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UQ Holder [ユーキューホルダー!] #3
ＵＱ ＨＯＬＤＥＲ！（３） (週刊少年マガジンコミックス)
UQホルダーの過酷な入団テストをわずか1か月半でクリアしてみせた刀太（とうた）と九郎丸（くろうまる）。晴れてUQホルダーの仲間となった2人は、初任務を受け、貧民街へ。突然、敵の襲来を受ける刀太達だか、夏凜の活躍で撃退。……しかし、彼らの前に謎の3人組が現れる!!
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 17, 2014
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Ken Akamatsu
641 books231 followersKen Akamatsu (赤松 健, Akamatsu Ken, July 5, 1968 -) is a Japanese mangaka from Tokyo.
In his teenage years, Akamatsu failed the entrance exam to Tokyo University, and applied for Film Study instead (it is speculated that this is where he got the idea for Love Hina). Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket (short for Comic Market, a comic convention bi-annually held in Japan). He used the pen name Awa Mizuno (水野 亜和, MIZUNO Awa). Akamatsu, still in college, then proceeded to win the Weekly Shonen Magazine award twice. His "A Kid's Game for One Summer" was awarded the coveted 50th Shonen Magazine Newcomer's Award soon after he graduated.
After a big hit with A.I. Love You, he finally made a grand success with his new manga, Love Hina. The series appeared in Weekly Shonen Magazine and has been collected in eleven volumes (with fourteen volumes in total), which have sold over 6 million copies in Japan, and received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 2001.
Akamatsu had added elements of his own life experiences to the story, and this was said to have induced a unique feeling to the manga especially for Western readers, whose lack of familiarity with Japanese culture for the most part added to the effect. The series, published in America in 2002, was especially well received in many overseas countries - Akamatsu was surprised that even foreign readers found Love Hina to be "cute" and to their liking.
He is now married to his wife 'Kanon' Akamatsu, who was previously a singer/idol. He is currently working on his latest manga series, Negima!: Magister Negi Magi, which is his longest running manga so far. Like Love Hina, has also been made into an anime series. A second independent retelling of Negima was made called Negima!?. Both series were produced by XEBEC (Negima!? was produced by SHAFT).
In his teenage years, Akamatsu failed the entrance exam to Tokyo University, and applied for Film Study instead (it is speculated that this is where he got the idea for Love Hina). Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket (short for Comic Market, a comic convention bi-annually held in Japan). He used the pen name Awa Mizuno (水野 亜和, MIZUNO Awa). Akamatsu, still in college, then proceeded to win the Weekly Shonen Magazine award twice. His "A Kid's Game for One Summer" was awarded the coveted 50th Shonen Magazine Newcomer's Award soon after he graduated.
After a big hit with A.I. Love You, he finally made a grand success with his new manga, Love Hina. The series appeared in Weekly Shonen Magazine and has been collected in eleven volumes (with fourteen volumes in total), which have sold over 6 million copies in Japan, and received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 2001.
Akamatsu had added elements of his own life experiences to the story, and this was said to have induced a unique feeling to the manga especially for Western readers, whose lack of familiarity with Japanese culture for the most part added to the effect. The series, published in America in 2002, was especially well received in many overseas countries - Akamatsu was surprised that even foreign readers found Love Hina to be "cute" and to their liking.
He is now married to his wife 'Kanon' Akamatsu, who was previously a singer/idol. He is currently working on his latest manga series, Negima!: Magister Negi Magi, which is his longest running manga so far. Like Love Hina, has also been made into an anime series. A second independent retelling of Negima was made called Negima!?. Both series were produced by XEBEC (Negima!? was produced by SHAFT).
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December 14, 2014
Rated Older Teen this series not only has violence but it also has limited nudity(though no full frontal so far) so if either of these bother you then I wouldn't suggest this series to you. The creator of this book is not known to be bashful in ecchi in any of his series that I have seen now that I think of it.
The action is on full swing shortly after the begining of the book as shadow puppets start burning the town Tota and his friends were assigned to protect. As seen in the last book Karin is being kept busy by quite the lecherous man and before Tota and Kuromaru are able to help the people of the city they get their own opponents that proceed to show them how little they can do against experienced fighter. Yet Tota has a secret weapon even he had no idea he had so the fight is not completely one sided after all and you will have to see it to believe the power that he can tap(of which you might have an idea of if you read the end of the Negima series.) Will the folks of UQ Holder be able to save the people who the baddies have been trying to evict? I look forward to the next book to see how things escalate. :)
As for my favorite part of the book I would have to say it is when Tota who has tapped into great power by accident draws it back within him so he can fight with his own strength showing his great inner strength. This guy is going to be strong just like his grandfather Negi and is able to overcome his own weaknesses in little time.
The action is on full swing shortly after the begining of the book as shadow puppets start burning the town Tota and his friends were assigned to protect. As seen in the last book Karin is being kept busy by quite the lecherous man and before Tota and Kuromaru are able to help the people of the city they get their own opponents that proceed to show them how little they can do against experienced fighter. Yet Tota has a secret weapon even he had no idea he had so the fight is not completely one sided after all and you will have to see it to believe the power that he can tap(of which you might have an idea of if you read the end of the Negima series.) Will the folks of UQ Holder be able to save the people who the baddies have been trying to evict? I look forward to the next book to see how things escalate. :)
As for my favorite part of the book I would have to say it is when Tota who has tapped into great power by accident draws it back within him so he can fight with his own strength showing his great inner strength. This guy is going to be strong just like his grandfather Negi and is able to overcome his own weaknesses in little time.
April 2, 2019
Karin and Kuromaru's backstories get filled in a little bit and the bond between the characters gets stronger. I love the inspirational training scenes and the return of Magia Erebea. This volume both breaks away from Negima and connects to it in unexpected ways. Plus, the fight scenes, while overly long, are fraught with emotional weight.
May 16, 2020
Tota and Kuromaru get pushed to the brink by fresh attacks on the poor areas of the capitol they've been sent out to defend.
Tota in particular seems to level up a couple times in this one, applying things we've seen in new ways and demonstrating an entirely new power...
Tota in particular seems to level up a couple times in this one, applying things we've seen in new ways and demonstrating an entirely new power...
June 10, 2023
The secret to good manga is likeable characters. Even some of the bad guys are likeable in this manga. It has a nice mix of humor, adventure and perhaps romance. And the worst people are ultra rich. It's right in my wheelhouse!
November 9, 2018
This is freaking hilarious and I really love all the characters. They're all unique and have really interesting personalities.
May 16, 2019
Nothing but action! Lots of immortals getting beaten up, powering up, coming back for more, etc.
February 14, 2016
I totally had forgotten about this series, but when I was checking my shelves I noticed this one and immediately ordered 3 and 4.
Volume 3 is full with action. There wasn't much talking, most of the volume was spend on battles between various characters. Most notably though were the battles between Touta and Kaito. The battles were interested, but they got a bit boring. I was actually hoping that we would get some more flashbacks, more information as to what happened to Negi, what happened to the world.
Sure, we got some flashbacks, and my oh my, Negi looked hot! I never really liked how he looked in the first series, but I don't mind seeing this Negi more often. He really looks like his dad.
I can't wait to see what will happen in Volume 4, hopefully some more past and history stuff. Maybe some more hot Negi images. *hopes*
The illustrations are still gorgeous and Ken Akamatsu shows that even though years went by since his first manga, he can still draw. He even got better at it. :)
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Volume 3 is full with action. There wasn't much talking, most of the volume was spend on battles between various characters. Most notably though were the battles between Touta and Kaito. The battles were interested, but they got a bit boring. I was actually hoping that we would get some more flashbacks, more information as to what happened to Negi, what happened to the world.
Sure, we got some flashbacks, and my oh my, Negi looked hot! I never really liked how he looked in the first series, but I don't mind seeing this Negi more often. He really looks like his dad.
I can't wait to see what will happen in Volume 4, hopefully some more past and history stuff. Maybe some more hot Negi images. *hopes*
The illustrations are still gorgeous and Ken Akamatsu shows that even though years went by since his first manga, he can still draw. He even got better at it. :)
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
January 23, 2015
This volume was all over the place for me. I wasn't liking it, then I thought I was, then I wasn't, then the ending had me hooked and the finish was fantastic. My main problem I guess is I don't like either of the two main characters, Tota or Kura. I do however like the other lesser characters and Karin was given a good amount of page time this volume. This volume is battle intensive and the art always gets really messy in these parts, which make it hard to really see what's going on. The ending was exciting though with the re-appearance of a past character and three new characters, who look totally amazing! We'll see where things go next volume.
January 16, 2018
Definitely NOT for the kiddies, but not a bad story.
October 19, 2015
Really well-detailed action scenes.
Some cool revelations about the characters.
Karin really steals the show with
Some cool revelations about the characters.
Karin really steals the show with
May 6, 2016
This volume is full of action there are a lot of fights and we are able to see the growth of Tota and his friends.
May 8, 2017
3ème tome de UQ Holder, la première vraie mission de Tôta qui apprend vite le combat, c'est un peu comme un jeu pour lui. Plus de combat que Love Hina. Jamais lu Negi Ma !
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