Goldfisch volume 1 by Nana Yaa and published by Tokyopop


The goal of my blog is to share the joy and love I have for unknown comics and underground artists.

Today we are looking at "Goldfisch" by Nana Yaa and published in the United States by Tokyopop.


The volume I bought is the first volume for an ongoing current series. The story is created by Nana Yaa who is actually a German manga artist. Her style is extremely Japanese and if I did not read her bio, I would not have pieced it together past the odd occasional chibi character (which is very uncommon in modern manga). Naa-san won numerous contests for her work and she was serialized by Tokyopop and brought to the USA to be translated into English.


The theme of the plot is a boy named Morrey has the ability to turn things into gold. He accomplishes this with a simple touch of his hands. Now, you may think this is amazing but you have to realize the sheer amount of things you touch on a daily basis and how that would make it hard to touch loved ones and use every day basic items. The story revolves around Morrey and follows how he got his powers and his quest of getting rid of them.


The story is fleshed out nicely and has a nice depth of characters. It is a shonen styled comic that easily fits in with series like Naruto and One Piece. It feels kiddy in its own way but it is a great theme and has some good twists. The art work is very developed and the style is constant and never changes. It gives off a very "explorer" type feel and you feel pretty involved in Morrey's idiotic choices by the end of it. The character of Morrey is pretty developed and quite believable but some of the side characters do not feel as real. It is only the beginning of the story so hopefully we get some depth for everyone involved. The world is well thought out and you get to see monsters everywhere! If you like shadow villains and thrill to thrill, you will get a liking out of this book.


I finished this book and it was decent. I am not a huge basic shonen fan but I still enjoyed the series more than I did with One Piece and Naruto. Just like how all the basic shonens have a theme (One Piece = pirates, naruto = ninjas, shamin king = ghosts super powers, etc etc), this series focus is on exploring. It is not exotic like Brides but it is still a thrill everyone can enjoy! Enjoy the crazy looking Final Fantasy type monsters and golden whack-a-mole.

Score time:

Art: 4 / 10
Story: 4 / 10
Flow of book: 4 / 10
Impression after reading: decent

Reviewed and shared by Harry Kohles of Metairie, Louisiana. Former art student with a fetish for corny realism. Helping to share comics and mangas you never knew existed~

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