The grim reaper and an argent cavalier ม นงะ

The Grim Reaper and an Argent Cavalier (死神と銀の騎士, Shinigami to Gin no Kishi) is a manga written and illustrated by Irono. It has been serialized in GFantasy since April 18, 2014.

Plot[]

In order to attain immortality, the Grim Reaper began devouring the souls of people. To gather more souls, he created the Larvae and unleashed them upon the world.

Cyan is a former member of the Argent Cavaliers, an order of holy knights dedicated to eradicating Larvae and founded by the Grim Reaper's sister, Lemuria. Cyan left the Argent Cavaliers in order to hunt down the Grim Reaper with Jade, a descendant of Lemuria, and put an end to the Larvae threat once and for all.

In order to attain immortality, the Grim Reaper began devouring the souls of people. To gather more souls, he created the Larvae and unleashed them upon the world.

Cyan is a former member of the Argent Cavaliers, an order of holy knights dedicated to eradicating Larvae and founded by the Grim Reaper’s sister, Lemuria. Cyan left the Argent Cavaliers in order to hunt down the Grim Reaper with Jade, a descendant of Lemuria, and put an end to the Larvae threat once and for all. (Credit Goodreads)

My Thoughts

This is simply one of the best series I’ve read in a very long time.

The story was executed very well, it didn’t feel rushed or dropped my interest in the slightest. And each chapter revealed a new mystery and I found myself grasping for more. Sometimes the cliffhangers left me in shock, and I just needed to get through the next page mentally prepared.

I don’t know if I have the right words to describe just how well thought out this story felt. It certainly had a lot of promise, and that potential kept building and building. I didn’t feel tired of reading it, or felt as if it was too hard to handle (sometimes overly exciting stories will do that to me).

It also didn’t fail to make me laugh. You wouldn’t really imagine that this series could with the dark atmosphere the story left behind, but it did. I felt that a lot of the comedy bits were well timed, and very appropriate for the situation.

Not only that, but the characters were incredible. This series had an abundance of strong female leads like Reinette and Rose on the side against the Reaper, and some even over on the villains side as well. I also fell in love with Bright’s character because of his energetic personality, and Aster’s calm demeanor but with a sense of protectiveness to others. All of them are near and dear to me, and basically won me over ever since they were introduced. (Even the Reaper if you could believe it.)

There were a lot of side canon ships too, which I highly enjoyed reading. The story doesn’t center itself on them, they’re like afterthoughts, but I liked thinking about all the hints that were thrown at me. Though I still see Reinette and Cyan as more of a brother-sister dynamic than a romantic one. But all the relationships tugged at my heart, no matter the kind, and I felt myself loving this story all the more.

The art is just amazing as well. It’s so elegant, and it captured my eye from the moment I laid them on the cover. The colored pages too, were very pretty, and I didn’t want to look away.

There’s a lot of gore and action scenes, so be prepared, but they all were captured nicely in this story. If you love to read about bishounens in action (and who doesn’t), or if you’re not afraid to read dark and heavy stories, then you will enjoy this!

In this volume Lady Reinette's actions definitely prove to be a little more than stupid and she is also not above being an absolute jerk to get what she wants, Cyan and company discover a town that is overrun by Lateo, and Bright's worst fears come true.

Honestly, this should have been a five-star read except there was a portion of it about halfway through that I found myself completely lost and had to go back and re-read several pages to figure out what was actually going on. I'd like to really just chalk it up to reading it in an app but in the end, I couldn't just a really awkward transition.

I have to say that unless Reinette does something to redeem herself in the next volume she will be the character that I could do without in this series. She really is the epitome of a selfish, spoiled child. She talks constantly about her duty to save her people from the Grim Reaper and yet she bashes other people's reasons for choosing to do the same thing *after* she blackmails that same character. She puts herself and everyone around her at risk because of her stupid decisions.

And omg poor Bright! I feel just awful for him! The plot twist we see with him is pretty obvious from the second volume but it's still so sad! He's such a great character I don't know why Irono had to pick on him first!

This volume had the perfect cliffhanger ending as well. There's so much up in the air right now; how Reinette's actions will affect Cyan and Jade's group, what is going to happen with Bright after his heartbreaking discovery, and how they are going to be able to defeat the Lateo! Just a perfect edge of your seat, fingernail-biting ending!