The character is one i made on a whim, it's pretty recognizable with a striking silhouette but i have no idea what it actually is lol. Neither have i put much thought in his design since it's something i just doodled one time.

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It's insane how underrated this gem is. It is in my opinion the best ongoing shonen series out right now.

The action, characters, writing, powersystem, Plot twists, art. Everything is so insanely amazing.

Story

The story is about this boy, Lucas. He grew up in a mercanary band and functioned as their bugler. Commanding the troops of the battlefield with his song. But what makes Lucas different is that he is a branched. He has a small twig like horn growing out of his head that gives him a special power. Being that of the starlight branched. He can visualize beams of light through playing his bugle. This way he can command each troop individually.

But even with his power, Lucas hates the battlefield. He wants to stop being a bugler and persue a carreer of being a maestro.

But after being taken in by a mysterious pope-like figure that recruits branched people with powers like luca in a war against a mysterious branched only known as the garland he gets thrown into an epic superpowered war with incredibily unique powers. With the promise that he will get all he needs to be a musician if he manages to win the war and kill the garland.

Characters

What makes this manga so good are the characters. Each character has their own very well executed motivations on why they fight for the pope. Each character has their own unique personality, struggles, heartbreaking backstories and crazy creative powers. Their dynamic is awesome to see. Seeing these outcasted people that are stuck fighting this war bond with eachother is amazing to read. The main character's relationship to a character called Zoë is especially incredible. She's probably the best character in the manga too, i won't spoil that because her dynamic with the mc is one of the hooks of the manga.

Powersystem

In this world the people with powers are called branched. These people have small tree like horns growing out of their heads that bloom when activated. Each branched has powers that are so creative. Powers you haven't seen in any piece of media.

Like said before, lucas has the power to produce golden rays of light that appear when he plays the bugle, these rays are all sent to troops and serve as paths each soldier needs to go. Each light gives the soldiers exact instructions on where to go and gives them an immense morale boost.

Someone has the power to borrow strenght from their future self, giving them superhuman strength for a small amount of time, but comes with the drawback of needing to sleep for long periods of time to regain that strength, leading to the character sleeping for long periods of time that causes their body to age, but their mind to stay the same.

Another character has the power of making teleportation mirrors, i can hear you thinking? What's so unique about that? Well, the author uses this power in such creative ways. Using the mirrors to split your body across multiple places. Or even making a mirror sword. If the sword touches you, the area the sword touches you gets teleported to a different area, meaning that the sword can quite literally cut anything.

Lore, worldbuilding and plottwists

If you like attack on titan, you'll adore all the twists and turns this manga takes. The manga takes place in a medieval world. With landmarks and names that are similar to ours but not exactly the same either. Across the world there are multiple spires. Large towers enveloped by tree growths that house "old secrets of the past". These spires are what give the branched their powers. There is a lot of mystery around these towers.

What are they? Why does the pope know so much about them? For who and what are we exactly fighting? What is the origin of the branched powers? What are the old secrets? What is beyond the spires? These secrets are what drives the story forward. And the plot twist. Oh my god the plot twist. The best one i've read in a very long while!

The creative paneling and art!

Oh my god. This is my personal favourite aspect of the manga but holy, i've never seen a mangaka get so creative with their paneling. I mean through the images and look for yourself. The mangaka uses panels to cut someone in half, he lets characters walk between them, characters warp around pages using their powers. Good god. It's so good. Not only that, the mangaka also has an amazing way to let the reader read through the pages. Everything reads so smoothly. This manga proves to me that manga has so much more aspects to it that simply can't be replicated in any other medium. The mangaka uses the strenghts of manga and tells the story in an unique way that only a manga can.

Closing words

Just read it man. If you like action, character writing, lore, mysteries. Then this is the manga for you.

It's by the authors of the legend of Zelda manga: Akira Himekawa. Their art is BEAUTIFUL.

The story is about the first human, Kamuna. He is born in the world of Hinoaruchi, a skybound world where demibeings reside. You have demi-deer, demi-tigers, demi-wolfs and the most important of all, demi-dragons. The demi dragons are the protectors of the world and protect the pulse, a force like energy that keeps the world together.

Kamuna is born from a dragon egg but does not resemble demi-dragons except for a dragon left arm and small tail. He is bullied by his dragon peers. Kind of like a My Hero Academia type dynamic.

His birth is an anomaly and nobody really knows why he is the way he is, most people think he's a bad omen.

It's a fairly new manga and absolutely nobody is talking about the manga. The art is beautiful, the setting is so unique and pretty and the story and lore are so good. The potential is there to make it an amazing manga but no one is reading it as far as i'm aware. So please give it a read!!