The plot is amazing- it's political without making the dense readers like me feel stupid and has enough twists to make you feel that the answer is just around the corner. The characters are intriguing and unique, enough to make you emphasise and share their emotions. It's not your simple "good and evil" or "black and white" manga- there are many shades of grey and it's difficult to tell which characters are which shade. I personally love the art style- simple yet captivating in a beautiful way. I really look forward to future chapters

I agree with Kujika for the most part; a nice review. The story is so far very straightforward but also well organised and the suspense is very well manipulated to make an amusing and gripping read.
The characters are still only beginning to be formed but by following caricatures, so far, they have been given robust personalities with which you can immediately sympathize.
I disagree with his rating for the art though. Although there are faults in the details and lines and it is fairly simple, the beautiful presentation leaves a very nice overall effect not only easy to follow but also worth a pause to admire from time to time. The character design is also effective and clear.
In conclusion, very promising; now we just need some more chapters!

... Last updated on June 30th, 2009, 11:26am

This manga is actually pretty promising. the characters seem to develop as the plot gets deeper. it's also not as cliched as i first thought. the art is quite good and the characters get better after the first couple of chapters.
also, the fact that some characters that i thought had a big part in the plot were killed, which is really good for this kind of plot. someone already said this.
another person also said that there are too much 'childish reasoning' in this manga. maybe true but it's reality- this is what makes the manga even better.
many people change what they believe in because of the person they like, whether it's a stupid thing to do or not. and people still believe in things just because their ancestors believed it and many people still can't accept the fact that others may be right (so they kill them instead etc...). The fact that the manga managed to portray all these things really well is amazing- i think it's supposed to make us see how stupid people can be sometimes and even when they think they're right, they're actually wrong.
I think this manga is worth reading. it has a weird beginning but seriously gets better.

I went through 14 chapters in 1 day and I wish there were more. Its very engrossing and it kills off characters who you'd think would be main parts of the story, which is a good change from most other series *cough bleach cough*. I dunno though, the manga sorta leans toward shounen AI and has some similarities to Kyo Kara Maoh.

So far I have no complaints. The story is interesting, and even though in the beginning I thought it might become a little predictable, there have been a few unforseen plot points so far (and things mentioned in passing that might be important to the plot later on). The author does a nice job of keeping the suspense up, and I really love the art. Like mentioned before, it's still to early to comment on the characters.

I'm looking forward to the chapters to come!

I was actually looking for something with very intense plotting, layered characterisations and very tight pacing.

This manga is okay: it doesn't really fulfill any of the above but it'll satisfy those who're looking for an easy fantasy read. My main problem is that the characters often feel like props for the ongoing storyline but I didn't feel any sort of anticipation to see what would happen nor was I ever drawn into the story. (Yep, I read all the way until Chapter 25 and even read it all twice.)

Also, do note the art evolves quite a lot and so, many characters look very different over the next few volumes. But some of the characters look too similar though and there's barely anything to tell them apart. Seriously, I've seen better character designs from artists with lesser skills.

... Last updated on June 28th, 2011, 5:42am

I really don't like commenting something that is still ongoing, but I do feel that the description here does this manga little to no justice.... and sometimes even the cover art is this way too.


Art: The art is very inconsistent, which is very unfortunate. I'm not referring to the little details so much as how characters are drawn in general. Belca is referred to as being younger than his brother Orcelito, but is drawn such that he looks older. A couple of characters changed in appearance since when then first shown up. It's not that they got older, lost an arm or anything else. They are just drawn differently. While this is explained a bit in the extra pages for Volume 4, it does give the feeling that the art direction and characters were not planned out in any sense before they show up.

Story: The plot is a lot more interesting that the description on this page lets on. Really you should give it a chance as it isn't so cliched. Sometimes things seem very predictable in terms of the direction that things are going, it does do a decent job of occasionally tricking the reader such that you're still surprised at times without becoming convoluted. As others have stated already, the plot is extremely easy to follow.

... Last updated on February 15th, 2011, 11:34am

This is one of the most frustrating mangas I have ever read. There are a number of things to like about it, the plot has some intrigue, and the motivations of some characters are quite nuanced and give them depth. However, there are so many gaps in continuity, inadequately explained plot points and characters and harsh transitions that the reader has a significant amount to "fill-in" and it quickly becomes confusing and tiring. I struggled to read this to the end, and I ended flicking through the last ~10 chapters in less than an hour just to finish it.

Too convoluted, that's how I would define this.
The story is a classic conspiracy type, it could be somewhat interesting but the storytelling is no good, the author just doesn't take the necessary time to explain and progress the story and events, as a result it's hard to understand anything and there is a general lack of sense on every aspect of the manga, add to that that the story jump all the time between characters to different places or even a different times going to the past and the result is this mess. Chars motivations are dubious, their actions sometimes are contrary to what would be expected and it's quite common for the characters to ignore evidence right in front of them for a convoluted alternative without much sense or explanation, the story is likewise broken and all things seam to happen in a forced way rather than as a consequence of a well plotted story development (the princess is droopy, really). Example:
By the way, the past story is kind of pointless, maybe it was supposed to have a bigger impact in the story but as it is, other than as a shallow explanation of why the Hokulea are monsters it really doesn't weight at all, and the princes care way too much about what an ancestor one thousand years ago did or did not do "If he was evil I'm evil" and that crap.
To be honest, the only reason I actually finished reading it is because it's short, if it had been 20ch longer I'd have certainly dropped it.

... Last updated on March 20th, 2018, 4:02pm

The description makes it sound pretty cliched, and I started reading very reluctantly; but after the first few chapters, the story started to become quite mysterious and intriguing.

The characters give the first impression of being rather stereotypical. There's the wonderful and responsible older brother (and crown prince), the polite and mellow but rather mediocre second brother, the fiery and rebellious (albeit good-natured) third brother (who also happens to be treated with contempt because he is the king's illegitimate child), the haughty and high-minded youngest sister, the scheming and unfaithful military and political advisors, the mysterious rescuer who arrives like a bolt from the blue to try and save the kingdom for no reason in particular...you get the idea. However, you would be foolish to give up on +C: Sword and Cornett because of these initial appearances. Very soon, most of the characters change for the better and become very interesting; their actions in later chapters are not in the least cliche. So long as you have patience, you will soon find yourself being drawn in to this manga.

The art isn't very good; it's rather commonplace and not pretty or elborate, but is clear enough that you can always figure out what's going on, even during fast-paced action sequences...so that's good enough for me.

Summing it up; at the end of Volume 5, the storyline remains gripping and has just begun gathering momentum. Hopefully, the conclusion will not disappoint.

... Last updated on May 21st, 2011, 12:57am