Today’s post is on Eden Zero, volume 1 by Hiro Mashima. It
is 192 pages long and is published by Kodansha Comics. The cover has the
three main characters on it flying in space towards the reader. The intended
reader is someone who likes shonen manga, adventure stories, and silly plots.
There is no mild language, no sex, and action violence in this manga. The story
is told from third person close of the main characters. There Be Spoilers
Ahead.
From the ebook blurb- PATH TO DESTINY
At Granbell Kingdom, an abandoned amusement park, Shiki has lived his entire life among machines. But one day, Rebecca and her cat companion Happy appear at the park’s front gates. Little do these newcomers know that this is the first human contact Granbell has had in a hundred years! As Shiki stumbles his way into making new friends, his former neighbors stir at an opportunity for a robo-rebellion…
And when his old homeland becomes too dangerous, Shiki must join Rebecca and Happy on their spaceship and escape into the boundless cosmos.
At Granbell Kingdom, an abandoned amusement park, Shiki has lived his entire life among machines. But one day, Rebecca and her cat companion Happy appear at the park’s front gates. Little do these newcomers know that this is the first human contact Granbell has had in a hundred years! As Shiki stumbles his way into making new friends, his former neighbors stir at an opportunity for a robo-rebellion…
And when his old homeland becomes too dangerous, Shiki must join Rebecca and Happy on their spaceship and escape into the boundless cosmos.
Review- A cute action adventure beginning of a series. Shiki
is the only human living on a forgotten planet with robots until a couple of B- cubers
(think Youtube in space) Rebecca and Happy come to film there. The first few
chapters are about getting off Granbell but the main point of the story is the
coming adventure of the trio as they go in search of the mother goddess of the
universe. Of course there is more to the hero Shiki than he or his new friends
know and that is going to be real plot of the series. If you have read Mashima’s
other series Fairy Tail then you are going to see some familiar faces in the
main characters but I did not find distracting instead it felt like seeing old
friends in a new story, having a new life and adventures. I do not think that
Eden Zero is going to break the mold for a shonen manga but it was a fun read.
If you like shonen adventure manga then you should give this series a try.
I give this manga a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing
for my review and I was given this manga as a gift.
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