OVERLORD #2

Overlord Manga #2

by Kugane Maruyama

この世界の情報を得るため、冒険者に身をやつし市街での活動を開始することにしたアインズ。「森の賢王」との邂逅などを経て順調に名声を獲得するが、その先には狂気渦巻く陰謀が待ち受けていた――。

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Fiction, High Fantasy, Japan, Seinen

134 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2015

About the author

MARUYAMA Kugane
Name (in native language): 丸山くがね

Reviews

[Nicolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ainz playing adventurer, as the dark hero Momon, is the main character taking an active role in the information gathering necessary to navigate this new world.

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

And the series continues being awesome!

I really love the info pages between the chapters, they give so much deeper insight to the character's, abilities and so much more about the world that deepens my understanding of the series.

The development of the plot is going at a nice pace and makes me want to continue onto the next volume.

Also I really loved chapter 7.5 about the characters hearing about the anime being announced. It was really cute and fun to read!

[Ashley Stanton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing as always. Though I'm surprised the manga isnt rated mature. I really enjoyed the info pages between chapters. It gives so much background info you dont get through reading or watching the anime.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Momonga goes to become an adventurer, disguised as a human knight, in order to make his name Momon famous. The end goal is that if his name is famous enough, other people who got isekai'd with him could find him more easily. But this time, there's bad guys!

I'll be honest, it's been forever since I read volume 1 so it took me a minute to catch up, but overall, it still reads like a standard isekai with an overpowered protagonist. The only difference is that Momonga has to hide the fact that he's a skeleton. I will say that the reading flow felt... a little off? Like there was a page missing here or there. Maybe I was reading it too fast? I dunno.

[Katt Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I haven't seen the anime for this story, but I wonder if it would help? On volume 2 we should be getting into the meat of the story and I'm still falling into a certain level of confusion on the plot line. I'm really not sure why we were adventuring at all...? It seems there are better ways to find what you're looking for.

Still, the concept of this story is very interesting and I'll stick it out to see what happens next.

[Taylor Harms · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wasn't sure how long it would be until I returned back to Overlord. It's definitely an improvement over the 1st one and I will start reading the next ones quicker than it took me to start the 2nd. Some new main characters introduced that I like however some of the panels seem a little chaotic and can be difficult to "animate" in my head.

[Frankie Frabizzio · Rating 4 out of 5]

The bonus chapter with all the characters reacting to the announcement of being animated in the 2015 Madhouse anime adaptation had me giggling because I just love a good one-off, non-canonical, self-aware gag chapter in manga

[Edric Unsane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny and dark, the second volume of Overlord didn't disappoint. Episode 7.5 was cute as hell too.

[M.G. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Can't say I'm particularly hooked. I was hyped for Overlord, but honestly I'm kind of disappointed. Not sure if I'll continue the series.

[Frederico]

quite good, like the first one. Unfortunately I've finished it in 2 days again.

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed this volume a lot more than the first one so I'll continue the series.

[Nav · Rating 5 out of 5]

See review of Volume One. Though this volume gets an extra star for the mount introduced in it - a giant hamster.

[Carolina Gardner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like the info pages they have in the manga that they don’t show on the anime😊❤️ BTW Hamsuke is so adorable 😆😍

[Dan Rheingans · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun manga read! You really can’t go wrong with giant attacking hamsters! Just a fun way to enjoy some great art and story.

[ReadingFrog · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars.

[Enriquezfkylie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

[Nathalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The king of the forest was hilarious to me. And I liked the plotline, interested to see where it goes next.

[Jacob Maldonado · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's overlord so you know it's gonna be good.

[Darcy Roar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review on book 1

[AP · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.8

[Monobella · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seems poised to drag the story in the original volume out for far longer and in different directions than I expected.

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5

[Ashleigh Carter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was better than Volume 1. Easier to follow but the switches between POV were still jarring. However, Hamsuke is the absolute cutest guardian god ever. 😍 For that reason, I added a half star to my rating and I'm looking forward to the next volume. Apparently he comes around a fair bit in future volumes.

[Rita · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good continuation from the first volume, awaiting for more.

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoying the light novel version of these. Don't think you have to be a gamer to get along well with the premise - anything not obvious is usually quickly explained, so don't let the fact it's game-based put you off, as that's simply a platform for the story, not the be all and end all. Must say, So Bin's illustrations are great, especially the covers, but they are different on the light novels to the ones seen here.

[Elinor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Très sympa, l'univers semble riche et bien pensé, ça me plaît.