Ashu Heikou Sekai - Shizan Ketsuga Butai Shimousa no Kuni - Eirei Kengou Nanaban Shoubu (original) (raw)

This manga with it's loooong title has been an enjoyable read so far with it's few chapters.

This is a story based on the Fate/Grand Order Mobile game, centering on certain characters that appear in that game. The writing here expects you to have played the game, and played it a lot, in order to recognize the characters, the context of the setting, the basic functions of the magic system, and the deep lore of the Fate-verse. The story itself centers on the protagonist of the game, Fujimaru, and her sudden entering of a deep sleep. In her slumber she appears to have travelled into... the past, Edo period Japan to be specific, and encounters the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi. Together they travel to uncover what exactly has happened to Fujimaru, and at the same are hunted by a group of powerful warriors from across history.

The artstyle of this manga is very pleasing to me, not aggressive or overly cutesy, but an effective combination of grit and youthful style, which is common among the Fate Series. Wataru Rei, the writer and illustrator, is a compelling artist and panelist, capable of epic widespreads to detailed, powerful close ups, and is an excellent character artist. Every character has their charm, if not in story or personality, than in attractive design. Male characters range from cutesy shonen boy to grizzly old badass, and all female characters with their great beauty stand with those men as pure badasses.

I would argue, as with most Fate related content, that a superdeep understanding of the lore isn't particularly important when reading this manga. Even though it isn't finished, for what it had it was compelling through its artstyle and many likeable characters, some hero, some villain, many between. I would recommend Fate/Grand Order- Ashu Tokuiten III/ Ashu Heikou Sekai- Shizan Ketsuga Butai Shimousa no Kuni- Eirei Kengou Nanaban Shoubu... If you don't mind a short story for eleven dollars. If that isn't appealing to you, than maybe you should wait until the actual story is longer than the title itself...