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Have you seen the show Lost? Most people agree that it had a good set up, atmosphere and mystery to it in the early seasons, but good mystery is rendered pointless by shitty conclusions and a lack of character development. Eden no Ori ended up far worse than Lost did, seeing as Lost actually compensated for its poor plot choices by focusing more on characters. (A strategy which got less and less effective as time went on, but I digress.) I mention Lost because this manga seems to have gotten much inspiration from it and failed in the worst way possible. Ultimately, nothing was answered
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and indisputable plot holes were everywhere. Who is Hades? Who the fuck knows. Who unleashed the bacteria/fungus? Who the fuck knows. How did they leap through time? Who. The. Fuck. Knows.
People were giving this “10” reviews when just a dozen chapters had come out, without considering the fact that it's easy to set up a "mystery island" plot; what matters is the ultimate delivery, and this manga had none to speak of. This manga is actually pretty good at tricking you in early chapters, but the fact that it’s spitting in your face becomes less and less subtle as it progresses. As both of the top reviews were written by people who hadn't even made it a third of the way through the series, their praise should be ignored.
The art was all centered around fanservice. That is the only notable thing about it, which isn't saying much seeing as it is a staple of most modern shounen manga. It's not particularly good or well-placed fanservice either. The girls are not well drawn and many of them look almost exactly the same, although they can sometimes be distinguished form one another by breast size. Also note that no dramatic scene is complete without a panty-shot, making these important scenes impossible to take seriously in any capacity. Basically, the art was generic and bad. The fight scenes got very repetitive, and while this was also due to a lack of creativity in general, it was usually because they were all drawn exactly the same way. I felt like I'd seen the same panel hundreds of times.
The characters were either "good" or "bad" and either "expendable" or "important." Did you get eaten by a three headed saber tooth lizard tiger? Don't worry, you're an important character. You'll be fine somehow. (No joke. It's that bad.) The main character is a Mary Sue who remains calm and brave in the face of any danger and becomes athletic and smart overnight, despite the fact that he's just a slacker. He has a love interest that has no personality other than "tits." He has a friendly rivalry with a delinquent with a heart of gold who, despite being a middle schooler, can crush professional boxers and overpower wild animals bare handed. The delinquent has a relationship with a woman who only exists for him to protect her and look cool while doing it. The main character also has a friend who is a plot device nerd and has a laptop with infinite battery plus an encyclopedia of extinct animals and other programs that are useless in day to day life, for god knows what purpose. How does he always find the animals just by their appearance anyways? There are a lot of extinct animals to sort through. Point is this: the characters are one dimensional and simply poorly written. Some of them had half-assed backstories thrown in, but these seemed, well, half-assed. There is also a big titted flight attendant and a trap-loli. Why? Because tits, traps, and lolis. Also more damsels in distress. Another thing: this series loves damsels in distress. A whole lot of them. There are a lot of damsels, and they are all frequently in distress.
All of the dialogue between the characters is clunky and unrealistic. It is never entertaining or compelling. Not even once did I crack a smile or think about what deep things they had to say.
The juvenile ideas and general factual errors were a minor issue in comparison to everything else, but still worth mention, in my opinion. The author made up historical, physiological, and scientific facts whenever it was convenient and decided that logic in general was a crock of shit. It also featured some very unintelligent (read: incorrect) psychological ideas mixed in with a bit of political commentary with a depth that I would expect from my 9 year old cousin. It threw in the supernatural out of nowhere and quickly broke those rules as well. Why do the predictions sometimes come true and sometimes not? Because the eternal power of friendship can overpower fate?
So what was the point of Edon no Ori? What can you get from it? It failed as a mystery, an action, and as a romance. It ultimately had no positive points or redeeming qualities to speak of.
The creator should learn to plan ahead in his next work. This manga seemed very thrown together and generally all over the place. It showed not a modicum of originality or intelligence and I would recommend it to nobody. Even those with poor taste must admit that the conclusion was no conclusion at all. This manga should only be read as an example of what not to do when telling a story.
Story: 0/10
Art: 3/10
Character: 1/10
Enjoyment: 0/10
Bonus: 0/10
Overall: 4/50 or 8% (.8/10)
 Alternative TitlesJapanese: エデンの檻 More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 21
Chapters: 185
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 26, 2008 to Jan 23, 2013
Theme:
Survival
Demographic:
Shounen
Serialization:
Shounen Magazine (Weekly) Authors:
Yamada, Yoshinobu (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #21862 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #267
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Your Feelings Categories Jul 2, 2013
Have you seen the show Lost? Most people agree that it had a good set up, atmosphere and mystery to it in the early seasons, but good mystery is rendered pointless by shitty conclusions and a lack of character development. Eden no Ori ended up far worse than Lost did, seeing as Lost actually compensated for its poor plot choices by focusing more on characters. (A strategy which got less and less effective as time went on, but I digress.) I mention Lost because this manga seems to have gotten much inspiration from it and failed in the worst way possible. Ultimately, nothing was answered
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Mar 21, 2013
Cage of Eden. Well.
I started reading it because there were several volumes already out at the local bookstore, and online the manga is shown as finished, so I knew I wouldn't have to wait for new chapters. It has an uncommon scenario, an uncharted island where dinosaurs roam free. Character Development: Much of the series is the main character(s) overcoming obstacles, with unnamed characters dying along the way. There is also (sort of) quite a bit of fan service, with panty-shots aplenty, and as you get deeper into the series, the girls bathe more and more often, however, the artist doesn't draw nipples and ... Jul 9, 2010
i do not want to give away any spoilers but at the time i was looking for a manga similar to HSOTD (its just plain awesome) when i came across Cage of Eden. Personally, its nothing like i had imagined. The story seems to be going no where and every chapter repeats the same thing old thing!!!!
But if you liked the USA drama LOST, you may like this!! but this manga just doesnt seem to progress at all!! Although the art of creatures is good! Mar 24, 2017
This manga started out as "ok" and ended as "bad", I guess I'll break it down into story, art, character, and then add a last part for enjoyment and overall rating.
Story: 3/10 The story in this manga started off well, but it became really predictable really fast. In the first half there were a couple twists that got me by surprise, but those started to run low pretty fast once I caught on to some of the hints that are sprinkled in the story arcs. The reader can pretty much tell what happened on the island by the time they find the second or third major ... Sep 5, 2018
I'll give you an advice: Ignore all reviews with scores above 3.
I won't speak too much about this atrocity, however i'll recommend this manga to all people just to let them know which is the formula to make a terrible story. This is by far the most disastrous manga i've ever read in my whole life and i can't believe it lasted so many chapters. I've read at least 200 manga and i for sure know this is the worst one, worse than trash. I don't think i need to explain why this is so terrible, all the reviews with less than 3 points explain it ... Mar 16, 2024
This sucks.
Considered dropping this after 40 chapters but kept reading out of spite. Annoyed me enough to complain in a review. The only redeeming parts of this manga are the 7/10 art and a decent concept it had. Those should be raising this to a 4/10... But they dont. As the story and characters were horrible. Kinda weird how a plane can have so many compeletely flat characters, half of which are serial rapists, pedos, murderers or just your typical 10-14 year old superhumans. The story consists of a few parts on repeat: > Main group discussing the island > A animal or a human attacks ... Mar 8, 2020
When i do a review it's because i have things i want to get out for me. I invested a lot of time into this manga since it's 21 volumes.
There are various things i didn't enjoy from this manga. The most important: If part of your interest to read this manga is to check out the ecchi, let me tell you calling this ecchi is an insult to the genre. If you are going to draw people naked why delete the nipples? you take the luxury to draw voluptuous women for the cover but the most you show inside is a panty and a ... Jun 17, 2021
(This review was originally in Spanish but does not leave xd)
I read this manga about 4 months ago, the scoop I liked a lot since I have always liked apocalyptic anime / manga but at the time I was advancing the chapters they became more harmful to me both as the protagonists and the situations in short Everyone praises the protagonist as if he were Jesus and when it is his past it became clear that the only remarkable thing he had was a bit of athletic ability, I also like to highlight the good as is the case of Yarahi, who was a good ... Mar 8, 2013
Ok so the main point of this manga is of course its fan service. But I tried to see beyond the assets of underage teenage girls and the digusted feeling I got when I read a particular chapter about girls bathing. :(
All the same I was eager to read this manga for the main reason, its mystery. The mystery was what kept me going all the way to the end. Which was the only reason why i read the thing from start to end. And yeah lets talk about the 'End'. It sucked, it was awfully rushed and guess what?! It was barely worth reading ... |
