幻想水滸伝III〜運命の継承者〜 7 [Genso Suikoden 3: Unmei no Keishosha 7]

Suikoden III: The Successor of Fate #7

by 志水 アキ

The embattled Grasslanders badly need a victory, and for that they need a champion. But is Hugo up to the task? Meanwhile, Chris Lightfellow returns to Zexen...but how will the True Water Rune and the loss of her father affect her duties as Knight Captain? Finally, as intricate machinations inside the Harmonian forces are revealed, death stalks another Rune Bearer--but who will it be? From the creator of TOKYOPOP’s Qwan!

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

Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series just keeps getting better. However, it's also growing harder to keep track of all of the characters, as the cast just keeps growing. It does help that there's a cheat sheet at the front of the book, as well as a summary of what came before. Even with so many characters, though, the manga does a good job at juggling all of them.

Also, I love how every side has a reason to root for them in that every side has characters you want to see succeed. Everybody is human and has reasons for what they're doing, and most of these reasons I can be sympathetic for.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like that they go to the cute castle.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume deals with the loss of the True Earth Rune, Zexen officially declaring war on Harmonia, the establishment of Budehuc Castle, and the battle that establishes Hugo as the Flame Champion.

I really like the backstory of Luc, Sasarai, and the Silverberg brothers. My small complaints are the motives of Luc and Albert. Luc's motive is overcomplicated. At its base, it sounds like anger, but he covers it with a lot of rhetoric about fate and order. Albert's motivation seems much more muddy, and I know he doesn't buy into Luc's motives, so why he is vilified is confusing. It would make more sense for him to side with Sasarai.

Since this came up in this volume, I decided to give a 4 instead of 5. I was taken out of this volume (just like when I played the game) to think about those two men's motives instead of enjoying the otherwise solid narrative.

[Selena Pigoni · Rating 4 out of 5]

So I felt the need to knock this down a star because Tokyopop. There are points in the dialogue where things are not actually clear or are oddly phrased. I know in the scheme of things it probably doesn't matter, but I felt the need to point out that Tokyopop's translations can be screwy and unclear at time.

I can't be sure that it's Tokyopop's doing since I don't have access to the original Japanese text, but I can speak from experience on other manga that had issues.

[Bas · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series just gets better and better! It took me a while to get used to the fact that the book isn't divided into chapters and the sheer amount of characters to keep up with. But once I did I really got into this series.

[Vatjarr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great