This is the second Omnibus volume in the Ubel Blatt series. I continue to feel a bit mixed about this series. The illustration is amazing and I really enjoy all the awesome action scenes. However there are soooo many characters and places we jump between, it’s hard to keep track of everything. I feel like I only half understand what is going on every time I pick up one of these books.

This series would really benefit from having a couple pages of characters pictures with a short explanation of who they are at the front of the book. A quick synopsis of “the story thus far” would also be incredibly helpful.

The story is fairly simple at its core. Koinzell is off to kill the Seven Heroes of the realm because they betrayed him way back when. Of course there are a whole bunch of complications and politics surrounding this story that make it much more complex. In this book Koinzell kills the first “hero”, Schtemwolech, and then starts to try to go after the next hero.

This is for mature readers only; there is a lot of nudity and explicit violence in these books.

Overall this was a well done fantasy manga. The illustration and world-building are amazing. The book could really benefit from a character guide and “story so far” section; there are just too many characters and the story jumps around too much. I struggle to follow what exactly is going on at times. In the end the frustration of reading this series is out-weighing the amazing illustration...so, I don’t plan on continuing it. ( )