Magi Chapter 179: Mogametts Trump Card

Comments:
So this was what Mogamett aimed to do and I'm pleased to see that the series manages to pull such a things which are not to be expected. I was thinking that Magnostadts last trump card was the awesome weapon which shoot magoi all over the place.

It's pretty much obvious that Mogamett is now pretty much fallen into the "plan" of Al-Thamen who are without a doubt the cause of this war, making Mogamett resort to his last trump card which is composed of Black rukh. What I'm interested to see what are those things which are gathering(?) the black rukh and what is their origin so to say.

But what really made this chapter better than most of the chapters was that only in the span of 18 chapters we got a great view of Mogametts past and at least for me it was necessary to read it couple of times to get the message behind it. Of course the "message" in itself was on the page where young Mogamett wants to protect all of humans and the old one wants only the best for the magicians. It was without a doubt well designed moment.

Recap of Magi Chapter 179: Towards The Deepest Sector

-So the news are that a Kou Empire has Begun to move: great army composed of more than 200 000 warriors are heading towards Magnostadt

-At the same time in Magnostadt, the magicians are wondering what they should do. Lord Mogamett is watching over the deceased magicians lying on the floor.

-Mogamett says that he will get rid of Kou Empires and Reims armies. He is then seen to be going down the stairs along with less than a dozen of other magicians.

-We are getting a short flashback of Mogamett who in the past wanted to protect all of the humans, but now cares only of magicians. This is an obvious arisal of Dark Rukh inside Mogamett.

-Mogamett arrives to the deepest sector of fifth level authorization district and there we can see Mogamett's trump card, something composed of black Rukh, some three entities which look like dark djinns.

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Magi Chapter 178: The Goal of Al Thamen

Comments:
This was definitely a good chapter and even though there was a lot of speaking present I wasn't too bothered about it since it was pretty important stuff regarding the history of the series.

I always though that it was in fact this worlds history where Solomon and all the Djinns lived with him, but to everyones surprise that place turned out to be another world altogether. This really makes me wonder how many years ago the events of Solomon making the new world and the war in Alma Toran happened since people don't seem to recall any of that who live in the present timeline. Lady Scheherazade said that she is almost three hundred years old, so it must have been very long time ago.

I believe that the Al Thamen is going to be more present in the series from now on. We have gotten only glimpses of the organization and their motives, but this chapter cleared pretty much of it. Their aim is of course to create as much black rukh as possible by bringing as much despair in the world as they can to form the "Dark spot" which sounds like an ultimate dark summoning or something like that. So all the countries which are about to go to war are actually helping Al Thamen in their mission and I think it's safe to assume that most of it is probably their doing.

So the chapter ended with the text "what will Mogamett do next", this could imply that Mogamett, watching all those dead magician could launch a counterattack against Reim. That would be a probable scenario in my opinion, but I think that we will be shown someone from Al Thamen subtly encouraging him to do it if it happens.

Recap of Magi Chapter 178: The Dark Spot

-Aladdin is afraid that Chancellor (Mogamett I presume) is going to realize Al-Thamen's wish

-If the Chancellor is hiding great quantity of black Rukh somewhere, it would be dreadful.

-Aladdin mentions of "Scene of Tragedy", which Lady Scheherazade recognizes. He starts telling about a story from another world which doesn't have a connection with the world they are living in.

-He tells that there were a lot of people living there and everything was put to an end because of a single war. The ones who caused the war was Al Thamen.

-So, The great magician, who was called King Solomon created the world where Aladdin and others live and guides most of the survivors there. The other world was called "Alma Toran".

-.Al Thamen wants to erase this new world where they live currently by turning the world into chaos with the help of the "Dark spot". Dark spot is a hole which is created by a great quantity of magoi and black rukh from which the incarnation of evil will eat the white ruk of the world.

-Aladdin has known all of this since Balbadd, since the history of Alma Toran's was shown to him through Solomon's Wisdom.

-Alibaba is understandably a bit angry because he wasn't told any of this.

-After they all board on one of Reim's ships Lady Scheherazade starts telling some of her history. She also tells that her real body is about to die.

-Suddenly, Reim and Magnostadt receive a message at the same time from the Kou empire... What will Mogamett do next?

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Magi Chapter 177: The Clone of Lady Scheherazade

Comments:
So at this point it's pretty obvious that the war is pretty much over. Somehow I wasn't really surprised that this particular Lady Scheherazade was a clone, since we already had a clear understanding that she was capable of making clones of herself in one from or another. What I'm interested in seeing is what will become of Reim after she dies since she's essentially the leader of the whole Reim. Maybe it's possible for Mu Alexius to take command?

At the end of the chapter Mogametts back of the head seemed somewhat ominous, but I'm not going to speculate too much since I'm writing this a week too late, since the new chapter was released yesterday so I'm going to go ahead and write a recap and comments about that one now.

Recap of Magi Chapter 177: The High Priestess

-So, Alibaba has appeared in the middle of the battlefield to defend Aladdin

-Suddenly someone orders the army of Reim to retreat and it's no one else but Lady Scheherazade.

-They talk for a while and Aladdin convinces Lady Scheherazade to give up on attacking Magnostadt.

-The ships of Reim are seen to be going towards the sea

-Lady Scheherazade, Titus, Aladdin and Alibaba decide to talk on neutral territory, which is halfway form Magnostadt's shore and Reim's fleet.

-It's revealed that "Lady Scheherazade" who's before them is nothing else but one of real Scheherazades clones. She says her real body is 268 years old.

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Magi Chapter 176: Reunion of Alibaba and Aladdin

Comments:
A great chapter, as I predicted Mu Alexius still had a trump card which was nothing short of an amazing one. The chapter this time was mostly a visual one, which did please me enough for this week, unfortunately it also means that there's really not much to talk about also.

So after a long time we finally get to see Alibaba and Aladdins reunion. It really wasn't a big surprise (actually it was expected) that Alibaba managed to master Amos' Djinn Equip to some extent himself. It will be great to see to what direction this series is going to go after Reim vs. Magnostadt war. I think that at this point the survival of Magnostadt seems pretty much obvious and if Reim doesn't have any more trump cards they'll have to retreat. I think that it's possible that there could be some kind of twists that would render my thoughts useless, but that's how twists usually are.

Recap of Magi Chapter 176: Barbatos

-Mu Alexius is going to go all out, he Djinn Equips Barbatos and shoots all the way to the Magnostadt.

-Rest of the troops of Reim army are going to try once again to attack Magnostadt now that Mu has used his Barbatos which makes his faster and stronger than anyone else for a minute at the risk of losing his life.

-Mu Alexius aims to destroy Aladdin, since he's the only one interrupting Reim's advance. He uses Bard Romh which hits Aladdin who manages to survive by concentrating his borg to the right places.

-Magnostadt sees a huge sword, which Mu Alexius with his last moments is generating

-He begins to hit with it but Alibaba comes in between Djinn Equipped with Amos and stops Mu Alexius / Barbatos

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Magi Chapter 175: Aladdins Clever Tactic

Comments.

It's nice to see that the author managed to pull off something that I didn't even think of. I was thinking something a bit more "flashy", but for him to wash away the people with the help of sand was indeed pretty clever.

I have to say that I really loved the art of this chapter: there were lots of scenes that showed us the things that happened on the large scale. Basically when the author decide to do that then they really can't go wrong.

At this point it would seem that the Reim army is basically finished, but I'm a bit reluctant to believe that Mu Alexius would swallow this without putting up a fight: I think it's possible for them to try to do something before the war is truly finished.

Recap of Magi 175: Fighting Spirit

-We see some Alibaba at the beginning of the chapter: he recognizes Aladdin from far away

-Aladdin is shown in the in front of the three giants: the sight is pretty cool

-Mu Alexius is mentioning that it's impossible to stop the war without killing anyone.

-Aladdin is about to do something, Mu Alexius orders for the Reim army to advance towards Magnostadt.

-The three giants that Aladdin commands crumble and turn into waves of sand: the sand sweeps away the soldiers all the way to the shore and Mogamett says that now they can restore the barrier.

-Reim army realizes that they are at the starting pointand the barrier is totally restored.

-Aladdin breaks Reim armys fighting spirit by telling them that he can do that every single time if they try to advance.

-It seems that the Reim army realize that it's essentially impossible for them to proceed: Aladdin orders them to go back to their own country.

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A Short Summary: Magi Review

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-Generic Adventure
-Decent main character
-Very good side characters (Sinbad's pretty awesome)
-Villains are only decent
-Story is better than average, good
-Story will transform couple of times throughout the series (and it's good)
-Continuity gets a definite plus
-Art is good
-Recommended adventure

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Magi Chapter 174: Aladdin vs. Fanalis

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A great chapter once again. We got to see Aladdins immense power with the giants and they didn't leave me cold. It seems that they are basically as powerful as Ugo was and in addition they can rely Aladdins magic through them. The harhar infigar which he used was simply amazing.

It also seems that we haven't seen everything: Aladdin plans to end the war without anyone getting hurt so must be having some kind of scheme or maybe a spell that we haven't seen already. It's no use but to wait for Magi Chapter 175.

Recap of Magi chapter 174: The Power of A Magi

-Aladdins Magi power if finally released.

-The three Ugo-like creatures he is controlling roar making people around them watch in astonishment.

-People realize that Aladdin is magi when the rukh are giving Aladdin magoi.

-Aladdin explains to the people of Magnostadt that the chancellor is not suitable as a king of this world.

-Lady Scheherazade also sees everything that is happening.

-The Fanalis and Mu Alexius prepare for the battle against Aladdin. Mu Alexius makes a remark of Aladdin not being Yunan so he must the the Magi of the Kou Empire. (Since he thinks that there's only three magi in the world) Aladdin says that he's not Judar.

-Mu Alexius attacks but one of the giants protects Aladdin. The other Fanalis including RohRoh and Muron start attacking against Aladdin and the giants.

-Aladdin uses Harhar Infigar with the three giants blasting through all the way to the coast.

-Mu Alexius refers to him being similar to Mogamett and everyone else if he would just kill everyone. Aladdin however plans to end this war without letting a single life return to the Rukh.

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Magi Chapter 173: Aladdin and the three giants

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What a great chapter! First, the remaining Fanalis started a rampage which was brutal as hell. They just split the magician in half with their attacks. I was actually wondering the title of this chapter which is "The king of beasts" and thought that it would be referring to Mu Alexius, but I think it was a deception: It might have  referred to Aladdin.

However it seems that there's a turn point of this war coming and it's name is Aladdin. With the training that he's got from the Magnostadt it seems that he's able to summon at least three Ugo -like Djinns(?) or something like that. I think that the power that Aladdin is using to summon these three giants is Solomon's wisdom with which he gives either form to the rukh around him or gives form to people that have lived, something like Djinns or like that. It would be awesome if they'd have been Solomon's personal guardians who'd be now in Aladdins service.

It's obvious that the magician training has made Aladdin a monster. I think that it's possible for this to be the whole series turning point: Aladdin was very powerful with Ugo, so now with his incredible magoi manipulation skills, combined with Solomon's wisdom and his magi powers they are on another scale.

Magi was interesting already before this twist, but now it's very interesting!

Recap of Magi 173: The King of Beasts

-Only a few members of the fanalis corps remain.

-Aladdin's Magi powers are awakening after he took out the crystals suppressing his powers.

-Mu Alexius says to Rohroh and Muron that they have to finish "this" in one go.

-Rohroh and Muron start shooting long range attacks with their household vessels.

-They call it the 7th type of magic, strength magic. They are able to attack projectiles which are invisible to the human eye.

-The shock waves from Barbatos' metal vessel are able to fly to far places. Mu Alexius swings and kills several magicians with a single swing.

-The Fanalis Mu Alexius, Rohroh and Muron obliterate magicians left and right, finally they head for the barrier.

-Suddenly a giant's hand sweeps them away and we see three giants looking like Ugo arising and walking with Aladdin. Aladdin's Solomon's wisdom mark is glowing.

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Magi episode 17: End of the Dark Djinn

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At first I'd like to say that Magi's animation is superb. Aniplex is definitely keeping the quality high and it's very enjoyable to watch anime which doesn't fall into "getting lazy", which is apparent especially in the weekly mainstream animes. Watch the screencaps which I took, they were a good example of nice animation, but didn't obviously limit to them.

The episode itself was a good one and what I especially like in Magi anime is that the pacing is very well done. There are lots of stuff included in the episode and it doesn't make me feel like there was too much stalling like (once again) in the mainstream anime adaptations. In this episode we got a name for the antagonist of this story: Al Sarmen, it however didn't say is Al Sarmen a organization or a person who conquers the villains. Anyways, the story of Magi progresses very well and it's nice to watch it as it has lots of quality.

Recap of Magi episode 17:

-Aladdin used his recently acquired Solomon's wisdom for the first time. He then encourages Alibaba to continue fighting.

-Aladdin then uses Halharl Infigar on Alibaba to revive Amon's sword.

-Alibaba charges towards the Dark Djinn and hits him hard. The Dark Djinn however sucks Aladdin inside him.

-Aladdin either consciously or unconsciously uses Solomon's wisdom which makes Judar fall unconscious.

-Scene changes to "inside the Dark Djinn" in which Kassim and Alibaba argue. They argue about the differences between them, which Alibaba denies. They go through flashbacks and mental battle.

-Finally Cassim dissolves along with the Dark Djinn.

-The mysterious dark person takes Judar with him and escapes. This person is seen afterwards watching the city making a mention of the fourth magi and the solomon's wisdom. He promises to indulge them all in darkness, but then Sinbad's group (him and Jafar + Masrur) come to fight against him. Masrur uses his household vessel Balalark Kauza and Jafar uses his: Balalark Sei.

-Sinbad uses his Balalark Saika and decimates the mysterious man. The man's head is seen drowning and a snake escapes it.

-Scene changes to mysterious place in which there are several characters whose faces are not visible. They talk about Aladdin, his Solomon's wisdom and Sinbad. They also mention that it's another case of Solomon's arrogant intereference which happens every couple of centuries.

-They are on Al Sarmen's agenda.

-Aladdin uses Solomon's Wisdom to show Aladdin his parents.

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Magi 172: Magicians vs. Fanalis Corps

Recap and Comments of Magi 172: Fanalis vs. Magicians

Aladdin finally removes his "shackles", gems in his hands which stop his 'attraction' of rukh all around. He realizes that he isn't getting any magoi from the rukh, but thinks that it must be because it will take a little while to return back to normal because the flow has been stopped for so long.

A lot of other magicians come and assist Aladdin and Titus and they surround the fanalis corps completely. Mu Alexius says to them that they will never retreat and will attack without stopping until they conquer the capital.

We are shown a small tactical picture which shows us all the locations in the battlefield for Reim army, Fanalis corps, Aladdin, Magicians etc.

The Fanalis corps aren't really affected by the magicians powers, they keep pressing on by dodging and evading their attacks.

It seems that Aladdin gets an idea, him and all the magicians rise up and fire shots from the above to the fanalis corps, without hitting though.

It's a bit unclear but it seems that the magicians made a tunnel by shooting to the ground to stop the fanalis corps, but it doesn't seem to affect them much.
This point to me was very unclear when reading this chapter for the first time, at first I thought the magicians had conjured like a wall of ice to stop the fanalis but it was in fact a tunnel that they were making by shooting in the ground. It was a bit unclear decicion from the author to do that, but it's fine.

The corps progress steadily, but then the wall of earth cracks and then huge amounts of water breaks out on them like a big dam breaking apart. Magicians hand connected a "tunnel" with the river. Aladdin remembered that Morgiana wasn't any good with water so maybe it would effective against Fanalis corps.
This wasn't in my opinion the best way to deal with the fanalis corps, which were a bit too hyped for them to be beaten with a scheme like this, well, it's just a minor detail in the entirety, so not much harm done :P

Indeed the fanalis corps rise from the water saying that the magicians must be stupid to think that it would really stop them.

However the magicians are preparing their next attack: they fire a huge shot of lightening to the fanalis corps and that hits them very well. One of magicians axplain to us how all of the nature is their ally and how they are able to operate huge formulas hence getting their power multiplied.

Something is going on with Aladdin at the of the chapter, it may be that his Magi powers are finally returning.

Will be continued in chapter 173

Conclusion There's really not much to say about this weeks chapter, since not much to comment happened. As I said before the fanalis corps were a bit too hyped for them to be beaten like this, but of course at least Mu Alexius will be making a "comeback" from this. I'll be interested in seeing in which way the war progressess in the next chapter, since Aladdin seems to either to be getting his Magi powers back or something is wrong, I can't really say from the looks of the final page of the chapter. Maybe it's left up to interpretation?

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Magi 171: Mu Alexius, Titus and Aladdin

Recap of Magi 171: Prey

The Fanalis Corps of Reim finally charge. The fanalis are bursting through Magnostadt soldiers killing them left and right, they look more like monsters than human.

The Fanalis corps are closing towards the Magic weapon of Magnoshutatt and they truly seem unstoppable. The magic weapon at this point has another worry: if it keeps sucking on more and more magoi, then the people in the 5th level authorization district will undoubtly die.

A hit to one of the tubes of the weapon, someone's shooting the magoi supply lines from the sky.

Titus, one of Lady Scheherazade's clones is seen fighting on the battlefield saying that he became an independent human so she's battling against Reim now. He uses Destrosion (Great flash) against Mu Alexius but it isn't effective.

Mu Alexius keeps talking to him and speaks about what he essentially is: a monster. Due to this realization the clone stops fighting.

Then someone comes near them saying that Mu is wrong. He's saying that Titus is our friend, not some monster. This someone is Aladdin and they promise to fight together.

Mu asks Aladdin what reason did he come here and he answers that he came to stop Reim and this sorrowful war.

It's time for Aladdin to shine in chapter 172.

Comments and Predictions

As I predicted last time we got to see some Fanalis action and it was indeed great sight. They are as ferocious as I imagined. The appearance of Titus at this point was somewhat a surprise to me and how he was nothing sort of a main character for this chapter (which was a bit disappointing).

But the good thing is that now as it says in the last panel, it's finally time for Aladdin to show his power as a magi! So at this chapter was a short set up chapter for Aladdin to come stylishly through by coming for Titus now it's time for him to put up some serious action. So in the next chapter 172 I will be expecing some huge things for Aladdin which may easily shake the whole ground of this war between Reim and Magnostadt.

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Magi 170: Magnostadt weapon and Fanalis Corps

Recap of Magi 170: Magic Weapon

The war between Reim and Magnostadt continues, the tragic reality of war is brought before everyone's eyes. We see how magician's especially on the front row are lying down injured.

It seems that Aladdin finally decides to approach the battlefield by flying after seeing all the injured magicians. He thinks whether or not he should fight as well against Reim. He seems from the sky that Magnostadts soldiers are using some kind of magic items, spears that shoot flames forward.

Suddenly we see something huge: something that looks like a Mecha: It looks like a secret weapon of Magnostadt. Magician ahead of it makes a hand gesture and the weapon seems to start glowing. There are tubes going in it and apparently they are charging it with magoi. It shines bright and Lord Magomett says "sweep them away".

A huge explosion happens around Magnostadt: it obliterates Reim soldiers all around the city, a truly powerful magic weapon. Aladdin watches this, terrified.

The weapon shoots again, this time with more focused rays.

Something happens in behind Reim's lines. Scheherazade says "your turn was after all the barriers would be broken" to which this mysterious person answers while holding a huge rock on her that she couldn't bear to watch anymore.

Finally Reim's elite soldiers join the battle as I predicted earlier. Fanalis (Or Finalist) corps begin to move and the chapter ends.

Will be continued in chapter 171.

Comments, Highlights and Predictions

Chapter 170 was a good chapter. It was almost pure action and we got to see the weapon in work. It was almost like I tought, but even better. I though it would only shoot huge lasers, but it seemed to also make a huge "explosion" around the city. It's also great to finally see Fanalis corps in action.

As for predictions, I believe that the fanalis corps will be doing pretty huge damage against Magnostadts forces: they may even be able to take down the "Magnostadt weapon", I think by either destroying the structure of it or slashing the tubes which give energy to it. It may be that Aladdin doesn't stay aside and may start doing something, most likely tries to stop the war. Hopefully he succeeds, but I think it won't be probable.

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Magi 169: Reim and the invention of gunpowder

Recap:

At first we get a "recap" of the history of Reim empire, which is supreme ruler of the western continent and was established 730 years ago by the Emperor Remus. Under the rule of Emperor Perdinaus 211 years ago, it reached its maximum expansion. and If we exclude the Great Kouga Empire, Reim is the strongest and largest country that has ever existed.

And now Reim's soldiers are blocked by an invisible and thin protective wall made of magic.

Suddenly magicians of Magnostadt see something approaching in the air. They are airships which drop bombs on the magic wall and are very effective. We get a flashback where Reim empire invents gunpowder! Ignatius can't seem to believe that it isn't made by Lady Scheherazade.

The whole point of this is for people of Reim to achieve something themselves - without the aid of Magi.

Because of these gunpowder bombs which are now being sent flying with catapults the first barrier is already starting to crack. Scheherazade basically tells Lord Mogamett, that she believes in people and their way of inventing new things.

Aaand suddenly the first barrier is down already! People in Magnostadt are beginning to tremble and desperately seek aid from magicians: Lord Mogamett has one more joker in his pocket. He calls it "power we created" and with it Magnostadt aims to win.

Comments and Predictions

It's interesting to see how Reim is actually almost a copy of Roman empire with only slight changes done. This is by no means new observation, but something that is in my opinion heavily pointed in chapter 169. It seems that Reim didn't rely on their strongest forces yet and that's in my opinion at the same time a good thing and a bad thing. Good in a way that we have something to wait for and bad that we didn't still get to see them yet.

The whole invention of gunpowder consept is interesting: does this mean that we will be seeing actual guns in the near future of this manga? I hope not.

I'm interested to see what this "Power" of Mogamett's is, but I throw something out there: it's some kind of form of magic collected and stored for moments like these: it's output will most likely be like a huge laser which will destroy enemy forces. This is how I could see it in my mind, but of course I hope for something more original :P

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Magi 168: The war is finally before our eyes

Recap:

Laem empire's forces are advancing to Magnoshutatt and aboard their ships is no other than Alibaba!

In Magi chapter 168  at first we see Laem (or "Reim") High Priestess Scheherazade talking via magic to Magnostadt and to Matal Mogamett, declaring war between Magnostadt and Laem because the Academy smuggled magical weapons and "kidnapped" Titus Alexius.

From now on it's all out war between Magnoshutatt and Laem.

Lord Matal Mogamett has said previously owning a "power" or a "weapon" against the enemy and Aladdin says that only he can stop that.


It seems that the Academy City is behind 3 powerful barriers and Laem army tries to break through them.

Finally the magicians make an entrance to the battlefield. The war is finally materializing before our eyes. Some unknown magician from Magnostadt flips ground over where groups of Laem soldiers stand. Irene Smirnoff (Aladdin's Zemi teacher) is seen generating acid rain on the soldiers.

Magnostadts High class magicians are properly introduced:  they are the Guardian Deities of the country. Matal Mogamett then tells us about them shortly and then announces that Magnostadt will not fall because it can supply itself limitlessly.

High Priestess Scheherazade says that it will fall and the chapter ends.

Comments

I've just read in span of 3 days all of Magi's current 168 chapters and I have to say, that it's a great manga. The story is extremely well composed and a bit complex but still the artist managed to make it easily understandable. That is an amazing feat. Magi has been interesting, but now it has become very interesting: I'm glad that I have one more manga to follow weekly and actually wait for the next chapter.

This weeks chapter 168 is the first chapter that we actually see the war, since it has been spoken about for as long as tens of chapters ago. There's really not much to comment about, it wasn't particularly interesting, even though the couple of spells we saw were cool, but nevertheless it was an important chapter because now we will get to see even more amazing stuff.

Predictions

This week we only saw just a little bit of the power of Magnostadts High Class Magicians, but I believe next week in Magi chapter 169 we will see some of Leam empires elite forces and their most likely immense power.

I also predict that Magnostadt will fall eventually (not in chapter 169 of course). I can't really see how it wouldn't.

Aladdin will also show some of his skills this war, though I think it is a bit obvious.

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Magi Review: Solid adventure

Magi tells a story about Aladdin and Alibaba, Aladdin is a boy aged around ten and has djinn with him, reminding us of genie. He uses his metal flute to summon djinn, but unfortunately djinns head always get stuck so he looks like a headless giant when summoned. How Aladdin obtained this djinn is left as a mystery at the beginning, but he claims to have found him from "a room" and befriended him.
Alibaba is a young man and a dreamer. He at the beginning worked for some rich wine vendor, but along with meeting Aladdin they both decided to go on an adventure. The point of this manga is adventure and that's what has me hooked. When I think about a good adventure that feels long and satisfying, Magi's only job is just to deliver. In this mangas world there are 'Dungeons' in which people go and try their luck: usually none of them come back and when one does, he has attained immeasurable riches...

At the beginning of the manga, I wasn't satisfied by the art, but believe me, it gets better as the story goes on. Eventually it turns out to be like any other mainstream shonen manga in terms of art, which in my opinion can be considered as pretty good. In the most recent chapters the author has turned the the art into having more and more contrast: it does give sort of an unique feeling to it and works pretty well, but it has it's flaws as well ie. it doesn't work so well with the backgrounds which in my opinion require more focusing on the different shades of grey, in other words, less contrast.

This series's protagonists, Aladdin and Alibaba seem pretty decent characters and they have only decent flow and banter between them. There are a lot other side characters which make up to their decentness and to be honest Aladdin and Alibaba both manage to grow pretty much as the story goes on: on emotional as well as strength sides. As the story progresses further there are lots of characters introduced which manage to eat a lot of screen time, which really isn't a bad thing: Magis character designs are honestly good which correlates a lot with me actually remembering a bunch of them.

The initial setting of this story had me 'hooked' and the story did what I waited for it to do: taking me in to an adventure. I can recommend this manga to anyone who longes for solid adventure because it certainly manages to keep the reader interested for longer periods of time due to better than average storytelling. The longer you read this the more obvious it is why this is classified as "shonen", it will introduce typical battle shonen elements and that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Those elements have been carried out well considering the story telling of this manga. In Magi you can also find a lot of people / events / etc. having their designs based on the collection of One Thousand and One Nights stories

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