Made in Abyss Vol. 1 Paperback – January 23, 2018

If you’re already a fan of Made in Abyss and haven’t read the manga (or maybe even if you’ve already read it but don’t own it)— get this! It’s absolutely beautiful and so worth it to add to/ start your collection.After watching the whole series and follow-up movie straight through literally ~10x, I was admittedly sad and desperate for more. Then quickly realized, “Wait, the manga!” and was fortunate enough to be able to splurge on volumes 1-9 at once. (Btw, the official anthology is cute and also worth getting, if you’re really into the series!)The books are beautiful, nicely sized (bigger than standard manga size, or at least how they were sized when I used to collect them ~a decade ago), have extra (canon, of course!) tidbits of info + lil side explanations, etc, and contain more details about the story overall! Not to mention the beautiful full-colored illustrations. I’ve been lovingly staring at them ok my bookshelf from across the room since I got them, as I’m in no rush to catch up to where the manga currently is... :’)Alternatively, if you’re not familiar with the series and somehow stumbled upon the manga and are reading this review... GET IT. Get it all, watch it all, take it all in, and do it again and again. Such an amazing wholesome yet heavy and dark series, full of terrifying yet magical, ethereal creatures and situations. I cannot do it justice!

Do *not* listen to other reviews! This series is not for children! It's graphic in a number of ways and has mature themes and topics all throughout!That said, the story is amazing! I was introduced to Made in Abyss through the "recap" movies, as the community tends to call them. They are a condensed version of the manga and anime while still being absolutely *breathtaking* in visuals, story telling, and soundtrack to start! That said, there were some questionable scenes that make one rolls their eyes at the creator.. and if anyone knows anything about the manga counterparts to their animes, you'd know that they are *significantly* more detailed and can be as previously stated, graphic. Those questionable scenes in the anime are even more questionable in the manga and make me genuinely wonder how it even got published??? But none of these scenes have anything relevant to the story so they're easy to just skip over, usually only being on a 2 page spread. (Insert eye roll here)Other than that, I thoroughly enjoy being able to explore the Abyss in a 3rd way, as people who have read the manga, as well as watched the movies and anime, know that there is information/scenes exclusive to each one! So I still recommend exploring the manga in your own time if you're a fan of the series as a whole. If you haven't gotten into it, like I said, there's a few questionable things regarding the creators art choices but everything else is so beyond worth the hatred I have for him in every other way! :D

I’ve watch the anime first so I knew some parts here and there. Regardless really amazing I’m a fan of it and so glad I started reading. The map of the abyss so detailed and beautiful. Vary high quality right there. This isn’t my first manga to read and I’m usually lazy reader aha but this one I definitely read it, look at the art, And how detailed it is. Also pretty neat how there some parts tells you of the abyss animals or the tools. Your learning of the abyss while reading . I’ll be continuing buying each volume in order. Lucky for me I’m already got two more after finishing reading this.

The Classical tale which takes place in and around a great big hole in the ground; the titular Abyss. A fantastic series with plenty of mature themes which readers will adore. Visuals are breathtaking, and the Author has an excellent history of quality art which I encourage anyone to do a quick google search of.If you're a fan of the Anime you're bound to like this just as much The anime takes artistic liberties which were made by the creator of the manga himself but still, so this won't be a 1:1 adaptation.I haven't purchased a physical copy of a manga in years, because I never saw the need to support an author. But this quality is storytelling, world design, and world building, along with It's multitude of mature themes are sure to entice anyone to support this franchise.In conclusion:Beautiful Novel. Bondrewd is best dad.