What if scientists discovered that mythical creatures like mermaids, dragons and werewolves actually do exist? Better yet, what if any kid could raise them and train them to play the ultimate role-playing game? Welcome to the world of "Legendz," where master trainer Ken Kazaki and his loyal Wind Dragon are about to turn fantasy into reality
The final volume concludes with a lot of emotion and loads of high stakes battle scenes. All four elements (earth, wind, water & fire) have been assigned to a specific child and as the saga of that element they can combat with their legendz along with the special powers they have received from this "evolution". Sibling and friend relationships are explored, the plot deals with sacrifice and the series comes to a satisfying conclusion. All somewhat rushed, it's a fast-paced series that is over all too quickly in four volumes but it was an enjoyable read and perfect for this age group. Kids wanting to read real manga, but parents having a hard time finding something suitable that doesn't have the frequent sexual innuendo of most T rated series will find perfectly clean and fun. Viz is making a lot of it's backlist available digitally and this would be great to see available again for this age range. It also would make a nice 4-in-1 omnibus edition. But for now, it's out of print and you'll have to seek the library or secondhand market.
While I still prefer the Anime as in the Anime the Legendz had more personality while in the manga most of them do not even have a personality also it does bother me that in the final battle it ends in like a few panels and it basically becomes the main character does everything even though they built up this team idea. But the artwork was good and I am still a sucker for Boy and his supernatural creature type stories especially if its a dragon.