I received this graphic novel from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

I LOVE LOVE a good Mahou Shounen, but this was sadly not it. sighs It looked and sounded so cool, but sadly it was not.

So much potential, but this was just so rushed and apparently not even a completed volume as I had expected, the cover I saw over on both Goodreads and other places back when I got the ARC only had the title on it with the artist. It was also not mentioned in any titles at that point. So I thought fun, a whole story in one go, cool. But instead I just got bit of the story. And it just went from one thing from another. There weren’t many moments that you could just relax and get your bearings. At times I had a hard time keeping up and found myself going back because I lost things and it just went by too fast. I feel with about 50 pages more (added throughout the volume to add some more story/better explanations/more time to get my bearings + a bit less rushing, it would be much better.

I could imagine the guys being pissed though it was also kinda their own fault for just jabbing in those injections without care. I get it was the heat of the moment, but seriously, maybe next time don’t just go for it?

Also eww to the mermaid guy just peeing????

Why WHY is the art inside totally different from the fun and fab cover? Why does our MC’s ponytail keep growing back and forth in length? Magic??

But sorry, that was just bad. Maybe if the scythe wasn’t there and some more adjustments to the outfit, but now when I saw one of the guys transform I was like, HEY Ruby Rose! RWBY! And that is not a good look. Not at all.I get that he is supposed to be Red Riding Hood, but this was just wayyyyy to copy/paste for me. And also others I asked, like my hubby who is a big fan of RWBY.

All in all, this didn’t work and I won’t be continuing this series. I am giving 2 stars, for grandma, for the mahou shounen theme, I liked how the time travel worked, the cover, and that I could see the potential.