Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc, Vol. 1 (Volume 1) (Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc, 1)

If you love the original anime this is a great set of books to grab. It builds upon the story you already know and gives information that's helpful to understand the plot in the movies. Having read them after I watched Rebellion, I wish I had read them *before* watching. It has the same grit and charm as the original series and is a great little triad of manga.

Book came in good condition in the mail and arrived very swiftly. Also the plot is very engaging and the wraiths are horrifying. Excited for volume 2 and 3.

I liked it, good quality.

I watched the anime and loved it and after watching rebellion, I found out that the wraith arc books were between the series and movie. After reading this, I instantly loved it and would recommend buying.

I've been seeing things about both the anime and manga for quite some time, and for at least a year, I had been passing it up, thinking, 'Whatever. It's just another one of those Magical Girl series'. I haven't liked anything out of that genre since Sailor Moon, Card Captors, and Pretty Girl Sammy.A few days ago, I saw that it was on sale via Amazon, so I thought, 'Why not.' I had been buying random manga for a while to see if I liked them or not. When I got this one, I immediately read it. The first book is short, only being 144 pages. But ohmuhgosh. Within those few pages, I was on the edge of my seat. I'm stunned with it, and quite frankly, I'm hooked on it. Soon I'll find myself diving into the anime.I highly recommend this series to anyone. Whether you're into the Magical Girl series or not. Even if it's just picking up the first book and reading it. It's not as pretty as one would think. This series has some dark elements to it, and I think that's partly why I like it so much. It's not as happy as the images seem. There is so much more than meets the eye from the cute pictures and cutesy name.

After watching the anime, I wanted to get the manga. It’s really good, but save your money for the omnibus version.

First let me say that I'm a huge fan of the anime, it's in my top 5 anime of all time. So this is my perspective in comparison to the show. If you haven't checked it out you definitely need to do yourself a favor and do so. Now on to the review.StoryThis volume is split into 4 chapters, each one covering an episode from the anime. I feel that they shouldn't have done so as it feels rushed. If they would have split each volume into 2 episodes it would have been more appropriatly paced. If you haven't seen the anime you may find yourself flipping back to pages to see if you missed something. It does stay true to the anime very faithfully it's just that everything is not as fleshed out. I'm mostly disapointed that they spent such little time on the witches and their "lairs" or "wards" as they are called in the manga. They are some of my favorite parts in the anime so a little bit of a letdown there. Overall i'm pleased but they could have done a better job with this in my opinion.ArtThis took a little bit to get used to as it's done by a different artist, and it shows. This is not necessarily a bad thing it's just that the unique animation in the show is one of the major draws for me. The eyes in the show are one of my favorite part of the character designs so I did want to see that in the manga, but I was dissapointed. The characters have less wide and squared jaws, Madoka in particular. Mami's hair is more realistic, and I kinda like it this way a bit better. Homura looks pretty much the same as well a Sayaka. The artist made some changes in the characters weapons, Mami's "Tiro Finale" gun is just her regular rifle, which was pretty dissapointing and Homura's shield is a diamond shape. Their magical girl outfits are pretty much the same, no notable difference as far as I could tell. Kyubey is even more adorable and cute than in the anime which I did like. The witches "wards" are barely seen in the manga, maybe 8 pages total...really disappointing if you ask me. They also seemed to lack alot of detail. This is a different artist rendition of them but I personally didn't like what they did with Charolotte in particular. Charlotte's first form is pretty much the same but her latter is quite different, it looks much less cute and much more evil. I think the stark contrast of the cutesy design with the events that happen to be a big part of what the show is trying to convey so again I was dissapaointed. When not in comparison to the show the art is definitely good, it's just liberties that were taken that I am not too fond of.OverallIf you haven't watched the series and want this to be your first Madoka Magica experience, I would say watch the anime first as it does a much better job of telling the story. If you have seen it and not really into collecting manga then I would give this a pass as well. I would really only get this if you have seen the anime and just want more ways to experience it. It's good but not as good as it could of been, namely with the pacing of the story.

didnt realize they made a new spin off from the pmmm series, but was pleased to read it. satiates the pmmm loving part of my soul. would recommend to those who like this series too.

Good product

Llegó en tiempo y forma junto con el segundo, sin ningún daño a pesar de ser plasta blanda, recomendado

Bel libro per adolescenti.

Der Manga ist super. Die Story ist schon traurig also nicht nur für Kinder.

Shipping was super slow and not given much of a time frame, though it’s condition is fine, no problems