Later in the first volume, the agents of Dark Bring attack Garage Island, nearly killing Gemma in the process and breaking off two of Nakajima's "feathers." Our hero's given a tiny Rave Stone by Shiba which fits into a humongous sword, imbuing it with a set of ten powers that will doubtless be revealed as the story progresses. Haru utilizes the sword's first power (the ability to explode) to best the villains who've attacked the island. But before he can rest on his laurels, the sword shatters in his hands. Only who can fix it, Shiba explains, is the "legendary blacksmith Musica." The book ends, after several pages of soul-searching on the part of both Haru & Cattleya, with the boy and his snowcone-headed companion rafting off in search of the smithy.
I suspect, if I first came across Rave Master as an anime series, I wouldn't give its story much time. (Recently came across an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh - a shonen manga series I've enjoyed since its English language debut in Shonen Jump - on the Cartoon Network, and I barely lasted five minutes!) But after finishing volume one, I'm caught enough to look for the second at my local Barnes & Noble. On the cover to volume two, I see Haru wearing a loud shirt and headphones, hunched over a turntable with Plue scratching on a record. Now that's just oddball, I can't help thinking as I take the book to the checkout counter. But it ensures that I'll be reading this series for at least two more volumes. . .
Article comments
1 - Saffron
I can agree with the "oddball" part. For the past couple of weeks, one of my male friends started on the subject of Rave Master and kept on going on and on about how it was "an awesome manga". His opinion, not mine. Until yesterday, I realized that I didn't have some reading material for school Monday. So, I borrowed my dad's car and zipped up to the Waldenbook's at our mall. I looked in the manga section [as a last resort] and found myself picking up a copy of Rave Master. So, I sat down on the carpet and started to read volume 1. Many pages later, I decided to buy it and when I finished it at school, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be..I loved it!!!!!! Then again this is my opinion and comment. Try it, you may like it:)
Well, that's that...Ciao(^_~)
2 - Lauren
Rave Master is a COOL series! I own 7 volumes right now. In volume one it might be a little odd, but, it gets deeper the more you read! READ RAVE!!!
3 - Steve
Rave Master is great I have 29 volumes!