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Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic #22
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Vol. 22
A summit involving the major powers of the world is about to begin in Sindria. Despite the looming threats to everyone, each country maneuvers and plots in its own self-interest. The burgeoning Kou Empire brings an unexpected ally to the table, and several Magi including Aladdin are also in attendance. Aladdin has an important story to tell—the tale of the lost world known as Alma Tran!
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 18, 2014
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Shinobu Ohtaka
233 books265 followersShinobu Ohtaka (大高 忍, born May 9, 1983 Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for the creation of the manga series Sumomomo Momomo and more recently, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic.
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September 26, 2017
خیلی عظیمه!!!
نویسنده به طور قطع اونقدر دربارهی یه سری مسائل مطالعه کرده که...
واقعا نمیدونم چی بگم!
فقط نیاز دارم ادامرو بخونم. این درسته که چیزایی داخل مجموعه ی ماگی هست که با تعالیم ما متفاوته و چیزایی هست که دقیقا میتونیم درک کنیم!
اما... به طور قطع این چیزیه که هنوز نمیتونم به طور کامل درموردش نظر بدم. گمونم جزو اولین ریویوهایی باشه که مینویسم. ولی واقعا نیاز داشتم این حجم از انرژی ای که این نوشته ها و تصاویر بهم انتقال دادن رو یه جایی مصرف کنم. کاملاً داغ کردم! این داستان اساسی ترین چیزهارو بررسی میکنه! و به عنوان یک داستان فانتزی عظیم... پیشنهاد میکنم همه امتحانش کنید. شاید به نظر مسخره بیاد... ولی مطمئنم هیجان رو کاملا وارد میکنه. این حداقل تاثیریه که این مجموعه میذاره.
نویسنده به طور قطع اونقدر دربارهی یه سری مسائل مطالعه کرده که...
واقعا نمیدونم چی بگم!
فقط نیاز دارم ادامرو بخونم. این درسته که چیزایی داخل مجموعه ی ماگی هست که با تعالیم ما متفاوته و چیزایی هست که دقیقا میتونیم درک کنیم!
اما... به طور قطع این چیزیه که هنوز نمیتونم به طور کامل درموردش نظر بدم. گمونم جزو اولین ریویوهایی باشه که مینویسم. ولی واقعا نیاز داشتم این حجم از انرژی ای که این نوشته ها و تصاویر بهم انتقال دادن رو یه جایی مصرف کنم. کاملاً داغ کردم! این داستان اساسی ترین چیزهارو بررسی میکنه! و به عنوان یک داستان فانتزی عظیم... پیشنهاد میکنم همه امتحانش کنید. شاید به نظر مسخره بیاد... ولی مطمئنم هیجان رو کاملا وارد میکنه. این حداقل تاثیریه که این مجموعه میذاره.
April 20, 2018
So much philosophy and political science stuff. This is not the kind of thing I'd expect from a shounen manga, but Ohtaka is pulling it off quite well.
July 19, 2019
World building was nice!
World: The art is starting to lose me. At first, I found the art and line work simple and refreshing but now it’s really messy and the characters have really weird proportion and eyes are weird in the way they emote. The world building here is solid, it’s a lot of backstory which I love and the ideas that this book throws about the world is interesting. It’s not entirely original but it’s interesting and makes the story more intriguing for me.
Story: The story starts off rather slow with Alibaba with the prince and also the conference, it does meander a bit and is trying to find the tension and the pace. However once the story starts with the history and lore that’s when I’m engaged. There are a lot of answers here that have been up in the air since the start of the series. I felt that the series lost focus after meeting Sinbad and the dungeons and the adventure went out the window with all this crazy insane magic without rules coming into play and the empire and the conflict. We get it here, we get some answers but honestly it’s still a lot of magic has no rules that’s defined here and while some answers are made clear, some new questions are up in the air.
Characters: The characters are alright. It’s a slower arc and I was hoping for more development but it was not really that slow, it was a lot of posturing and some weird logic going on at Balbadd that meandered and was kinda nonsense making Alibaba’s story lost in the story. There is little with the princess but not much also. I’ve always not been a fan of Sinbad and this arc furthers my reason for not liking him as a character, I don’t understand why this character suppose to be appealing.
It was okay, the world building was good, but the other stuff was not.
Onward to the next book!
World: The art is starting to lose me. At first, I found the art and line work simple and refreshing but now it’s really messy and the characters have really weird proportion and eyes are weird in the way they emote. The world building here is solid, it’s a lot of backstory which I love and the ideas that this book throws about the world is interesting. It’s not entirely original but it’s interesting and makes the story more intriguing for me.
Story: The story starts off rather slow with Alibaba with the prince and also the conference, it does meander a bit and is trying to find the tension and the pace. However once the story starts with the history and lore that’s when I’m engaged. There are a lot of answers here that have been up in the air since the start of the series. I felt that the series lost focus after meeting Sinbad and the dungeons and the adventure went out the window with all this crazy insane magic without rules coming into play and the empire and the conflict. We get it here, we get some answers but honestly it’s still a lot of magic has no rules that’s defined here and while some answers are made clear, some new questions are up in the air.
Characters: The characters are alright. It’s a slower arc and I was hoping for more development but it was not really that slow, it was a lot of posturing and some weird logic going on at Balbadd that meandered and was kinda nonsense making Alibaba’s story lost in the story. There is little with the princess but not much also. I’ve always not been a fan of Sinbad and this arc furthers my reason for not liking him as a character, I don’t understand why this character suppose to be appealing.
It was okay, the world building was good, but the other stuff was not.
Onward to the next book!
December 9, 2017
In this volume, we get the start of the origin story, not of the world our heroes inhabit, but that of the world of Alma Tran. There are some interesting ideas, but they get a bit lost in the telling, and unfortunately, this part of the story just doesn't hold up. At least not so far. I still enjoy this series, but this is a weird turn that takes us down the rabbit hole to a place I'm not sure the story needed to go.
Oh, and who's on the cover? Once again, we get volumes where we don't know the character on the cover until like 3/4 through the volume. Fun fun.
Oh, and who's on the cover? Once again, we get volumes where we don't know the character on the cover until like 3/4 through the volume. Fun fun.
September 9, 2015
A review for books 1- 26
This Manga starts our humorous. I really enjoyed the characters at the beginning. The farther you read the deeper the plots become. Enjoyable at the beginning, and a must read for the later books. I can NOT wait for books 27 + Characters are real and raw. Everyone has there faults and I feel the author/artist dose a wonderful job of bringing everyones points of view, twisted though they might be, in to clear focus.
(note: I wouldn't recommend this manga for young teens. I fine the sexual innuendos pretty funny as an adult, but not really appropriate for younger audiences. Also the plot gets pretty dark at times. )
I read the English translation on KissManga.com
This Manga starts our humorous. I really enjoyed the characters at the beginning. The farther you read the deeper the plots become. Enjoyable at the beginning, and a must read for the later books. I can NOT wait for books 27 + Characters are real and raw. Everyone has there faults and I feel the author/artist dose a wonderful job of bringing everyones points of view, twisted though they might be, in to clear focus.
(note: I wouldn't recommend this manga for young teens. I fine the sexual innuendos pretty funny as an adult, but not really appropriate for younger audiences. Also the plot gets pretty dark at times. )
I read the English translation on KissManga.com
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September 21, 2014It's too bad that people seemed to hate the flashback arc - Shinobu-sensei ended up having to rush the last few chapters (which were really good and deserved better pacing) because of low ratings for it. I however, really enjoyed seeing Alma Toran, and have really loved the cast in it, especially Sheba and Ugo. Oh well. I can't deny I am thrilled to be getting back to Aladdin and the others again, though. Still I can't wait to see this animated (if in fact they do plan on doing a third season).
September 26, 2020
5/5 Stars (%89/100)
A LOT happens in one volume. The summit finally happens and Alibaba needs to decide whether to side with Sindria or Kou Empire. He also realizes that being a king does not mean only having power. He is still young and needs to learn about many things. Meanwhile, Aladdin returns and explains the history of Al-Thoran and King Solomon. This book ends with a major cliffhanger and I'm actually excited to read the next volume.
A LOT happens in one volume. The summit finally happens and Alibaba needs to decide whether to side with Sindria or Kou Empire. He also realizes that being a king does not mean only having power. He is still young and needs to learn about many things. Meanwhile, Aladdin returns and explains the history of Al-Thoran and King Solomon. This book ends with a major cliffhanger and I'm actually excited to read the next volume.
September 26, 2014
King Solomon is hot. <3
September 8, 2014
I love this book soooo much!!!! I cant wait till the next volume comes out!!
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April 17, 2016Every time I saw Solomon fanart on my friend's tab before this volume I used to think it was some kind of time-skip-puberty-strikes-again Aladdin oh my god
January 1, 2021
This may actually be my favorite volume so far.
October 31, 2023
- Nach einer langen Zeit habe ich diese Reihe wieder angefangen, weiter zu lesen und ich frage mich nur wie ich damals nicht weiter lesen konnte?
- Es ist super spannend und das Ende finde ich war schon echt traurig aber auch ein kleines bisschen verwirrend, da ich nicht wusste in welcher Reihenfolge die Ereignisse passiert sind.
- Und es gibt in diesem Teil so starke Philosophische Aspekte die ich echt gut finde und die einen auch zum nachdenken anregen.
- Und ich hätte nicht gedacht das ich relativ gut wieder in die Story reingekommen würde. (Habe Band 21 vor 2 Jahren gelesen).
- Es ist super spannend und das Ende finde ich war schon echt traurig aber auch ein kleines bisschen verwirrend, da ich nicht wusste in welcher Reihenfolge die Ereignisse passiert sind.
- Und es gibt in diesem Teil so starke Philosophische Aspekte die ich echt gut finde und die einen auch zum nachdenken anregen.
- Und ich hätte nicht gedacht das ich relativ gut wieder in die Story reingekommen würde. (Habe Band 21 vor 2 Jahren gelesen).
September 9, 2017
The art remains gorgeous and a lot of character's true intentions are revealed, but this was such a talking-heads/exposition volume that I wasn't able to enjoy it as much. I like the humor and the action, and both were severely lacking.
That said, we finally get to learn the true origins of Solomon, Hugo, and the rest of the vessels. So it's good for learning things, not so good for getting into the story.
That said, we finally get to learn the true origins of Solomon, Hugo, and the rest of the vessels. So it's good for learning things, not so good for getting into the story.
May 1, 2020
I'm aware that not everyone is fond of past arcs. But, be it novels or manga, I've always enjoyed the parts of the story where you go back in to time to know the tales of a meaningful ancestor or ruler of the eras gone by, and see how it affects the events of today in the main plotline.
Overall the story has kept me hooked on it so far.
P.S. Momo deserves all the love.
Overall the story has kept me hooked on it so far.
P.S. Momo deserves all the love.
March 10, 2022
A flashback arc has begun and it was really enlightening to the current world and the names that have been involved throughout the series without any real backstory.
I feel I put this after every review if Magi but I'm so Darn curious about what's to come!
I feel I put this after every review if Magi but I'm so Darn curious about what's to come!
November 7, 2025
Disclaimer: I watched the anime and needed to read the manga as I loved this story. Unfortunately, I binged every volume back to back each moment I was free so its hard to distinguish what happened in each volume.
4 stars, I am loving it.
4 stars, I am loving it.
May 28, 2017
i cannot seem to get back into this series as much as i'd like
May 29, 2017
Learning about the other worlds! And that the vessel owners were once in charge of eradication all those beings!
June 7, 2017
Absolutely loved this flashback.
January 2, 2018
Good volume.
April 16, 2018
A new story arc that shows what really happened in Ama Tran!
October 5, 2018
I cannot get enough of this Manga!
October 14, 2018
I really love the complexity of the politics in this world. there’s no right and wrong, there’s just choices and many consequences.
March 9, 2019
Keskekoi
Il me faut la suite 🙃
Il me faut la suite 🙃
August 29, 2019
Empezamos a tener las respuestas de la verdad del pasado y ese otro mundo. Interesante en muchos aspectos, aunque se repite un poco en algunos temas.
January 14, 2020
Bem melhor que o volume passado! Tenho a sensação que este vai ser um dos meus arcos favoritos! Desde o início que quero saber mais sobre Alma Toran! Ansioso pelo próximo volume!
3.5/5 estrelas
3.5/5 estrelas
January 23, 2020
Another awesome intense volume of Magi! Omg one of the best adventure series ever 😻😤📖💕💕
April 5, 2020
(Aviso: lectura hecha en ejemplar en español, publicado en México. La presente nota se modificará cuando se dé de alta en GR la edición correspondiente).
March 28, 2021
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