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I want to start this review off by saying that I’m not much of a review guy. I’m just casually watching anime and reading manga as opposed to the people who are trying to look for a deeper meaning in a guy eating a ham sandwich in a story, for example. I am not looking at things that I’m sure other people would and instead am just enjoying it for what it is. With that in mind, I apologize if you notice I ramble about random things.
I want to say I watched the anime and ... thought it was kind of a big mess. It was confusing and left me with more questions than answers. This was not a manga I ever thought I’d read, or even own, but let me tell you that I ironically loved it. I remember being confused when I saw it at my local manga store and even laughed wondering who would buy a manga from such a bad anime… I would.
I will give you a little bit of background on it in case you plan to read it. I will only go over what happens in volume one, so don’t sweat it. The story is about a boy named Eiji Hoshimiya, who 10 years ago destroyed the world with a power he obtained from a magical girl named Daisy. That event is called The Great Destruction. Daisy grants people powers based on wishes that they make. The people with these powers are called Orders, and I would say are similar to stands in Jojo. He has managed to keep him causing the Great Destruction a secret and has lived a normal life until a new student shows up in his class. Her name is Rin Kurenai and coincidentally moved right into his apartment complex. This ends up being a lie, and she knocks him out with a stun gun as he attempts to open his front door. It turns out she is an assassin sent to kill him and knows he is the one who caused The Great Destruction. His power accidentally goes off, and her katana ends up piercing her stomach. It is later revealed that she is an order, as well. Rin’s power basically makes her immortal, and she can heal herself and others. She ends up kidnapping his sister and using her as bait for Eiji to come to her. Eiji knows the only way to stop her would be to use his power but is scared he might cause another Great Destruction. Daisy shows up, convinces him to use his power, and even nerfs him so he can only use 0.01% of his ability. She tells him that she has been waiting for the day he uses his power again. He eventually goes up, confronts Rin, and shows off his crazy power, Bind Dominator. Wherever he walks becomes his domain, and anyone and anything in his domain is in his complete control. This is all I will say since I don’t want to spoil too much of anything else and if this sounds interesting, maybe give it a read and see if you like it. Don’t listen to the salty Jojo fan in another review claiming for it to be the worst manga of all time or even to me who absolutely loved it. Everyone has a right to their own opinion, and I would say to try it before you knock it. I wouldn’t say this is the best manga to ever exist, but, by no means, the worst. I feel like a lot of people jump on the hate train for this story and don’t really give it a chance or even try to see the good about it. Also keep in mind that this is all MY opinion, and if you disagree - that’s okay. The first two volumes are 10/10. Like I said earlier, I watched the anime before reading the manga and kinda knew what was gonna happen but still ended up enjoying it a lot. There are a lot of changes and things left out that give more depth to the characters and powers and make it feel like a new story when reading. The artstyle is great. Imma be honest and say that if I had never heard of Big Order and stumbled on it on my own, I most likely wouldn’t have gotten it. I usually tend to choose manga to read based on the title or artstyle. Big Order definitely isn't a title that would peak my interest. It honestly made me think of a Big Mac from McDonalds when I first heard about it. That being said, the artstyle grew on me quickly and even ended up pulling my phone out while reading to take pictures of panels I thought were so cool.
The orders were the best part about the story, and just seeing what people wished for vs what they got for was so neat. Everyone kind of makes these vague wishes, and it gives them powers based on that. I’m going to give off an example from the manga, I won’t say who it is but if that still feels like a spoiler to you, then just read past this. In the manga, a character wishes to defy the world and ends up getting an order named Fact To Fiction. Fact to Fiction makes the truth into a lie. Say I tripped off a mountain and broke my elbow, this person can make that into a lie and basically undo it. It does have its drawbacks, but it is still so cool. There are a lot of powers like that in this story.
The character designs are really cool and unique, except for a couple of them like Eiji and Rin who resemble Yuki and Yuno a lot. I see a lot of people have a lot of problems with this and don’t really understand why. It is the same creator, so of course there will be similarities. I feel like people will complain so much about this but will have no problem with Dragon Ball where 50 characters look like Goku, or in One Piece where every girl looks the exact same with a different hairstyle. I feel like you can’t complain about one without complaining about the other. What sucks is that despite having a lot of characters and a lot of cool designs, we don’t really get to see much of them. Only about 5 characters or less really get attention, and I hate that because one of my favorite characters in Big Order is this side character who is always there but doesn’t get much dialogue.
The story is pretty fun, and I had a lot of fun reading it. I’ve even thought about going back and reading it again. It’s a story that shouldn’t be taken too seriously, as it gets pretty crazy, but that’s kind of what I love about it. It drew me in with the first volume and kept me because of the crazy story and fun characters along the way. It isn’t a long manga to read with it only having 10 volumes. I actually struggled a bit finding volume 1 and 2, (since I believe it no longer in print) but did end up getting them after a while. Shoutout to beard guy and glasses guy from Manga Hole.
I saw in another review that they think Eiji doesn’t use his power creatively, and I would have to disagree. Although he doesn’t use his power to his fullest potential, I still feel like he uses his power in cool ways such as making a fish gun, air bubble force fields, and even manipulating gravity. I think people confuse him not being able to use his power as him not being creative, but that is often since the enemy isn’t his domain as he can’t control things not in his domain or other people’s orders unless he has control of the actual user. I 100% get where they say “he could have ordered this and that” and would agree, but I don’t feel like it’s something that bugged me or anything.
I enjoyed the manga a lot and had a lot of fun, not only reading it, but the journey of obtaining it. I know it isn’t perfect and can see why other people may not have enjoyed it.I still will continue to think it’s great. The manga has such a great concept. Even though I like it so much, it didn’t quite live up to its full potential. The plot has some issues that still left me a bit confused at times, but overall it’s still a really cool manga to read. Imma end off this non spoiler review saying that if it interests you or you’re a big future diary fan, give it a shot. If you don’t like it, then no problem. I still think it’s worth a try.

-TheBiggestBigOrderFan62