Manga Review: Radiant, Volume 4, by Tony Valente

Rating (Out of 5): ~4

Publisher: VIZ Media

Release Date: March 2019

Volumes: 11+

Spoilers?: No.

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Volume: 1. 3. 5.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Evil creatures called Nemeses fall from the skies and the only ones who can fight them are Wizards—infected ones who survived a Nemesis's corruption. Seth, one of these survivors, vows not only to fight the Nemeses, but to find their mythical nest, Radiant, and destroy it!

Seth finds himself face-to-face with a man named Piodon, who claims to be his brother. Picodon came to Rumble Town to watch the destruction, but upon finding Seth, offers him something to help with his infection. Meanwhile, Grimm and Mélie continue trying to prevent Hameline from destroying the city.

Review:

I don't know how to feel about a couple of things in this volume. Firstly, the reveal of Seth's brother, a lead to his past, which gets very quickly put on hold, with very little information. And then the plot with Hameline goes in a surprising direction for Seth, and then very quickly downhill.

I was really liking the potential between Seth and Hameline, and am upset by how it ended.

The end of the volume, when Seth and Melie go to town for a celebration, encompasses what happened, I think. Everyone on the outside is seeing something impressive and admiring Seth, but he just went through something real and important, and he's not in the mood to deal with their shit. I appreciated that, actually.

I'm curious to see where Seth goes next. He's forming really close friendships, and possibly getting closer to his goal. Along the way, he's definitely growing and learning to define what he wants and discovering more things about himself.

I'm really impressed with this series, and definitely want to keep reading.

 A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!