian character in the harem guild, is made to look like a fool whenever she’s on screen.
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Entertaining and fun, even. if it was difficult to tell what was happening in certain panels. I liked seeing this alternating POV to Shiro's tale in the main Log Horizon series. The discussion of killing in game (PK) and how it becomes a moral question when you're actually trapped in the game wasn't discussed that well, but that might been a problem on the translation side of things.
Soujiro was an intriuing character but I would have liked glimpses of his offline persona as well, even if in flashbacks. There were a few too many guild members to keep straight and I honestly can't recall their names, but they were fun, even if a bit too harem-y. Likewise, the fanservice made me roll my eyes although it wasn't as tedious as, say, Love Hina.
Nice drawing style!
Read up to chapter 17.
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Entertaining and fun, even. if it was difficult to tell what was happening in certain panels. I liked seeing this alternating POV to Shiro's tale in the main Log Horizon series. The discussion of killing in game (PK) and how it becomes a moral question when you're actually trapped in the game wasn't discussed that well, but that might been a problem on the translation side of things.
Soujiro was an intriuing character but I would have liked glimpses of his offline persona as well, even if in flashbacks. There were a few too many guild members to keep straight and I honestly can't recall their names, but they were fun, even if a bit too harem-y. Likewise, the fanservice made me roll my eyes although it wasn't as tedious as, say, Love Hina.
Nice drawing style!
Read up to chapter 17.
April 13, 2016
This is the plot of Log Horizon through the eyes of the West Wind Brigade guild. You don't need top have read Log Horizon to know what's going on here, though. It works pretty well as a stand alone series so far.
You see some of the darker sides of Elder Tales in this volume, things like sexual harassment and death that you wouldn't see following Shiroe's story. It's got a healthy dose of humor to balance things out, but know that there is some dark stuff in here.
If you already like Log Horizon, definitely check this out. If you're new to the series, this isn't a bad place to start, but remember that there's more to Elder Tales than what's in this book.
You see some of the darker sides of Elder Tales in this volume, things like sexual harassment and death that you wouldn't see following Shiroe's story. It's got a healthy dose of humor to balance things out, but know that there is some dark stuff in here.
If you already like Log Horizon, definitely check this out. If you're new to the series, this isn't a bad place to start, but remember that there's more to Elder Tales than what's in this book.
August 15, 2019
I love Log Horizon! It's like Sword Art Online but the circumstances are different.
A number of players of a MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game called Elder Tales are suddenly sucked into the game and become their avatars. Unlike SAO, the avatars don't change their appearance and there is no clear way to escape the game. As such, the players must learn to use their new bodies as well as adapt to their new environment.
This particular series, Log Horizon: The West Wind Brigade is a spin-off of the original story. It's a little disappointing because it is a harem of girls fawning over one guy, but it does show a different perspective from the original.
This series is a spin-off of Log Horizon.
This series has 11 volumes.
A number of players of a MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game called Elder Tales are suddenly sucked into the game and become their avatars. Unlike SAO, the avatars don't change their appearance and there is no clear way to escape the game. As such, the players must learn to use their new bodies as well as adapt to their new environment.
This particular series, Log Horizon: The West Wind Brigade is a spin-off of the original story. It's a little disappointing because it is a harem of girls fawning over one guy, but it does show a different perspective from the original.
This series is a spin-off of Log Horizon.
This series has 11 volumes.
May 7, 2016
Received from a Goodreads Giveaway
This seems to be a theme with all of the manga I've been reading recently. There's no real buildup to what's going on. It's like you're just dropped into it. This one is a little better in that you're at the beginning of things, but it's still a little hard to understand.
This seems to be a theme with all of the manga I've been reading recently. There's no real buildup to what's going on. It's like you're just dropped into it. This one is a little better in that you're at the beginning of things, but it's still a little hard to understand.
February 9, 2016
2.5 overall, but the art is more of a 4. There's nothing particularly bad about it - this manga seemed really interesting but overall failed to keep me engaged.
February 9, 2016
this is a way better read than the OG Log Horizon series, which I hoped I panned.
May 29, 2016
Fun read. Takes a look at and expands the world of Log Horizon from a different angle.
September 15, 2016
not too in depth a story, but a good supplement to the main story
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