Soukyuu no Ariadne - Vol. 5 Ch. 42 - On to the Next Path

[MangaDex]

 

[Randall1337]

Leana, what did you do!? I see dragons in the next volume cover, HYPE!

Pretty nice way to end the arc.
Strong points would be the second half of the last fight, foreshadowing of photon carriers full potential, and building up mystery with Leana.
Weak points would be the first half of the arc felt pretty slow without much happening, and some of the new characters, the professor rabbit in particular, being a little hard to look at.

 

[RC1138Boss]

Interesting chapter.

 

[GerryCeryBery]

All the rabbits were nightmare fuel. Those eyes, those eerie eyes with the square pupils.

 

[Edgekin]

No one fucking dies in these mangas. I'm so sick of these friendship shit.

 

[major_ingram]

@Edgekin

Cool story bro. I like it, and so do a lot of other people

 

[WoollyPAR]

I mean it's a shonen manga, I don't really expect anyone to die at all. Dying doesn't make stories good anyway, themes, characters, and tones do, among many other things beyond just stuff that happens. So far I like the characters, they're fun and interesting. I'm not entirely clear on what the themes are, but it feels like it's about doing the things you want to do. A simple theme, but I feel it's handled and reinforced well. As for the tones, I think it's able to switch from comical to serious rather well. Lacile always brushes off the fact that he was built to be a hard soldier in a comedic fashion because that's just who he is, but in the last chapter we got to see how seriously it actually affected him as a person. I also think the artstyle fits the story well with how it captures the romanticism of going on adventures and seeing cool things with your friends, because that's just what the story is about (at least at first, seems like it's really starting to open up and explore some deeper ideas). Sure, it COULD focus more on the darkness Lacile's identity of a child soldier, Leana's restricted childhood and future, Lulu's amnesia, and the division of Ariadne's powers, but that's not the kind of story this is (and it's also probably restricted by the publisher).

I'll stop rambling now. In short: I like this story and I think it's fun.