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Tandis que le monde s'avance vers l'extinction par l'entremise des pouvoirs du Palais sacré, Aladin et Ali Baba résistent au destin.
Dans le Palais sacré, David et Sindbad se livrent un combat acharné. Le désespoir et l'espoir se croisent, le récit s'apprête à s'achever ! Leur avenir est au-delà de toute imagination ?! L'aventure des magiciens créateurs du monde et de toutes les personnes qui les entourent touche à sa fin !
Tandis que le monde s'avance vers l'extinction par l'entremise des pouvoirs du Palais sacré, Aladin et Ali Baba résistent au destin.
Dans le Palais sacré, David et Sindbad se livrent un combat acharné. Le désespoir et l'espoir se croisent, le récit s'apprête à s'achever ! Leur avenir est au-delà de toute imagination ?! L'aventure des magiciens créateurs du monde et de toutes les personnes qui les entourent touche à sa fin !
192 pages, Paperback
First published November 17, 2017
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Shinobu Ohtaka
234 books268 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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October 12, 2017
And after I read all those volumes, I don't like this. It lost the charm that it had at the beginning as often happens with manga. If I feel like it's the same series in the end as it was in it's beginning, I know the stuff is good. This... it lost everything it had at the beginning and turned quite boring turning to stuff about destiny, dreams, world peace and all those important issues with the sense of urgency: I have to put the most of these ideas in these last chapters. Also, this action with great (extreme) magic and all those flashs and the "we will do it together" was the usual stuff of shonen genre. And it's boring to me. It's like when you wach a fight and in some moment don't know anymore who is wining because you are in the back seat and must believe what others are telling you is happening. Chaotic, best way to describe the end of this manga.
October 9, 2018
Not sure about real spoilers but feel alert and don’t read if you haven’t finiahed it yet because it’s a small personal review about Magi.
Those 4/5 stars is how I feel about the whole story.
I don‘t know how I should put it but first I watched the anime and was blown away from it. Then I watched sinbad spin-off and didn‘t want to wait a lifetime when the anime continues some day so I started reading the manga. I really enjoyed the beginning up until this stuff with solomon and so on. For my taste it was way to long and confusing. The stuff with Judar and Hakuryuu I kind of liked but also was confused by it. Those teo are some of my faves in this serie.
But then the whole stuff with years later and sinbad and his god stuff and so on made not always sense to me and annoyed me kind of. It was nothing like how it actually started and was a bit to long and lots of blabla. When Alibaba was starting his company and helping kou I was totally fine with that but when Sinbad entered this palace I was like what the actual fuck... I don‘t really get the direction Shinobu Ohtaka was going with that story. But well the part when the 4 fought against him in the palace I was hyped again. Final fight was also a bit strange... but well the final chapter with after two months was a bit short for me... like there should be something more like this as an afterlife :/
All in all I was really entertained by this series and enjoyed this universe. I will also continue with sinbad stories because I wanna know how he became the man he was in Magi.
Also I had like the feeling some characters didn‘t got a big chance for the reader to get to know them really. Also wanna know Judar‘s real name.
I have to let the story sink in and to think about :)
Those 4/5 stars is how I feel about the whole story.
I don‘t know how I should put it but first I watched the anime and was blown away from it. Then I watched sinbad spin-off and didn‘t want to wait a lifetime when the anime continues some day so I started reading the manga. I really enjoyed the beginning up until this stuff with solomon and so on. For my taste it was way to long and confusing. The stuff with Judar and Hakuryuu I kind of liked but also was confused by it. Those teo are some of my faves in this serie.
But then the whole stuff with years later and sinbad and his god stuff and so on made not always sense to me and annoyed me kind of. It was nothing like how it actually started and was a bit to long and lots of blabla. When Alibaba was starting his company and helping kou I was totally fine with that but when Sinbad entered this palace I was like what the actual fuck... I don‘t really get the direction Shinobu Ohtaka was going with that story. But well the part when the 4 fought against him in the palace I was hyped again. Final fight was also a bit strange... but well the final chapter with after two months was a bit short for me... like there should be something more like this as an afterlife :/
All in all I was really entertained by this series and enjoyed this universe. I will also continue with sinbad stories because I wanna know how he became the man he was in Magi.
Also I had like the feeling some characters didn‘t got a big chance for the reader to get to know them really. Also wanna know Judar‘s real name.
I have to let the story sink in and to think about :)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 1, 2021
And so, after a year of reading, it's finally over. What a series. This took a spot in my 3 favorite manga of all time. And the ending felt really fitting in a "everything comes full circle" sort of way. Whatever everyone else says, I feel like the series held true to the message and story it had from the very first arc. And ended in a spectacular way. Sometimes the "Friends we made along the way" ending can be cliche, but here I think it really fit.
January 26, 2026
after a very long deliberation and having doubts day and night, coming from a person who has read this series 3 times in a lifetime, I've finally come to a conclusion of rating Magi : The Labyrinth of Magic, with 3/5.
*tears* i know. i did say that this series was one of the pioneers of being one of my favourite series ever, and regardless of all of its flaws, I will still consider it one. I literally grew with this series, well at least, in my adolescent years. This review will be my final step, i guess, of actually critically reviewing a series dear to my heart.
first of all, i definitely still think this series seriously has one of the best concepts of any shounen I've ever come across, at least until now in my opinion. This series is heavily inspired by the 1001 Arabian nights story and has a lot of aspects that are clearly inspired by Arabic culture.
the good stuff (read this if you're interested to read/watch magi!) :
- the characters, and the diverse designs, races, and personalities!
- world building is very interesting
- djinns, metal vessels, household vessels, and so on, basically how power works in this world is, to me, very interesting and overall wild, to be honest. the designs of the weapons, and the djinn equips are ALL SO COOL
- plot wise, a lot of arcs was to me was very good and well written
- this story gets real dark starting in the middle of the series so be aware, it does starts off very vanilla and family-friendly, but once we get into the deep, real stuff of the world of Magi, the philosophy about life, class (the rich and poor business), war, different perspective in ruling, conspiricies about god (i made it bold because it's something i'd like to talk about in detail) i just think it's a very different take in shounen especially at that time, and I LOVE IT
- IT IS HELLA FUNNY. LIKE, INCURABLY FUNNY. I LAUGH SO MUCH WHEN I READ THE SERIES. THE COMEDIC PLACEMENTS ARE GENIUS, ISTG
- the art style overall can be very simple, but when it gets shit done, the art looks really good and detailed. sometimes even scary, in terms of the use of expressions in the characters.
- the relationship between characters even if they want to kill each other or care for each other just makes your heart feel warm
- lots of emotional stuff that actually made me tear up and just scream "wholesome!" through the pages.
now, lemme just rant about stuff i just find, regretful about this series :
reminder, ALL of these are spoilers, so just be aware ;)
1. Problems with pacing
you'd think i'd start with the last arc, huh? lol nope, not yet. I want to talk about the pacing first. i think that Ohtaka-sensei has a knack of preparing us for climatic scenes in an arc and when it's gettting so good, then the chapter just cuts (not literally) and then, 6 months later. 2 years later. a month later. listen, I have no qualms of time skips, it does make it interesting how we'd look at the characters and find change in attitude, skill, and all that stuff after the years. BUT, it's a bit sad that the story really doesn't provide extra content for readers to get to know what the characters have been doing prior to timeskip rather than just explain it through the narrator, or sometimes in the omake. I think it would've been better to include them as fillers in the story even if it's a little boring to some, but at least it will give contents so readers can get attached to the character, can understand their drive in the story more, and so on.
other than timeskips, I just think that pacing between arcs are just a little bit eh and wasteful and would've been better if it's longer and has more fillers before preparing for the next big arc. We didn't get context on what Alibaba has done in Reim aside from the narration of him practicing with the Fanalis corps, no context to Morgiana and Yunan's adventure in the Great Rift, NO EXPLANATIONS at all behind Hakuryuu and Judar on the time where they've been gone in the story to their next appearance before overtaking the Kou Empire, and many others that are just sad that they've never been explored more in the main storyline.
2. Waste of Character Depth
Alibaba is by far my favourite character in this series. cliche? sure, whatever. but legit, he's an amazing character, alright. BUT. again, he is somewhat underrated in terms of role and exposure in the story itself. The last arc basically rushed his character arc (well, the whole cast's realization of Alibaba too anyways were just rushed like it wasn't crucial at all) and made him the centre of the arc and then abolishes it, not that he went rouge or anything, but just unimportant. He just feels unimportant to me the way I see it in the story, even until the end, or maybe that's the story telling's fault. i don't know.
Judar and Hakuryuu too. Lack of character depth. I like them both, obviously, and also detest them too, but we've never really gotten more reason as to why. Judar's past were only shows through Solomon's Wisdom and that was like, what, 1-2 pages? and Hakuryuu sure got a whole sub-arc for himself, but after the clash between him, Judar and Aladdin and Alibaba? Why did the author never gave more details on what he has done, what therapy he has gone through to realize his mistakes and all of that?
Only Aladdin got, like, subpar proper character depth that is memorable. and maybe Sinbad, but the guy got a whole spin-off for himself so it's understandable.
other than that, everybody got decent-ish character depth, and I don't have a specific issue with any of them.
3. Questions. QUESTIONS.
-there are so many questions to why the author decided to just end it like that. was it forced? was that ending the best that they came up with or is there an issue with the serialization that they has to realize it rushed and be done with it after that? like, what's up?
- wtf happen to my ships in the end? hello? Aladdin and Kogyouku potential? Sharrkan and Yamuraiha? Spartos and maybe Pisti? what happens to Sinbad and what will happen?
4. THE LAST ARC (+ THE ENDING)
this is gonna be ... long.
overall, it wasn't technically a bad arc. was it the worst for me? no. was it subpar? yes. it was disappointing, definitely. After the first to the death against the edge-lords, I cannot believe they just skipped right ahead to a TIME SKIP. a goddamn time skip. for a final arc. unbelievable. from there, I already felt hesitant because I was so scared they would butcher it.
well, they kinda did. Not that I completely hate it, the ending was,... ok, but really, every fandom must feel this especially if you're a long time fan. It wasn't as good as my expectations and it could've been 10x better.
the whole arc felt like a fever dream. not only it is less that 100 chapters, for a FINAL ARC, it was rushed until the end. dialogues were rushed, the fight was ok but really it's more than anything, a talk no jutsu fest. Alibaba coming back made everything messy for Sinbad and that whole part of the arc was entertaining because finally we can see Sinbad go bat shit crazy and my boy Alibaba Saluja was thriving. The whole concept of the arc and how it can be written on paper really is lit and amazing, but the execution is ... questionable. A final arc should at least have +30 chapters, no? I mean, for certain genres or stories it doesn't have, too, of course .. but considering magi and how the story had developed until now, it should have been longer than this. And that's just one thing.
the final chapter was in anyways, weird. the previous chapter, we got this whole chaotic chapter where everything was reaching a climax, and then the chapter just ends. and then, TIME SKIP. A FREAKING. TIME SKIP. AGAIN. WHY. no explanations, just a small heartfelt chapter that makes no sense compared to the last one, where it's just Alibaba cruising to the 'new world' being all depressed because they postponed his wedding with Morgiana. What happened after the whole Magi and Djinn, King vessels are gone? The chapter only showed Drakon where he got his real human form back (he looks good btw but wbk) and all of the other characters doing their business, but it was so short it felt like a fever dream.
everything about the final arc felt like a messy fever dream.
i don't know how to explain it in a better way without getting mad myself.
on a final note, this final manga volume looks adorable and really makes me happy that at least it showcases all of the characters in the cover.
*tears* i know. i did say that this series was one of the pioneers of being one of my favourite series ever, and regardless of all of its flaws, I will still consider it one. I literally grew with this series, well at least, in my adolescent years. This review will be my final step, i guess, of actually critically reviewing a series dear to my heart.
first of all, i definitely still think this series seriously has one of the best concepts of any shounen I've ever come across, at least until now in my opinion. This series is heavily inspired by the 1001 Arabian nights story and has a lot of aspects that are clearly inspired by Arabic culture.
the good stuff (read this if you're interested to read/watch magi!) :
- the characters, and the diverse designs, races, and personalities!
- world building is very interesting
- djinns, metal vessels, household vessels, and so on, basically how power works in this world is, to me, very interesting and overall wild, to be honest. the designs of the weapons, and the djinn equips are ALL SO COOL
- plot wise, a lot of arcs was to me was very good and well written
- this story gets real dark starting in the middle of the series so be aware, it does starts off very vanilla and family-friendly, but once we get into the deep, real stuff of the world of Magi, the philosophy about life, class (the rich and poor business), war, different perspective in ruling, conspiricies about god (i made it bold because it's something i'd like to talk about in detail) i just think it's a very different take in shounen especially at that time, and I LOVE IT
- IT IS HELLA FUNNY. LIKE, INCURABLY FUNNY. I LAUGH SO MUCH WHEN I READ THE SERIES. THE COMEDIC PLACEMENTS ARE GENIUS, ISTG
- the art style overall can be very simple, but when it gets shit done, the art looks really good and detailed. sometimes even scary, in terms of the use of expressions in the characters.
- the relationship between characters even if they want to kill each other or care for each other just makes your heart feel warm
- lots of emotional stuff that actually made me tear up and just scream "wholesome!" through the pages.
now, lemme just rant about stuff i just find, regretful about this series :
reminder, ALL of these are spoilers, so just be aware ;)
1. Problems with pacing
you'd think i'd start with the last arc, huh? lol nope, not yet. I want to talk about the pacing first. i think that Ohtaka-sensei has a knack of preparing us for climatic scenes in an arc and when it's gettting so good, then the chapter just cuts (not literally) and then, 6 months later. 2 years later. a month later. listen, I have no qualms of time skips, it does make it interesting how we'd look at the characters and find change in attitude, skill, and all that stuff after the years. BUT, it's a bit sad that the story really doesn't provide extra content for readers to get to know what the characters have been doing prior to timeskip rather than just explain it through the narrator, or sometimes in the omake. I think it would've been better to include them as fillers in the story even if it's a little boring to some, but at least it will give contents so readers can get attached to the character, can understand their drive in the story more, and so on.
other than timeskips, I just think that pacing between arcs are just a little bit eh and wasteful and would've been better if it's longer and has more fillers before preparing for the next big arc. We didn't get context on what Alibaba has done in Reim aside from the narration of him practicing with the Fanalis corps, no context to Morgiana and Yunan's adventure in the Great Rift, NO EXPLANATIONS at all behind Hakuryuu and Judar on the time where they've been gone in the story to their next appearance before overtaking the Kou Empire, and many others that are just sad that they've never been explored more in the main storyline.
2. Waste of Character Depth
Alibaba is by far my favourite character in this series. cliche? sure, whatever. but legit, he's an amazing character, alright. BUT. again, he is somewhat underrated in terms of role and exposure in the story itself. The last arc basically rushed his character arc (well, the whole cast's realization of Alibaba too anyways were just rushed like it wasn't crucial at all) and made him the centre of the arc and then abolishes it, not that he went rouge or anything, but just unimportant. He just feels unimportant to me the way I see it in the story, even until the end, or maybe that's the story telling's fault. i don't know.
Judar and Hakuryuu too. Lack of character depth. I like them both, obviously, and also detest them too, but we've never really gotten more reason as to why. Judar's past were only shows through Solomon's Wisdom and that was like, what, 1-2 pages? and Hakuryuu sure got a whole sub-arc for himself, but after the clash between him, Judar and Aladdin and Alibaba? Why did the author never gave more details on what he has done, what therapy he has gone through to realize his mistakes and all of that?
Only Aladdin got, like, subpar proper character depth that is memorable. and maybe Sinbad, but the guy got a whole spin-off for himself so it's understandable.
other than that, everybody got decent-ish character depth, and I don't have a specific issue with any of them.
3. Questions. QUESTIONS.
-there are so many questions to why the author decided to just end it like that. was it forced? was that ending the best that they came up with or is there an issue with the serialization that they has to realize it rushed and be done with it after that? like, what's up?
- wtf happen to my ships in the end? hello? Aladdin and Kogyouku potential? Sharrkan and Yamuraiha? Spartos and maybe Pisti? what happens to Sinbad and what will happen?
4. THE LAST ARC (+ THE ENDING)
this is gonna be ... long.
overall, it wasn't technically a bad arc. was it the worst for me? no. was it subpar? yes. it was disappointing, definitely. After the first to the death against the edge-lords, I cannot believe they just skipped right ahead to a TIME SKIP. a goddamn time skip. for a final arc. unbelievable. from there, I already felt hesitant because I was so scared they would butcher it.
well, they kinda did. Not that I completely hate it, the ending was,... ok, but really, every fandom must feel this especially if you're a long time fan. It wasn't as good as my expectations and it could've been 10x better.
the whole arc felt like a fever dream. not only it is less that 100 chapters, for a FINAL ARC, it was rushed until the end. dialogues were rushed, the fight was ok but really it's more than anything, a talk no jutsu fest. Alibaba coming back made everything messy for Sinbad and that whole part of the arc was entertaining because finally we can see Sinbad go bat shit crazy and my boy Alibaba Saluja was thriving. The whole concept of the arc and how it can be written on paper really is lit and amazing, but the execution is ... questionable. A final arc should at least have +30 chapters, no? I mean, for certain genres or stories it doesn't have, too, of course .. but considering magi and how the story had developed until now, it should have been longer than this. And that's just one thing.
the final chapter was in anyways, weird. the previous chapter, we got this whole chaotic chapter where everything was reaching a climax, and then the chapter just ends. and then, TIME SKIP. A FREAKING. TIME SKIP. AGAIN. WHY. no explanations, just a small heartfelt chapter that makes no sense compared to the last one, where it's just Alibaba cruising to the 'new world' being all depressed because they postponed his wedding with Morgiana. What happened after the whole Magi and Djinn, King vessels are gone? The chapter only showed Drakon where he got his real human form back (he looks good btw but wbk) and all of the other characters doing their business, but it was so short it felt like a fever dream.
everything about the final arc felt like a messy fever dream.
i don't know how to explain it in a better way without getting mad myself.
on a final note, this final manga volume looks adorable and really makes me happy that at least it showcases all of the characters in the cover.
August 21, 2018
Nothing special
March 26, 2025
ieri sera ho concluso la lettura...
mi mancano, è stato un viaggio spettacolare, stupendo, non ho niente da dire
mi mancano, è stato un viaggio spettacolare, stupendo, non ho niente da dire
December 28, 2020
1/5 Star (%15/100)
Exactly what I was expecting and this sucks hard. I know I said I didn't have any hopes for the ending but this is worse than I expected. The author combined all cliche shounen elements into one volume: the power of friendship, the characters appearing out of nowhere to save the day, talk no jutsu, an overpowered protagonist who is saved by the plot armor all the time (Alibaba), happy ending that makes no sense and couple others.
I really liked the anime (both Magi and Sinbad no Bouken) and also the first couple of chapters of the manga. The last couple of volumes were total mess. It was total chaos with no one understanding what is going on. I am very sad how this series turned out because I really liked it in the beginning. Well, now I don't want people to animate the series. I can remember the good scenes in the anime and that's it. 37 volume series is considered long and I probably would not suggest to anyone. If you are still curious go watch the anime and don't touch the manga. I am surprised to say this but it is the truth. People who give 4 or 5 stars to last couple of chapters must have read something entirely different! I'm very disappointed Magi!
Exactly what I was expecting and this sucks hard. I know I said I didn't have any hopes for the ending but this is worse than I expected. The author combined all cliche shounen elements into one volume: the power of friendship, the characters appearing out of nowhere to save the day, talk no jutsu, an overpowered protagonist who is saved by the plot armor all the time (Alibaba), happy ending that makes no sense and couple others.
I really liked the anime (both Magi and Sinbad no Bouken) and also the first couple of chapters of the manga. The last couple of volumes were total mess. It was total chaos with no one understanding what is going on. I am very sad how this series turned out because I really liked it in the beginning. Well, now I don't want people to animate the series. I can remember the good scenes in the anime and that's it. 37 volume series is considered long and I probably would not suggest to anyone. If you are still curious go watch the anime and don't touch the manga. I am surprised to say this but it is the truth. People who give 4 or 5 stars to last couple of chapters must have read something entirely different! I'm very disappointed Magi!
January 27, 2026
Siento como si hubiese sido iluminada por el dios del arte tras releer este manga
(No me acordaba de NADA del arco final)
(No me acordaba de NADA del arco final)
October 31, 2022
This is an overall rating of the whole series.
Honestly I also fell in love with the anime and wanted to see if there was anything else to the rest of the story and gladly there was. The beginning was amazing up until it started reaching the point of dreams, fate, gods and other dimensions it just started getting a little to complicated and jumbled to say. There were some good parts but if you ask me to sum up everything after the ku arc I would do a very shit job.
Yet this still has a good place in my heart and is worth the read.
Honestly I also fell in love with the anime and wanted to see if there was anything else to the rest of the story and gladly there was. The beginning was amazing up until it started reaching the point of dreams, fate, gods and other dimensions it just started getting a little to complicated and jumbled to say. There were some good parts but if you ask me to sum up everything after the ku arc I would do a very shit job.
Yet this still has a good place in my heart and is worth the read.
March 27, 2020
Another awesome intense volume of Magi! Omg one of the best adventure series ever 😻😤📖💕💕
February 2, 2019
Eine lange und sehr tolle Reihe geht zu Ende. Wirklich schade. Die Idee und die Konflikte waren trotz Fantasie so real. Toll gemacht! Eine klasse Reihe, die ich jedem empfehlen würde der Auf Abenteuer und Fantasie steht aber auch der Erforschung des Sinn des Lebens nicht abgeneigt ist.
May 16, 2022
I love this series so much. The characters are wonderful, the plot is intriguing and the art is beautiful. I wish there was more wedding and post war scenes. But I am happy with the conclusion. Jus wondering where a certain someone is…
August 25, 2018
It's hard for me to give magi bad score even tho The final arc is so abrupt and messy. So let's talk about why I PUT THIS IN MY BIAS LIST
-I love the trio, I feel Aladdin is the most fun clear headed character I've ever seen, without fog in his head that shouting kindness in any way. And oh Alibaba my cunning bullied boi, my husbando even not the most dazzling man in manga, His character, hw he accept failure and how he refuse to accept one way thinking is my fav. The girls, I love them all despite the shitty less screen time than the boys
-ITS GENRE, YESSS MIDDLEA EASTERN FANTASY!!! It is a really big niche that I wish Ohtaka could expand more before moving too fast in time skip:( I don't know why she's pressed to finish such manga so that the philosophical talk got inconsistent... like I have been pumped to a dimension breaking and then she DECIDED TO FINISH IT IN THE MOST CLICHE WAY OF BATTLE
-GREYYY STORY!!!! Yasss despite the main trio, other political figure in magiverse is very grey and we see how they try to justify their action. And no, magi give the consequence of their greed and false delusion
I might be angry about the whole al Thamen thing towards the end, as after Hakuryuu managed to beat Gyokuen and Aladdin beating Arba, they're nowhere on the screen
However I would REALLY LOVE ARBA type as villain. Yeah it is THIS PSYCHOTIC EXTREME FANATIC OF RELIGION. Why do ppl are saying she's bland? Can't you meet how religious extremist with psychotic drug? They're source of conflict, crazy crazy conflict. It must be Western ppl who cannot grasp that this kind of chara is VERY REAL....
-DRAWING STYLE, THE GUYS ARE SO HOT WITH THOSE DAMN SMILE.....!!! And HOW OHTAKA PUT GORE, LUNATIC EXPRESSION IS TOP NOTCH. Oh yeah not to mention how she's so detil except during the Kou civil war, that's way too messy girl
-Oh yeah THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION IN MANGA!!! Never been having a manga thinking God literally like... it's not the part of action on killing God but the thought unwrapping around it! How it's hideous and what's the turn of fate is actually
Th politic and many issues are raised interesting enough in magi, esp magnodstadt arc.... I also love the world building plus flushy romance of Alma torran arc, that arc was a pinnacle!
By the way Aladdin vs Arba is crazy too, I can't stop fangirling on that. Must be one of the most op battle.
But well... there's so much yet I just want to appreciate this manga, even it ends horribly
That's it, I must be a dick sucker (despite Ohtaka is a she) of magi.... Yet it's still cannot overshadow its awesomeness . I really wish the ending could be rewritten as there's SO MUCH POTENTIAL
-I love the trio, I feel Aladdin is the most fun clear headed character I've ever seen, without fog in his head that shouting kindness in any way. And oh Alibaba my cunning bullied boi, my husbando even not the most dazzling man in manga, His character, hw he accept failure and how he refuse to accept one way thinking is my fav. The girls, I love them all despite the shitty less screen time than the boys
-ITS GENRE, YESSS MIDDLEA EASTERN FANTASY!!! It is a really big niche that I wish Ohtaka could expand more before moving too fast in time skip:( I don't know why she's pressed to finish such manga so that the philosophical talk got inconsistent... like I have been pumped to a dimension breaking and then she DECIDED TO FINISH IT IN THE MOST CLICHE WAY OF BATTLE
-GREYYY STORY!!!! Yasss despite the main trio, other political figure in magiverse is very grey and we see how they try to justify their action. And no, magi give the consequence of their greed and false delusion
I might be angry about the whole al Thamen thing towards the end, as after Hakuryuu managed to beat Gyokuen and Aladdin beating Arba, they're nowhere on the screen
However I would REALLY LOVE ARBA type as villain. Yeah it is THIS PSYCHOTIC EXTREME FANATIC OF RELIGION. Why do ppl are saying she's bland? Can't you meet how religious extremist with psychotic drug? They're source of conflict, crazy crazy conflict. It must be Western ppl who cannot grasp that this kind of chara is VERY REAL....
-DRAWING STYLE, THE GUYS ARE SO HOT WITH THOSE DAMN SMILE.....!!! And HOW OHTAKA PUT GORE, LUNATIC EXPRESSION IS TOP NOTCH. Oh yeah not to mention how she's so detil except during the Kou civil war, that's way too messy girl
-Oh yeah THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION IN MANGA!!! Never been having a manga thinking God literally like... it's not the part of action on killing God but the thought unwrapping around it! How it's hideous and what's the turn of fate is actually
Th politic and many issues are raised interesting enough in magi, esp magnodstadt arc.... I also love the world building plus flushy romance of Alma torran arc, that arc was a pinnacle!
By the way Aladdin vs Arba is crazy too, I can't stop fangirling on that. Must be one of the most op battle.
But well... there's so much yet I just want to appreciate this manga, even it ends horribly
That's it, I must be a dick sucker (despite Ohtaka is a she) of magi.... Yet it's still cannot overshadow its awesomeness . I really wish the ending could be rewritten as there's SO MUCH POTENTIAL
June 19, 2020
Вторая половина манги разочаровала. Весь шарм, созданный началом, был полностью потерян: сначала неожиданным таймскипом, когда из арабского средневековья вдруг перешли к торговым корпорациям, а затем бесконечными филосовскими разговорами на тему судьбы.
Многие интересные персонажи практически не были задействованы, соответственно, не были раскрыты. Политика к концу манги стала несущественна. Темы, которые так и остались не развитыми:
- У Али-бабы появилась личная гвардия с наследными сосудами? Задействуем её разок против статистов-пиратов.
- Бальбадд Али-баба так и не вернул.
- Клан Фаналис на Тёмном Материке особо не показан.
- Джиннов так и не раскрыли. Единый король так и не был выбран, а сами джинны в конце были уничтожены вместе с металлическими сосудами. Просто потрясающе!
- Генералы Синдбадда, страна-отображение Японии, личная гвардия Хакуэй, Джудалл, Арба, Иснан и т.д. так и не были раскрыты. Даже не все способности генералов были показаны.
В конце манги практически у всех персонажей произошло помутнение рассудка, соответственно их поведение стало раздражать, а так же это полностью уничтожило возможность раскрыть всех этих персонажей.
На протяжении последних сорока глав происходили бесконечные смены богов, сражения с аморфными статистами и прочая чушь. А на показ мира после всей этой ерунды отвели одну главу.
Своей второй половиной манги автор уничтожил интереснейший потенциал истории. Вместо столкновения разных идей и государственных устройств, автор показал филосовские размышления на тему судьбы, аморфное зло и победу силой дружбы. И это с учётом унылейшей истории про Альма-Торан. Лучше бы вместо него показали больше событий в текущем мире.
Печально.
Многие интересные персонажи практически не были задействованы, соответственно, не были раскрыты. Политика к концу манги стала несущественна. Темы, которые так и остались не развитыми:
- У Али-бабы появилась личная гвардия с наследными сосудами? Задействуем её разок против статистов-пиратов.
- Бальбадд Али-баба так и не вернул.
- Клан Фаналис на Тёмном Материке особо не показан.
- Джиннов так и не раскрыли. Единый король так и не был выбран, а сами джинны в конце были уничтожены вместе с металлическими сосудами. Просто потрясающе!
- Генералы Синдбадда, страна-отображение Японии, личная гвардия Хакуэй, Джудалл, Арба, Иснан и т.д. так и не были раскрыты. Даже не все способности генералов были показаны.
В конце манги практически у всех персонажей произошло помутнение рассудка, соответственно их поведение стало раздражать, а так же это полностью уничтожило возможность раскрыть всех этих персонажей.
На протяжении последних сорока глав происходили бесконечные смены богов, сражения с аморфными статистами и прочая чушь. А на показ мира после всей этой ерунды отвели одну главу.
Своей второй половиной манги автор уничтожил интереснейший потенциал истории. Вместо столкновения разных идей и государственных устройств, автор показал филосовские размышления на тему судьбы, аморфное зло и победу силой дружбы. И это с учётом унылейшей истории про Альма-Торан. Лучше бы вместо него показали больше событий в текущем мире.
Печально.
April 22, 2024
Puedo entender el desagrado de muchos, pero a la vez, no puedo comprenderlo.
Magi no nos dio menos de lo que ofrecía, desde el comienzo fue una obra que mezclaba la filosofía y la moral con las típicas batallas de un shonen. Y el final estuvo muy cargado de eso, ¿que es bueno y que es malo? ¿dónde empieza y termina mi libertad? ¿es correcto imponer mis ideas ante los demás?
Desde el comienzo la amistad y el poder del amor era lo que detenía las peleas, se vio desde el clan kouga, cassim y alibaba, magnostadt, ¿por qué está vez sería diferente si es el punto central de la obra? Confiar en tus amigos, tu amor y tu poder, que eso es lo que realmente guía tu destino.
No puedo negar que me habría encantado ver un poco más de ciertos personajes, como Kouha, que tuvo muy poca relevancia en la batalla final. O saber más de Judal, que es uno de mis personajes favoritos, y aunque con pocas apariciones tuvo un desarrollo de personaje perfecto, mostrando que la moralidad puede ser variable y volátil, también me habría gustado ver un poco más de Kougyoku, o la relación de Sharrkan y Yamuraiha, pero bueno, desgraciadamente Shinobu no pudo adentrarse tanto en esos hechos
Fue en el 2013 cuando comencé a leer Magi por primera vez, y fue 4 años después que la obra finalmente concluyó. Hoy, 6 años después de su final, vuelvo a concluir la lectura y confirmo que estos personajes y este universo siempre tendrán un lugar especial en mi corazón♡.
Magi no nos dio menos de lo que ofrecía, desde el comienzo fue una obra que mezclaba la filosofía y la moral con las típicas batallas de un shonen. Y el final estuvo muy cargado de eso, ¿que es bueno y que es malo? ¿dónde empieza y termina mi libertad? ¿es correcto imponer mis ideas ante los demás?
Desde el comienzo la amistad y el poder del amor era lo que detenía las peleas, se vio desde el clan kouga, cassim y alibaba, magnostadt, ¿por qué está vez sería diferente si es el punto central de la obra? Confiar en tus amigos, tu amor y tu poder, que eso es lo que realmente guía tu destino.
No puedo negar que me habría encantado ver un poco más de ciertos personajes, como Kouha, que tuvo muy poca relevancia en la batalla final. O saber más de Judal, que es uno de mis personajes favoritos, y aunque con pocas apariciones tuvo un desarrollo de personaje perfecto, mostrando que la moralidad puede ser variable y volátil, también me habría gustado ver un poco más de Kougyoku, o la relación de Sharrkan y Yamuraiha, pero bueno, desgraciadamente Shinobu no pudo adentrarse tanto en esos hechos
Fue en el 2013 cuando comencé a leer Magi por primera vez, y fue 4 años después que la obra finalmente concluyó. Hoy, 6 años después de su final, vuelvo a concluir la lectura y confirmo que estos personajes y este universo siempre tendrán un lugar especial en mi corazón♡.
July 5, 2020
2'5.
Una pena este arco final entero, baja mucho la calidad de Magi en general y considero que es de los mejores mangas que he leído, por eso me duele profundamente escribir esto.
Personajes malgastados en todo este arco, por ejemplo Morgiana, que pasa de ser un personaje increíble al principio a cada vez desaparecer más y más.
Trama apresurada, conceptos muy confusos al final y un cambio muy brusco en todo el argumento, realmente sientes que pierde el hilo total de lo que era la obra en un principio. La conclusión del manga no es que me parezca mala, pero todo el proceso en este arco para llegar a ella pienso que se podría hacer muchísimo mejor.
He echado en falta la aparición de algunos personajes o en general saber algo más de lo que sucede después, sobretodo con personajes como Hakuyruu o Judal, que realmente no considero que quede claro. Se desvelan datos que no se explican como el verdadero nombre de Judal o su ciudad natal.
Realmente me ha dejado con muy mal sabor de boca este final. Muy poco conclusivo para toda la obra que es Magi.
Aún así, recomiendo encarecidamente la obra, puesto que es de mis favoritas. Eso sí, teniendo en mente que el arco final no es para nada satisfactorio.
Una pena este arco final entero, baja mucho la calidad de Magi en general y considero que es de los mejores mangas que he leído, por eso me duele profundamente escribir esto.
Personajes malgastados en todo este arco, por ejemplo Morgiana, que pasa de ser un personaje increíble al principio a cada vez desaparecer más y más.
Trama apresurada, conceptos muy confusos al final y un cambio muy brusco en todo el argumento, realmente sientes que pierde el hilo total de lo que era la obra en un principio. La conclusión del manga no es que me parezca mala, pero todo el proceso en este arco para llegar a ella pienso que se podría hacer muchísimo mejor.
He echado en falta la aparición de algunos personajes o en general saber algo más de lo que sucede después, sobretodo con personajes como Hakuyruu o Judal, que realmente no considero que quede claro. Se desvelan datos que no se explican como el verdadero nombre de Judal o su ciudad natal.
Realmente me ha dejado con muy mal sabor de boca este final. Muy poco conclusivo para toda la obra que es Magi.
Aún así, recomiendo encarecidamente la obra, puesto que es de mis favoritas. Eso sí, teniendo en mente que el arco final no es para nada satisfactorio.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 1, 2025
3.25
(Just adding this volume for conciseness on Goodreads despite having read from around Chapter 198/199 {vol. 20} years ago from where the anime left off in March 30, 2014. Picked up again this week, beginning where I left off with Chapter 331/332 {vol. 34}).
When I watched the anime years & years ago, I rated it 9/10 and the sequel 10/10 (on MyAnimeList), respectively.
The anime ended somewhat prematurely compared to the manga and the continuation story stayed on my TBR + On-Hold for too long until now. So it's sad, but I guess I lost my deep love for the story when I viewed it as 'great' & a 'masterpiece'.
But after picking up where I left on, just in the manga, I still enjoyed the final arc for what I did remember. I like the characters, I like the direction the story went/ended & I like the tropes.
Unfortunately, the lower rating despite my enjoyment for these three is simply a victim of not remembering a few characters to feel the emotional weight when they reappear to fight for the last time in this final arc against a detrimental destiny and huge big bad antagonist.
One thing I will never forget though: Gotta love Judar.
(Just adding this volume for conciseness on Goodreads despite having read from around Chapter 198/199 {vol. 20} years ago from where the anime left off in March 30, 2014. Picked up again this week, beginning where I left off with Chapter 331/332 {vol. 34}).
When I watched the anime years & years ago, I rated it 9/10 and the sequel 10/10 (on MyAnimeList), respectively.
The anime ended somewhat prematurely compared to the manga and the continuation story stayed on my TBR + On-Hold for too long until now. So it's sad, but I guess I lost my deep love for the story when I viewed it as 'great' & a 'masterpiece'.
But after picking up where I left on, just in the manga, I still enjoyed the final arc for what I did remember. I like the characters, I like the direction the story went/ended & I like the tropes.
Unfortunately, the lower rating despite my enjoyment for these three is simply a victim of not remembering a few characters to feel the emotional weight when they reappear to fight for the last time in this final arc against a detrimental destiny and huge big bad antagonist.
One thing I will never forget though: Gotta love Judar.
January 17, 2020
Uau não posso acreditar que acabou… Foi sem dúvida uma aventura incrível que irei recordar com muito carinho! Os personagens, o mundo, as aventuras, tudo foi simplesmente fenomenal! Infelizmente este último arco não foi o melhor mas também não foi o pior. Tendo em conta a escala dos acontecimentos acredito que aconteceu tudo demasiado depressa quando devia ter sido melhor desenvolvido! A caracterização de algumas personagens ao longo da história, sobretudo neste último arco, foi bastante confusa… parece que de um momento para o outro algumas das personagens passaram de heróis para vilões e vice-versa não sei quantas vezes sem haver consequências para aquilo que fizeram. Apesar de tudo adorei seguir as aventuras dos nossos personagens principais e recomendo vivamente o manga apesar da qualidade não ter sido constante.
Para este último volume dou um ranking de 4.3/5 estrelas!
Para a série toda dou um ranking de entre 3.7-4.2/5 estrelas
Para este último volume dou um ranking de 4.3/5 estrelas!
Para a série toda dou um ranking de entre 3.7-4.2/5 estrelas
March 15, 2022
Here I am, at the end of the 37 volumes of Magi, so where do I begin.
Firstly overall I enjoyed the series, the first half of the series was amazing, it built the world nicely along with having so many really good and interesting characters. Around volume 29 I believe was when the series for me started to take turns that I didn't expect but not necessarily a good thing in my eyes, yes I still enjoyed it to some degree but I just felt it was getting outlandish and a little confusing to follow in patches. The final volume felt like a nice way to end it, not how I would have liked to see it end but still pretty good (the ending was more of an opening one so one could interpret what comes next themselves, which I like but I wanted a more, this happened and they lived like this kind of ending)
Overall I can safely say that I will read this again one day and I'm super glad I finally read the series after wondering what happened after the end of the anime!
Firstly overall I enjoyed the series, the first half of the series was amazing, it built the world nicely along with having so many really good and interesting characters. Around volume 29 I believe was when the series for me started to take turns that I didn't expect but not necessarily a good thing in my eyes, yes I still enjoyed it to some degree but I just felt it was getting outlandish and a little confusing to follow in patches. The final volume felt like a nice way to end it, not how I would have liked to see it end but still pretty good (the ending was more of an opening one so one could interpret what comes next themselves, which I like but I wanted a more, this happened and they lived like this kind of ending)
Overall I can safely say that I will read this again one day and I'm super glad I finally read the series after wondering what happened after the end of the anime!
April 18, 2020
let me just say: this series broke me. i don't usually cry over fiction, but I DID. i remember reading it and then Aladdin says to Sinbad "but, you promised to stay with us!!" Sinbad: "no my presence holds every one back. its better that history record the lesson of one king holding all power" and that's where the tears started because i remember his path to all of this how he started out and how bad he messed up. and then it gets worse from there, with Drakon out of his household assimilation form and the seven generals all mourning him and rebuilding Sindria. it all made me sad and then there was the part with Cassim and Ali baba and arghh i was actually sobbing.
all in all i think the series was amazing it got confusing in the end but other wise i loved it. i even thought the confusing part was fun, it gave me something to think about when i was bored in class
all in all i think the series was amazing it got confusing in the end but other wise i loved it. i even thought the confusing part was fun, it gave me something to think about when i was bored in class
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 29, 2019
And just like that, the series is over. As the final volume, it was WAY better than most of this (long!) arc has been and a good ending.
Overall, after the Magnostadt arc (the best of the series), it all goes downhill, though the next mini-arc is fine I guess.
Ultimately the series got too smart for its own good. When it comes to the subject of fate & predestination (the main focus of the series), ask a Calvinist: there’s only so deep you can go without your head exploding & everything becoming senseless. Lol
Glad I finished though. One of my first animes. I’ve waited two years to read this volume since it was published in Japanese.
Overall, after the Magnostadt arc (the best of the series), it all goes downhill, though the next mini-arc is fine I guess.
Ultimately the series got too smart for its own good. When it comes to the subject of fate & predestination (the main focus of the series), ask a Calvinist: there’s only so deep you can go without your head exploding & everything becoming senseless. Lol
Glad I finished though. One of my first animes. I’ve waited two years to read this volume since it was published in Japanese.
May 6, 2019
HO AMATO QUESTA SERIE! Fin dalle prime pagine ho capito che l'avrei adorato e così è stato. Mi sono piaciuti molto i personaggi, come sono stati delineati e accompagnati nella fase di crescita (ovviamente, ho una preferenza per Hakuryuu Ren che è forse quello che ho apprezzato di più a livello psicologico). L'ambientazione da mille e una notte si è rivelata vincente, assieme a quel pizzico di fantasy che non guasta mai. Non mi dispiacerebbe affatto un seguito che, vista la conclusione, avrebbe il suo perché. Assolutamente da leggere!
July 20, 2020
The real question is : what's the real Judar's name? 🤣🤣
I'm in love with this history with characters from a classic history, I'm in love with the universe and the message that the author gives in all manga. I think the end is ... Fast(? But if we think, that's a typically end in a shonen world. It's a little confusing to understand all the thoughts, the ideas, talking about gods and the principal about our destiny, so it's better to reread it to understand everything.
I'm satisfied with the history. With the end , I don't know yet 😅. Maybe it's important to read Sinbad's manga🤔.
I'm in love with this history with characters from a classic history, I'm in love with the universe and the message that the author gives in all manga. I think the end is ... Fast(? But if we think, that's a typically end in a shonen world. It's a little confusing to understand all the thoughts, the ideas, talking about gods and the principal about our destiny, so it's better to reread it to understand everything.
I'm satisfied with the history. With the end , I don't know yet 😅. Maybe it's important to read Sinbad's manga🤔.
September 13, 2019
I give the series a 3 over all some parts were great awesome even other parts were boring as hell and at some part I don't even know why I finished the series. It was a very random ride and I never really knew what objective they were aiming at first it was capturing dungeons then it changed again and again and again it strayed in many ways maybe that's why It was a difficult seires for me .I loved Alibaba :) and of course Aladdin. Check it out
November 3, 2020
0.5
Al carajo x2 ¿De verdad? ¿Este es el final? esto fue cortado con un serrucho sin filo. Alibaba, te amo y porque te amo me duele que este sea tu final, estos personajes, este mundo, se merecía algo mucho mejor.
Saben, estaba deseando que todos esos tipos se murieran y Alibaba quedara como rey supremo...para que acabaran con mi sufrimiento.
Ademas ¿¡Como es posibles!? la boda de Alibaba y Mor ni siquiera es una boda tal cual, por favor, ya basta, no le echen más sal a mi herida.
Al carajo x2 ¿De verdad? ¿Este es el final? esto fue cortado con un serrucho sin filo. Alibaba, te amo y porque te amo me duele que este sea tu final, estos personajes, este mundo, se merecía algo mucho mejor.
Saben, estaba deseando que todos esos tipos se murieran y Alibaba quedara como rey supremo...para que acabaran con mi sufrimiento.
Ademas ¿¡Como es posibles!? la boda de Alibaba y Mor ni siquiera es una boda tal cual, por favor, ya basta, no le echen más sal a mi herida.
November 7, 2025
This arc and ending are convoluted, messy, rushed and didn't feel like it fit the start of the manga.
I am let down by how this ended, but I guess that's on me for deciding to read the series after the anime.
Unfortunately, I now don't feel like watching the Sinbad spin-off cause I don't like his character much anymore.
Also it seems everyones fav was Alibaba which I understand, however I loved Aladdin the most even if it felt like he was a side character for the last wee while.
I am let down by how this ended, but I guess that's on me for deciding to read the series after the anime.
Unfortunately, I now don't feel like watching the Sinbad spin-off cause I don't like his character much anymore.
Also it seems everyones fav was Alibaba which I understand, however I loved Aladdin the most even if it felt like he was a side character for the last wee while.
March 9, 2020
Esta serie de mangas fueron los primeros que he leído en mi vida, y estoy bastante a gusto con lo que leí. Tiene varios elemtos que me encanta leer y pensar. Tiene estos dilemas filosóficos sobre qué es un dios y que impacto debería tener este en nuestro destino y en lo que es bueno o malo. Disfruté cada uno de los magas y definitivamente los leería de nuevo.
April 21, 2025
I very much did read this in one sitting because I wanted this to end already. The final arc was probably one of the most boring, and Im really disappointed for something that was a favorite anime of mine when I was younger. The start was great, fun and a really interesting story. But it just ended up really...Boring. It gets two stars because its over with
May 16, 2025
This is simply my all time favorite I don’t think anything can compete with. The sheer amount of times I’ve read or watched this can’t even be considered healthy. I had a friend once tell me he watched Avatar the last Airbender over 20 times and at first I was like huh? But now I’m just like ohhh… yeahhh….
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