Forbidden Scrollery, Vol. 3

Forbidden Scrollery, Vol. 3

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  • Create Date:2021-05-22 11:53:06
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
  • Status:finish
  • Author:Moe Harukawa
  • ISBN:0316511919
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Kathleen

Good for youkai fans, even if you aren't familiar with Touhou characters! A cute story of mischievous spirits。 Good for youkai fans, even if you aren't familiar with Touhou characters! A cute story of mischievous spirits。 。。。more

Kurtis Burkhardt

Pretty great manga, awesome art and great story 👌😁💕

Rickie

This volume of Forbidden Scrollery brought an interesting change of pace with its rising shift in Youkai acceptance between different characters。 While this volume doesn't have as much action as its previous volumes, this one is superior with its character diversity and their dialogue of Youkai to Societal acceptance。 The small nods to other games wasn't too distracting either adding more to actual plot than just a small reference, which made the volume better。 All in all, a good volume。 This volume of Forbidden Scrollery brought an interesting change of pace with its rising shift in Youkai acceptance between different characters。 While this volume doesn't have as much action as its previous volumes, this one is superior with its character diversity and their dialogue of Youkai to Societal acceptance。 The small nods to other games wasn't too distracting either adding more to actual plot than just a small reference, which made the volume better。 All in all, a good volume。 。。。more

Jillian -always aspiring-

DNF。 I would rather reread xxxholic, thanks。

Rine

(I received a copy of Forbidden Scrollery, Vol。 3 from Yen Press in exchange for an honest review。 This review was originally posted on Girls in Capes on October 8, 2018。 A copy of the manga was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review。 It may contain spoilers。)(view spoiler)[Forbidden Scrollery is one of four official comic books to be released by ZUN in the Touhou universe。 It comes after Fairy Wars and introduces a new human character, Kosuzu Motoori, a book collector who ru (I received a copy of Forbidden Scrollery, Vol。 3 from Yen Press in exchange for an honest review。 This review was originally posted on Girls in Capes on October 8, 2018。 A copy of the manga was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review。 It may contain spoilers。)(view spoiler)[Forbidden Scrollery is one of four official comic books to be released by ZUN in the Touhou universe。 It comes after Fairy Wars and introduces a new human character, Kosuzu Motoori, a book collector who runs a library called Suzunaan in the Human Village。 The books Kosuzu rents and sells are not just ordinary books, although she has some of those too。 Many of the books Kosuzu owns—and absolutely loves to collect—contain youkai, often of the dangerous sort。 Because of this, Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame, two of the main characters in the Touhou universe, visit Kosuzu’s library often, helping Kosuzu when the youkai break free。In case you missed my review of the first Forbidden Scrollery manga, Touhou Project—or simply just Touhou, as most fans call it—is a series of Japanese danmaku or “bullet hell” video games, all of which are written, designed, programmed, and set to music by Jun’ya Ōta, a Japanese composer and programmer more popularly known as ZUN。 The Touhou games and expanded universe host a huge cast of characters, which is starting to become a problem!The cover of Forbidden Scrollery, Vol。 3 features Marisa, the secondary main protagonist of the Touhou Project, while the cover of Forbidden Scrollery, Vol。 4 features Hieda no Akyuu, a human born into the ancient Hieda family and who has the ability to never forget anything。Akyuu is a good friend of Kosuzu and is often seen in Kosuzu’s bookstore。 And I have to admit: I’m glad she’s on the cover of volume four。 I’d sort of forgotten who Akyuu was! I couldn’t remember why she’s always shown hanging around Kosuzu’s shop。 I had to look her up on the Touhou Wiki, which is a great resource, by the way, if you’re just as confused as I am。This is the main problem with the Touhou universe: there are simply too many characters! Although I think that most fans would see this as a good point and not as a bad point: the huge cast of characters is all part of the appeal。And while I’ve (mostly) been able to keep the characters we’ve been introduced to so far straight in my mind up until this point, by volume three (and definitely by volume four), I’ve started to get a little lost。Luckily, this is where the short story format of these books really shines。 Each volume contains short stories, and each short story can easily be read on its own。 You don’t necessarily have to read the previous stories in order to understand the ones in volumes three and four, although you might get a little confused by the characters。Besides the overarching fact that the stories revolve around Kosuzu’s bookshop, there is no other linking element, at least so far。 Characters may refer to previous stories in passing, but it’s always in passing。 On the other hand, characters from previous stories do make reappearances, which makes referring to the previous volumes essential。For instance, the bespectacled bake-danuki Mamizou Futatsuiwa makes an appearance in the first story in volume four。 We were first introduced to her in volume one, and while she looked familiar to me, I couldn’t place where I’d seen her before。 So I went back to the endnotes and extras in the backs of volume one, two, and three, and found a profile of her character in the first volume。 These little extras, which didn’t seem very important as I read the first volume, have become essential to continuing forward。My favorite story out of these two volumes was “Kokkuri Scatters with the Cherry Blossoms” in volume four。 In it, Kosuzu discovers a ouija board and discusses its similarities to the popular Meiji-era game kokkuri-san。 I found this story particularly interesting because of the inclusion of the history behind the kokkuri-san。 As someone who has used a ouija board in the past (what teenage girl hasn’t?), I really enjoyed learning about the Japanese version of the game, and after looking up more about kokkuri-san, I found that everything ZUN mentioned in this story was accurate。 In the end, I think that this is one of the biggest appeals of the Touhou universe: every character, every story, every piece of information is based on Japanese folklore。I think, by volume three, I might’ve dropped reading this series, mostly because I’m not keen on the short story format。 But there are two things keeping me hooked。 The first, as I’ve said in previous reviews, is Moe Harukawa’s artwork。 If I had more time, I’d love to spend it examining all the little details in these books, especially the spreads between stories。 In volume four, in particular, it was the art that drew me in right at the beginning。 The red, orange, and yellow leaves in the first couple of full-color spreads promised that this would be an autumn-themed volume, which it was。Now, the second thing keeping me reading is a little different。 It’s a bit more personal。 It’s the fact that my partner plays the original video games, and by reading the manga, I’m hoping to better understand their appeal—eventually!Story: 4 out of 5 starsArt: 5 out of 5 starsOverall: 4 out of 5 stars (hide spoiler)] 。。。more

Amanda at ORIONMISSING

I think I would really enjoy this story as an anime。 It's enjoyable in manga form, but a bit dull。 I think I would really enjoy this story as an anime。 It's enjoyable in manga form, but a bit dull。 。。。more

Christie

Lots of fun, tons of youkai, interesting twists, and characters that are becoming more and more intriguing。 Much better than volume 2!

Mehsi

The last volume for a while。 Now it is waiting for the next one to come out。 This will be a small review。I didn't like this one as much as I did with the others。 By now I know the stories, by now I also know there will be a monster/youkai/problem of the week/chapter。 It is a nice format, but it also gets a bit boring。 I wish we would find out more about Kosuzu。 Why is she able to translate books? How did she get those powers? From birth? Or due to her working in such a magic-filled place? I have The last volume for a while。 Now it is waiting for the next one to come out。 This will be a small review。I didn't like this one as much as I did with the others。 By now I know the stories, by now I also know there will be a monster/youkai/problem of the week/chapter。 It is a nice format, but it also gets a bit boring。 I wish we would find out more about Kosuzu。 Why is she able to translate books? How did she get those powers? From birth? Or due to her working in such a magic-filled place? I have so many questions and I feel that they don't get answered。 Of course, the stories are still great and I really enjoy them。 They are interesting to read, to learn about new spirits/youkai/other creatures。And I am also delighted to see various other Touhou characters make an appearance。 I keep shouting in delight and squealing。 So happy to see them in here。 Kosuzu, Reimu, Marisa, Mamizo, Akyuu are nice characters, but there is a whole world out there, filled with interesting characters。 The art is still gorgeous and I am really loving how the backgrounds, the characters and everything else is done。 Ah one thing I didn't like。 The last chapter in this book is the first one of an arc。 An arc that continues in the next volume。 :\ I hate it when this happens。 I guess I will see if I can find that chapter and read it so I know what happened with Reimu and whatever is haunting that school。Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess。com/ 。。。more