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Kingdom Hearts: Volume 1

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This is the first in the four part Kingdom Hearts manga, which retells the video game's story in manga form.

Kingdom Hearts is the story of Sora, a young boy who lives on an island with his friends and dreams of traveling to other worlds. One night, his wish comes true in a way he never imagined when his island is invaded by fiends, the Heartless, and he is swept away to a strange new place. In this new city, Traverse Town, he meets Donald and Goofy, who are searching for the missing King Mickey, as well as some of the characters from the Final Fantasy series. In hopes of finding his own missing friends, Sora joins Donald and Goofy as they prepare to travel to other worlds in search of clues. Part one concludes with the end of their adventure in the first world they visit, Wonderland.

I really loved the Kingdom Hearts game so I was looking forward to reading the manga when I learned about it. The art is very cute and it's a fun way to go through the story again without replaying a 30 hour game, especially with the Kingdom Hearts II game coming out soon. I'd recommend the manga to all Kingdom Hearts fans and I look forward to reading the other three volumes.

It is great. All the adventure of kingdom hearts in this series. I enjoyed the first volume. The characters are beautifully drawn, it has good dialogue, and it matches nicely with the game. The only two bad things
1. I read graphic novels which are usually around 200 pages, this is only 135 pages. But it is a book and not a graphic novel so i guess it works out.

2. Only one volume every 3 months. Thats 3 months you can finish one in 2 hours. Number 2 isnt coming out until january and number three in april.

I reccomend this book to anybody who loves kingdom hearts or doesnt want to play the game. And it is a lot cheaper only 5.99 that is cheap compared to 7.99-9.99 for viz. I love viz and that is a great price too but for 5.99 i can afford it without a second thought!!! Buy it if you are looking for a good story or if you like the game.

This book is awesome! I have been a fan of Kingdom Hearts since the game first came out and as soon as I heard a manga for it was coming out in America, I was excited. It follows the games basic story line from building the raft, to fighting the heartless in Wonderland. The quality of the art work is good and I found a few of the faces that Sora makes are quite funny. If you liked the Kingdom Hearts game, I am certain that you will like this book. I recommened it to all Kingdom Hearts fans.

I had heard of this video game from my cousin. He told me he played it and it was good. Lo and Be hold, when he and I were inb a book store , we saw volume one of this graphic novel series

This combination of Japanese Anime charcter with Donal and Goofy was a strange mix. The art work seem rough and not up to other manga work I seen. The drawing of the disney characters seem edgy for Dianey fan like myself

The story seem interesting at best, BUT I am unsure if I want to get further volumes (there are 4 in all) But I placed the complete saga (in one volume) on my want list which I hope will be available soon

Since I dont know the video game well at all, i would say get the first volume and see what you think. It was interesting to me and I am not an ANIME fan, but I ama DISNEY fan

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD

I have seen some of my friends play this game and I ended up buying it for myself. I played a bit of the game and stopped because I didn't have the time to go through another long RPG. I figured that if I read the manga, I would get the basic story of the game without having to play through 60+ hours. After reading the first two volumes I realized that it is a very basic rehashing of the story with little detail. It just goes over pieces of main plot elements thus making it rather choppy/jumpy.

I would have liked to see a little bit more action, suspense, scenery, and character development. Instead I'm shown with the picture of a bad guy on one page, Sora and friends exclaim that they are going to kill it, and he is dead on the next page. Kinda boring if you ask me. I would also like to point out the fact that each chapter (called episodes in the book) is very short. In fact, each volume (there are 4 total) is only about 130 pages compared to most mangas which are about 200. I think they could have fleshed out the chapters a little more and made it a more interesting read. I don't understand how they thought they could cram a long RPG into only 4 volumes.

In conclusion, I would much rather spend the 60+ hours playing the actual game and experiencing the storytelling via the wonderful in game scenery, music, and cgi. At least I would be getting the whole story they way it was meant to be told. However, I am sure this would be a great gift for people who have already played the game and like to collect anything related to it.

You've played the video games, you've heard Utada Hikaru's famous song Simple & Clean, & you really wanted that $80 life-size keyblade off of ebay...Well, at least I did! I found out that this book came out just yesterday & I bought it at my local book store. I absolutely LOVE THIS BOOK!!! I read it in a couple of hours & I thought it was the best manga I've ever read, but then again I've only read 3 manga series. I've been a Kingdom Hearts fan for only a little over a year now, & a couple months ago I completed Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. So I haven't known it for long, but I'm a really big fan. So if you like mystery, comedy, drama, disney stories all messed up & a really hot boy(in my opinon) Kingdom Hearts is for you!

I was reluctant to try the Kingdom Hearts manga. I really like the games, but I wasn't sure about the books...anyway I finally tried the first story. It was ok, but very, very rushed. The manga is loosely based on the plot of the games, basically an abridged version with a few minor differances. It's obviously for younger readers. There isn't as much action as there could have been. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either.

This is a great book to have. You dont really need to have played the video game to understand it, but it sure helps. It's a great thing to read to pass some time. I read it at school.

Kingdom Hearts Volume 1
By: Shiro Amano

This is the first volume in the four volume series based on the popular Playstation video game. The story is about a boy names Sora, who has been chosen to try and rid the worlds of Kindom Hearts of Darkness. In his quests he is joined by companions Donald Duck and Goofy.

This first volume goes all the way up to Agrabah. This first volume is pretty good, it does skip out on a couple of things in the game it seems, but other than that it's a pretty good manga, I really enjoyed it and I liked the little funny bits to it. I'm giving this volume a 10/10.

I have just recently bought this book and i must say, this is a great book! I am a big fan of the "Kingdom Hearts" games. Although the books are fairly accurate, they do NOT go over all of the worlds that were in the game. For example, the series does not go over my favorite world, Halloweentown. The series is great though if you love the story, but don't want to play the game to hear the story. The Anime style artwork is great, and at the end of each book, there is a bonus section full of either character sketches, comics, or even a mini story (mini story based on Winnie the pooh, in the 4th book). Overall, this IS A GREAT BOOK