Volume: 1 (of 1)
Creator: Takatoshi Shiozawa, Hiroki Chiba, Tetsuya Nomura
Format: Right-to-Left
Original Publisher: Square Enix
US Publisher: Yen Press
Release Date: 9/22/15
Pages: 192
ISBN: 0316348910
MSRP: $13.00
Genre: Action/Drama
Rated: T (Teens)
Description: The cadets of Akademeia's Class Zero are legends, with strength and magic unrivaled, and crimson capes symbolizing the great Vermilion Bird of the Dominion. But will their elite training be enough to keep them alive when a war breaks out and the Class Zero cadets find themselves at the front and center of a bloody political battlefield?!
Contains Chapters 1-4:
- Chapter 1: We Have Arrived
- Chapter 2: Class Zero
- Chapter 3: The Battle of McTighe
- Chapter 4: Beneath the Vermilion Baner
Review:
Cover Art: The cover art is pretty neat, as not a lot of manga covers have I ever seen in his design. It features wrap around artwork that shows all twelve members of Class-0, which is basically all the students you get to play as in the Final Fantasy Type-0 Game. We have the title on the top, as well as the Final Fantasy series title with the logo. I find this rather redundant having it twice on the front cover. The mangakas are on the bottom portion of the cover.
The spine just has the name of the manga as their is only one volume in this series.
The back cover has the volume summary on a part of the artwork that doesn't really take away from the actual image of the Class-0 members, which is a good thing, as the artwork is probably the best thing this title really has to offer.
The spine just has the name of the manga as their is only one volume in this series.
The back cover has the volume summary on a part of the artwork that doesn't really take away from the actual image of the Class-0 members, which is a good thing, as the artwork is probably the best thing this title really has to offer.
Artwork: The artwork is very clean and simplistic. Their is not a lot of detail in this entire book, which can be bad at times but for this it works. I think the creators were trying to show a much lighter side to the Class-0 teams usual foray due to the nature of the game being so dark. The artwork also stays consistent, not changing styles as it switches tones throughout the course of the book.
Translation: Seeing as I have only played the English version of the game, I can not go really off of if anything has changed much with this title. I can say though is the sound effects are left intact, with the English sound effects displayed next to the original. As for usual Final Fantasy vocabulary, everything follows the games pretty much spot on.
Extras: N/A
Content (Warning: May Contain Spoilers): Where do I begin with this single volume title. First off, we get four stories that take place before the events of Type-0 Game, None of them are connected whatsoever. None of them even feel remotely connected to the game as well. Having this be a prequel, I was hoping to see something connect to the games tragic opening cinematic, but that was not even referenced or have a direction of our characters being steered in that direction.
All four stories were so badly written they kind of all blended into each other with no meaningful remembrance. We have 12 main characters, and not enough time for really any of them to shine. We have lots of training exercises they go through with several references to Final Fantasy monsters like the malboros and tonberrys, but not once do we actually see them. We do get a scene with a chocobo and a moogle, but that's really as far as our Final Fantasy lore goes. There is even a quick summon or two shown, but they are kind of meaningless in power to what this volume really offered for me.
I know this was meant to be an item included in the Collector's Edition of the game; but it was also mentioned to be the prequel to the game. As I had to wait for it to be released separate from the collector's edition, I was really happy to get my hands on it. until I started reading and it took me over a week to get through due to how boring the content was. This is one title I seriously can't recommend to anyone, even the die-hard fans of the Final Fantasy Series like myself.
Objectionable Content:
All four stories were so badly written they kind of all blended into each other with no meaningful remembrance. We have 12 main characters, and not enough time for really any of them to shine. We have lots of training exercises they go through with several references to Final Fantasy monsters like the malboros and tonberrys, but not once do we actually see them. We do get a scene with a chocobo and a moogle, but that's really as far as our Final Fantasy lore goes. There is even a quick summon or two shown, but they are kind of meaningless in power to what this volume really offered for me.
I know this was meant to be an item included in the Collector's Edition of the game; but it was also mentioned to be the prequel to the game. As I had to wait for it to be released separate from the collector's edition, I was really happy to get my hands on it. until I started reading and it took me over a week to get through due to how boring the content was. This is one title I seriously can't recommend to anyone, even the die-hard fans of the Final Fantasy Series like myself.
Objectionable Content:
Language: No
Violence: Yes
Nudity: No
Sexual Situation: No
Where Purchased: Barnes and Nobles
Overall Rating: 1/10
Review Date: 10/13/2015
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