Cristo ~ Orange-Eyed Messiah
Title: Cristo ~ Orange-Eyed Messiah
Type: Manga
Artist(s): SORANO Kairi
Status in Home Country: Complete (1 Volumes)
Scanslation Status: Complete, Ch 4
Scan Groups: Snow Kiss Scanlations
Genre(s): Action, Fantasy, Shounen
Summary: Admiring the legendary sweeper called 'Orange-Eyed Messiah', Towa became a sweeper. The task of sweeper requires one to "sweep" the monsters. Adys is quite hazardous. On his first real attempt at fighting Adys, Towa encountered Kei, a former sweeper, who saved him from being killed.
Towa asked Kei to take him as a student. However, not only did Kei plainly reject Towa's request, he tells Towa that he saw the Orange-eyed Messiah die!? An appearance by a mysterious man who seems to be connected to Kei shows up with a grudge from the past. Who is he and what is his relationship with the Orange-Eyed Messiah? Will Towa find out about Kei's past too?
Review: The artwork is definitely not as good as “Mother Keeper”, since all the characters look like middle school kids…even the old guy w/ the shadow of a beard. Despite the artwork, the plot was interesting and had enough action and drama for a relatively short series. All the mysteries get solved w/o too many complications. The characters themselves are also interesting and had some depth to them for such a short work.
Overall, it was a good shounen read. I’ll probably forget it by tomorrow, but it was worth a read.
Rate: 7/10