七つの魔剣が支配する (2)

Reign of the Seven Spellblades Manga #2

by Sakae Esuno

オリバーに降りかかる最悪の災難。“最狂”の先輩――顕現!!!迷宮と化した学園キンバリーに迷い込んだオリバー達。そこで出会ったのは常識外れの“異能の持ち主”達で!? そして明かされる、謎多き少女・ナナオの壮絶な過去とは…!?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels

Comic

First published April 25, 2020

About the author

Japanese mangaka.

Reviews

[Azbaqiyah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Plot - 4 ⭐
Character - 4 ⭐
Writing Style - 4 ⭐
World Building - 5 ⭐
Art - 5 ⭐
Cover - 5 ⭐

Overall - 4.5 ⭐ / 5 ⭐

[Ghostea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Often when I pick up manga based on a light novel I end up kicking myself, wondering why I even bothered as the transition is seldom pulled off well--I have made it a general rule to stick to Light novels and skip manga.

However, this adaptation is so well done. The characters, story, and the art! oh my, the art! Uno did an amazing job of adapting this. fun read for fans of fantasy.

[Sheepy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like so much has happened but also nothing has really happened. It's progressing in a way without actual development of characters or the overall plot, just a small tangent story line branch, I'm not quite sold on this yet but with that last panel I'm curious what is coming next.

[Stas · Rating 2 out of 5]

More disjointed than first volume.
Maybe that's how it is in light novel, but it does not work for me.

[huntërre thomässön · Rating 3 out of 5]

A 3 star series. Generic fantasy, but it gives itself an edge with it being a bit, well, edgy.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Or at least lost in the magical encroaching labyrinth that is kept under the school. Poor Oliver, Pete, and Michela get caught in its nightly expansion only to find themselves being head hunted by two upperclassmen who immediately start fighting each other and one gives birth... If I wasn't so confused I'd be barfing. But at least the bone creature looks cool.

Then Nanao shows up, declares her intent on suicide, only for it all to be brushed aside when the student council president shows up. Later we get Nanao's backstory which roughly shakes out to "I'm a soldier plucked from the battlefield and placed in a peacetime school setting" dissociation. but then that gets muddled into "Oliver rejected me so I'm depressed and want to die" but then some insta-friendship therapy solves the problem.

Uh... More Katie-PETA stuff and the social backlash angst therein... I mean, I get it, I'd be all over Care of Magical Creatures class and in this case she's a Hermione/House Elf parallel, but... dammit this really is an alternate Harry Potter... Then Katie gets bullied so Oliver, Guy, and Nanao get into a brawl, end up in detention, and that somehow leads into a secret fight club in the labyrinth... again, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

Overall, the premise, though extremely vague, has potential and the characters, though currently (mostly) cookie-cutter basic, are a good starting point. But so far...the story is just so bland and boring.

This series has 8 volumes.