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Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic #23
Magi: El laberinto de la magia, vol.23
Aladdin continúa mostrando la historia del mundo perdido de Alma Toran. Sheba, la joven maga que rescató la resistencia, va abriendo poco a poco su corazón hasta convertirse en alguien imprescindible, no solo para los rebeldes, sino también para el mismo Salomón.
¡¡Con el apoteosis de la magia, aquí llega el tomo 23!!
¡¡Con el apoteosis de la magia, aquí llega el tomo 23!!
192 pages, Paperback
First published October 17, 2014
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Shinobu Ohtaka
233 books266 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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July 19, 2019
Same story again and again with different characters.
World: The art is weird, strange body positions and ratios. The world building is a hot mess, there are so many pieces that come together but not really and are not explained and then pieces just suddenly appear. The Dragon comes to mind as a being that was never discussed before in the creation tale and just suddenly appears and is important to the tale, it’s this type of slap dash poorly planned world building that is starting to grate me.
Story: The story is the same story that Magi has been telling again and again with magic and living happily together, power and ruling and slaves and classes. It’s the same story that we just had with the magicians and the same schemes the villains have with pitting races and classes against each other. Add to that we have an entire new cast of characters to get to know and read about while there is already the bloated cast of the main story. I know this is gonna be where Aladdin comes from but do we need this large entire arc to read cause we know that when the Kou and Al Thaman comes around in that main story the story will be exactly the same.
Characters: The character, and there are a lot, are okay. They fall into the same cliches as the genre has (the warrior, the pervert, the nerd, the girl who fawns over the hero...). There is development, we spend a lot of time with Sheba and Solomon but that speech making her become a love interest is really a stretch and the relationship is not earned at all. The stuff with all the magic and the father son relationship is protracted, long and unclear making it really hard to really connect with Solomon or any of the characters to be honest. Even Ugo, which was who I was looking forward to the most has barely any story except magic nerd.
A hot mess of a story that keeps repeating it’s themes again and again with an needless huge cast of characters.
Onward to the next book!
World: The art is weird, strange body positions and ratios. The world building is a hot mess, there are so many pieces that come together but not really and are not explained and then pieces just suddenly appear. The Dragon comes to mind as a being that was never discussed before in the creation tale and just suddenly appears and is important to the tale, it’s this type of slap dash poorly planned world building that is starting to grate me.
Story: The story is the same story that Magi has been telling again and again with magic and living happily together, power and ruling and slaves and classes. It’s the same story that we just had with the magicians and the same schemes the villains have with pitting races and classes against each other. Add to that we have an entire new cast of characters to get to know and read about while there is already the bloated cast of the main story. I know this is gonna be where Aladdin comes from but do we need this large entire arc to read cause we know that when the Kou and Al Thaman comes around in that main story the story will be exactly the same.
Characters: The character, and there are a lot, are okay. They fall into the same cliches as the genre has (the warrior, the pervert, the nerd, the girl who fawns over the hero...). There is development, we spend a lot of time with Sheba and Solomon but that speech making her become a love interest is really a stretch and the relationship is not earned at all. The stuff with all the magic and the father son relationship is protracted, long and unclear making it really hard to really connect with Solomon or any of the characters to be honest. Even Ugo, which was who I was looking forward to the most has barely any story except magic nerd.
A hot mess of a story that keeps repeating it’s themes again and again with an needless huge cast of characters.
Onward to the next book!
June 7, 2017
Continuation of the previous flashback. I'm loving this arc so far.
April 22, 2023
nie pamietam prawie nic z poprzednich tomow...
September 26, 2020
4/5 Stars (%80/100)
This volume continues with the history of Alma Torran and Solomon himself. Together with his friends Solomon grows up and becomes an important leader figure. Solomon's life and his adventures are actually similar to Sinbad's. He is like a god figure for many people (including other species) and even though he does not like it, he becomes king.
We also learn about "rukh" and Ugo as well. Ugo has always been my favourite in the anime and it is great to learn more about him. The volume ends with another big cliffhanger. I believe the other volume will finish this Solomon's history arc thingy. Great volume in general.
This volume continues with the history of Alma Torran and Solomon himself. Together with his friends Solomon grows up and becomes an important leader figure. Solomon's life and his adventures are actually similar to Sinbad's. He is like a god figure for many people (including other species) and even though he does not like it, he becomes king.
We also learn about "rukh" and Ugo as well. Ugo has always been my favourite in the anime and it is great to learn more about him. The volume ends with another big cliffhanger. I believe the other volume will finish this Solomon's history arc thingy. Great volume in general.
January 1, 2021
This flashback has been simply the best arc in Magi by a long shot. The fact that King Solomon and Sheba have only been in the series for two volumes, and they're already some of my favorite characters? Ohtaka is a genius at character writing.
September 1, 2019
Creo que este flashback se está haciendo demasiado largo, terminás perdiendo el foco de la historia principal. Me pregunto si exageró un poco con lo que quiere contar, más que nada para saber si realmente es importante ir a este nivel de detalle para que progrese la trama... Pero lo veré cuando terminé este arco de Alma Torán.
Creo que la cuestión negativa es que hay demasiados personajes a los que no tenemos la misma empatía y eso hace que importe menos en lo que les ocurren.
Creo que la cuestión negativa es que hay demasiados personajes a los que no tenemos la misma empatía y eso hace que importe menos en lo que les ocurren.
October 29, 2020
Lo sabia...sabia que esto no me iba a gustar ¿Por qué complicarlo todo con un mega flashback? ¿Por qué no dejar a nuestros personajes tan queridos en su peos y combatiendo sus guerras? ¿¡Por qué meter otro mundo y la creación y vainas que no se sustenta ni soldandolas al suelo?
Por si no fue lo suficientemente clara...hemos llegado a esa parte de casi todos los shonen en que la trama se cae para un abismo de incoherencia y dioses y una profecía y elegidos para salvar el mundo.
Por si no fue lo suficientemente clara...hemos llegado a esa parte de casi todos los shonen en que la trama se cae para un abismo de incoherencia y dioses y una profecía y elegidos para salvar el mundo.
March 11, 2022
This flashback arc has been amazing for me, meeting alot of character some I've always wondered about after they have had mentions previously. Sheba is an amazing character, I really like the development she has had since her introduction. That ending, like wow the next volume is going to be something else!
December 9, 2023
- Mal wieder ein spannender Teil vor allem der Cliffhanger am Ende.
- Manche stellen finde ich waren ein bisschen verwirrend entweder von der Handlung allgemein, der Zeit in der man sich gerade befindet oder weil die Bilder etwas undeutlich zu erkennen waren.
- Dennoch ein super Teil, ich bin schon gespannt wie es weiter gehen wird.
- Manche stellen finde ich waren ein bisschen verwirrend entweder von der Handlung allgemein, der Zeit in der man sich gerade befindet oder weil die Bilder etwas undeutlich zu erkennen waren.
- Dennoch ein super Teil, ich bin schon gespannt wie es weiter gehen wird.
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.
January 2, 2018
Good volume.
January 23, 2018
It's getting very dark and I miss some of the fun from the very beginning, but Ohtaka managed to get a bit of fun in this one and the plot twists keep pulling me in deeper.
June 21, 2018
Still on the Alma Tran arc. Forgot where we were, but with this series where I can hardly tell most characters apart, I'm used to picking up a volume and rolling with it.
January 14, 2020
Foi muito bom este volume! Adorei ver a progressão da relação entre o Salomão e a Sheba! O último capítulo deste volume foi sem dúvida o melhor!
3.5/5 estrelas
3.5/5 estrelas
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).
May 1, 2020
All my love to the flashback arc.
My favorite characters have to be Ugo, Sheeba and Solomon.
My favorite characters have to be Ugo, Sheeba and Solomon.
March 28, 2021
65 minutes 31 seconds to finish
September 29, 2016
Me encanta que en la portada aparezca Sheba, me gusta mucho su diseño y los colores que la sensei escogió.
Seguimos en Alma Toran y el desarrollo de este mundo, y la lucha entre los humanos-magos.
Se desarrolla más los personajes, principalmente Sheba, Salomón y su relación. Sin duda Salomón es un buen líder, conoce los aspectos del mundo en que vive, el daño que los magos ortodoxos han generado. Me ha gustado que la autora haga énfasis en la importancia de la comunicación y de las diferencias culturales que existen entre las especies. Y para lograr la paz, sin duda se necesita comprenderse unos a otros, comprender las diferencias y aceptarlas, así como intentar cambiar las cosas que sean tóxicas para lograr una buena convivencia.
Tal cual como Arba le dice a Sheba, Salomón es un buen líder, pero en espíritu flaquea, y necesitará de Sheba para no desmoronarse.
Me gusta la cómo es Ugo, es la representación de un mago tal cual vimos en la saga de Magnostad. Es todo un erudito, la explicación de cómo se conforma el mundo sin duda es importante para la historia, así como la explicación del “rukh".
Al final del tomo, vemos la batalla entre David y Salomón. El diseño de David sin duda muy símil al de Sinbad, aunque no estoy seguro si esto signifique algo en el futuro. A diferencia de las batallas que hemos visto, aquí David hace presencia de su sabiduría y experiencia, y lo importante es el uso de la estrategia militar para dejar al descubierto a su rival.
Seguimos en Alma Toran y el desarrollo de este mundo, y la lucha entre los humanos-magos.
Se desarrolla más los personajes, principalmente Sheba, Salomón y su relación. Sin duda Salomón es un buen líder, conoce los aspectos del mundo en que vive, el daño que los magos ortodoxos han generado. Me ha gustado que la autora haga énfasis en la importancia de la comunicación y de las diferencias culturales que existen entre las especies. Y para lograr la paz, sin duda se necesita comprenderse unos a otros, comprender las diferencias y aceptarlas, así como intentar cambiar las cosas que sean tóxicas para lograr una buena convivencia.
Tal cual como Arba le dice a Sheba, Salomón es un buen líder, pero en espíritu flaquea, y necesitará de Sheba para no desmoronarse.
Me gusta la cómo es Ugo, es la representación de un mago tal cual vimos en la saga de Magnostad. Es todo un erudito, la explicación de cómo se conforma el mundo sin duda es importante para la historia, así como la explicación del “rukh".
Al final del tomo, vemos la batalla entre David y Salomón. El diseño de David sin duda muy símil al de Sinbad, aunque no estoy seguro si esto signifique algo en el futuro. A diferencia de las batallas que hemos visto, aquí David hace presencia de su sabiduría y experiencia, y lo importante es el uso de la estrategia militar para dejar al descubierto a su rival.
March 7, 2020
Another awesome intense volume of Magi! Omg one of the best adventure series ever 😻😤📖💕💕
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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