Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi Vol. 1 (Of the Red, the Light and the Ayakashi)

I really enjoyed this manga. It has a a decent story that has both the supernatural fun and mysterious happenings that make you want to keep reading and looking for more clues as to what is really going on. I kept finding myself drawn in and looking for answers, like who Yue really is, and what is this "meal" really about. What about the strange town and the disappearances and train that doesn't ever stop at its station. The artwork is beautiful, especially the character designs. It is a good first volume that had mystery, drama and humor and even some surprises at the end, that left me hungry for more. I can't wait for the next volume.

I'm going to review the whole series here. Honestly the first book is really not very good. It's very confusing and it's not until the middle of the series where we start to figure out what's going on and things make better sense. Overall I liked the series a lot and once I got into it I couldn't stop reading it. The final book is the ninth book and then the 10th is just a series of short stories and easily skippable. But one major drawback was the books are really short . I think I read all 10 and only three hours .

I can't say much about the plot as this is only the first volume but it sounds generic so far. The real issue is the art; it's so muddled and with thin lines that it's hard to see what a character really looks like or the movement of characters. I'm not going to continue reading or buying. For this manga genre, Kore Yamazaki or Aya Shouoto offer better work.

The manga has a burn hole in a cover and was a hopefully former (withdrawn) library book. Very poor quality and not "used acceptable" at all. It also took 3 1/2 weeks to arrive.

Great manga at a very decent price. Love the artwork and storyline!

Very intriguing first volume. Looking forward to reading more of this series!

Intriguing storyline that I have not see before

~3/5Yue doesn’t get out much, and when he goes out to a festival, he meets a couple guys, and is determined to make them his friends. Yue has good intentions, but the heads of the shrine he lives at decides that one of the boys will be his “meal”.Honestly, I was hoping this would be better. Mostly, it just didn’t stand out to me.The characters are okay, and the plot line will surely get more interesting and intense as the story goes on. The artwork is pretty, and I see the comparison to Natsume’s Book of Friends though the feel is pretty different here, but mostly I just wasn’t pulled in.It felt a little meh to me, and makes me iffy on picking up another volume.[More of my reviews are available on my blog, Geeky Reading, to which there's a link on my profile.]

This is a beautiful read, the art is superb and the storyline soon captures you wanting more ....Am on Volume 6 already and enjoyed each volume.Give it a try.

Die Stadt Utsuwa liegt seit Jahrhunderten unter dem Schatten eines Zaubers des Fuchsgeistes Shin, der den Dämonen, den Ayakashi, erlaubt, sich relativ frei in der Stadt zu bewegen. Damit dieser Zauber aufrecht bleibt, muss die Seele von Shin immer wieder in einem Jungen aus dieser Stadt wiedergeboren werden, der dafür jedoch ein großes Opfer bringen muss.Hier wird die Geschichte von Yue, in dem die Seele von Shin gerade lebt, erzählt und von seinen Menschen- und Ayakashifreunden. Sie wird in einfachen aber sehr netten Bildern in einer ruhigen und meist recht stimmungsvollen Art erzählt und sie gibt einen sehr stimmigen Einblick in Japans Geisterwelt.