もののがたり 1 (ヤングジャンプコミックスDIGITAL)

もののがたり [Mononogatari] #1

by オニグンソウ

付喪神…それは、古びた器物に心が宿った存在。付喪神に大切なモノを奪われ、憎む青年・岐兵馬。付喪神と共棲し“家族”として愛す少女・長月ぼたん。千年の都・京都で、二人は出逢い、暮らすことになるのだが…。三者交わる共同生活、前途多難な屋根の下。人と物。絆と恋の付喪ノ語り、此処に開幕。

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Supernatural, Comics, Graphic Novels, Japanese Literature

196 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 19, 2015

Reviews

[Janis Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is different from what I normally read -it came recommended via a site that said that it was one of the best new series of its release year and shouldn't be missed. I think it's shoujo...?

So, I got the first 3 vols for my library and gave it a shot today. While the first chapter (namely, the content surrounding the tsukumogami) was a little rough, I was invested by chapter 3. Def will pick up the next volume and I'm curious where this will go from the initial plot point and it's identifiable variants :)

[Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

The concept of spirits inhabiting objects and using those objects to fight as a part of their human bodies is interesting. Still, as a first volume, it felt a little slow. It's probably not my kind of manga, but since it might be interesting to my students, I'll give a couple other volumes a try.

As for anything problematic for middle school, when the spirit's objects are broken, their human parts are split in half and it appears kind of violent -- but because they are actually objects, it kind of makes it not so uncomfortable, if that makes sense? One of the main spirits gets hurt and kind of splatters -- looking like blood-- which could be considered inappropriate for middle school, but he comes back to life again shortly after. Lastly, the main character reminisces about his dead siblinging a lot and revisits the image for their dead bodies, but they aren't shown in any particular detail, just shadowed.

I think this volume will probably be appropriate for 8th grade at my (rough-ish) middle school and at high school too. Need to read more to be sure they don't get too violent though.

Luckily, there was no fan service, innuendo, or other sexually inappropriate things that sometimes slip by in manga. All female characters are dressed appropriately and none with overly large anatomy.

[Cornerofmadness · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting take on a well-used trope, exorcists and spirits, in this case called tsukumogami. Hyoma has good reasons to hate the spirits to the point his grandfather fears what Hyoma might become so he sends his grandson to Botan, a young woman who lives with multiple highly protective tsukumogami.

This goes as well as one could expect. Botan struggles to break through Hyoma's prejudices before he's hurt by them or by her tsukumogami or by others who would seek to hurt them both (which is what Hyoma expects of all spirits. He sees them as purely destructive forces).

Botan learns Hyoma isn't moved merely out of hatred. He has a deep desire to protect and her own tsukumogami want to nurture that as Hyoma isn't exactly wrong. A lot of spirits are dangerous.

The art in this is very nice and I'm curious as to where it's going.

[RJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in one sitting. Occasionally hard to follow - a lot of characters and lore introduced pretty breezily, and action scenes took a little parsing. But for manga readers who like ghosts/folklore, this could be a big hit. Seeing the character designs of different tsukumogami (spirits bonded to an object - in this manga rendered like humans with object-specific characteristics and powers) is fun - there's that X-Men-like appeal of seeing new characters and abilities.

Tagged "queer" because one of the main cast (though not one of the two leads) expresses a preference for women (and appears to be a woman, though when you're a ghost/made of ink, what is gender rly).

[Mathilda · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.7⭐️
(Leseprobe Manga day23)
Mir wurde die Geschichte von einer Freundin empfohlen, da ich mal Fantasy-Mangas lesen wollte und mich mit dem Genre leider nicht so gut auskenne 😅
➖ Die Vorgeschichten der verschiedenen Charaktere wurde viel zu schnell vorgestellt und man ist kaum mitgekommen😫
➖ die Zeichnungen waren nichts besonderes recht Basic
➕Die Geschichte hat einen schönen Anfang/Intro

Andere Gedanken:
•Wenn die Geschichte einen langsameren pace hätte könnte man einfacher mitkommen und die Geschichte besser zu verstehe.

[Kristen Harvey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting concept about spirits that can live and feel as humans but this is not usually the case. About a boy who has to overcome his extreme hatred of these spirits and has been sent to live with them for a year. Not sure I loved all the characters so far but hopefully with more volumes I’ll get to know them better.

[sol🌈 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad at all. I smell found family and something tragic bound to happen. The manga reminds me of Noragami. The characters seems interesting and the main characters especially are a very different so I’m intrigued to see how they will play it out. I don’t give 4 full stars bc I feel some parts were a bit too slow pace wise and /or confusing.

[Sesana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Promising setup. The rules around the supernatural creatures seem clear enough, and the main character's grudge is understandable. Unfortunately, I just didn't get attached to any of the characters in this volume, probably because it's a fairly large cast.

[Kati · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was good! I love how intense Hyoma is, and for a good reason, but that he's also willing to listen and possibly change. My favorite moment was near the end, when he lost it and literally tore through all his enemies. Wow.

[Vanessa · Rating 1 out of 5]

There's a lot of things about this that SHOULD appeal to me but... nothing really clicked. The art was pretty meh, except for the action scenes that were just too hard to follow. Our MC was just a total jerk and I couldn't stand him. I'm not sure I'm interested enough to want to give vol 2 a shot.

[Aurora Negrete · Rating 3 out of 5]

Muy bien inicio de la historia, aunque me saca de onda de vez en cuando los términos que utiliza, pero me es familiar de cualquier anime de fantasía/ficción.

Me ha enganchado lo suficiente para seguirla, pero no sé cada cuando vaya a estar consiguiendo los tomos.

[Raxia L. Lavoisier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un primer volumen muy completo y elaborado, muchos personajes, y una trama consistente y clara, pero que me da a mí, que alguna que otra sorpresa, nos encontraremos.

#mononogatari #normaeditorial #normamanga

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dibujo un poco flojo y genérico pero la premisa es interesante, aunque algo manida.
Me han ido gustando los personajes y el como iban aceptando al protagonista. A él, de momento, no le aguanto mucho. Por lo que probablemente solo continúe si hacen anime.

[Kayley · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I watched the anime and liked it. The manga is good. I plan to read the next volume.

[H · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read it. It didn't catch my attention enough to get the second volume.

[Keila · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice intro to the characters and world building. I like the concepts and the artwork so far.

[Zehra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bro needs to chill

[Ana Carolina Vanzetta · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5
Well, would you look at that, another manga series to be obsessed with...

[Tucker Hackett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seems cool as heck.

[Gabriel ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me encanta la idea que se presenta en la trama, me encanto la ultima linea… suena muy épica.

[Susi Aly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Momentan bin ich bei Mangas noch in der Findungsphase.
Dabei stellt die Mononogatari – Die Wächter der Artefaktgeister Reihe von Onigunsou mein nächstes Ziel dar.
Der Klappentext klang aber auch gut.

Die Illustrationen und auch der Schreibstil haben mir richtig gut gefallen.
Hyoma ist ein richtig cooler Protagonist und räumt ordentlich auf bei den Tsukumogami.
Denn normalerweise werden die Tsukumogami friedlich ins Jenseits begleitet.
Hyoma ist da jedoch anderer Meinung. Warum das so ist, ist absolut verständlich und tatsächlich, glaube ich, würden viele so handeln, wenn sie seinen Hintergrund hätten, was immens schmerzhaft und zerstörerisch ist.
Aber die Tsukumogami unterscheiden sich in ihrer Art, wodurch auch nicht jeder gleich behandelt werden darf. Das ist etwas, das Hyoma noch lernen muss.
Durch Hyomas hitzköpfiges Agieren ist der Actionanteil riesig und es bedarf nicht vieler Worte . Es bietet zwar einen großen Unterhaltungswert, wirkt aber nach einiger Zeit recht eintönig.
Zumal dadurch in den Raum geworfen wird, was menschlich sein überhaupt bedeutet.
Eine sehr interessante Frage, die, so klar, nicht auf Anhieb beantwortet werden kann.
Und trotzdem ist gerade Hyoma eine überaus interessante und impulsive Figur.

Für Aufschwung sorgen die Nebencharaktere, die mich mit ihrem Sarkasmus zum schmunzeln gebracht haben und damit definitiv für Aufschwung gesorgt haben.
Man erfährt einige Informationen, trotzdem war es mir persönlich noch nicht tiefgreifend genug. Ebenso konnten mich die Emotionen noch nicht so wirklich packen.
Insgesamt fand ich den Manga nicht schlecht. Aber so ganz hat er meinen Geschmack nicht getroffen.

Fazit:
Hierbei handelt es sich um den ersten Band der Manga-Reihe Monogatari – Die Wächter der Artefaktgeister.
Ein durchaus interessanter und actionreicher Manga. So ganz hat es meinen Geschmack nicht getroffen.
Für einen ersten Band sehr interessant.

[Irene ➰ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2/5

Giving this series a last chance once I buy V2 and then decide if I should drop it or not.
Honestly it didn't leave me anything.

I found the drawings super duper basic with just the essential lines and nothing more, there aren't many backgrounds either.
I don't know, I was excited to start this but fell very flat since the beginning.
There wasn't a character I liked in particular nor the main story seemed interesting enough.
It had a good premise but in the end I didn't really get the purpose of what I was reading, making me feel distracted and distant.

One more chance to decide what to do with it...