In a vast world, Emma, a girl with something lurking inside her, meets the magician Shion!!! What is the "Magico" ritual that will bind them together?! Even if they risk their lives to tread a path of thorns...!!
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The greatest shonen manga of all time this is undoubtedly not... however, it's still very enjoyable and fun while it lasted. The story was a breath of fresh air, but the art left a bit to be desired and the story felt bogged down by one too many generic shonen cliches. Long story short: If you LOVE shonen-romance then give this a read, but if you already have way too many manga on your wish list and not nearly enough time to read them then pass this by.
Shion was an adorable protagonist - I would buy him off eBay. However, Emma is one of those annoying Shoujo protagonists that are weak and helpless in every way. I felt bad for Shion. Not that I hate Emma, but I think she could've done better, considering Shion's circumstances.
What a terrible ending. It's seems pretty obvious that it got axed. Especially as they had set up a bunch of interesting stuff, like the other sages.
I really would've liked it to focus on the creation/fulfilling of more rituals NOT related to the Magico. the magic system seems like a pretty brilliant idea that was wasted on this series, when i look back on it as a whole.
It's good until the finishing of the tournament arc. after that, it's not getting any better, just getting worse so you may as well stop there.
P.S. Seriously loved the idea of rituals and sacrifices and trials to get magic. It's a shame... :/
Manga must read for people like romance, cute and many sad past.
It is about girl, boy in 16 year old . I mistaked they are only 10 year old at first glace.
Almost characters have a sad past , most is main character ?
Most people are excited about something new and cool but once you see past all that it's the same old, same old you always see Shounen Jump pumping out.
If you're the kind of person who always gets giddy after readying something new like this that has been hyped up then you will like it. If you look at things with a studious eye and research before you read then you will see this for what it is(average) and most likely pass it up.
There is so much that's wrong that it would be too long to mention them here, by reading the other comments I expected something great, they talk of this as if it was a masterpiece... unfortunately it's far from it, at least imo.
Chars: Shion... he's annoying, he gets himself be belittled by around half the people he meets yet does nothing. He has an interesting past but its used poorly as a side not and a depressing story. I can't say if there is much development since I dropped this at its half but till that point there had been none. Emma, is a passive character that does nothing save cry from time to time or be warm and fuzzy the rest of it, she should pretty much be ashamed of being always in the receiving end of Shions exertions yet she doesn't even try to do something for him. The romance is crappy, I didn't get any warm feeling from any of them and the depth of their feelings seem to be the utterance of the world. The only char I liked is Luu, she at least is well introduced and is somewhat (if very shortly) developed, I could feel her reasons and motivations for what goes on, unlike the others. To be honest there is much potential here but I got fed up with all the crap going on, char development is the one point were this might get better but I give up on it, I just don't find it worth it, with the appearance of Shion's brother I'm done.
Story is weak, the beginning is good but after the first few chapters it becomes an hectic thing with a new villain and new chars of the week, they jump from place to place in their rituals and there is little sense of continuity and both new chars and villains are pretty irritating.
Then we have humor which is equally uninspired and relied upon constantly, still, it's just the chars not taking the situation seriously or lame ecchi jokes at puberty level.
Last, is the world, it's just uninteresting, in the center of it is magic, yet magic is presented as rewards for rituals, rituals as explained are just the repetition of a certain action many many many times... so what's with all the great magician, the talent and so on? it's just knowledge of the ritual and having the stubbornness to complete it. I find this "magic" world utterly boring and dumb, a joke and thus the world kinda lost it's meaning right there. Add to that convenient unjustified and previously unexplained coincidences that always comes to save the day when our heroes need it, like love makes miracles and such reasonable occurrences...
I guess young teenagers might like this one, being able to swallow the humor and identify a little with the chars, but it's not my thing. I might finish it someday since it's not long but I've had enough for now.
I agree with Leos Klein.
I read the released chapters and I felt as if it was rushed and the mangaka kind of shoved the story in your face. Also, the main character guy Shion looks like an underage druggie, though his personality is pretty unique for a main character in JUMP. The girl kind of reminds of a typical shoujo character though. And like most series like this, it'll probably become repetitive and boring. That's just my opinion so far, it may change later on but first impression is everything.
I admit: I only read the first chapter. But honestly, I got bored by it. Dropped it afterwards.
The characters are waaaay to chibi-like, I can't even take them seriously.... They should be about 16 years old, both, right? They seem like ten.... and the guy does look like a freaking drug addict - thought it was just exaggerated, but no.... unfortunately not. He even ate those weird mushrooms....
So. Let's take a shortcut and go to the thing I was looking forward to: The unique feeling that was supposed to be there.
Sorry. I can't feel that, I can only see the differences from the usual shounen mangas. But besides a marriage, some nose bleed and a hero who shows his love openly there's no real difference from the usual stuff. So no rating from me. This manga is just some disappointment.
Well, I lost interest on the first chapter ==... Even in a "Magical World" would you believe it immediately if someone told you you had a curse that only occurs once every 500 years? It's like, "Male: You are a super special person. Female: OMYGOSHNOWAY!" =="... Other than that, I liked the art, pretty girly, and yeah it's a pretty cliche shounen story.