Jormungand, Vol. 1 (1) Paperback – Illustrated, November 10, 2009

Jonah is a child soldier who hates weapons with all his heart, so it can be considered pretty ironic how he's joined up with Koko Hekmatyar, a peculiar young woman and arms dealer...Jormungand is an action filled manga by Keitaro Takahashi. His art style is unique in that it doesn't look at all like your typical manga and it stands out in a crowd in a very good way. The action scenes are well done and relatively easy to follow and despite the subject matter, the more comedic scenes are genuinely hilarious. This keeps the volume as a whole entertaining and enjoyable and the pacing is great, good at grabbing your attention and keeping it.The characterization is good for a first volume, showing many of the large cast's personalities very well. Jonah and Koko are very memorable characters in themselves and putting them together just emphasizes their differences that much more. My only gripe is that some characters aren't very fleshed out but this is understandable because there's only so much you can fit in 192 pages with roughly ten recurring major characters. However, it is to my understanding these characters become more rounded out in later volumes.Over all, Jormungand is a fun story with tons of action and wildly unique characters like Koko, who is oh so very loco, the seemingly emotionless child soldier Jonah, and the rest of Koko's crew. If you're interested, I would definitely recommend this since it is a great read!

Great book!

This series is great, and I've been watching the anime series since it started early this year. The creators of the anime stuck really close to the manga and it's almost exactly the same so far. The only reason I'm giving a four and not a five is because I like it when the mangas and animes are at least a little different, so you don't just re watch the same exact thing. Other than that I think it's amazing, lots of action, great art, enticing story. It follows Koko, an arms dealer and her team of bodyguards as they travel across the world getting into sticky situations. The second main character, Jonah, is a child soldier who is seemingly emotionless and has a dark past, he is the newest addition to Koko's team and ironically hates arms dealers.

I just love this series. I watched the anime series, and the manga's pretty much follow the same lines, but it's nice to enjoy the paper format.

IT'S GOOD

Started with the anime and decided to buy the manga, great art work love to read just one nit pick is the size it's not the size of a regular manga as you would expect to get it's thiner and taller really stands out on my shelf as the tallest manga I own but over all love it and would totally recommend you buy

Jormungand is a one in a hundred manga that makes you sit up and pay attention. It's one of those rare series that's worth reading over again. Volume one hits the deck running and keeps you coming back for the next issue. If you're a fan of the Black Lagoon series then Jormungand is your manga.

I hate anime.