I wasn’t a fan of the author’s other work, Fairytale, and was a little skeptical here based on the amount of boob right away, but I ended up really enjoying this. There’s a good cast of characters and no doubt an interesting back story to come.

First of all, thank you for the eARC copy!
This is one of the first mangas I've read. I did watch the entire Fairy Tail anime before so I am aware of his work. (Yes, I did enjoy the anime a lot!)

As for DEAD ROCK 1, I've read through the first volume in one go! The comedy is still there (and the fan-service), despite being set in the world of demons, divided in many, many, many levels. Many students are fighting over who's to receive a part of the human world.

So far, there's little world-building and more focus on introducing, what I assume is, the main cast. The reason why the MC has joined Dead Rock Academy is clear, to a certain extend and I'm curious to see what the full reason is in later volumes.

I do hope later volumes would also focus on the world-building as there's several locations introduced, but little info given surrounding them.

I definitely recommend trying this out if you're a fan of his other work.

It's okay. I like the author from his Fairy Tale anime/manga, but I won't say this one particularly gripped me. The first volume moves blazingly fast with little world building and instead opts to just throw the characters at you and shove why our main protagonist (Yakuto) is doing what he's doing in our faces. Also in the opening act, Yakuto kills someone for seeing what his power's root is and stating "no one must ever find out," but then in the next act, he's just like "yeah it's this." Confusing as heck. Is this a translation issue or is this actually what the author intended??

The art-work is fine. Lots of fan-service for those who want it. I feel like I wouldn't really try this series until I got a few more volumes out and can see a more fleshed-out world/characters.

This stars out a bit like a cross of sword art online with the concept of the levels to get to the prize and MHA with it being a school based systems. Characters have “roots” powers with a huge range of abilities. Demons, Gods, Imposter Gods it’s got a little of everything. Immediately loved the side characters lots of dark humor and quirky personalities. Very intrigued to see where this story goes in the later installments. As always hiro killed it with the art work.

Level 666 of the demon world contains the School of Dead Rock. Everyone in the demon world comes to Dead Rock to improve their power and knowledge.1,000 different creatures battle it out during the special entrance exam for the chance of admittance to Dead Rock. An unlikely gaggle of recruits emerges from this special test. They have passed the initial test, can this class get through the rest of the day at Dead Rock...without being killed? I guess we will see.
The characters in this manga did not resonate enough with me. I know it is only the first volume, but the characters lacked intrigue. I’d be willing to read the next installment.

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Hiro Mashima is back again but this time with an academia-themes manga set in the demon world. This first volume sets the world up nicely. Where seven students had to go through an entrance exam in order to get into ‘Dead Rock’. Now they’re in and already causing havoc. Yakuto reveals that his purpose for being at the academy is to kill God; he’s hoping to get his classmates help in order to make it happen. The story is a bit absurd yet it has the heard of Mashima’s banter and silliness to the characters that you can’t help but enjoy. While the first volume doesn’t give us much it does tease us with a bit of backstory to some characters and leaves on n a cliffhanger of what might happen to Yakuto. I think I’ll definitely be reading the next volume when it’s released.

the art and story are amazing, it had it's own unique feel to it and I can't wait for the rest!

Thank you for the ARC copy.