I'll keep this short, I mean the manga is less than 50 pages, what's the point of a in-depth analysis? My first one shot manga, so I should mention why I even read it - because the art looked appealing, so did the name. Quite frankly, it's probably one of the easiest ways to decide whether to read the synopsis of a manga you've never heard of before - art and the title. So anyway, [i]Ability Shop[/i] is pretty much set out like a fable, if you've ever seen the movie [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389860/]Click[/url], then the fable is kind of the same. Thinking about it, it doesn't actually hold much comicalvalue, and rather, is actually quite serious - despite the art style.

It's kid a kiddy version of [i]Death Note[/i] almost.

But it's good, if you read it for what the underlying lesson is, then it's a good lesson learnt.

I can't say much more, I mean.. it's a one shot manga - characters were good, but you can't grow attached to them just because of how short this was.

I felt that it was kind of a waste to use this as a one shot, it had the potential to be a short - at LEAST one volume manga, that way it would've allowed readers to feel more sympathetic.

However, enjoyable none the less. It's 50 pages, read it.