Shaman King Volume 7 Clash At The Mata Cemetery

Art and Written by Hiroyuki Takei

Chapter 54  to 62

Price $5.96

It’s about time for the last match of first round of the Shaman king Tournament, winner take all. Yoh has 1 win and 1 lose and Ren has only 1 win, after this match Ren won’t have anyone else to fight, so let’s get into the review.

Right off the bat we meet Ren Father (Yuan) the leader of the Tao Clan talking to Jun. we learn about why he wants Ren to fight in this Tournaments and it’s to restore his clan rightful place in China. During the talk Yuan is petting a panda and killed it in front of Jun (I really enjoy that). Ren’s Father Told Jun they need the power of the Great Spirit and they will do anything to get it. He tells Jun to use his army of zombie to make sure Ren wins and these new zombies are stronger than Bailong.

Yuan is a very large man and his overall design is pretty cool, I just hope he is as strong as he seems.The next few chapters are just build up, and what is everyone thinking about before this last fight. I am surprise to see Manta at this fight with Yoh after what happen with Foust. Ren appears on his Horse and Cape looking like a boss. Yoh and Ren have change a lot from there last fight, Ren has gotten taller and Yoh has increased his mana. Then the Fight begins Ren starts off the Fight using his over soul that is pretty much a ball of armor around his spear.  Yoh block the first few attacks. Ren change his over soul by putting more mana into his spear. The over soul has change from a ball of armor into Bason upper body. So Yoh has to dodge more than a Blade, he has to dodge the arms too.

This is where Silva examples how the shaman fight really works. Each shaman has a pool of mana for this example I am using 100. To use an over soul they most use a bit of the mana. So let’s say to use an over soul they must use 20 of their mana to create an over soul so there pool of mana is now 80 (100- 20 = 80). Once an over soul is broken. They must use more mana to make a new over soul, so another 20 (80- 20 = 60) until they are completely out of mana. They also talk about GP I believe this is Ghost Power so this would be Amidamaru and Bason.

As the fight goes on Yoh and Ren each break each other’s over soul and Yoh just being Yoh has been pushing Ren, until Ren get angry enough to use  Bason Horse spirit and I did not know that shaman could use more than one spirit at a time, so we could see Yoh get more ghost just like Silva. Ren put everything he has into this attack. This is where the Volume ends with Ren going all over at Yoh.

We also see every shaman that won the first round like Foust and Horohoro and many more watching this match, waiting to see how it ends. Once it ends the Cheif will be talking to everyone that made it so far.

Cover side and back of Volume 7 

Yoh looks awesome on the front and Ren is on the back with Bason

Link

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i hope you guys enjoy this review and see you next saturday.

Both Fullmetal Alchemist Series on Netflix

You can now watch Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist brotherhood and Fullmetal Alchemist The Sacred Star of Milos all on netflix. This is awesome news and i am a big fan of both series. I like brotherhood more than the original FMA, because it follows the manga and I think the execution is must better. If you have not watched any of these, you should they now are amazing series.

I would like to see more anime on Netflix, because it a great outlet and a easy way to get access anime legally.

I just watch The Sacred Star of Milos in Sub and I like it. It was a good movie and it has interest character and an ok twist, a lot of action.  I would enjoy it more if it was in dub. 

Here are trailers for both Fullmetal Alahemist, Brotherhood and the Movie

Full Metal Alchemist Trailer

FMA Brotherhood Trailer

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos - Trailer

I hope you guys enjoy this and see you on Saturday 

Shaman King Volume 6 Road Trip to Izumo

Art and Written by Hiroyuki Takei

Chapter 45 to 53

Price $5.96

This volume was ok at best a lot of development for Yoh and manta. This volume continues from the last volume with Yoh and Faust fighting. Yoh ask “why you are like this” and Faust answer by a flash back. The Flash back cover how Faust was young and fell in love with a sick girl, cured her and they got marry. One night a robber came into his house and killed Eliza. This is how she got the bullet in the skull. He learns Faust wants to become shaman king to bring back the dead, and Yoh does not agree with Faust beliefs. Faust puts all of his mana into Eliza and Eliza charges at Yoh. Yoh puts all what he has left into one swing and they clash. Yoh cut off Eliza Legs, but Yoh lost his over soul.  Yoh lose and his first lost over all. The lost it hits him hard. Faust gets enraged that Yoh smashed Eliza’s legs. Faust wants to kill Yoh.  Faust uses all of his mana to create a HUGE skeleton. Silva rushes in, but Ren saved Yoh. Ren turns the skeleton into dust.

Ren saved Yoh, because he will be fighting Yoh in the next fight, in 3 months’ time. We do not know if Ren won or lose his matches, but this will be an interesting fight, because Yoh need a win and Ren wants to beat Yoh.

After the match we are at the Hospital. Manta and Yoh are both recovering. This is where we meet Manta family and found out why he studies so much. It’s because of this father; Manta’s Father is a CEO of an electronics company that one day Manta will run. his father tell Manta  that he will be going to the USA to study, Manta did not agree with him and went to go see Yoh, in the Hospital. Yoh is depressed about the lost, but mostly Manta got hurt. Once manta got into Yoh room this is where Yoh tell Manta that it was his fault that he lost. Manta is pretty much heart broken and ran away. Yoh made a decision, he needs to get stronger, so to do this he need to go back home to Izumo.

When Yoh is at Izumo and he talks to his grandpa. His grandpa tells Yoh if he wants to increase his mana he will need to die and come back. To do this he will need to enter this cave and stay in the cave for 7 days and that is what Yoh did.

During the 7 days Manta had a lot of time to think about what happen and has to make a decision, do what his father wants to do or learn more about Yoh. At the airport, he decided that he want to learn more about Yoh. Lucky for him, he sees Ryu and they talk and go on a road trip to see Yoh at Izumo. On the way to Izumo we learn a lot about Ryu and Manta once they get to Izumo they are greeted by a girl name Tamao (very cute design) and her two spirits Ponchi and Conchi that reminds me of Ren and Stimpy, they have a very entertaining fight with a lot of jokes. The fight ends with Anna tell then that we are all going to go see Yoh, so they go to the cave and wait for him Tamao use her shaman powers to find Yoh, and in no time Yoh comes out.

Yoh has become stronger just by the look of his new over soul it goes up his arm, to me it looks like the more mana a shaman has the more there over soul looks like the spirit and now Amibamaru can talk in his over soul.

Yoh and manta had a talk and they became friends again

In the last chapter in of this volume focus most about Ren and his reason why he want to be shaman king. He wants to be shaman king to stop this cycle of hatred that his family has for 1800 years, even if it means to destroy his family.  We also learn that Bason has service the Tao family in life and death, and is pretty loyal to Ren and believe in what he wants to do.

This Volume had a lot of information and I enjoy it for the most part, I still think Faust is awesome and I can't wait to see more of him. The next Volume will be pretty entertaining because we have Yoh vs Ren round two and Yoh needs to win this.

he is the cover, side and back of the volume

Link:

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I hope you guys enjoy my review of volume 6 and see you guys next week.