Warning: Contains spoilers Chapter 1 of the Battle of Reading!
new manga from The complete alchemist Author Hiroshi Arakawa, outside YomiuriPublishing begins in the latest issue of Square Enix’s Monthly Young Gangnam Magazine, it’s easy to feel the echo of her previous work.
outside Yomiuri (rough translation, Hinge of the underworld) represents Arakawa’s first comeback since The complete alchemistalthough she recently participated in the slice of life series silver spoon. The series was announced a few months ago, revealing only the main character’s appearance and release date. Monthly Young Gangnam also go home The complete alchemist During its release, the debut of the new series represents Arakawa’s return to the genre for which she is best known.
The story is about a boy named Yuru (written in a different Latin way in the official translation), a character revealed for the first time to be related to The complete alchemistRiza Hawkeye. Yuru has a twin sister, Asa, who is locked in a dungeon due to a superstition that the sisters are unlucky because one was born during the day and the other at night. The series begins in a rural mountain village, where Yuru lives with her grandmother Yamaha, hunting and farming with bows and arrows. Everything was normal until the village was suddenly attacked by modern soldiers armed with guns and helicopters. Among the attackers was a young woman claiming to be the real Asa, but before they could understand what was going on, Yuru was brought in to protect him.
The first chapter relies heavily on this turn, but since it happens from the very beginning it’s hard to discuss the series without mentioning it. Yuru’s village seems to exist in the modern mountains, hidden by some kind of protective charm, making it impossible for outsiders to find the village. In addition to modern weapons, a small number of attackers also wield a supernatural power known as “Tsugai”, which makes the name double meaning difficult to accurately translate. These demonic creatures appear to be bound to specific users and possess different powers, though how they relate to their master’s talents is unclear. The “new” Asa and a girl named Gabu look like Edward Elric, and Yuru ends the chapter with not one but two Tsugai. The attackers seem to be looking for Yuru, most likely at the request of “Asa”, but no reason has been given.
There are certainly some strong recurring themes in Arakawa’s earlier work here: the story centers on a pair of orphaned brothers, one of whom has a very different body than what was expected. wait. Although the story is certainly fantasy, there are still traditional technologies such as guns in the world, such as The complete alchemist. The first chapter also compares demon slayerbecause the film focuses on a pair of siblings who live in a remote rural village and seem to be far behind the outside world in terms of technology. It also uses a more Asian-influenced setting demon slayer Compared to the vague atmosphere of Europe The complete alchemistAmestris. The story certainly has an interesting start, although there is a lot to explain before drawing any real conclusions about its quality.
There is no official English translation outside Yomiuri It has been officially announced, but considering the popularity of Arakawa’s previous works, it seems that sooner or later he will be stripped. A promising start for fans The complete alchemists’s story outside Yomiuri Will continue in the next number of months Teen steel ball.