UDON's Pride & Prejudice Manga Review

Title: Pride & Prejudice

Author: Stacy King

Publisher: UDON

ISBN: 99781927925171

More Information: http://www.mangaclassic.com/

My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

I have been waiting for a manga version of my favorite book and finally, it has arrived.  First, I like to say that I love the drawings.  The artwork is beautiful and so wonderfully detailed.  The drawings are very bold and flowy.  However, the style is more Korean than Japanese though.  The panels were easy to follow and the words were easy to read.  Despite the thickness of the manga, I breezed through it. 

Now, my main issue would be that parts of the story, the dialogue and characterizations diverged from the original novel. As someone who seen the movies hundreds of time and read the novel dozens of times, the interpretation felt misplaced.  The scenes and dialogue changes felt off-putting.  I mean, why would you change anything when the original works?  For example, Mr. Hurst got amazingly good-looking for some odd reason.  O_o  And Darcy.  Where do I start?  Darcy seems overly dramatic for such a stoic man.  It was a little hard to wrap my head around that he was so emotional.  He blushed way more than Lizzie.  Off topic, Collins’ design here was so goofy.  Love it. 

So, if you are a Pride & Prejudice purist, do not get this book.  You will be vastly disappointed.  However, if you don’t mind a variation, give it a shot.  It was an interesting rewrite with gorgeous drawings to go with it.  I was little disappointed it wasn’t exact, but I’m happy to have this manga in any case.  You can never have enough Pride & Prejudice.