Shaman King Vol. 34

シャーマンキング [Shaman King] #34

by Hiroyuki Takei

Yoh and his friends are nearly out of mana, so they spend a night at Calim's old house on the Lost Continent of Mu in an effort to recuperate…and to approach their final confrontation with the Patch Officiants with renewed resolve.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Action, Fiction, Supernatural, Shonen

196 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2018

About the author

Hiroyuki Takei (武井宏之 Takei Hiroyuki) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the manga and anime Shaman King. His brother, Hirofumi Takei (武井宏文) is also a manga-ka.

Reviews

[Lashaan Balasingam · Rating 2 out of 5]

I understand the need to fix the original ending for a "better" one that is a bit more along the lines of your vision for this series but man... Nothing could've really fixed this crash so late into the game. I often felt like mangaka Hiroyuki Takei couldn't maintain any kind of tension in a sequence without killing it with random humour or unnecessary narrative breaks (e.g. characters going to sleep???). It's like he wanted some kind of happy family moment that doesn't fit with the ongoing tension that comes with a figurative end of the world...

Yours truly,

Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
Official blog: https://bookidote.com/

[Siegfried · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really don't get all the gate for this new ending.
It's WAY better. Especially the dialogue.
Takei had subverted so much expectations for a shonen and this take the cake.
There's no real final battle (they're all dead)
And the turn of everyone in Hao's place is ... Heartwarming.
I mean literally everyone shows up.
Running to read the last volume!

[Vanessa Rincon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I yelled with a lot of emotions when I read the "so small" on this volume. That was amazing.

Princess Hao is so great.

[Gabriela Zambrano A · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5⭐️

[James Rodrigues · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yoh and the gang face off against the last Patch members, and focusing on the last one was a wise move to not make it feel so rushed. As this story gets to the end, integral moments of the action and emotional are delivered to mixed results. I like that the journey these characters have taken to stop Hao's plan, to enact a different plan that makes sense in regards. The way the finale is delivered is meant to go for the heartstrings and feel emotional, but it doesn't all work. It ends up feeling like so much is happening for the sake of cameos, feeling overstuffed, but I do like the "we're all in this together" energy of it all.

[Vikas · Rating 4 out of 5]

So it ends here, and the last issue would be for follow-up, I guess. It ends the only way it could, meh. Well, the the art was good, but the ending was rushed, and whatnot. Well it was nice over all and let's go and finish the series now and then let's Keep on Reading.

I have always loved comics, and I can and I have. I love comics to bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more. You should also read what you love, and I hope you will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I just want to Keep on Reading.

[Bibliophile Booklover · Rating 5 out of 5]

No, cause the last scenes of this was making me cry😭

[AsianMerr · Rating 2 out of 5]

They really killed the momentum of their main villain that easily, crazy. The rushing to get to the main antagonist, for it to be a 3-4 chapter dialogue to end it is idiotic.

[Rodri · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/4: what is going on...