The latest volume of “Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick” has arrived, reviewed by myself HERE. It’s still a fun series, even if it’s slipping away from RPG tropes and into Shonen tropes (after all they’re both definitely my thing!)
While I’m still trying to put myself back together I managed to write a few paragraphs to keep the streak of Dragon Quest: Mark of Erdrick reviews going for Anime UK News! It can be viewed HERE.
Still not sure when I’ll be up to resuming here, but receiving a review copy from the publishers gave me that little extra push to get this one done (and it’s still a fun series for the record!)
The next volume of “Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick” came in the post a week or two ago, so let’s take a look! You can see my review by clicking HERE.
Once again its a good bit of fun, so long as you accept it’s never going to be a very “deep” experience…
After enjoying the first volume of this Dragon Quest spin-off manga I was happy to also get the opportunity to review the second volume, which can be found by clicking HERE.
Basically its got a bit more of an edge to it, and doesn’t involve a long training arc, thankfully…
My latest review for Anime UK News, and it’s a manga that honestly I didn’t know existed until I was told about it! Still, it was a good read and I’m looking forward to more.
The review can be found by clicking HERE.
At long last, after well over a hundred weeks, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai has finally come to an end. It’s been a … ride, maybe not a wild one, but definitely one! While this finale is fun and exciting with a great and extremely Shonen-y final battle I have to say that its not worth watching the other 90 odd episodes full of the same plot being slowly stretched thin until it snaps several times. Still, now I’ve stuck with it for pretty much the sole reason of writing about it on this blog, let’s write about it on this blog!
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At long last I can say the end is actually in sight as it has now been confirmed that Adventure of Dai will end with Episode 100, so all the setting up for the final battle this chunk of episodes do is going to pay off! Hooray! No more stalling! That being said this chunk of episodes also shows a sudden new trend of undoing previous hard work for the sake of pleasing fans, which… well, is a bit crap really. Let’s tale a look then!
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I was going to open with a joke about it being nearly time to review another load of episodes (because yes, the series is somehow still going strong…) but thanks to a certain Toei Animation hacking incident the show went off the air for a month, so this review actually isn’t that far behind despite the delay of finishing it on my end. So, Adventure of Dai, eh? Yes, I really want to put “looks like its entered its final arc” but I’ve made that mistake before, so let’s just say “thinks have picked up” and leave it at that…
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Oh yes, that’s right. Before we get to a few more stand-alone anime reviews and then the next bigger series / story arc we have another chunk of DQ: Adventure of Dai episodes to get through! What adventures await? … Actually, to be fair, these episodes were mostly good it’s just the series has started to outstay its welcome, which given a new opening starts the next batch I’m assuming we’re not as close to the end as I thought / hoped…
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In case you were wondering I haven’t forgotten about this series, it was the last of the reviews that were partly done when my personal tragedy occurred and I’ve only now got round to finishing it off / getting pictures. So what happened in the third chunk of Dragon Quest Adventures of Dai episodes? Well, quite a lot actually, including a very high-budget showdown between our titular hero and his father… Let’s take a look!
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