Cover art from author's Tumblr
| SNAPSHOT |
| Inside this manga is four colorful tales from Juso City, a town full of beastmen, elves, witches, and all kinds of fantasy game species. You will follow the city's mayor in his struggles to protect the city while keeping up his image, you will see how the city's tweleve zodiac warriors keep the peace, you will be touched by an aspiring master witch and her faithful dog butler, and you will laugh at the antics of a washed-up wrestler and his new bard party partner. Will all these stories come together and save the world? Yes, and the twists will surprise you! |
Alternative cover art from author's Tumblr
THEMES
beastmen | comedy | fantasy | SFW
STORY
shakespearean | sound | sophmoric
SPICE
inferno | heated | tame
PERENNIALITY
enduring | robust | fleeting
RATING
get | check | skip
Full color page example about different uses of tails
| REVIEW |
| Let me start be complimenting the artist Shikaku Yamamoto on the beautiful colors and character design in this manga. Each chapter starts out in full color, and then switches to a muted color tone for the remainder, but it is far more eye catching than any black and white manga book. Futhermore, the beastmen designs in here are so appealing! The draon on the cover was my early favorite when I saw this before it got translated to English and printed, but after reading, my new favorite is the wolf butler and his disaster-crush for his elven boss. The lore of the city is grand where each chapter you get more and more keys into how the city came to be. The mayor's scenes lay down a lot of the story, but the ending does a great job of closing out the lore in a nice set chapter. I ranked this book as 'heated' under spice level since there are some risque moments between the characters and definitely some 'fan service' panels drawn inside. The artist and author is pretty active on Twitter and has many posts from the book (in Japanese) on Tumblr as well. If you don't see yourself picking up the book, I highly would recommend at least following the author/artist! |
Muted color page example from 'A Lady and Her Faithful Wolf'
| WHERE IS IT? |
| You can order a physical copy of this manga at your favorite local book seller. |
| Tumblr profile of the artist/author |
Cover page for 'The Zodiac' chapter
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