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Rave Master #18
Rave Master, Vol. 18
With the help of the legendary sword Ten Powers and his guide, the dog Plue, sixteen-year-old Haru Glory sets out to find the five missing RAVE stones and stop the evil Demon Card society from destroying the world.
192 pages, Paperback
First published September 17, 2002
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About the author
Hiro Mashima
1,517 books1,935 followersHiro Mashima (Jap: 真島ヒロ) is a Japanese manga artist.
He gained success with his first serial Rave, published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing Edens Zero in 2018.
Fairy Tail won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
He gained success with his first serial Rave, published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing Edens Zero in 2018.
Fairy Tail won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
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October 7, 2025
Been a while since I've last read this manga. Kind of forgot what's happening. Thank goodness for the plot summaries on the characters page in the tankobon! (In the meantime, I've collected 2/3 of Fairy Tail and all of Edens Zero...)
I feel like it's mildly pointless to have Haru evaporate after his battle, only to have him recover at the end of the same chapter. But okay.
I think I've said before that this manga's story resembles a JRPG. So it's only fitting Haru will defy God when Dalmatian tells him of the Sword.
After the Mermaid Arc ends, it seems Mashima didn't know exactly what he wanted to do next, so there are a couple throwaway self-referential chapters. Haru and the gang go to a forest village where demons based on Mashima and his editor live, and we learn of an in-universe manga following Haru's story. The fictional Mashima deliberates how to continue, including reintroducing the Jiggle Butt Gang. The next chapter reintroduces the Jiggle Butt Gang. But then Mashima gets into the idea of having Lucia gather bigger bad guys into a new Demon Card, and the volume ends with Jegan and a fleet of Dragons attacking Haru and friends.
****
Celia boobs after Haru vanishes...!
Cattleya boobs and legs after Haru vanishes...!
Elie hangers when she's on her knees, crying...! Also, her tummy...!
Elie and Celia bikini boobs...!!!
Celia cleavage and tummy on the cover of Chapter 140...!!!
Celia sideboob when she kisses Haru's cheek...! Celia frontboobs afterward...!!!
Elie immense cleavage when Musica guesses her age...!!!!!
Lady Joker hip and thigh after Lucia throws her...!
Lunar's tan titties...!!!
I feel like it's mildly pointless to have Haru evaporate after his battle, only to have him recover at the end of the same chapter. But okay.
I think I've said before that this manga's story resembles a JRPG. So it's only fitting Haru will defy God when Dalmatian tells him of the Sword.
After the Mermaid Arc ends, it seems Mashima didn't know exactly what he wanted to do next, so there are a couple throwaway self-referential chapters. Haru and the gang go to a forest village where demons based on Mashima and his editor live, and we learn of an in-universe manga following Haru's story. The fictional Mashima deliberates how to continue, including reintroducing the Jiggle Butt Gang. The next chapter reintroduces the Jiggle Butt Gang. But then Mashima gets into the idea of having Lucia gather bigger bad guys into a new Demon Card, and the volume ends with Jegan and a fleet of Dragons attacking Haru and friends.
****
Celia boobs after Haru vanishes...!
Cattleya boobs and legs after Haru vanishes...!
Elie hangers when she's on her knees, crying...! Also, her tummy...!
Elie and Celia bikini boobs...!!!
Celia cleavage and tummy on the cover of Chapter 140...!!!
Celia sideboob when she kisses Haru's cheek...! Celia frontboobs afterward...!!!
Elie immense cleavage when Musica guesses her age...!!!!!
Lady Joker hip and thigh after Lucia throws her...!
Lunar's tan titties...!!!
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May 12, 2017
Tercer tomo de Rave con el que os doy la brasa hoy. No os preocupéis, será el último XD.
Ahora me toca el decimoctavo volumen de éste manga, uno que resuelve la supuesta muerte de Haru y nos da la celebración tras la saga que hemos tenido entre manos. Se agradece que la saga termine ya, porque me parecía que el villano no se había presentado debidamente, lo que hacía que la sintiera como relleno.
Luego tenemos varios capítulos de los típicos que nos da ésta obra: viajes varios en la búsqueda de la última Rave, con el grupo recomponiéndose y con las paridas nivel extremo que tanta gracia le hacen al autor. Si es que casi se podría decir que hay algún capítulo que pegaría más como extra que como parte de la serie regular!
Por suerte sí que hay un capítulo de trama para presentarnos a los nuevos subordinados del malo actual. Unos monstruencos que elevan el nivel de poder de forma considerable y que se presentan con más carisma que el que dejamos atrás. Lástima que la escalada de poder parezca inevitable, pero es lo que hay.
Con todo, nos queda un tomo que no aporta prácticamente nada pero que nos deja tomar aliento después de tanto dramatismo. La serie vuelve al humor chorra y a la aventura por la aventura, y, por un solo tomo, hasta se agradece.
Ahora me toca el decimoctavo volumen de éste manga, uno que resuelve la supuesta muerte de Haru y nos da la celebración tras la saga que hemos tenido entre manos. Se agradece que la saga termine ya, porque me parecía que el villano no se había presentado debidamente, lo que hacía que la sintiera como relleno.
Luego tenemos varios capítulos de los típicos que nos da ésta obra: viajes varios en la búsqueda de la última Rave, con el grupo recomponiéndose y con las paridas nivel extremo que tanta gracia le hacen al autor. Si es que casi se podría decir que hay algún capítulo que pegaría más como extra que como parte de la serie regular!
Por suerte sí que hay un capítulo de trama para presentarnos a los nuevos subordinados del malo actual. Unos monstruencos que elevan el nivel de poder de forma considerable y que se presentan con más carisma que el que dejamos atrás. Lástima que la escalada de poder parezca inevitable, pero es lo que hay.
Con todo, nos queda un tomo que no aporta prácticamente nada pero que nos deja tomar aliento después de tanto dramatismo. La serie vuelve al humor chorra y a la aventura por la aventura, y, por un solo tomo, hasta se agradece.
April 29, 2025
Hiro Mashima continues to move this series forward with some changeups, fastballs and curveballs. He sometimes makes you wait a bit, and other times gives you exactly what you want on time. The first half of this volume felt like a cryfest! Lots of tears…but a lot of hope and so the volume delivered perfectly! The art and story are fast paced, and I feel as if this volume took me a records short amount of time to complete. But it is good stuff and not to be missed! Pages 129-148 were serious light reading, but funny.
April 29, 2018
Pretty great manga:) Pretty similar to fairy tail, It’s by the same author, If you love fairy tail you’ll most likely love this^.^🤔👌❤️
June 25, 2019
A slower volume compared to the last like 4, but that is most likely because this is the end on one major arc and the start of the next. It does end with quite the bang though.
June 29, 2021
It turned so slow again.
July 6, 2021
Alurnya terasa melambat. Mungkin karena akan masuk arc baru?
Sebuah karya lawas khas dr Hiro Mashima sensei sebelum Fairy Tail
Sebuah karya lawas khas dr Hiro Mashima sensei sebelum Fairy Tail
May 16, 2022
The Haru fake out really got me. Loved the author creators. Interesting cliff hanger with Julia Let and jegan
February 8, 2009
Hiro Mashima, Rave Master, vol. 18 (Tokyopop, 2002)
Ogre and Doryu are down for the count, and so there's time for a little R&R. But that doesn't mean all the enemies are gone. Demon Card have a plan to come back stronger than ever, and they're putting it into gear—and some of the gang's actions have unwittingly helped that plan along. Fun stuff, as usual. *** ½
Ogre and Doryu are down for the count, and so there's time for a little R&R. But that doesn't mean all the enemies are gone. Demon Card have a plan to come back stronger than ever, and they're putting it into gear—and some of the gang's actions have unwittingly helped that plan along. Fun stuff, as usual. *** ½
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April 28, 2015I think that it is a very funny series and keeps you on your feet so many cliff hangers though
May 2, 2020
Fourth Rave
We finally got the fourth Rave stone. Demon Card for even stronger! If you can believe that turn of events. Let's not forget dragons. Nuff said.
We finally got the fourth Rave stone. Demon Card for even stronger! If you can believe that turn of events. Let's not forget dragons. Nuff said.
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