Ral & Grad, Volume 4

BLUE DRAGON ラルΩグラド [Blue Dragon Ral Grad] #4

by Tsuneo Takano, Takeshi Obata (Artist)

R to L (Japanese Style). Final Volume!FriendThe final battle for the fate of humanity rests with Ral and his Shadow Grad. But he must first get past the immortal Red Phoenix, a Shadow with no known weakness, and the fearless Black Rhinoceros before he can take on the Queen of Darkness. With her Clear Human Shadow, Opsquria can kill with just one look! But will Ral have to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to defeat her?!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Shonen, Comics, Comics Manga

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this because I am such a fan of Obata Takeshi's artwork. Storywise, I didn't like this nearly as much as Death Note or Hikaru no Go, but well, the art was beautiful, and the characters made me laugh, and it's always interesting to see Japanese takes on the traditional western fantasy story. It was enjoyable, but nothing that'll ever make my "best manga ever" list.

[JuanmaSumi · Rating 2 out of 5]

La historia está bien, pero se pasan los japoneses con la sexualización de los personajes femeninos, es hasta incomodo de leer.

[Gabriella Giannini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Che dire, mi dispiace che i volumi siano solo quattro, avrei voluto continuasse ❤️

[Andrew Alvis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though it felt a bit rushed towards the end, I am pleased with how this wrapped up.
Ral grew so much over these four volumes, it's a shame for it to end the way it did...

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The casual sexism continued throughout and there ended up being no good women fighters in the whole series. They were usually sideline commentators, like most shonen manga from this era. People would randomly know important plot points, which was weird and unsatisfying to the readers. This ended so quickly that it felt like the Final Boss and the last villain minions didn't really have all that power. I would have hated it if it was too long though so shorter is the better option for me personally. I actually love the ending because it was a really good bittersweet ending that showed the consequences of the final fight.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 2 out of 5]

...okay, the last cliffhanger extra bad thing... was resolved and didn't have any impact on the story. Now standby for a small rant. If you're going to kill a character, 1. Make it a character we actually care about. 2. ACTUALLY KILL THEM! Don't give them the fatal wound and then give them a magical undo gimmick. Even in Naruto when they 'killed' Sasuke during the Haku fight, Sasuke wasn't mortally wounded. He only looked that way. Sunsu was ACTUALLY DYING.

Okay...this volume is EXTREMELY rushed. You made a point to say "All our current important characters are going to be there to help in the final battle" but then when the battle starts, Ganette has magically taken out the 5 generals leaving the big bad and that other shadow (Black Rhino) we name dropped earlier. The only ones able to fight the Black Rhino and/or Opsquria are Ganette and Ral. Meaning every other character was only present so they could cry when Ral chose the self-sacrifice ending. That ending was painfully obvious in terms of emotional manipulation and, even at this point, I didn't care enough about the characters for this to have any impact.You can tell that Jump had axed the story and the author was in a hurry to try and wrap everything up. Honestly, I can't blame Jump. The premise of the story was sound and the art was fantastic, but the execution of the plot and the characters was seriously lacking and no amount of boobs is going to make the overall work any better.

Overall rating for this series: Barely 2 stars. Good premise, good art, lackluster story.

This series has 4 volumes.

[Ivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

An awesome end to a median shonen; think what attracted me most in the story was the names of the characters and the design of Takeshi Obata.

[C.E. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well-drawn throughout the series. Ral and his fascination with boobs tones down toward the end of the series as he matures. It ends on a surprisingly sweet and sentimental note.

[Francis · Rating 5 out of 5]

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