Manga Review: Fairy Tail Vol 1

Fairy Tail: Volume 1

By: Hiro Mashima

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
• Publisher: Kodansha Comics (August 28, 2012)
• ISBN-10: 1612622763
• ISBN-13: 978-1612622767

Review by Kendall L. 

 

Lucy is a normal celestial wizard just passing through a normal town when she finds another wizard named Salamander. At first she thinks she has found a powerful wizard, and starts to fall in love with him, but all the sudden some kid named Natsu and his cat Happy interrupted their connection, and found that Salamander was using a spell on her. To show her appreciation to Natsu and his cat, she treats them to lunch, not knowing that Natsu is also a wizard. Besides that, Lucy has always dreamed of joining a wizard guild (a "clan" of wizards that come together through thick and thin and look for assignments to do), and the one she wants to join desperately is a guild called Fairy Tail. When she is fantasizing about joining aloud, Salamander hears this, and uses it to his advantage. He said if Lucy went to him to a party on his yacht that he would let her become part of the Fairy Tail guild, because he was part of it. Now knowing this information, Lucy sucks up her rage for now and agrees to go to the party with him, finally getting to enter the Fairy Tail guild!

 

However, things turn for the worst at the party on the yacht just a few hours later accepting the invite. Lucy figures out that Salamander isn't really who he says he is, and brings women on his yacht to sell them as slaves. She tries to use her celestial keys, but "Salamander" takes them from her and throws them in the ocean. Now defenseless, there's nothing she can do. When all seems lost, a familiar face comes to save her... and it's the real Salamander! So what will happen to Lucy and the real Salamander? Will Lucy join Fairy Tail? You got to read to find out!

Manga Review: One Piece Vol 2

One Piece: Vol. 2 Buggy the Clown 

by: Eiichiro Oda

• • Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (November 19, 2003)
  • ISBN-10: 159116057X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1591160571

Review By: Kendall L. 

*This book is a manga and is rated "T" for teens.

After defeating Captain Morgan and successfully getting Zolo in his pirate crew, Luffy and Zolo went and sailed into the sea, where they find another village in desperate need. There they find a thief named Nami, who hates pirates. Luffy wants her to be on his crew but she refuses. While on another conflict a pirate named Captain Buggy the Clown has seized the village that Luffy was on, and he was destroying anything in his path.

A dog named Chou Chou however guarded a pet food store that his late master owned and would give anything to protect it. As Chou Chou was being beat up by a pirate this stuck with Luffy seeing that the dog was trying to protect the only thing he had left and came to the dog's aid. Nami saw this and thought maybe some pirates are good, but she still didn't like him. After defeating some more enemies Luffy finally came 1 on 1 with Captain Buggy and Buggy told him something that but his brain into shock...

The series keeps on getting better as I read on, and this one had a cliff hanger! So I don't know what's going to happen next (I wish I did know though) but I bet there's going to be lots of drama and fights!!!

Manga Review: One Piece vol 1

One Piece: Vol. 1 Romance Dawn 
story and art by Eiichiro Oda

• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (July 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569319014
• ISBN-13: 978-1569319017
• Review by Kendall L.
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• *This story is a manga book that's rated "T" for teens.
   
  Monkey D. Luffy is a little boy in the beginning of the book who inspires to be a great pirate one day. His older pirate friend, Captain "Red-Haired" Shanks, saves him from a bunch of mountain bandits and a sea monster and Luffy swears to be just like him one day, or greater. But there's a complication, Luffy doesn't know how to swim (which he was going to learn eventually) and then he accidently eats a devil fruit which gives him a special power but takes away the ability to swim. Despite this setback luffy left his home 10 years later in search of a crew to be the "king of pirates". 
   
  But his adventure at sea is cut short when he gets sucked into a huge whirlpool and ends up at a island which he finds other pirates on, and not the good kind. But he eventually gets off that island and travels onto another island, after getting another boat, where the Navy was stationed. Along with the Navy their was a strange vibe to Luffy about the villagers living there that they were scared, and Luffy wanted to find out what. Turns out a infamous swordsman who is also a pirate bounty hunter, named Roronoa Zolo, was being imprisoned there and a evil captain, Captain Morgan, was controlling the village and killing anyone who defied him. 
   
  I thought this was a very funny and action-packed book. It's almost like an anime Pirates of the Caribbean (but of course the adventures are different)!!! 

Book Review: Dengeki Daisy vol 1

Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 1 

By Kyousuke Motomi (Author, Illustrator)

• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
• ISBN-10: 1421537273
• ISBN-13: 978-1421537276

Review by Anneliese G. 

This story follows a teenage girl named Teru who lost her brother and parents at a young age. Before her brother died, he gave her a cell phone and told her that if she was ever in trouble or just plain old sad, to contact someone named Daisy. Ever since then, Teru has spoken to Daisy more often than not. It seems as if though she has fallen in love with Daisy. Anyways, in high school, Teru is constantly getting bullied for being poor by the rich student council. Teru accidentally broke a window when someone saved her from the council by throwing tennis balls at them; Teru threw one tennis ball back at the savior, in attempting to return it to whomever it was. But to no avail. The next day, she walks into class and sees the school janitor sitting on top of someone's desk. He suddenly ask the person who broke the window to step forward. Teru tells him that it was her and then the janitor, whom we find out his name is Kurosaki, says she must pay off the damages with her body, meaning she must work for him. But why does it seem like he is always coming to her rescue? Could he be 'Daisy'?