Ran and the Gray World

Alt title: Ran to Haiiro no Sekai

Vol: 7; Ch: 46
2008 - 2015
4.093 out of 5 from 470 votes
Rank #2,013
Ran and the Gray World

With the help of a magical pair of sneakers, a young sorceress transforms into an adult and sets out on magical adventures full of wonder and danger! Little Ran Uruma can’t wait to grow up and become a sorceress like her mother, so with the help of a magical pair of sneakers, she transforms into an adult and sets off! Her father and older brother Jin try to keep her safe at home, but Ran is determined to advance her powers and have adventures of her own! Even though Ran looks like an adult during her transformation, she doesn’t really know what perils the outside world holds. When she meets rich playboy Otaro Mikado, has she actually gained a friend or a foe?

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delolmo
9

Story Ran to Haiiro No Sekai captivated me slowly. The story follows a 10-year-old child with a dream of being older in a world where both magical and no-magical people live and where in turn, her wish becomes a reality thanks to a pair of shoes. The story is a bit slow to start but offers a good introduction to the Uruma family and their world. The plot is initially light-hearted and full of funny moments. Towards the second volume things get more interesting as the plot takes its course. I absolutely loved the second half of the story and I recommend it to anyone to stick around until then to fully appreciate the story. To avoid any spoilers I will just say that this story is worth a read and will leave you wanting more. I particularly enjoyed the character growth and the themes of friendship, courage and love that are explored. Art I found the art to be good, somewhere in the middle between what we usually see with a bit of uniqueness in the character design. Because age is a topic throughout the story I found it great to see characters that went from children to adults. Characters There is no doubt that the main character Ran has a spark in her that the audience can appreciate from the first chapter onwards. Her flaws were never hidden which made her even better in my eyes. Her journey starts at a young age as she learns what is really like to grow up so I absolutely fell in love with her as she grew up without loosing herself and while showing her vulnerabilities along the way. My second favorite character is her counterpart Makoto who true to his age bullies her despite his love for her. We also see him grow up as their friendship develops and he shows us many of his good points as well. The rest of the Uruma family was also amazing with some background stories explored to a degree. Overall Although I was not completely sold with this story, I progressively fell in love with it as it went on. The plot gains more fuel towards the second half of it and will keep you on your toes. The ending was absolutely perfect but it left me wanting for more. The art was great as it had some uniqueness in its drawing. As  for the characters, this story does a great jo with character development/grow embracing all good and bad parts of its main characters which makes it more relatable. I absolutely recommend this manga to anyone who likes fiction, slice of life/coming of age and enjoys the topics of friendships, family and love.

Curiousmadra
7.5

**SPOILERS ABOUT THE MANGA YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED** So this is my second manga that was recommended by my secret Santa @Foodlife from Animeplanet Secret Santa 2023 and I gotta say, the art looks absolutely incredible that it kept me interested to reading more. There was such goofy moments especially Rans wolf changed brother randomly kissing girls cause he’s in “heat” like I literally fell to the floor laughing guys, no kidding XD! I also thought the ending was pretty inspiring as well as wholesome seeing Ran advising her young nephew that just because she had the magical power to automatically be in a 20 year old body at 10 years old, that there isn’t actually a “exact” magic power that make you grow up so cherish every moment of your life. I feel we can definitely learn from those words since unfortunately magic ain’t real and hard work has to be put into “growing up”. Now for the complains that led me to giving this manga a 7. I found that Rans relationship with Outarou rather forced and pretty disturbing since she is again, a child stuck in a grown ups body and is rather naive about his forcefulness. He wasn’t even considering much of her feelings and honestly didn’t need to be in the story. In fact, they should’ve just let him be the villain and not a sudden love interest for Ran. I just wish they focused it a more with Ran and Hibi, although they did get together in the end eventually but with the manga being so longwinded, they could’ve filled those gaps. I also thought there was too many pointless characters they added (like the wacky neighbours) and a character such as the Crow mafia, Ryouko and Tamao who barely got any screen time at all. Even though they were there in some scenes, I just wanted to find out more instead of the story just being rushed every so often for 51 chapters! Still I would recommend this to people as it is different and again, the art is stunning!

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