isekai<\/em> fantasy adventure that includes light humor. The story is never serious, but it\u2019s also never especially hilarious. Sadly, most of its humor is both clich\u00e9 and predictable. At least manga artist Kugayama Reki livens up the original prose a bit with vivid illustration and concise editing. The original character designs by KeG, based on author Kurokata’s minimal descriptions, are rather bland. Thankfully, the manga adds some visual detail that the original prose lacked. Kugayama\u2019s illustrations have quite a cinematic presentation, deliberately using shading, perspective, and visual angles to make the mundane story more visually kinetic. Kugayama also broadens the visual palate, when possible, occasionally adding visual background gags to emphasize the story\u2019s comedy.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/healing.magic_.manga_.b.jpg\")
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Moreover, Kugayama wisely trims some of the boring redundancy from the original prose novel, allowing the manga\u2019s storytelling to feel more purposeful. However, the manga can\u2019t entirely escape the weaknesses of its source. The 195-page first manga volume adapts the first three-quarters of the original light novel, so this fantasy adventure manga contains only one action scene. The manga includes references such as Rose saying, \u201cI was gonna let you leave on the seventh day until I saw ya doin\u2019 cool sh*t,\u201d except Usato didn\u2019t actually do anything whatsoever, cool or otherwise. Similarly, Usato says, \u201cMaybe I leveled up after all those fights in the forest,\u201d although he didn\u2019t fight multiple times in the forest, or anywhere else, for that matter. And moreover, supporting characters Kazuki and Suzune get relegated to such marginal status that the reader can be forgiven for forgetting that they even exist.<\/p>\n
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Kugayama Reki\u2019s static illustrations are quite attractive; however, illustration of rapid motion and action scenes tends to be a bit confusing.<\/p>\n
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The official English translation of the manga contains the manga\u2019s first six chapters. The translation retains honorifics and includes a few instances of adult language and some brief, bloody violence. As typical with contemporary translations, visual sound effects are in Japanese with subtle in-frame translation. The manga contains no sex or nudity.<\/p>\n
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Readers approaching the first volume of the Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic<\/em> manga companion may be well served to know in advance that the book is entirely an introduction. The first volume of Kugayama Reki\u2019s manga introduces the story\u2019s initial set of primary characters and introduces the initial scenario but does little more. As a single volume, the first book isn\u2019t especially rewarding or satisfying. It\u2019s mildly humorous, but it lacks both adventure and action, and almost nothing of any significance happens. But the book may be a functional set-up for subsequent volumes. And, if nothing else, the manga is fairly attractive looking.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/healing.magic_.manga_.f.jpg\")
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