Soukyuu no Ariadne

A manga about a boy who meets a runaway princess and joins her on a journey to travel and see the world.

This is a new series by Norihiro Yagi who is best known for his shonen battle series Claymore. I’m a fan of Claymore despite all it’s problems and was looking forward to seeing him try something different. Unfortunately this one has been a pretty standard shonen adventure series that doesn’t really do anything unique. It’s almost like a movie that was focus tested and had all the jagged edges removed for more mass-appeal.

Maybe things will change later but I’ve dropped this series for now.

~dakazu