Daemons of the Shadow Realm Manga Reviews (P.9)

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Mar 20, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

評価の高さに納得しつつ、まだ迷子の自分

Convinced by the high ratings, I'm still lost

荒川弘作品が非常に人気であることも、漫画としての完成度や見せ方が優れていることもわかります。アニメ版も見ました。『鋼の錬金術師』も大好きです。ただ、自分には少年漫画特有のテンポやノリが合わず１巻を最後迄読み切ることが出来ませんでした。最初に引っ掛かったのは主人公の感情の流れ。大きな喪失を経験した直後でも前へ進み続けるのは少年漫画らしい魅力ですが、自分には気持ちの切り替えや、行動の軽さが気になってしまい、主人公の言動に「何で？」という疑問が積み重なっていきました。その「何で？」に対する答えを探しながら読み進めても、また新しい「何で？」が現れる。少年漫画としてはそもそも答えを用意してない部分なのかもしれません。それでも気になり、単行本は１巻で止まったものの、アニメは１クールが終わりそうです。もし先生が重厚な青年漫画や女性向け作品を描かれたら是非読みたいとも思いました。

You can also see that Hiroshi Arakawa's works are extremely popular, and that they are excellent in their degree of perfection and presentation as comics. I also watched the anime version. I also love Fullmetal Alchemist. However, I wasn't able to read through volume 1 until the end because the tempo and focus peculiar to shonen manga didn't suit me. The first thing that caught me was the main character's emotional flow. Continuing to move forward even right after experiencing a major loss is an appeal typical of shonen manga, but I'm worried about the change in feelings and the lightness of my actions, and the main character's words and actions are “why?” The questions piled up. That “why?” Even if you read on while searching for answers to, there are also new “why?” appears. As a shonen manga, this is probably the part where no answers have been prepared in the first place. Still, I was curious, and although the book stopped at volume 1, it seems that 1 cool of the anime will end. I also thought that if my teacher drew serious comics for young people or works for women, I definitely want to read them.

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Jan 29, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

荒川先生の新作

Arakawa-sensei's new work

ハガレンがとても好きだったので荒川先生の新作と知り少し読んでみました。始めしか読んでいないので内容はまだあまり掴めていませんがやはり登場するキャラクターたちが魅力的ですね。アニメ化したりするのでしょうか。

I really liked Hagaren, so I learned that it was Arakawa-sensei's new work and read it a little bit. I've only read it at the beginning, so I haven't really grasped the content yet, but the characters that appear are still fascinating. Is it going to be animated?

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Jan 18, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

読めば読むほど次のページが気になって、、

The more I read, the more worried I was about the next page...

This review contains spoilers. 兄弟の絆と呼ばれる特別な力を巡るダークファンタジーです。神秘的な世界観と美しいビィジュアルが特徴で、物語に引き込まれること間違いない。

This review contains spoilers. It's a dark fantasy revolving around a special power called Brotherly Bonds. It features a mysterious worldview and beautiful visuals, and there is no doubt that you will be drawn into the story.

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Jan 08, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

楽しみ

pastimes

ハガレンが好きだったのでこちらの作品も期待して読み始めました。期待を裏切らない面白さです。読んで行くと「えっ？」「え〜！」って感じの展開で先に先に読み進めてしまいます。

I liked Hagaren, so I anticipated this work and started reading it. It's fun that won't disappoint. When I read it, I was like, “Huh?” “Eh!” It feels like it develops and I read it first.

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Jan 07, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

少年誌とは思えない程バカスカ殺す。

It's so stupid that I don't think it's a shonen magazine.

This review contains spoilers. モブはもちろんのこと、メイン関係者とかも死んだり殺したり物騒なんだけど、漫画的な軽い殺生ではなく、ちゃんと殺される覚悟も持った上で殺しにいってるのが、すごく良いなと思いました。そして、アサのブラコンぶり(笑)。荒川先生のブラコン芸は、鋼の錬金術師時代から伝家の宝刀だから。ユルは山賊ぶりが好ましい。そして、７巻表紙にどう見ても中華系の男がいるじゃないですか。呪術の夏油みたいなルックスの。こいつ、中華顔しといて名前が日本とロシアのハイブリッドで、つまり、いろんな混血の移民的なバックグラウンドなの？て思ってワクワクしてたら、双剣使いな上に圧倒的に強すぎて、キャラクター勝ち、大優勝！！！ってなりました。何でかって、もう７巻みて、この本読もうってなったから！荒川先生の良いところは、双剣使いにしても、ちゃんとチャイナ風の剣術で描かれてるところで、芸が細かい。刀は日本刀風だけど。刀の持ち方が半月刀とかのスタイルなのよ。やはり、こいつはロシア名だが中華系に間違いない、と確信させてくれるわけです。ツガイたちの存在は、今のところ何もわかってないし、共通項もないので謎ですが、明らかに宇宙人混入してるのは笑うでしょ。ツガイじゃないよね？ワレワレハ…て言うやつですよ。なのに、犬が主な上にホッコリさせてくるの本当にズルいわ。笑いと涙と興奮がミルフィーユみたいになって、感情が忙しい。

This review contains spoilers. Not to mention mobs, people involved in the main characters also die and kill, and I thought it was really good that they went to kill after being properly prepared to be killed, not just a light comic. And Asa's blacon blur (laughs). That's because Arakawa-sensei's Blacon Art is a treasure sword that has been handed down since his time as Fullmetal Alchemist. Yul likes to be a bandit. Also, no matter how you look at it, there's a Chinese man on the cover of volume 7, isn't there? It looks like jujutsu no natsuyu. This guy has a Chinese face and his name is a hybrid between Japan and Russia, in other words, he has various mixed race immigrant backgrounds? I was excited to think that, and in addition to using double swords, they were overwhelmingly strong, and the characters won, and they won the big championship!!! That's it now. For some reason, I've already watched 7 volumes and ended up reading this book! Arakawa-sensei's good point is that even when using double swords, he is properly drawn with Chinese-style swordplay, and his skills are detailed. The sword is Japanese sword style though. The way you hold a sword is in the style of a half-moon sword. After all, this one is a Russian name, but it convinces me that there is no doubt that it is Chinese. The existence of Tsugai and the others is a mystery since we don't know anything so far, and they have nothing in common, but it's funny that they are clearly mixed in with aliens. It's not Tsugai, is it? It's called warewareha... But it's really foolish for dogs to put dust on top of the main one. Laughter, tears, and excitement are like mille-feuille, and my emotions are busy.

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Jan 05, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

冒頭から引き込まれる世界観

A worldview drawn in from the beginning

1話目から面白くて、あっという間に物語に引き込まれてしまいます。新刊が出るのが楽しみな作品が増えました。

It was interesting from the first episode, and I was drawn into the story in no time. The number of works I'm looking forward to seeing a new publication has increased.

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Dec 12, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

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This review contains spoilers. 荒川先生の作品を、すすめれて読んでみた。始めてでしたが、この世界観には衝撃を受けました。展開についていけるか不安ですが読み続けています

This review contains spoilers. I was recommended to read Arakawa-sensei's work. It was my first time, and I was shocked by this view of the world. I'm not sure if I can keep up with the development, but I'm continuing to read

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番番

Number

ってバンバンではなく、つがいばんと読む。ややこしや。このコミック古臭いのかなって読み出したら止まらなくなりめすよ。これも夜と昼を分つ左とみぎのつがいの影響？なんてコミカルな所も有って面白いけど、村人残酷に殺されてるのに直ぐ戦闘やめて切り替え早っ！って違和感は少しアリ。でも全体は面白いに。

It's not about bang bang, it's read as tsugaiban. It's a bit complicated. I can't stop reading this comic and wonder if it's old. Is this also an effect of the connection between left and light, which separates night and day? It's interesting that there are some comical places, but even though the villagers were brutally killed, they stopped fighting right away and made a quick switch! The sense of incongruity is a little strange. But the whole thing is interesting.

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あのときの感動をふたたび

Relive the excitement of that time

鋼の錬金術師の作者が別のお話を書いていたのは知っていましたがまた新た等お話の世界に入ってみようと主ました。

I knew that the author of Fullmetal Alchemist had written another story, but I wanted to enter the world of New Tales again.

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日本伝統文化?ツガイ?♦

traditional Japanese culture? Tsugai? ♦

左右対照１対のシンメトリーを尊ぶ文化は、古今東西人類共通ですが、特に我が国JAPANは、宗教上の観点からも『対』への美意識高いです?♦このcomicでは、様々な番(ツガイ)のメタファーを具現化、使用する人物ごとに、特殊能力を持つ１対のチートキャラがつき、バトルを繰り広げる、という設定☘♦主役の双子は世界を穫れるくらい強力な１対を互いに生まれ持ち、その能力を狙う敵味方と闘っていく。。。設定から面白くないワケない‼♦冒頭から世界観広がり、謎解きや民間信仰(オシラ様、座敷童子、マサカのUMA道祖神etc)が登場したり、魅力的なストーリーに、ワクワクが止まらない感じ?♦個人的に、常々、神社の狛犬は可愛いと思ってましたから、私の推しはもちろん左右様?♦動物姿だったら、更に推したのに?。。。『鋼の〜』作家様ですから、長編化やアニメ化もアリかと思われますが、とりあえず、ハンター気質のお兄ちゃんとブラコン拗らせた妹の冒険活劇、完結まで楽しみに読みます?♦

The culture of respecting the symmetry of a pair of left and right contrasts is common to humans throughout the ages, the East and West, but Japan in particular has a high sense of beauty about “versus” from a religious point of view? ♦ In this comic, metaphors of various numbers (tsugai) are embodied, and each person who uses them has a pair of cheat characters with special abilities, and the setting unfolds ☘♦ The leading twins are born and have a pair strong enough to harvest the world from each other, and they fight against enemies and allies aiming for that ability... There's no reason it's not interesting from the setting ‼♦ The world view expands from the beginning, and mystery solving, folk beliefs (Oshira-sama, Zashiki Doji, Masaka's UMA Dosojin, etc.) appear, and you can't stop being excited about the fascinating story? ♦ Personally, I've always thought that Shinto shrine Komainu are cute, so of course my recommendation is left and right? ♦ If it were in the form of an animal, would you have recommended it even more?... Since you're the writer of “Steel's ~,” I think long length films and anime adaptations are good, but for now, I'm looking forward to reading the adventure action drama between an older brother with a hunter temperament and a younger sister who relentlessly blacon until the end? ♦

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Dec 31, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

安定

stabilization

安定の荒川弘先生ってかんじです。新作と聞いても安心して読めます。ハズレがないですよね。絵が男子向けなので読みにくいかもですが、読んでみて！まだ5巻ですが6巻発売すぐです！

I feel like Mr. Hiroshi Arakawa is stable. You can read it without worry even if you hear that it's a new work. There are no gaps, right? The pictures are for boys, so it might be hard to read, but read them! There are still 5 volumes, but volume 6 will be on sale soon!

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未知との遭遇

An encounter with the unknown

This review contains spoilers. なんか、現代人に入られた先住民の村みたいな世界線好きwww狩猟を現在でもしてるってアフリカぐらいじゃあ無いすか？

This review contains spoilers. Somehow, isn't Africa the only country where they still hunt for world line lovers, like indigenous villages that have joined modern people?

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先が楽しみ

I'm looking forward to the future

This review contains spoilers. 荒川先生の作品ということで早速読んでみた。容赦なく？というか生きるために迷いなく敵を倒すユルへのツッコミが面白い。

This review contains spoilers. It's Arakawa-sensei's work, so I read it right away. without mercy? Or rather, it's interesting to have a crush on Yul, who defeats enemies without hesitation in order to live.

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ツガイ

Tsugai

This review contains spoilers. 「鋼の錬金術師」の作者による新作、日本を舞台に隠された秘密に迫るストーリー、構成がまず良く出来ていて読んでいてハマっていきます。構成がしっかりしている作品は読み応えがあって面白くて最高です。

This review contains spoilers. The new work by the author of “Fullmetal Alchemist,” the story, which approaches secrets hidden in Japan, is first well-structured, and I'm addicted to it after reading it. Works with a solid structure are easy to read, interesting, and awesome.

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まだついていってない

It's not on yet

主人公のようになになに何が起こっているのという感じの始まりでミステリーが。さてユルくんの周りは良さげな人ばかりに反して朝の方はなんか黒いですよね。

The mystery begins with the feeling that something is happening like the main character. Well, contrary to all the nice people around Yu-kun, the morning one is kind of dark, isn't it?

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もうひと押し

Push one more time

アルスラーンも読んでいますが、ハガレンのような特出感がないので、この作品には今後の展開に期待しています。ユルとアサ以外にも結構登場人物が多いけど、ツガイとツガイ使いの魅力にもうひと押しほしいところ。

I've also read Arslan, but it doesn't have a special feeling like Hagaren, so I'm looking forward to future developments in this work. There are quite a few characters other than Yuru and Asa, but I want more encouragement for the appeal of using Tsugai and Tsugai.

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面白い

interesting

本当に息つく暇もない展開でアッという間に読み終わります。。。取り敢えず読んでみてください。私もツガイ欲しいです。。。

I finished reading it in a blink of an eye with a development where I really didn't have time to breathe... Please read it for now. I want tsugai too...

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主人公に感情移入できない

I can't empathize with the main character

This review contains spoilers. え、主人公に感情移入できなかったの私だけですか…？村大事にしてるような感じだったのにあんまり言及もなくあっさり切り替えててちょっと引いた…。あとシリアスシーンなのにちょくちょくギャグ挟まるのが何かテンポが分からなかったです。鋼の錬金術師はすごく好きだったんですが、これは作者さんが「売り物ではなく好きな物を好きに描いてます」って感じがします。それが良いかどうかは分かりませんが…。でも続きは気になるしクオリティも高いので今後も読んでみます！

This review contains spoilers. Eh, am I the only one who couldn't empathize with the main character...? It felt like they were taking good care of the village, but there wasn't much mention, and they just switched back and forth a bit... Also, even though it's a serious scene, I didn't understand the tempo of the frequent gags getting caught. I really liked Fullmetal Alchemist, and I feel like the author “draws whatever I like, not for sale.” I don't know if that's good, but... But I'm worried about the continuation and the quality is high, so I'll be reading it in the future!

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荒川先生

Arakawa-sensei

This review contains spoilers. バトル、アクション、ファンタジーが入り組んだ作品です。荒川弘先生と言ったら鋼の錬金術師が有名ですが、こちらもなかなか面白いです。さすがにハガレンの方が上ですが。

This review contains spoilers. It's an intricate work of battle, action, and fantasy. Speaking of Arakawa Hiroshi, Fullmetal Alchemist is famous, but this one is also quite interesting. As expected, Hagaren is superior.

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第1巻の掴みは良かった！

It was great to grab volume 1!

思った以上に夢中になりましたね！大まかな設定は今はよくあるバトルものですが、やっぱりそこで私的には魅力的なキャラとか話の単純さ、スッキリ感とか複雑さ、次が気になるドキドキ感がバランス良く織り混ざって面白かったです♪

I was more enthralled than I expected! The general settings are common battles now, but after all, it was interesting to mix in a well-balanced manner the characters that are personally attractive, the simplicity of the story, the sense of refreshment and complexity, and the feeling of excitement that concerns the next one ♪

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