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Tuulen laakson Nausicaä #1 by Hayao Miyazaki

susysstories's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.75

Read this for a Ghibli challenge in one of the book servers on Discord. Don't like it enough to read another 6 volumes. The art is not my style, sometimes it's hard to distinguish what exactly is going on. Too many other books out there waiting for me.

Characters 5
Atmosphere 6
Art Style 5
Premise /Plot 7
Execution/Setup 6
Enjoyment/Engrossment 5

joshuavrysen's review against another edition

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5.0

I cannot give high enough praise for this book (all volumes). please take some time to go through this in its entirety...
maybe for me it is more a visual experience... (I have a copy of it untranslated that I can't read at all, but have gone through many times to view the story in it's original format)

emaretea's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

moonshake's review against another edition

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wowowowow

walkerct's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

panohchoc's review against another edition

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4.0

Nausicaä is such a badass.

jodihewitt's review against another edition

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adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

mergs_scribbles's review against another edition

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5.0

Miyazaki’s work is truly something to behold. The little details in his art, the characters, the story— it all comes together to make a world I can’t help but get sucked into.

denaiir's review against another edition

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3.0

This was a bit disappointing to me, and I'm wondering whether I would like the movie better, except that the story is much more developed in the manga. I loved ecological themes and Nausicaä's character is lovely, like all of Miyazaki's heroines, but I found much of the action and political intrigue very difficult to follow, probably because the panels were rough, with no grey screens, and the characters looked quite similar.
I will continue since I've read that the story picks up after a few chapters, but this one was definitely a letdown for me, since it's so adored by the public.

okto's review

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4.75

Jännitävä alku sarjalle. Pidin todella paljon.