童話生存遊戲 3

おとぎ話バトルロワイヤル / Fairy Tale Battle Royale #3

by Soraho Ina, 稻空穗, 爬格子 (Translator)

青葉與小紅帽重逢，
「童話世界」的可怕規則也終於揭曉。
侵蝕主角們身體的藤蔓，
出現在與契約者親近的人身上的奇怪印記…
「童話世界」轉變成以活下來為目的的生存遊戲空間──
大受歡迎的童話求生恐怖故事，
令人戰慄的第三幕。

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Horror, Drama, Shonen, Young Adult

162 pages, Paperback

First published March 26, 2018

Reviews

[The Artisan Geek · Rating 1 out of 5]

12/12/19
I had hopes but


Nope this ain't it for me. This was really disappointing, especially because I felt that this series had so much potential. My expectations were that this was going to be filled with action, people trying to survive in this fairy tale inspired world - which sounds reasonable seeing the title. But that wasn't the case here - when things get even a little dangerous, the protagonist can simply bookmark their book and just


There is an entire assortment of things that I didn't like about this, but it basically boils down to the fact that it is extremely slow paced. The past three volumes spent so much time on the world-building which wasn't thrilling enough to be drawn out this much. The main character Aoba still remains very bland - I have yet to see any growth whatsoever, and the male characters are just...


So creepy, annoying and worst of all incredibly pervy. Such a shame.

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[usagi ☆ミ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hey everyone!

I hope you enjoy this next installment of the series. I had to do some crazy research for this one, and I hope you like the results as much as I did!

[Etienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Light, but very good nonetheless. I like the characters and the universe is cool, mixing all those fairy tales and the real teens life part are just present enough for the benefice of the story without taking tooo much place, which is good because there not a favorite of mine. So far so good and I will pick the four volume as soon as I can!

[sar!!! · Rating 5 out of 5]

SUMMER READING EXISTS!!!!

This beginning paragraph is gonna be the start of pretty much every review I write, so bear with me.

So yeah I’m trying to get back into reading a ton this summer so here begins my journey through the “TEEN SCENE ROOM” at the library down the street from me—and possibly the one near my grandma’s house since I have cards for both and that one has a larger manga selection.

Anyhow,
Library Book Haul of June 15th consisted of *drumroll pleaaaaaseeee* SEVENTEEN BOOKS—Robbie still has one of his books from Monday checked out and so do I, but we don’t talk about that.

But here’s my current list (the one the review is about will be bolded and italicized because I’m feeling nice):

Oh yeah, disclaimer: I still have the light novel from Monday out, so that’s only one actual book out of the lot.

~ The Girl Without a Face by tearontaron
~ Spy x Family (Volume 1) by Tatsuya Endo
~ Fairy Tale Battle Royale (Volume 1) by Soraho Ina
~ Fairy Tale Battle Royale (Volume 2) by Soraho Ina
~ Fairy Tale Battle Royale (Volume 3) by Soraho Ina
~ Fairy Tale Battle Royale (Volume 4) by Soraho Ina
~ The Complete Chi’s Sweet Home (Part 1) by Konami Kanata
~ Bloom by Kevin Panetta
~ Fangirl by Sam Maggs
~ Demon Slayer (Volume 3) by Koyoharu Gotouge
~ This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
~ Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell
~ Astra Lost in Space (Volume 1) by Kenta Shinohara
~ Astra Lost in Space (Volume 2) by Kenta Shinohara
~ Astra Lost in Space (Volume 3) by Kenta Shinohara
~ Astra Lost in Space (Volume 4) by Kenta Shinohara
~ Astra Lost in Space (Volume 5) by Kenta Shinohara

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SO TO THE ACTUAL REVIEW

Fairy Tale Battle Royale (Volume 3) by Soraho Ina

I grabbed the first four volumes of this series because I liked the cover art and needed something to add to my to-be-read pile from the library that day. The third volume continues introducing more protagonists of different fairy tales, and we get more backstory and information on the story world.

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TL;DR

I really like graphic novels and manga, not actual books, and got a lot of them at the library.

It has a really cool concept and I really enjoyed the third volume of this series.

[Justin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Welp, I tried. The slow burn of the first two volumes was enough to keep me going, because even though the series had its flaws, the underlying mystery and atmosphere were intriguing. Somehow, all that goes right out the window in this volume, as the already-slow pacing more or less grinds to a halt. There's a clip from Monty Python's Life of Brian where a group of rebels gets informed that something terrible has happened, and time is of the essence, and their response is: "Right! This calls for immediate discussion!" That's this volume.

Even when something's actually happening, it still manages to feel inconsequential. Take the fight against Peter Pan at the beginning: He shows up out of nowhere, is just an annoying little punk for most of it, and even when we get his rushed backstory, he's so one-dimensional that it's impossible to care. And the rest of the volume is endless discussion, research, head scratching, and navel gazing. Looking at reviews of earlier volumes, I'd sometimes see people saying how dull or boring Fairy Tale Battle Royale is, but I wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt. After this one though, I think they were right all along.

But at least the characters started calling the vines that are growing out of people "ivy" instead of "worms." That's really the best thing I can say about volume 3. After a slow but promising start, this series has become an exhausting (and kind of confusing) slog that doesn't seem keen on offering a worthwhile payoff anytime soon.

[Doc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jail Break

Continuing the quest of Aoba (aka Alice from Wonderland) to learn what she can to discover what happened to Noah as well as anything she can about the world of fairy tales she finds herself traveling to when she uses her book she returns to the place of ambush that forced her to retreat once before. Shame the arrow wielding protagonist is not only still waiting around but is also Peter Pan so not only can he fire his bow but he can fly as well. Even worse even though he appears to be boy it seems he has been collecting Wendys in his Neverland area for his own purposes (which are not implied but the recap of what lead him to his present situation is a new level of horror to an already dark story) and he wants Aoba to be the newest addition to his collection. In the mean time we see the return of Red Riding hood (I know it is not a surprise considering the cover) and we discover Urashima Taro's protagonist while I wonder what direction Aoba's computer savvy friend will take once he gathers enough information for himself. Well that have to something to worry about later as news of Peter Pan's prisoners have changed priorities as allies work together to free the girls from his clutches.

By the way I want to mention there are some mini stories after the main story related to the story but could be a disruption to the tale unfolding if read in order. Also be sure to check out draft drawings found in this book as well as others in the series.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series has finally gotten good. We meet Peter Pan, and a few others. It’s a little confusing to begin with, but once you get going you will not be able to put it down. I am glad the library got me book 4 right away because I need to start it ASAP.

[Yui · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! Das hört immer mit nem neuen Cliffhanger auf. Und is schon böse was wieder so abgeht.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

More nefarious shenanigans afoot!

[Jillian -always aspiring- · Rating 2 out of 5]

Getting a bit confusing...and I really did not like the character behind the Peter Pan persona. Oh well!

[Lu · Rating 4 out of 5]

在Hyread上看到，才想起這部被代理之前有看過宅宅新聞介紹這部XD

目前看三集下來還處在一個滿頭問號的狀態，但故事要素還蠻吸引人繼續看，等著作者慢慢展開。

另外就是有種好久沒看生存類型的作品，發現自己對於不知道會多黑的作品開始有心臟變小顆的感覺XD