Making a review since no one else has so far.

Let me start off by saying that this isn't Claymore. It's a shonen adventure manga through and through.


Story: 8

The story starts off pretty basic, but it grows up with the characters. Being aimless at the beginning of the story felt a little weird, but the world-building, characters and their goofy interactions was enough to pull me it until the plot started in earnest. As the story has went on the protagonists have been put in more and more danger and slight layers of complexity are added, which I am a big fan of. It feels like a nice progression from innocent fun, to the stakes being a little bit higher in every arc.


Art: 8

The art isn't anything too special most of the time, but there are some shining moments where you can tell Yagi put a lot of work into it. The characters are more easily differentiated than in his past works, but some of the designs for minor characters can look a little lazy. The action art is also clean on the whole, but sometimes it feels like something is missing to make it more dynamic. Where I think the art really shines in this series is the landscape/cityscape art. Spreads of towns and the world as a whole are beautiful and add a lot of life to this series.



Characters: 9

The characters are one of my favorite parts of this manga. They have such a great group dynamic, and as more characters have joined the main cast, none of them have felt annoying or useless so far. The duel protagonists, Lacile and Leana, bounce off of each other very well and their relationship slowly growing is one of the things I look forward to as the chapter count increases.

For side characters, the tribes in the world of Soukyuu no Ariadne are very interesting with how they are portrayed and how different their looks and customs are.
The tribes are modeled after the 12 zodiacs, and their names come from their japanese name, just spelled backwards. The main casts visits these tribes learn about them, and help them out while hopping from town to town on their adventure.



Enjoyment: 9

I am really enjoying this manga so far. There isn't anything particularly outstanding about it, but the characters make me laugh and make me feel for them too. The mystery sprinkled into the story is growing and I am excited to uncover it, along with the rest of the world that has been built up.



Overall: 9

This is something great to get into if you are looking to go on an adventure and like some goofy antics thrown in every now and then. A couple things that I think can push this series into being more popular are more dynamic actions scenes and stronger enemies that can really push the main cast further in their respective fights.