I have always loved the story about Romeo & Juliet and have during the years seen many adaptions as movies, tv-series, and other works that are inspired by Romeo & Juliet as a theme. Therefore I have always wanted to read the original material, but haven't because Shakespeare is writing an old and hard to read English that makes it a torturous read, and who would like to torture themself? Not me!
I read a lot of comics, so when I saw Romeo & Juliet as a manga who stays true to the original story, I had to try it.
The drawings in the manga helped bringing this story alive to me.
This manga is a direct adaption and stays very true to the original story. It has the old language, and though I had lines I didn't understand one-to-one, the visual story and gestures of the characters on the page made me understand a whole lot more than if I had read the text only. I can truthfully say that I enjoyed this read!
It was an amazing detailed read. It was like seeing a theatre play!
The costumes were unique to each character and you could see their personality shine through.
It took some time to get used to the language, but as Romeo & Juliets story began unfolding on the pages, I was captured and reached the end much too soon.
I think supporting the classics with pictures while staying true to the original is a clever idea. I already got my eye on some of the other books in the "Manga Classics" series that I would like to read.
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