Karson Hawkins’s Reviews > 鋼の錬金術師 1 [Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 1] > Status Update
Karson Hawkins
is 40% done
Volume 11 of 27, taking a temporary break.
The story is picking up pace, enjoyably so, though something about Arakawa's use of violence as humor feels a bit Loony Tunes and out of place here. The use of violence as humor in the teacher-student relationship sits oddly with me, and a message that feels indirectly repeated is the assertion that the world is mean, and perhaps that the author wishes to find it so.
— Oct 05, 2025 09:26PM
The story is picking up pace, enjoyably so, though something about Arakawa's use of violence as humor feels a bit Loony Tunes and out of place here. The use of violence as humor in the teacher-student relationship sits oddly with me, and a message that feels indirectly repeated is the assertion that the world is mean, and perhaps that the author wishes to find it so.
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Finished volume 3 of 27
The language seems to employ more figures of speech and is trickier than much of the manga I've read before, even stuff for older audiences than this. It feels like it has a ton of potential, with Arakawa taking character relationships and broad-scale conflict and world building seriously. If there's a pitfall from what little I've seen, it's that the humor (though funny) can get in the way.
— Jul 23, 2025 02:57PM
The language seems to employ more figures of speech and is trickier than much of the manga I've read before, even stuff for older audiences than this. It feels like it has a ton of potential, with Arakawa taking character relationships and broad-scale conflict and world building seriously. If there's a pitfall from what little I've seen, it's that the humor (though funny) can get in the way.
