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_moonniji_'s review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
piperkitty's review against another edition
4.0
This story follows two spies working together collecting Tesla Fragments-- An invention created by Nikola Tesla that can cause teleportation when activated. For some reason, Tesla thought the best way to protect these fragments was to spread them randomly around the world. Very nice artwork, great detail, interesting backgrounds and line work. It fits the story perfectly.
banana83854's review against another edition
3.0
**ARC provided by NetGalley for honest Review**
Tesla Note 1 by Story by Masafumi Nishida, Tadayoshi Kubo, Art by Kota Sannomiya was a refreshing sci-fi spy action manga about a high schooler who has been trained in ninja skills and now has to join a spy team to save the world. It was very different from what I usually read and a little dark for me, but the plot and characters were interesting, so I'm willing to continue the series if I get the opportunity.
Tesla Note 1 by Story by Masafumi Nishida, Tadayoshi Kubo, Art by Kota Sannomiya was a refreshing sci-fi spy action manga about a high schooler who has been trained in ninja skills and now has to join a spy team to save the world. It was very different from what I usually read and a little dark for me, but the plot and characters were interesting, so I'm willing to continue the series if I get the opportunity.
oncemorewithreading's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the concept of this one but found myself getting fed up with the constant bickering between the two. However, I liked the art style alot and think that the manga has a lot of promise.
Overall a decent read and I'm intrigued to see how the story continues.
Overall a decent read and I'm intrigued to see how the story continues.
piperkitty's review against another edition
4.0
This story follows two spies working together collecting Tesla Fragments-- An invention created by Nikola Tesla that can cause teleportation when activated. For some reason, Tesla thought the best way to protect these fragments was to spread them randomly around the world. Very nice artwork, great detail, interesting backgrounds and line work. It fits the story perfectly.
piperkitty's review against another edition
4.0
This story follows two spies working together collecting Tesla Fragments-- An invention created by Nikola Tesla that can cause teleportation when activated. For some reason, Tesla thought the best way to protect these fragments was to spread them randomly around the world. Very nice artwork, great detail, interesting backgrounds and line work. It fits the story perfectly.
barberia's review against another edition
4.0
Thanks to NetGalley and Kodansha comics for letting me read this manga in exchange for an honest review.
4/5
I really love the characters in this story, each one of them has some annoying quirks, but the difference in characters gives the story more colour and shades. Relationship between Botan and Kuruma has lots of paths, at the moment they are bit of enemies, there is a chance it could take a romance turn, which I think would turn out amazingly. I personally adore mangas with touch of a romance.
In other volumes I would hope to explore backstories of each character. We can see that Botan has experienced a lot in her childhood, so I feel like it's really important to find out more.
Illustrations and art was truly beautiful it had a lot of details. Also the story itself was laid out perfectly, not too much text in pages.
The only reason it's one star less from perfect is cause it's first volume and you would like to be more attached and invested with the whole plot.
Definitely recommend, planning to read other volumes too.
TW: death, gore, burns, violence, blood, gun violence, death of a parent.
4/5
I really love the characters in this story, each one of them has some annoying quirks, but the difference in characters gives the story more colour and shades. Relationship between Botan and Kuruma has lots of paths, at the moment they are bit of enemies, there is a chance it could take a romance turn, which I think would turn out amazingly. I personally adore mangas with touch of a romance.
In other volumes I would hope to explore backstories of each character. We can see that Botan has experienced a lot in her childhood, so I feel like it's really important to find out more.
Illustrations and art was truly beautiful it had a lot of details. Also the story itself was laid out perfectly, not too much text in pages.
The only reason it's one star less from perfect is cause it's first volume and you would like to be more attached and invested with the whole plot.
Definitely recommend, planning to read other volumes too.
TW: death, gore, burns, violence, blood, gun violence, death of a parent.
planetlibrarian's review against another edition
2.0
*Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for providing an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review*
I loved the cover and thought the summary sounded interesting, but overall this volume was disappointing. The art is great good, the character design was decent and the action panels weren't too messy to follow. Where things really lacked for me was with the characters and the plot. The concept is pretty neat: Nikola Tesla, renowned turn of the century inventor, realized his inventions were too ahead of the times and locked them away in shards which, when tampered with, cause mayhem and chaos. There's a few different organizations vying for the shards, but real goals and motivations aren't stated. The first volume revolves around the hunt for one specific shard and setting up the main cast, but mostly things aren't well explained and I felt lost at times. I did like Botan's character well enough, but didn't care for most of the other characters. I also thought the attempts at humor were forced and fell flat, it felt like the author was trying to include a type of humor that just didn't suit the story. It created an awkward narrative and I didn't like how it informed character interaction. Overall a great premise, but not the best execution. I do think there is potential for the author to hit their stride and really pull out a good story in future volumes though.
I loved the cover and thought the summary sounded interesting, but overall this volume was disappointing. The art is great good, the character design was decent and the action panels weren't too messy to follow. Where things really lacked for me was with the characters and the plot. The concept is pretty neat: Nikola Tesla, renowned turn of the century inventor, realized his inventions were too ahead of the times and locked them away in shards which, when tampered with, cause mayhem and chaos. There's a few different organizations vying for the shards, but real goals and motivations aren't stated. The first volume revolves around the hunt for one specific shard and setting up the main cast, but mostly things aren't well explained and I felt lost at times. I did like Botan's character well enough, but didn't care for most of the other characters. I also thought the attempts at humor were forced and fell flat, it felt like the author was trying to include a type of humor that just didn't suit the story. It created an awkward narrative and I didn't like how it informed character interaction. Overall a great premise, but not the best execution. I do think there is potential for the author to hit their stride and really pull out a good story in future volumes though.
kari_marie's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
3.75
I am not much for manga, but I did enjoy this. This is story line right up my alley. I love stories that talk about Telsa's secret projects. Yes you need to suspend belief but that is almost always true for any Sci-fi/Fantasy story line. I enjoyed the artwork which is usually the hardest part of manga that is the hardest for me to get into.
3.75 stars because I would be willing to pick up Vol 2 and I really am not a big manga fan.
3.75 stars because I would be willing to pick up Vol 2 and I really am not a big manga fan.
Thank you to NetGalley, Kodansha Comics, Masafumi Nishida, Tadayoshi Kubo and Sannomiya for the free copy. This was an honest review.