Ragna Crimson

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Initially, the premise of "Ragna Crimson" is simple. A vengeful, powerful and cursed hero intent on exterminating the entire dragonic lineage. However, as I gradually read on, I was impressed and delighted by what this manga was able to cleverly show; starting with the phenomenal co-star, completely different from the protagonist. An evil, devious and manipulative being who will often make you wonder who the real enemy/antagonist of the series is. Many secondary characters are fun and diverse, including those who are introduced to us as the "villains" of the first story arc. One of the strengths of this series. Don't expect the classic enemies ... of the genre.
The drawings and paneling are good, but they are at their best from volume 3 onward, going on to evolve until they become decidedly spectacular. In particular, the quality of the drawings and paneling in volume 10 reaches incredible heights. A treat for the eyes.
I purchased "Ragna Crimson" in English/Japanese, up to volume 13, including the chapters that will be in volume 14

Vote: 10

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.