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Iceblade wizards will rule The World |
tells the story of a young wizard named Ray White story. Ray attended Arnold College, a school where many of the most powerful noble families sent their children to learn and master magic. There’s just one problem: Ray is the first non-aristocratic student ever. Thankfully, he made good friends with descendant Amelia Rose, muscular Evi Armstrong and shy elf Elisa. Together they take magic lessons and face mortal challenges in a distant forest, but an evil force lurks in the shadows of the school. They will have to work together to overcome these challenges and more. |
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Ice Blade Wizard will rule the world Volume 1 is written by Nana Mikoshiba, with art by Norihito Sasaki and Riko Korie original character designs. English translation provided by Nate Derr, text by Darren Smith, edited by Jordan Reynolds. Ice Blade Wizards Will Rule the World Volume 1 contains Chapters 1-6, published by Kodansha. |
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I ceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World about a man named Ray White. Ray attended Arnold College, a school where many of the most powerful noble families sent their children to learn and master magic. There’s just one problem: Ray is the first non-aristocratic student ever. Thankfully, he made good friends with descendant Amelia Rose, muscular Evi Armstrong and shy elf Elisa. Together they take magic lessons and face mortal challenges in a distant forest, but an evil force lurks in the shadows of the school. They will have to work together to overcome these challenges and more.
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Ice Blade Wizard will rule the world Volume 1 is written by Nana Mikoshiba, with art by Norihito Sasaki and Riko Korie original character designs. English translation provided by Nate Derr, text by Darren Smith, edited by Jordan Reynolds. Ice Blade Wizards Will Rule the World Volume 1 contains Chapters 1-6, published by Kodansha. |
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Not a bad movie at all The manga, but at the same time, it rarely exceeds expected specs that it’s hard to speak of it as its own stand-alone work. In conclusion: unless it’s the first fantasy comic with a wizarding school background you’ve read in your life, nothing here is new or surprising. |
As long as I say the words “Action Adventure Fantasy in Magic School”, you should be able to make it % Ice Blade Wizard 205 in your mind. It’s fully formed and ready to move the unit, hitting all the beats you’d expect without throwing a curveball. This is expected content performed at an acceptable skill level, but nothing new or memorable.
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Let’s start with our core cast. Ray White is a kind, likable protagonist. But he has hidden power, and before he has time to show everyone his greatness, he is inexplicably liked by everyone, making everyone like him even more. Amelia Rose is a fiery redhead who fell in love with Ray within seconds of walking down the school playground, and while she may be grumpy, it’s clear that she has a deep attachment to him (despite his ordinary background). ). Evi Armstrong is a muscular guy who will solve his own problems, not very smart but still very loyal. Elisa is shy and docile, but very good at spellcasting. I wish they had more to talk about, but…that’s all we have to go on. You’ve met all of these characters in different forms before, but the dialogue is better written and the motivations are more complex. exist Ice Blade Wizard 80, however, our cast members all became immediate friends and ran into the woods to fight giant bugs so fast that it was hard not to be loud Ask: “Is…is that so? Is that what we do?” |
That’s not to say they lost the delightful quality. I would say that in this book, every core actor has at least one solid moment. The combination of Evi and Ray doing push-ups in their dorm room was great. Amelia enjoys the team’s friendship because they don’t mention her ancestry, which makes her feel normal and sweet. Elisa learns to accept herself because Ray and others accept her, which is good. But aside from every interesting note, I’d say most of the dialogue in this book is generic, provided by characters you can’t pick from the dozens of other identical characters they plagiarize.
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Art is passable, that’s the best I can say. There are brief flashes—especially in one scene where Ray fights and wins a duel with a bully, while making the bully imagine he’s been pierced by a series of icicles. But in general the art is just acceptable and sometimes it seems… distorted is the best way I can say it. Visual gimmicks in comedies are mostly just round face designs and exaggerated eye shapes. The height of action scenes is good, but nothing incredible. But there’s something about the overall art style that I can’t fully understand: it’s almost like a parody of the comic book style you might see in a cut-faced gag in an American cartoon — pretty close to facsimile, but deliberately lacking in identity.
The mediocre writing and art also doesn’t help the volume’s complete lack of tension. There is a hidden conspiracy, but we know very little about it other than being told it exists. There was a war at some point, but we can only get a glimpse of it with a few panels. Ray is a lovable but powerful protagonist by swamp standards, but without any flaws that would make us as viewers enjoy his struggles. He understands how the world works, he gets along with people, and his strength is enough to meet his needs in any situation. He’s not perfect, but he’s never tested in any meaningful way.
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As you might imagine from the title, there’s at least an interesting magic system to support the characters’ otherworldly powers. You would be wrong. Well, you might be wrong, you might not – who can say! We are told that magic has four steps: encode, decode, process and manifest. Also, some can cast spells quickly, which requires a lot of skill to accomplish. What does this actually mean? Nothing really. All battle scenes are pretty standard D&D-style blasting magic combined with top-notch acrobatics. People flip and throw fireballs, and the four magic steps are no longer mentioned other than being taught for the first time in the first classroom scene. |
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Even our hero’s magical target – a giant bee/wasp monster – fails to inspire the imagination. “What if there were big bugs in the scary forest?” Basically fantasy 80. |
But at the same time, none of the above is particularly bad. Just a comic that exists, hardly anything. I can’t say it was a completely botched first volume, as this exact formula has been used to launch many success stories over the years. I just wish it did one different thing in the opening act.
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