I loved everything about this manga, the colored art was perfectly done, and the manga panels were amazing.
you can tell alot of time and effort went into it.

This is an interesting story about a group of friends that live on an island that no one is allowed to leave. They all dream about going on adventures! When one day a traveling merchant comes to their island and a girl is being attacked by monsters. They meet a couple people who are coming to their island for research. Their journey for adventure and getting stronger turns into a path to learn their past, and save their futures. As they uncover the past and learn about the dangers that lurk in their home they band together to save their home and set things right that were wrong by their ancestry.

After the disaster that was the anime adaptation, I’ll admit I was more than a little worried about how this would play out. Honestly it took the complete opposite approach to the anime by focusing almost entirely on the big picture and the trials and darkness that Ryza and company face. Of course, that means we lose a lot of the little details of the interpersonal relationships, but the core of the story was there and we hit all of the major plot milestones. I’d be interested to know what someone who didn’t play the game(s) or watch the anime would think.

As for the art, I think it was fantastic - it’s highly detailed and keeps all of the silly quirks of these JRPG character designs while also letting the characters be expressive. I would have liked to see a bit more scenery, though I suppose that’s more important for the two later games which may, hopefully, get manga adaptations of their own.

Nothing beats the level of detail in a video game that you can spend dozens of hours playing, but this manga does a very good job of distilling this story down to its most important parts and conveying them in a way that’s true to the original.