Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari

An interesting take on the MMO/Fantasy archetype.

From now on, I think I'll be focusing on bringing new or obscure manga into the limelight. I'm honestly not good enough at fictional analysis to be able to write reviews that are very in-depth or descriptive. I can't really compete with the super popular blogs in that area, so why bother? Instead, I'll stick with something that I can do better, since I tend to end up working on a lot of obscure manga. So, without further ado...

Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari is an interesting take on the MC-plays-a-lifelike-mmo archetype of fiction. Chapter 1 starts out very inconspicuously, but the story takes a BIG turn at chapter 2. I don't want to talk about it at length since the surprise is what makes it so great, but if you feel the urge to ruin it for yourself, light spoilers here:

The series turns dark, gritty, jaded, and pessimistic after a betrayal happens... The MC turns from your typical otaku into an anti-hero who cares nothing for the world around him and its impending doom. A far cry from your typical naive and idealistic MC. (Hello, Naruto Uzumaki.)

The art is very well done. It's very well drawn, and incredibly detailed. Also, it's so damn clean. Everything is well defined and clear, which is something I really wish a lot of manga would take into account. Rurouni Kenshin is one of my all time favorite manga, but some of the fight scenes are very confusing due to the art (which might be intentional sometimes, but oftentimes it isn't). There haven't been any crazy fight scenes yet, but everything so far has been very neatly drawn. I look forward to seeing any more crazy battles in the future.

Also, I think that this MC is very unique. You don't  often get to see MCs this determined and spiteful be this much of an ass most of the time, so it's a refreshing change for once. I look forward to seeing how this character develops.

I work on this series for Galactica Scans. When Teishou, our head admin, picked this series up, I was pretty skeptical at first since it seemed so generic, but I changed my opinion fairly quickly. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.

That's all for now, I suppose. I'll try to update my blog more now that I'm done with my summer job. Thanks for the read!