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乱と灰色の世界 / Ran to haiiro no sekai #4
Magiczny świat Ran 4
Ran w końcu budzi się z długiego snu. Smutna rzeczywistość, z jaką musi się zmierzyć, spada na nią jak grom z jasnego nieba. Mała czarownica nie może zaakceptować prawdy, a jej rozpacz zaczyna odciskać się piętnem na całym mieście. Ostatecznie Ran podejmuje decyzję, która zadziwia wszystkich jej bliskich...
Przed Wami ostatni tom tej niezwykłej, wciągającej, przepełnionej magią historii. Jak potoczą się losy naszych bohaterów? Nie przegapcie finału tej emocjonującej opowieści!
Przed Wami ostatni tom tej niezwykłej, wciągającej, przepełnionej magią historii. Jak potoczą się losy naszych bohaterów? Nie przegapcie finału tej emocjonującej opowieści!
402 pages, Hardcover
First published July 14, 2012
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December 26, 2019
Ran is a 4th grader with a magical family that is too overprotective to the mind of this young sorceress, especially since her mom doesn't spend near the time with her that she'd like. She has a magical pair of sneakers that transforms her little body into that of a grown young woman so why not use them to go one adventures?! Well Ran sure tests her older brother, Jin, and her father's skills at keeping her safe... especially once she meets rich playboy Otaro Mikado, who takes a liking to the grown Ran...
The Premise
Calling Ran and the Gray World vol 4 explosive is an under statement! This is the story I've been hoping would show up. It comes hot and heavy and does everything it can to fulfill every wish we've had for the series! We get a touch of the "correct age" Ran and her lovely friendship with Hibi. We FINALLY, FINALLY see Tamao start teaching her pupil in earnest. All because one of her past students decides to look up Ran... And best of all Zen's crows get a really neat storyline with our new villian... dun, dun, dun Otaro!!
The Buzz
Yeah, Ran and the Gray World vol 4 totally shocks because we were lulled into believing that Otaro had been given a clean bill of health... We knew that he was still plagued because Ran helps him in the previous volume with a nasty nightmare. Well Otaro just because public enemy number one of Ran's family!! Even Shizuka's sisters become involved!! Want is poor besotted Ran going to do?! (I don't know but Otaro sure puts on a good show and comes into his villainous role!)
The Feels
Nio was a really cute character Ran's own age. Sure, she's really fiery, especially when she's writhing with jealousy, but I could truly see her becoming a friend to Ran. And Ran needs friends! Especially magical ones who are quite capable. Ran doesn't even know her relationship with Otaro is terribly inappropriate! And while Hibi is a great friend (who I wish I saw more... at least he features in Ran and the Gray World vol 4) he has duties at home too helping in his parents nursery. Needless to say I hope to see more of Nio!
The Visuals
GAHHHHH the art is so gorgeous and especially so in Ran and the Gray World vol 4 where we meet new people and have some pretty extreme situations. One is meeting the new doctor who is as creepy as the medicine he practices. Tamao and Shizuka sitting and watching Ran and Nio battle was hilarious! And I adored Nio's pet. Plus her fight with Hibi was so well drawn... I loved the tumble down the stairs!! But Otaro and his villainous attacks were outrageously good! You'll need a paper volume STAT!
Ran and the Gray World vol 4 takes the story into overdrive! We finally get mega magic, a mega villain and some mega friendship... Ran is still growing up. She wants romance and friendship as quick as she can, but there are so many obstacles standing in her way. And we get to see more in the next volume!!
There is unexpected nudity that returns in this volume. TBH I was hoping that Otaro's naked butt would be the last we see but I guess the sexpot fan service is just not enough.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Authenticity
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tension
⋆ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Plot
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Art
Thanks to Edelweiss and VIZ Media for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review. It has not influenced my opinions.
This is a multi-volume series and there may be references to the plot of those volumes... SO READ WITH CARE! Here is my review of 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Please like this review if you enjoyed it! *bow* *bow* It helps me out a ton!!
The Premise
Calling Ran and the Gray World vol 4 explosive is an under statement! This is the story I've been hoping would show up. It comes hot and heavy and does everything it can to fulfill every wish we've had for the series! We get a touch of the "correct age" Ran and her lovely friendship with Hibi. We FINALLY, FINALLY see Tamao start teaching her pupil in earnest. All because one of her past students decides to look up Ran... And best of all Zen's crows get a really neat storyline with our new villian... dun, dun, dun Otaro!!
The Buzz
Yeah, Ran and the Gray World vol 4 totally shocks because we were lulled into believing that Otaro had been given a clean bill of health... We knew that he was still plagued because Ran helps him in the previous volume with a nasty nightmare. Well Otaro just because public enemy number one of Ran's family!! Even Shizuka's sisters become involved!! Want is poor besotted Ran going to do?! (I don't know but Otaro sure puts on a good show and comes into his villainous role!)
The Feels
Nio was a really cute character Ran's own age. Sure, she's really fiery, especially when she's writhing with jealousy, but I could truly see her becoming a friend to Ran. And Ran needs friends! Especially magical ones who are quite capable. Ran doesn't even know her relationship with Otaro is terribly inappropriate! And while Hibi is a great friend (who I wish I saw more... at least he features in Ran and the Gray World vol 4) he has duties at home too helping in his parents nursery. Needless to say I hope to see more of Nio!
The Visuals
GAHHHHH the art is so gorgeous and especially so in Ran and the Gray World vol 4 where we meet new people and have some pretty extreme situations. One is meeting the new doctor who is as creepy as the medicine he practices. Tamao and Shizuka sitting and watching Ran and Nio battle was hilarious! And I adored Nio's pet. Plus her fight with Hibi was so well drawn... I loved the tumble down the stairs!! But Otaro and his villainous attacks were outrageously good! You'll need a paper volume STAT!
Ran and the Gray World vol 4 takes the story into overdrive! We finally get mega magic, a mega villain and some mega friendship... Ran is still growing up. She wants romance and friendship as quick as she can, but there are so many obstacles standing in her way. And we get to see more in the next volume!!
There is unexpected nudity that returns in this volume. TBH I was hoping that Otaro's naked butt would be the last we see but I guess the sexpot fan service is just not enough.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Authenticity
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tension
⋆ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Plot
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Art
Thanks to Edelweiss and VIZ Media for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review. It has not influenced my opinions.
This is a multi-volume series and there may be references to the plot of those volumes... SO READ WITH CARE! Here is my review of 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
______________________
Please like this review if you enjoyed it! *bow* *bow* It helps me out a ton!!
September 1, 2019
It's amazing how one character can wreck a series. The first half of this book was a great deal of fun -- even despite the fan service -- while Ran simply hung out at her elementary school and home with her classmates and teacher. But then stupid, awful, creepy, lecherous Otaru Mikado shows up and the fun comes to a screeching halt. Sure, he drove some dramatic developments leading to the book's big cliffhanger, but here's hoping he doesn't make it through the coming confrontations or is at least sidelined for longer periods.
June 28, 2018
After the first volume, I believed that Ran and the Grey World had enough good ideas to make its plot set. Now I'm concerned that that might not come to happen.
One part dedicated to cutesy or humour, one to eroticism, one to the "serious subplot": The content of volume 4 is all over the place, the coherence of each part in relation to the others (or even the necessity of each one separately) very much uncertain.
Although the light-headed tone, accompanied by the dazzling artwork, is still pleasant to read, the origin for my hesitation about the overall success of this story is this: it does not manage substantiality. Two events that had been probed by the previous volumes finally fall into this one, and yet with very little memorability or relevance: Ran's magic teacher finally gives her a more than a couple-page lesson—yet it's more fanservice (distastefully blatant) than anything; The "evil" everyone in the other world had always been preparing for arrives sudden, relentless... and in a much unbelievable manner that also is, because of the way things happen, not exciting.
If the manga doesn't change its approach drastically, and soon, I'm afraid it'll remain to the end as what it is now: a very appealing package with potentially good separate parts, but which fails quite noisily to make something solid out of them and to go beyond a superficial treatment of what it has (the so far brief dramatic storyline is impossible to take seriously... and when does a character really come into the Uruma's house... and settle in personalised development?).
One part dedicated to cutesy or humour, one to eroticism, one to the "serious subplot": The content of volume 4 is all over the place, the coherence of each part in relation to the others (or even the necessity of each one separately) very much uncertain.
Although the light-headed tone, accompanied by the dazzling artwork, is still pleasant to read, the origin for my hesitation about the overall success of this story is this: it does not manage substantiality. Two events that had been probed by the previous volumes finally fall into this one, and yet with very little memorability or relevance: Ran's magic teacher finally gives her a more than a couple-page lesson—yet it's more fanservice (distastefully blatant) than anything; The "evil" everyone in the other world had always been preparing for arrives sudden, relentless... and in a much unbelievable manner that also is, because of the way things happen, not exciting.
If the manga doesn't change its approach drastically, and soon, I'm afraid it'll remain to the end as what it is now: a very appealing package with potentially good separate parts, but which fails quite noisily to make something solid out of them and to go beyond a superficial treatment of what it has (the so far brief dramatic storyline is impossible to take seriously... and when does a character really come into the Uruma's house... and settle in personalised development?).
June 15, 2022
Si va delineando una specie di “villain” e quindi scopo di questa storia, oltre la crescita di Ran. Disegni sempre super!
July 30, 2025
okay shit’s getting REAL interesting
November 1, 2022
Aww I ship Ran and Hibi ❤️ The big guy is a real perv, but it’s cute that he’s smitten 🤔
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 28, 2019
2.5⭐️
I’m happy that it’s going to be a few months before the next volume comes out because I need to think about whether I want to continue reading this or not. The first half of this volume was definitely a 4 star for me and then it got creepy again and way too jumbled. The story was all over the place with two different points in time for one large event and by the end of the volume I was left confused. Learning more about Ran’s depth of her power was very interesting but it was done in a really weird and over sexualized way. Pretty disappointed with how this series is going because of how much I truly love the magic system and the majority of the characters.
I’m happy that it’s going to be a few months before the next volume comes out because I need to think about whether I want to continue reading this or not. The first half of this volume was definitely a 4 star for me and then it got creepy again and way too jumbled. The story was all over the place with two different points in time for one large event and by the end of the volume I was left confused. Learning more about Ran’s depth of her power was very interesting but it was done in a really weird and over sexualized way. Pretty disappointed with how this series is going because of how much I truly love the magic system and the majority of the characters.
November 21, 2019
I enjoyed this much more than the last one. Though, the more restrained-ish fan service went out the window and landed right on bare bosoms—pointlessly so. The art seems more consistent than the last volume and synced nicely with the shifting mood of the story. It was lighter, whimsical early during Ran’s exchange with new friend Nio, then went heavy on the inks as bug-addled Otaro attempts to overthrow the village and battles the crows.
July 13, 2022
Nie mogę przestać płakać.
Właśnie zakończyłam tą niesamowicie wartościową historie i już nigdy nie przeżyje jej od nowa po raz pierwszy.
Nigdy nie przypuszczałam, że jestem w stanie aż tak bardzo pokochać jakąś Przeżywałam z Ran każdą najgorszą chwile. Wylewałam z nią łzy, śmiałam się do rozpuku.
Stała się ona moją przyjaciółką, o której już nigdy nie zapomnę i która zajęła w moim sercu bardzo szczególne miejsce, zarezerwowane tylko dla wyjątkowych osób.
Właśnie zakończyłam tą niesamowicie wartościową historie i już nigdy nie przeżyje jej od nowa po raz pierwszy.
Nigdy nie przypuszczałam, że jestem w stanie aż tak bardzo pokochać jakąś Przeżywałam z Ran każdą najgorszą chwile. Wylewałam z nią łzy, śmiałam się do rozpuku.
Stała się ona moją przyjaciółką, o której już nigdy nie zapomnę i która zajęła w moim sercu bardzo szczególne miejsce, zarezerwowane tylko dla wyjątkowych osób.
February 16, 2021
Este remonta bastante, me gusta mucho más que el anterior aunque sigo sin enterder lo de los desnudos que no vienen mucho al caso.
Vuelta al aspecto mágico con toque oscurillo incluido.
PD: no me gusta que todos le digan a Ran lo tontísima que es la pobre, aunque hay veces que yo también lo pienso, es tan inocente...
Vuelta al aspecto mágico con toque oscurillo incluido.
PD: no me gusta que todos le digan a Ran lo tontísima que es la pobre, aunque hay veces que yo también lo pienso, es tan inocente...
August 15, 2019
The art continues to astonish, but the story and characters are suffering from disjointed happenings that are never really explained. I feel confused or irritated rather than interested and engaged. Three volumes left to go.
March 8, 2019
Omg! Que alguien lo detenga
March 18, 2020
3.5, It got rather serious right at the last chapter. The fan service is so unnecessary and detracts from good this manga could be overall.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 15, 2020
the plot thickens
and by that, I mean SHIT GETS SERIOUS
and by that, I mean SHIT GETS SERIOUS
December 30, 2021
Mucho, mucho mejor. Ha habido una escena que me ha sobrado muchísimo pero este tomo ha ido mucho más a mis gustos y menos a mis fobias.
February 6, 2022
It's getting really interesting now 🙊
April 25, 2022
I think I’ve figured it out—I don’t like the main character but I like pretty much everyone else. 😂
July 23, 2022
Super super cool, the author is a genius!
October 22, 2023
Devo dire che mi stava piacendo molto di più all'inizio, i primi tre volumi mi avevano convinta, ma la storia sta iniziando ad avere dei problemi di ritmo enormi
October 20, 2024
Tot plegat massa surrealista per al meu gust, amb una trama desordenada i sense un rumb clar. Cada cop se'm fa més feixuga la lectura, així que no sé si aconseguiré acabar la sèrie ^^'
October 10, 2025
I'm dnfing the series.
There is a lot going on and I sadly am not very invested in it anymore.
Also, the depiction of a ten year old in a "sexy" body makes me continuously uncomfortable.
There is a lot going on and I sadly am not very invested in it anymore.
Also, the depiction of a ten year old in a "sexy" body makes me continuously uncomfortable.
November 23, 2025
man i didn't understand a thing about this volume, what's going on??? wydm now we have evil Outarou? who's him? it was so confusing to follow the plot!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 11, 2019
I'm mixed overall on this volume, the story pulls back some of the things that happened earlier w/ Otaro, but because of the sideline off into things at Ran's school it feels abrupt disjointed and kinda unwanted. The events surrounding Ran at school are so much more interesting.
I suppose that *bad* things don't necessarily happen when you want, but it feels like this plot could have evolved better, smoother. I can't imagine having read it serialized, chapter by chapter. It was hard enough to follow what was going on with Otaro reading it all in one sitting.
There's more fan service in this volume as well, so it makes me a lot more self-conscious to read this over lunch or on a full bus. That's a good bit of my available reading time. Heaven forbid someone asks me what it's about...
The art is great, and the characters are really quirky and interesting. I can't help but like it, and brush aside all the things that would annoy me if I thought much about them.
I suppose that *bad* things don't necessarily happen when you want, but it feels like this plot could have evolved better, smoother. I can't imagine having read it serialized, chapter by chapter. It was hard enough to follow what was going on with Otaro reading it all in one sitting.
There's more fan service in this volume as well, so it makes me a lot more self-conscious to read this over lunch or on a full bus. That's a good bit of my available reading time. Heaven forbid someone asks me what it's about...
The art is great, and the characters are really quirky and interesting. I can't help but like it, and brush aside all the things that would annoy me if I thought much about them.
August 1, 2023
This volume was quite good; the series becomes more interesting when it emphasises magic and action instead of the creepy "romance" between Ran & Otaro. Unfortunately, the book is confusing. The timeline was nonlinear and poorly written: not only does the book have two separate timelines, but Irie has also divided one of them (the battle) into several parts that she again makes nonlinear. The result is that I understand the battle happens after Ran and Otaro meet at the park, but I'm unsure how the battle proceeds. The ending is clear, but the beginning and middle? I have no idea which part comes first.
December 24, 2014
Wah, seru bgt volume yg satu ini. Akhirnya ada adegan pertempuran! Dan pintu raksasa akhirnya dihancurkan oleh Outarou yg otaknya ditunggangi larva kecil. Krn kampung mereka disegel, maka utk sementara seisi kampung pindah ke rumah keluarga Ran!! Huahahahaha. Mantap bgt imajinasi mangaka yg satu ini. Bnr2 kreatif dan tak terduga! Aku terutama suka dgn episode dokter sihir yg mengobati anak manusia yg 'dihinggapi' gurita jamur beracun. Caranya menangani monster gurita itu, unik sekali. Satu kata utk mendeskripsikan seri ini : quirky! :)
March 20, 2015
I really hope that there's a way to save Ohtaroh. Little!Ran is being her usual adorakble self and I thought there wasn't enough adult!Ran in this volume.
More Sang and Jin please :) But otherwise can't wait for volume 5 to see how they will handle evil!Ohtaroh. And Ran's "new" house <3
More Sang and Jin please :) But otherwise can't wait for volume 5 to see how they will handle evil!Ohtaroh. And Ran's "new" house <3
April 23, 2015
Let's be honest, I read it in English... x)
March 21, 2021
This one is the best so far! I still hate the parts when glasses guy is with Ran I just want him to stay awayyyyy. But everything else is great.
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