At first, the phrase at the back cover that said "Do you dare to read His story... even if it may change your life forever?" was just an exaggeration At first, the phrase at the back cover that said "Do you dare to read His story... even if it may change your life forever?" was just an exaggeration for me, but just reading the first chapters of the manga made me think that I was wrong. It really is a life changer.
I liked how the team summarize the whole life of Jesus in a smart, concise way, especially when it comes to his teachings and parables. I also liked on how the story highlighted the apostles and the places as well. Usually, it was only Peter that I remembered a lot in the Gospel every Sunday, but thanks to this, I further knew each of them (except Thadeus, James the Lesser, and Simon the Zealot) To be honest, it was just then that I found out that Peter has a brother. Another one--of course, being a manga--was the chibi drawings. They were indeed cute and lighted the parts I used to find boring.
On the down side, I found some parts to have fast phasing, especially the Passion and Persecution part--which I believed the most important part. This part also lacked low impact to the reader since beside they already knew that Yeshuah would suffered under persecution (I mean Jesus's story is really famous around the world) the drawing in this part has little suffering portrayed. I also wished they made most of Yeshuah's speeches easily comprehensible. Let's be honest, Jesus's words were really way too deep and I found myself often stopping just to reflect and analyze it.
Nevertheless, the manga itself was overall more understandable and attractive than the Bible. Not that I dislike the Bible but if I would be sharing the story of Jesus to a kid, I would use the Manga as an instrument because it easily grabs the attention of anyone.
I would give Manga Messiah a complete 5 stars since the book really would change anyone's life and left this explainable feeling of joy in my heart....more
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