Slayers Special: Spellbound

Rating:
Summary: Decent, but below expectations
Review: Compared to its predecessor, "Lesser of Two Evils," "Slayers Special: Spellbound" was a disappointment. The artwork is a notably more jumbled -- sometimes to the point of incoherent -- as many of the micro-episodes are more action-oriented (a carriage race, for example) which, in my opinion, doesn't flow particularly well on a manga page. They also (poorly) copied the Slayers season 1 episode introducing Prince Phil. This book isn't without merit -- the first 3 micro-episodes are quite well-done and consistent with the Slayers Special flow of silly action. Unfortunately, though, there are a total of 7 episodes in the book.

Rating:
Summary: Decent, but below expectations
Review: Compared to its predecessor, "Lesser of Two Evils," "Slayers Special: Spellbound" was a disappointment. The artwork is a notably more jumbled -- sometimes to the point of incoherent -- as many of the micro-episodes are more action-oriented (a carriage race, for example) which, in my opinion, doesn't flow particularly well on a manga page. They also (poorly) copied the Slayers season 1 episode introducing Prince Phil. This book isn't without merit -- the first 3 micro-episodes are quite well-done and consistent with the Slayers Special flow of silly action. Unfortunately, though, there are a total of 7 episodes in the book.