Judging this book by its cover is like randomly picking a chocolate from the box only to find out its cherry licquour flavorer.

That is to say,the art is nothing like the cover. Serious disappointment. And the manga itself isnt about Sara but grown up Toby. ( )

I have been a fan of the movie Labyrinth since it came out in 1986. Return to Labyrinth is a 4-part manga series from Tokyo Pop that continues the story. A couple years ago I was given the first 3 books in the series. Unfortunately, the person who gave me the books didn't have the final book. Because I made it a personal challenge in 2018 to read more books I want to read and more off my own shelves, I went online tonight and found a copy of Volume 4 for a good price. I am finally going to finish reading this series! While I'm waiting for Volume 4 to arrive in the mail, I am going to re-read the first 3 volumes.

I am by no means an expert on manga. So I will leave the in-depth style and artwork critiques to others. I'm just going to concentrate on my own personal thoughts about this series.

Return to Labyrinth is American style manga, reading left to right. I really prefer the Japanese style...there's just something about reading from right to left that sets the genre apart and makes it different and more fun to read. But, that does not mean that I didn't enjoy this series. I'm always up for a revisit to Labyrinth!

This series takes place more than 10 years after the movie. Toby is a troubled teenager. Unknown to Toby, the goblin king has meddled in the teen's life for years, causing him to be a bit of an outcast with his peers. Toby is lured into the Labyrinth by Jareth, who wants the boy to be his heir. A mysterious queen and the Mayor of Goblin City want to steal the throne from the goblin king, so they try to prevent Toby from finding Jereth in the Labyrinth.

Toby meets up with some characters from the original movie like Ludo and Sir Didymus, but there are also new characters like Moppet, Skub and Queen Mizumi.

As a fan of the movie, I'm really enjoying reading this manga series again. I can't wait to get the last book and finally discover how it ends!

On to Volume 2! :)


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This manga is more of an excuse to spend more time in the world of the movie Labyrinth than anything else. The black and white art is good, but doesn't meet the stunning expectations set by the movie.

On it's own merits, it's a cute adventure story. It's probably more suited to a younger audience than my 36 years :) Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it - but more because it rides the movie's coat-tails than anything else.

It is an easy read - it only took me about 2 hours, which is another argument that it's more aimed at a young audience. I'd let my nephew read it, if I didn't have to return it to the library.

There is one bit of plot I'm curious about. Hopefully the second volume will answer that remaining question. ( )

I was really happy there was a sequel to my favorite movie of all time, but the manga was kind of disappointing.But for die hard fans it is worth reading at least once. ( )

LOVED this! It was a little weird seeing this done as a manga but the artist did a great job in making many of the characters and goblins look the same (except for Sarah as an adult, she looks weird). Basically this story picks up when Toby is a teenager. Everything starts going wrong for him in school and one day a goblin runs in and steals his homework, enraged and not knowing what is going on he chases the creature through a small tunnel in his closet and ends up in the labyrinth where his older sister had been years before (although he doesn't know that, she never told him). He finds himself making friends with a fairy and adorable mini-ludo type creature and they work together to get to the castle, outrunning foes along the way. It's awesome and I can't wait to read the next three! ( )