So, school has started for a week and there’s the dreaded thing knowing as travel time. I spend almost 2 hours to get to and to return from school, so the best thing to do with that time is to read some manga. I’ve only been seriously learning Japanese for slightly more than half a year (those lessons by the Polytechnic don’t count, they were a waste of time), so my speed of reading is really slow. What some people could have completed in a couple of days, I took slightly more than a week.
However, lamenting about how slow I’m reading isn’t the point here. Talking about Full Metal Panic Sigma is.
Some basic background information about FMP Sigma. As of now, there are 7 volumes, and it’s serialized in Dragon Age. The first volume begins with the storyline from the novel, Ending Day by Day (終わるデイ・バイ・デイ), which Full Metal Panic : The Second Raid begins from too. At the end of volume 7, the story is halfway into Burning One Man Force (燃えるワン・マン・フォース).
Personally, I’m relieved that the manga remains faithful to the novel’s storyline. Beside the main storyline, the manga also has a couple of chapters on some side stories. Remember the FMP OVA and the onsen trip in FMP Fumoffu? They’re included in the manga’s storyline too.
The pacing’s fine, with The Second Raid’s storyline summed up in 3 volumes, 1 volume with the side stories, 2 volumes covering Continuing On My Own (つづくオン・マイ・オウン), the destruction of Mithril, and the last volume for now covering Burning One Man Force. The conclusion for Burning One Man Force will probably appear in the 8th volume, which I’m guessing is releasing some time mid-2008.
One thing which I didn’t appreciate about the manga was how Dancing Very Merry Christmas (踊るベリー・メリー・クリスマス) was left out of the storyline. Although it’s not my favourite novel, with Continuing On My Own maintaining the top spot as of now, I was rather looking forward to it. I mean, who wouldn’t look forward to Tessa in the meido costume?
I hope that Dancing Very Merry Chirstmas will not be left out from the future season of FMP. And Kyoani ought to stop being Keyani and give us FMP fans some action!
Apart from the storyline, there’s the art which I simply adore. In my opinion, out of all the FMP mangas, Full Metal Panic I appreciate that the art style was kept as close as possible to the original character designs done by Shikidouji (四季童子) as I have a fancy for his artwork. I even bought his artbook, Colourful Wind without even thinking. That’s how much I like his art.
Now that I’m done with the manga, it’s time for me to continue on with the story by struggling with the novels. It’s a pity that Kinokuniya doesn’t seem to bring in Dragon Age, or I would be buy it on a monthly basis just to follow the chapters of Full Metal Panic Sigma. Oh well, I’ll just have to wait for volume 8’s release before I can get my next dosage of Burning One Man Force in it’s manga form. You’ll probably see me rushing down to Kinokuniya on the day the new volume ships in.
Hmm…nothing really to comment on since I’m still haven’t watch any of the series or read any of them…..
hello there..i oredy watch da anime of fmp,fmpfumoffu n the second raid..but still i wanna take a lo0k at the manga..can u tell me the manga dat i shud read…is it only fmpanic n fullmetal panic sigma?
do you know when will the Sigma NO.9 of “Full MEtal Panic!” be published? (I have already know that Japanese has published singma 9 in Japanese, but there was still no an English edit. )
Please consider translating FMP sigma for Illuminati-Manga. we dreadfully want to know what happened at the end of one man burning force. We also want to see the mangna that you can read in a language we can read. thank you for your time Tantei Okuoku
I know that in Singapore they are releasing FMP sigma but for those of us on the other side of the world it would be very nice if we could read FMP sigma without having to import it for Singapore. would you please consider TL FMP sigma. I know you might not feel ready to but it’s been about a year since we had chapter 5 released so anything you could TL would be a huge help. thank you for your time.
i would like to ask you if the Full Metal Panic Sigma series will only be published as a comic/s or will be published in full episodes as CD’s?? Hope you will respond!
FMP Sigma covers part of FMP:TSR, and even more of the novels’ content. There’s currently no news of any anime season for a new FMP season (damn you KyoAni!), but you can get the FMP:TSR episodes on DVD/Blu-ray.
anyone who knows many information about FMP sigma please add me in yahoo messenger profilevalkyrie@yahoo.com
hey double can i ask you a favor? i would like to have a little chat time with me all about full metal panic sigma.. and who’s KyoAni?
Hey! I’m also reading Full Metal Panic… (^___^) Yeah… I struggled that too… I can read a few kanji… Well after awhile, I just gave up and requested for english translation… (-__-) hahahahaha! (^___^) I’ve finished reading Approaching Nick of Time and it was freaking amazing! Though I still prefer that ‘Continuing on My Own’ is the top! Approaching Nick of Time actually explain about the Whispered and how it was created… bla bla bla… I still don’t understand- just like what Sousuke answered… (T___T) but, what I really know is that Kaname, a true Whispering (not whispered) turns evil (Possess by Sopia) so that she and Leonard can reverse or erase the mistake that ‘previous scientists’ made 18 years ago. Ergo- they’re making the ‘Temple of Whispered’ again… At this point, I couldn’t tell if Almalgam is good or evil… If Kaname erase the Black Technology, everything will be normal, those who are dead will be alive, but she will not meet Sousuke… (T___T) Anyways, all I know is that Full Metal Panic novel- main story volume 11 is coming on April 1, 2010. It stated that this will be the final novel. Yes! You read it correctly! IT’S THE END OF ALL THINGS!!! I hope that Kaname and Sousuke finally kiss or get marry or whatever cause I can’t stand the suspense!!! I just can’t wait for someone to translate the story!!!
Oh yeah… Forgot to mention something…
In Approaching Nick of Time, Kurz Webber had sex with Melissa Mao 6 times (5 times in Mao’s room and one time in a closet.)
Kurz Webber died in the end… (T___T) He was shot by his teacher named Casper. How he died was too sad for me to read!!! (T___T)
Hmmm…. where would i find the novel online? to download or read eithre waqy is fine, however i request translation because im not that good at kanji……to be honest the only kanji i really know is A and nnn…….*cough*……anyways ignoring where i learnt those kanji from, i was wondering if the novel is better then the anime/manga or if it was worth reading at all until its finished in 2010.
anyways if anyone has answers to these Q’s lemme know…
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