Ragna Crimson

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Ragna Crimson is an amazing manga, I never wrote a review before even though I've seen lots anime/manga, but felt I had to due to how great this manga is but sadly doesn't have that many readers. [I'll try my hardest not to spoil]

Story-9
The story at first seemed pretty normal with the cliche main character is weak and wants to get stronger to beat the bad guys and protect his friends. In the first chapter however that idea completely changes and the manga starts its own unique path. The main character basically ends up getting some powerup but it comes with a price- his ... body isn't adjusted enough to properly use it. The story is interesting and way better than most, I can't say much since currently theirs only about 16 translated chapters and I don't want to spoil such a great story in any way.

Art-10
The art would clearly be an easy 10, most of the time the arts a 9.5 being much nicer and beautiful than other manga, but than every few pages, it shows a beautiful carefully made work of art that I would give 12/10 if I could.

Character-7
Theirs only 2 main characters being Ragna and Crimson [As the manga name suggests] with some side characters who serve crimson, the side characters are pretty simple but still have their good qualities- cant be well explained due to only being around for like 4 chapters.
Ragnas pretty shy but knows when its time to fight and wont hesitate the slightest bit. Ragnas thoughts and reasons for fighting are clearly and nicely shown when he has to make a choice that will either protect or hurt the one he holds dear.
Crimson is just crazy it looks like he/she is crazy and will do whatever it takes to accomplish her goal of killing ALL DRAGONS.

Enjoyment/Overall-10
Absolutely amazing, I don't see a single problem with this manga besides the low amount of chapters, I was both surprised and disappointed when I saw how low the readers were on this, I can't believe how lucky I am to have just found this manga. I hope you also read and enjoy it.

I stumbled upon this manga when the anime trailer popped onto my recommendation feed on Youtube prompting me to give the manga a try, I can happily say that I was pleasantly surprised. Crimson Ragna is a fantasy manga, that plot while generic being the standard main character wants to grow stronger and kill the bad entities in this case dragons yadayada is done in an engaging way.

Many stories similar to this one often struggle to be taken seriously the further it progresses, especially when they bestow the main character with some overpowered ability in one way or another, but the ... pacing and characters (especially the villains later down the road) have enough depth and actual comedic moments for one to have a good time and not feel as if it's just some fella's self insert over powered daydream.

The art is solid and at times especially in the battle scenes absolutely gorgeous. As characters go Crimson is by far the most entertaining of the bunch, and while a lot of the characters feel flat and 2D at times the constant action and story are enough to cover for its weaker aspects.

As for it's weaker aspects one definitely has to be that it feels like the author whether too afraid or simply didn't have the creativity left decided to make the storyline so so contradictory to it's original premise in the first few chapters, throwing away a lot of what gave it originality. Opting instead for a plot that feels like the standard hero gets a cool gimmick superpower and then saves humanity that comes a dime a dozen. The only redeeming factor is that Crimson makes the journey bearable with their hilarious commentary and chemistry with all the characters in the story, allowing you to ignore some of the manga's faults long enough to get you to the spectacular battles and high points before dropping down and becoming generic again.

In summary for those who enjoy the fantasy/isekai(note this story is not an isekai) genre you should definitely give this story a try, but if you aren't already a fan of the medium no one will blame you for passing on this story.
Plot: 6/10
characters: 7.5/10
art: 9/10
Crimson 11/10

"Ragna Crimson" is the bare bones title for a bare bones manga.

STORY: 4/10. The story has been done before in far better fashion. It's just a story you've heard before executed again, but more poorly so.

ART: 2/10. I didn't actually think it was possible for me to dislike the art style of a manga so much, but yeah, the art style in this manga is unclean and ugly. The characters look ugly as hell and Ragna looks like an emo yoga instructor. The action scenes were confusing and cluttered as well, which is not good when "action" the genre of your manga.

CHARACTER: 3/10. As much ... as I love Leo, Ragna dragged this down so hard with his stupid, cliche, "oh I'm not strong enough to protect the one I love" act. This isn't helped when the manga solves the problem with a Time-Travelling-Self Ex Machina. Ugly MF with a pity-me-pls personality.

ENJOYMENT: 3/10. Sometimes you find yourself so bored that you accidentally end up reading 10 long chapters of a bullshit manga. Then a few days later, after reading a manga that doesn't suck shit, you realize that you wasted a lot of time in hopes that the experience will improve when It wasn't going to from the start.

OVERALL: 3/10. This manga was trying to pull some reverse-Re:Zero shit on the readers and it didn't work- not in the slightest. Save yourself the time and energy, don't read Ragna Crimson.