Magic Knight: Rayearth II (Boxed Set)

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Summary: ~MKR~ best manga ever! CLAMP has outdone themselves!
Review: I love MKR! It's my favorite manga series ever and I can never put it down! I bought this 2nd box-set with my own b-day money and it was worth every dollar. The 2nd half is not as happily portrayed as the first,and therefore the characters and setting become more serious and gloomy, but don't listen to what others say about this half not being as good as the first. The action scenes are just power-packed as those of the 1st 3 books,and Umi learns a new spell while the girls get old weapons and new guards. They also see old friends and new enemies who have come to battle for the take-over of Cephiro in its eternity! It's a must-have set for anybody who wants anything and eveything that has to do with MKR or CLAMP, like me! However, even though the backs of the books say 'Youth - 10+', I wouldn't recommend this series for anyone under 13 becuase of bloody violence and nudity. (I'm 15, so I can say this without getting hollered at,right?)

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Summary: Wonderful! A must get for any Rayearth fan!
Review: I love this series. It is more serious than the last (yes even Umi). But it is filled with a rich story full of its own funny moments. This is a MUST HAVE for people who have read the first series. Other good series by clamp are Wish and Angelic Layer. If your a CLAMP fan or even a Manga fan you must get the Rayearth Series!

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Summary: neato
Review: magic knight rayearth was the first anime i ever saw and one of my favorite. the story from the book was very different from the tv series (i like the tv series better than the book). they made a lot of changes on the story --- probably because they have to put it all in three books. i just hope they didn't alter lots of parts of the story. nevertheless, it was good.

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Summary: Beautiful box, cute bonus! =^-^=
Review: The boxed set is great! The box is beautiful, (and has a picture of Eagle Vision on it which is enough to make anything look good)and the bonus booklet has really cute pictures, but don't read it until you finish the series or it'll ruin some of the story. It is supposed to be a paper doll, and collector cards booklet, but you have to cut out everything with a pair of scissors as there is no indentation to help you cut it out. I didn't bother cuz they're good enough just to look at, like any CLAMP work. The box is nice and sturdy, and the only thing I don't like is the cover artwork on the books. Instead of cool pictures of the girls, there are just the pictures of the Mashin, meccha form.
Another thing that's interesting is that there are lot's of pictures of the Magic Knights in cool outfits, with neat armor. But they never get that stuff in the manga. Also, in this series, their armor and swords don't evolve again. Too bad. However, in the special CLAMP chapter at the end of the book, you get to learn about their pet cat that always gets in their way and causes them lots of trouble. But she's sooo cute!

The second series of the MKR manga is set a year after the first series ended, making it a total of six books in all! (If only there were twenty instead, sigh....) Hikaru, Umi and Fuu have returned to Cephiro, but no one knows who summoned them! But it's agood thing they came cuz, once again, Cephiro is in danger!