With the help of the legendary sword Ten Powers and his guide, the dog Plue, sixteen-year-old Haru Glory sets out to find the five missing RAVE stones and stop the evil Demon Card society from destroying the world.
Hiro Mashima (Jap: 真島ヒロ) is a Japanese manga artist.
He gained success with his first serial Rave, published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing Edens Zero in 2018.
Fairy Tail won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
The big mystery surrounding Elie was revealed in this volume however we have only just scratched the surface. This was by far the moment I fell absolutely in love with Rave.
not gonna rate the rest of the series unless i feel strong emotions (whether that be positive or negative) about specific volumes. but i will say, i kinda wish the kept the mystery around ellie going a little longer
The battle with Sieg comes to a close, with Haru unlocking a new sword (Rune Save), and utilizing better combo attacks (seems like he can use Silfarion and Explosion at the same time, and he quickly shifts to Eisenmeteor to be able to land a blow on Sieg). Per the volume's afterword, Mashima says he's holding off on the truth about Elie's identity, but I'm pretty sure it's clear she's . I guess we'll wait to see it officially revealed.
Anyway, this volume wraps up rather nicely, as Reina fucks off without fighting Haru and the heroes are left with the knowledge that they have five more Oracion Six members to defeat, on top of Demon Card leader King. The rest of the volume's page-count is taken up with a brief prequel showing how Plue first met Griff (which is actually quite hilarious, as is to be expected from those characters).
Seeing more of Reina makes me excited to finish Rave and move into Fairy Tail and Edens Zero. For more cartoon boobies.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Although this volume is full of a lot of gobble-de-gook about the end of time, we do get a relatively fun fight that consumes most of the chapters. Kind of reminds me of Dragon Ball Z in that way. Also, if Seig Hart can be believed, not only do we learn about Elie's past, but we also learn about the origins of Rave. Things might change, but for now I do give the author credit in that (unless I missed it) it wasn't one of those things where Dark Bring was also created at the same time. Also, we got this supposedly touching moment:
(remember, read from right-to-left because it's left in the Japanese orientation)
Now that Haru has the second rave, what's he going to do with it? His first challenge is to save Elie from the Elemental Master, who's convinced Elie possesses a power that can destroy time itself. Can he do it? (Not to reveal spoilers or anything, but if you've read Fred Saberhagen's excellent Books of Swords, the answer is going to look awfully familiar.) The strongest volume so far in the series. ****
What a revelation about Elie!!! That for me was bar none the showstopper of this volume! Haru gets a nice upgrade and Sieg Hart lets you know just how far he will go to reach his goals. Hiro Mashima pulls out all the stops to really create the most addictive volume of the series yet! I felt compelled to say that this volume really tops all previous ones! Great stuff!!!
The real upset is that I’m gonna have to put in a ILL request to finish the rest of the series. It might be too much tho. Ugh, somebody tell me where I can read them for free online! At least it feels like I finished an arc
Llegamos al sexto tomo ya de Rave, un tomo que refuerza lo que dije en el tomo anterior: los combates cada vez duran más, siendo evidente que la obra cae en los tópicos del shonen.
En ésta ocasión tenemos un combate que nos ocupa la casi totalidad del tomo, un combate en el que Siegheart (el maestro de los elementos y vigilante del tiempo) se emperra en acabar con Ellie, para lo que la va torturando poco a poco en lugar de darle un golpe directamente con el máximo de su poder (esa manía que tienen los enemigos de no emplearse a fondo desde el principio).
Como no podía ser de otro modo, dicha tortura acaba con un enfrentamiento entre Haru (que despierta un nuevo poder de la espada) y el susodicho Siegheart, combate interesante que no destaca por su vistosidad, sino por lo emotivo que resulta al ser empujado el protagonista al límite.
Y luego saltamos al grupo de los malos, donde conocemos a otro miembro de los mismos junto a la silueta desde detrás del archienemigo (que canta por soleares quién es).
En general sigue siendo una obra distraída, que aquí vuelve a darnos pinceladas del pasado de Ellie, pero que pierde parte de su frescura al centrar tanto la acción en un combate que, al final, termina en nada. Eso sí, me sigue gustando más que Fairy Tail.
A ver si coge velocidad otra vez en el séptimo tomo.
Reading a manga through the form of a novella that I can hold in my hands was much better than reading it online. I could see finer details in the art portrayed, and it held a kind of personal nostalgia just by leaving it on my night stand table just as I used to do with my fathers comics as a child.
All in all, I'm really looking forward to the next installment of Rave Master, and highly recommend this manga series to anyone looking for a great adventure filled with comedy, love, determination, and the belief of hope and the willing human spirit.
And to think, I came across Rave Master just by looking through the bargain bin at Planet Hobby!
Now that Haru has the second rave, what's he going to do with it? His first challenge is to save Elie from the Elemental Master, who's convinced Elie possesses a power that can destroy time itself. Can he do it? (Not to reveal spoilers or anything, but if you've read Fred Saberhagen's excellent Books of Swords, the answer is going to look awfully familiar.) The strongest volume so far in the series. ****
Though the story was pretty much centered around a single battle and the after effects if you may but nonetheless was well presented.
BONUS points for yet another member of the Oration Six making an appearance AND the pretty awesome backstory of Commando Plue. Hilariously done and was nice to have the comedy element separated out. Personally - I prefer it - makes the book that much more engaging.