Montecristo

Lubię oryginalną historię, jednak w formie mangi nie była ona tak... satysfakcjonująca?

The Count of Monte Cristo -the manga adaptation! Ha! The artwork is amazing!!! But for a long-suffering man who is supposedly at his early 40, the Count looks a bit too young and handsome, but I'm not complaining. XD The author only has one volume to write the entire story of The Count of Monte Cristo Leggi tutto

In questo mondo non vi è nè felicità, nè infelicità.Solo chi ha provato l'estrema sventura... è in grado di gustare la suprema felicità.Per sapere quanto sia bello vivere... bisogna aver desiderato una volta la morte. E' un volume unico targato seinen abbastanza corposo - 280 pagine - tratto dall'omo Leggi tutto

Was definitely a unique and pleasurable experience, as this was my first manga. I certainly feel I missed some depth of the story, but that was to be expected. The illustrations were beautifully detailed and meticulously done, depicting a character's expressions and thoughts. Overall I found reading Leggi tutto

"The Count of Monte Cristo? Hah! A foolish, meaningless alias taken from a barren rock in the sea"! Well, that was fantastic! As someone completely unfamiliar with this classic, I found the artist great talent added much to the high action plot. I'll definitely need to read some original Dumas.

Edmond Dantes is on the brink of marriage to the person he loves and he has just been promoted to captain when he is arrested for a crime he did not commit. He is taken to prison without a trial and he is left in his cell for years without visitors or recourse. Then he meets a fellow prisoner and Da Leggi tutto

Beaucoup de bonnes choses dans cette adaptation qui n’arrive cependant pas à traduire le génie de Dumas, et de Dantès. Le respect de l’histoire est présent, mais je trouve qu’elle a été beaucoup trop simplifiée et aurait méritée d’être plus étayée. Je n’ai pas réussi à retrouver tous ces moments où Leggi tutto

This is way less dark than I thought it would be. Based on the other adaptations I have seen I would have thought this to be way way more darker, especially the protagonist is a lot more happy than I had expected. So far this was entertaining but also kind of standard. And I did not expect a happy e Leggi tutto

Having just recently finished reading the original 1000+ page source novel am on a bit of a Monte Cristo bender trying to catch up with adaptations new and old in any format. Here's a Manga version that by and large is fairly faithful with regards to the skeleton of the plot but falls in between too Leggi tutto