Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom, Vol. 1 [With Bonus Sticker]

By Kazunari Kakei

Book Overview

The Dog of Hell is about to be...leashed.

Nora, an unruly demon, has defied his superiors one too many times. For the sake of his ""education,"" Nora is sent to live among mortals and enters a bond of servitude with cool-as-ice star student Kazuma Magari. Kazuma is about to learn the ways of the underworld...and Nora will learn more from the ""real world"" than he ever thought possible

When the seal for Nora's form is released he becomes Cerberus, the vicious dog of disaster. But Nora can only use magic when Kazuma grants him permission...and Kazuma doesn't grant permission easily. The Dark Liege wants the two to team up and crack down on renegade demon factions in the human world, but how can they do that if they can't even get along?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421518953
• ISBN13: 9781421518954
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A fun and enjoyable manga from the creative mind of Kazunari Kakei

In 2004, manga-ka Kazunari Kakei had his breakout hit manga series "NORA - THE LAST CHRONICLE OF DEVILDOM". The series has just been released as a graphic novel published by Viz Media under their cutting edge manga imprint known as Shonen Jump Advanced (targeted towards older teens and young adults). In Japan, there have been many manga and anime series which pits demons going after other demons and "NORA - THE LAST CHRONICLE OF DEVILDOM" fits that type of storyline description but with a twist. In the first volume, the unruly demon Nora has gotten in quite a bit of trouble with the Dark Liege Army leader and she's not exactly to keen when Nora keeps calling her "ugly". But also not too keen about Nora's uncaring attitude about the Dark Liege's priority which is to go after the demons that are feeding in the human world. So, because of his repeat offenses, he is forced out of Hell and forced to live with the humans without his powers. Where he must be educated on learning about humans. Unfortunately for Nora, he must become the familiar (or slave) of The cold as ice Tenryo Academy Middle School President Magari Kazuma. The popular president, a genius, athletic but seems to be bored and unsatisfied with life. Kazuma cares about his student council but he seems to look at everyone almost as inferior and thus treats them like his slaves. One day, while looking for his student body members who went to fetch him a drink, he is summoned via cell phone by the Dark Liege master who gives him the opportunity to be in control of destructive power. Kazuma agrees and thus the training begins for Nora who must learn about the human world before he can be let back in to Hell. And for Nora, he can't stand Kazuma because despite his feelings towards humans, he is treated like a dog by Kazuma. To make matters worse, to use any of his powers, Kazuma must approve or deny his request. So, monsters are unleashed in the human world and these monsters known as the resistance have put Nora and Kazuma as a high priority target. But what the resistance doesn't know is that Nora happens to be the legendary demon known as Cerberus: The Hound of Hades And so both must work together to stay alive but also to protect the human world from these deadly demons. I found "NORA" to be an entertaining series and because the two main characters do not get a long and it's twist of a demon having to learn from humans and forced to work with Kazuma (who seems to be doing this because it has made his life so much more satisfying) is quite interesting. And a fresh twist of the demon vs. demon type of storyline that we have seen in various manga and animated series in the past few decades. The first volume features the first three chapters and dedicated solely to character development and the interaction between Kazuma and Nora. These two are just like oil and water but the two must learn to work together. Because of the bickering of the two, there is a lot of humor betwee

Nora

Nora is a Hell Hound, and he is very strong. Yet sometimes VERY stupid, he usually only wins when using magic. He has a very long way too go.... p.s. Nora is smokin HOT!