Manga Review: Amatsuki

Title: Amatsuki
Author: Takayama Shinobu
Release: Monthly
Status: Ongoing
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Art: A
Originality: A
Story: A
Characters: A
Humor: B
Action: A

Impression: This is about a guy who gets pulled into what appears to be medieval Japan through a virtual reality learning centre after encountering a strange monster and monk that steals his right eye. He is now left there wondering if he’s still stuck in the game or really did travel back into the past. Despite how good it is I just can’t come to like this manga and its story. The concept doesn’t really feel very interesting and I just don’t like the characters. It feels like the author is trying to trick me into caring about the characters but failing terribly. That’s most likely my tastes though although I do like looking into a lot of different genres so there’s probably not much of a chance for regular readers to like it.