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Blanchimont
Joined: 25 Feb 2012
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Location: Finland
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 Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 12:34 pm |
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| Quote: | | Yuri's muscle magic is implied to be more than merely swole-beams, perhaps hinting at some greater power. |
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but, while quite formidable, it's merely been 'swole-beams' through all the source material so far...
| Quote: | | Filia is clearly defensive over being stereotyped by others as “just an elf” but feels comfortable around Yuri – he is the only person who lets her be Filia and not define her by her heritage and magic prowess. |
Filia can read minds and Yuri is just about the only person whose words match their thoughts, that's why she's comfortable with him, despite his muscle obsessiveness. And probably for the fact he rescued her in the beginning...
| Quote: | | The real question, of course, is whether it can maintain interest in future volumes. |
Well, apparently not enough, the manga run its course in 4 volumes...
| Quote: | | The art is clean but nothing spectacular either. The characters are light on detail and have rather basic designs, while the backgrounds are present without being much to write home about. There is not much in the way of experimentation or stylistic flourish, other than a few intense moments when Yuri kicks his musculature into high gear. |
I usually prefer a light novel's designs as they're almost always more elaborate than in manga form. But, here, I must make the claim the manga does the job better, the art is a lot more organic, while in the novel insert images are about as generic as you can get. Unless one knew them in context, I'm pretty sure one wouldn't recognize the characters as same...
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maximilianjenus
Joined: 29 Apr 2013
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 10:23 am |
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for similar series, there is the one where vladimir putin gets isekaied, the ride on king, and survival of a sword king, where the mc has a level up bug, so when he gets to level 5 he resets back to 1, his stats increase but he does not gain any new skills, making him a muscle head.
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enurtsol
Joined: 01 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:03 am |
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Saitama says hi
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