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geekwayne's review
3.0
'Kamen Volume 2' picks up the story from volume 1, but ends on a cliffhanger again. If you want to whole story, you'll have to wait. This volume is mainly a castle siege, which I liked.
Lord Simba has a much smaller attacking force, but superior tactics and strategy, including the tactical and important high ground. The opposing Zoh army is not going to give up easily. This takes up much of the book, until Kamen finally comes in. We don't learn much more about this masked man, so that part of the story doesn't advance much. Kamen remains as mysterious as he was in the first book. I wanted more of that story.
To be honest, much of this book felt drawn out and a little like filler, but I do like Gunya Mihara's art and story. The war story aspect and drawings were good. I was just hoping for a conclusion and not a continuation after almost 500 pages. Still it's interesting, but you might want to wait and read the whole story arc once it's completed.
I received a review copy of this manga from Gen Manga Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this manga.
Lord Simba has a much smaller attacking force, but superior tactics and strategy, including the tactical and important high ground. The opposing Zoh army is not going to give up easily. This takes up much of the book, until Kamen finally comes in. We don't learn much more about this masked man, so that part of the story doesn't advance much. Kamen remains as mysterious as he was in the first book. I wanted more of that story.
To be honest, much of this book felt drawn out and a little like filler, but I do like Gunya Mihara's art and story. The war story aspect and drawings were good. I was just hoping for a conclusion and not a continuation after almost 500 pages. Still it's interesting, but you might want to wait and read the whole story arc once it's completed.
I received a review copy of this manga from Gen Manga Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this manga.
hsienhsien27's review
3.0
This is an Advanced Readers Copy received From Netgalley
Originally on my blog:http://wordsnotesandfiction.blogspot.com/2014/09/kamen-volume-2-by-gunya-mihara-advanced.html
I keep forgetting to put my blog on here.
Here is the sequel and I read it in one sitting, or more like sitting on a chair and then an hour later, I was sitting on my bed. I have to say, I didn't like it as much as the first one. But manga series tend to span on for many volumes, so maybe the next one won't be the same. But Kamen seems to have this war and all of this stuff bores me, talking about their strategies and stating the obvious. While one of the characters was dying, he thought of something on the lines of "I'm dying," and all I could think of was "No kidding."
There is a bit of information surrounding the background of the masked people as more of them seem to appear and cause more chaos. There is no forgiveness in this war torn nation, almost a dystopian world. You don't really get any hints as to why the main character is in this world and why the world is the way it is. I kind of have a feeling that I know of what is happening, but I could be wrong.
This seems to be more plot driven, actually, the first half isn't even focused on the main character, it focuses more on what surrounds him. Which I find quite interesting, not a lot of manga, at least the ones I've read, don't do such a writing point of view. But everything gets wrapped up towards the ending when the nameless hero finally decides to do some sword fighting and ends with a giant creature that seems to look sort of like a tree from my vague memory. Of course, this left me with wanting more.
It is enjoyable, this series so far, but the second volume was sort of bland, and I hope that the next one picks up the steam.
Rating: 3/5
Originally on my blog:http://wordsnotesandfiction.blogspot.com/2014/09/kamen-volume-2-by-gunya-mihara-advanced.html
I keep forgetting to put my blog on here.
Here is the sequel and I read it in one sitting, or more like sitting on a chair and then an hour later, I was sitting on my bed. I have to say, I didn't like it as much as the first one. But manga series tend to span on for many volumes, so maybe the next one won't be the same. But Kamen seems to have this war and all of this stuff bores me, talking about their strategies and stating the obvious. While one of the characters was dying, he thought of something on the lines of "I'm dying," and all I could think of was "No kidding."
There is a bit of information surrounding the background of the masked people as more of them seem to appear and cause more chaos. There is no forgiveness in this war torn nation, almost a dystopian world. You don't really get any hints as to why the main character is in this world and why the world is the way it is. I kind of have a feeling that I know of what is happening, but I could be wrong.
This seems to be more plot driven, actually, the first half isn't even focused on the main character, it focuses more on what surrounds him. Which I find quite interesting, not a lot of manga, at least the ones I've read, don't do such a writing point of view. But everything gets wrapped up towards the ending when the nameless hero finally decides to do some sword fighting and ends with a giant creature that seems to look sort of like a tree from my vague memory. Of course, this left me with wanting more.
It is enjoyable, this series so far, but the second volume was sort of bland, and I hope that the next one picks up the steam.
Rating: 3/5
whitecat5000's review
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
3.0
Not as good as the first volume. I wish we focused more on revealing more of the masked man.
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