Magic Knight Rayearth #03

The final book in the MKR series, cycle one. Hikaru, Umi and Fuu, summoned to Cephiro to save the princess from the evil Zagato, must revive the Mashin, great spirits in the form of huge meccha, and defeat Zagato¡¦s minions; the little boy summoner, Ascot, the lovely Gardina, and former chief of the princess¡¦ guard, Lafarga the swordsman. Will they triumph? Can they become Magic Knights in time to save Caphiro? Will Umi and Mokona ever get along? Can Mokona say anything but Puu?! The answers to all these questions and more can be found only in the MKR1 final volume!!! A word of caution; before you finish reading the first three volumes, don¡¦t read the reviews of the second series of MKR, because just reading the reviews will ruin the shocking surprise of the ending. It¡¦s also kind of a cliffhanger ending, so buy the second series also. It¡¦s even better than he first, and all the loose threads of the first series are tied up. =^-^= 1. Story: Great story, very classical Shoujo storyline, but definitely original and captivating. 2. Love Interest: Come on guys, it¡¦s a Shoujo manga; it¡¦s got the cutest love stories ever, but in the first cycle only Fuu gets a love interest, but boy! What a guy she gets! Don¡¦t worry parents, nothing offensive, and there isn¡¦t even any kissing ƒ¼. 3. Artwork: Gorgeous. And you can trust my opinion; I draw manga, so I know good artwork when I see it, seriously.. The rest of the artwork will have you drooling (especially over Zagato) and the character design is scrumptious, but some of the battle scenes are confusing until you get the hang of them and know what to look for. I love the profile shots, especially of Emeraude. 4. Translation: Great translation; great fonts. Princess Emeraude, Zagato and the Mashin all have their own personal fonts, a really neat stylistic quirk. Even the speech bubbles are different, depending on whether the character is shouting, thinking or just talking. It really adds depth to the story. There is a small problem cuz Japanese isn¡¦t written like English, so the speech bubbles are taller than they are wide, but that¡¦s usually not a problem. ¡¥Why don¡¦t you¡¦ is spelled ¡¥Whydoncha¡¦ and Ferio charmingly greets the girls with, ¡¥who are y¡¦all?¡¦ but overall it was perfect. 5. Quality: Excellent Quality, it¡¦s a beautiful book that will not fall apart like the Sailor Moon manga reportedly does. It reads from right to left; Japanese form, but since I can read and write Arabic, it came naturally to me. On the last page is a quick, useful tutorial to show you how to read authentic manga in it¡¦s original form. Words don¡¦t lead off the page or anything, and the paper is beautiful. 6. Nudity: NONE 7. Price: Ok, now, as much as I love manga, ten bucks for a 120-page comic book is kind of a lot. True manga fans like myself would never blink an eye at the price of ground-breaking manga like MKR, but when your parents pay for everything online, it makes your life hard ¡Vsigh- It¡¦s easy

Yet again another glorious work by CLAMP. Their stellar artwork has given me cause to turn green with envy. This one was a shocker though, the ending was a suprise like none other. It leaves you acheing for the next ones in the series.And as always CLAMP gives us charecters to fall in love with. Woderful design and fight scenes. I can't recomend this book enough, but make sure you get 1 and 2 first. You wouldn't want to be confused by this amazing tale of monsters and magic

I laughed. I cried. I "puu"ed. How can a cute little story about three girls in a magical faraway place stir so much emotion? The plot seems about as trite as it gets, but the ending is always what gets me. I've seen the anime series twice, played the SNES game, and read the manga Vols. 1-3, but I *still* cry everytime I get to the end. There isn't any other story that does that to me. Rayearth may be a stereotypical fairy tale to some, but it's a fairy tale that pulls on your heartstrings. Buy it and be amazed.

The third (and also last i think!) book was very good and at the end was a big surprise and was also very sad!

I thought that the first two books were spectacular, but volume three in this series just blew me away! The artwork, as always, was beautiful, and the plot twist at the end just made me plotz!I wish Volume 4 (Yes, there is a 4th, 5th and 6th volume!) would come out sooner than June 2000, but better then than never!