REVIEW: Historie

Historie is a historical manga by Hitoshi Iwaaki who also created the award winning manga Parasyte. Historie was serialized in Afternoon since 2003.

Story: Historie tells the life story of Eumenes who will grow up to be the secretary of Alexander the Great. The story itself is great and full of surprises.
I rate the story 5/5
Art: The art is simple yet fits the series perfectly. There is nothing wrong with the art. Some people would say the art simply because it doesn't suit their taste.
I rate the art 4.8/5
Characters: All the characters are interesting especially Eumenes. He is one of the most interesting characters I have ever seen. Most of the characters are based on real historical figures.
I rate the characters 5/5
Enjoyment: Historie is a really enjoyable manga. Almost any manga reader will enjoy it. It's full of Drama, Adventure and Action.
I rate Historie overall 5/5
Personal Enjoyment 5/5
I recommend manga like Vagabond, Berserk, Vinland Saga and Parasyte(Kiseijuu).
Other Opinions

This is completely awesome. It's so fresh, so well-done, so interesting. I'm 23 years old so it's really hard to find mangas that aren't about adolescence drama, targeting 15 years old kids. The plot is so strong without relying only on sex or psychological dramas. It's so well-written, it just doesn't look like a manga. The art is very good, the action is so fine.
By far, superior to almost everything I've read. Go and read it.
By Se7a

The art is underwhelming. It begins rather slowly (not unbearably slow), but really picks up after the first volume if you give it the time. The mangaka shoves a lot of gore into your face in the first few volumes but there is little to be found in some of the later ones.
I'm not sure why there are remarks the originality of the main character. He is far from the first character to ever use brains over brawn, especially with the recent popularity of characters like Lelouch and Yagami. The mangaka himself even constantly makes comparisons between Eumenes and Odysseus; however, unlike Lelouch, Light, Odysseus, or almost any other main character in a popular work of literature you can think of, Eumenes is flawless.
He isn't weak, short-tempered, arrogant, boring, antisocial, evil, bad with girls, or even too kind. The story is basically about what the perfect male specimen would do under the most unfortunate conditions possible, but no one seems to have a problem with this because it's almost impossible to dislike him.
Definitely one of the better mangas out.
By Shensuke