This is especially apparent during battles, where the background will either be plain white or black. The only critique I do have with his art is that Mashima does sacrifice detail in the background. The battles are rather easy to follow, however, there are some instances where things tend to get a bit cluttered. While not as refined in the early chapters, Mashima designs his character rather attractively, the men with defined muscles and distinct faces the women with heavenly chests and attractively looking figures. Readers familiar with and fans of the art in Fairy Tail will easily come to love the art Mashima utilizes in Rave because its the same exact style. Fortunately, there are a few plot twists that occur deep in the story which some readers will be surprised to learn about, and it are those saving graces which help keep the reader entertained. Groove Adventure Rave has all these shounen plot elements and in today's standards, the story starts to get pretty predictable as to what will occur. The sudden power ups, the talk about dreams overpowering thirst for power, friendship overcoming critical death status, so on and so forth. This fateful meeting will eventually trigger events that become the foundation that eventually shakes the world.įrom this synopsis, any reader familiar with shounen stories can get a sense of what kind of adventures, pitfalls, powers, themes, etc., Haru and Elie will encounter in their journey, and without fail, Mashima utilizes all of them. Early on in his journey, Haru meets a young girl, Elie, who has amnesia and is seeking the truth about her past. And thus Haru, becomes the 2nd Rave Master. The old man, in poor health, eventually passes on his title and sword to Haru, entrusting him to find the Rave Stones to stop Demon Card. One day, an old man happens to pass through the Island and Haru eventually learns the identity of this old man is none other than the Rave Master, a hero that is destined to save the world from the atrocious organization, Demon Card, who plan on ruling the world. Haru Glory, Rave's shounen hero, is a young teenager living away from civilization with his sister on Garage Island. However, despite obvious plot twists and predictable characters, it still does not take away on what turns out to be a highly enjoyable read about a teenager's coming of age journey to save the world. is a story that is unbelievably shounen, through and through. The anime adaptation of Groove Adventure Rave, named Rave Master, suffered considerably because of character designs that were not consistent with the manga counterpart, and because the anime adaptation covered only the first 90 chapters or so, leaving many unanswered questions and open plot holes. However, its clearly easy to see where Fairy Tail's roots come from when one decides to undertake his previous, massive shounen story, Groove Adventure Rave. When people hear the name Hiro Mashima today, they instantly think of his most recent work, Fairy Tail, which is steadily growing in popularity since its debut in 2006.
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