My oh my, what an enjoyable read this have been. It's a short experience, as the manga only has 14 chapters for you to enjoy. After 14 chapters of being in the Monster Hunter world, which would much more befittingly could be called 'Dragon Hunter', I have to say I am excitingly impressed!

If one thing is noticeable about Monster Hunter, then it is it's amazing artwork. I have not yet seen a scene in a chapter where no time was put in. The characters looks astonishing and some of the artwork when consisting of villages were a sight to behold as well. The monsters looks absolutely beautiful and really captures the viewer by it's details and shapes. It truly is a manga filled with magnificent artwork.

As far as the story goes, it's a little bland and especially seems rushed since there are only 14 short chapters for us to enjoy. However, it being based off the Monster Hunter games, it did a perfectly fine job sketching the concepts behind this o' so popular game and it's background and purpose. I wish the manga was longer, at least twice as long. So their growth, as well as upgrades and adventures, would be much longer and vivid than is now. There were some exceptional pieces of story work to be found in Monster Hunter; though it was not as well translated in just the short amounts of time it had. However, the story is still enjoyable, makes sense and is definitely enjoyable for any viewer.

Most of the enjoyment comes from it's splendid artwork. But besides that I have to admit that the characters in the story, which is typical for Mashima Hiro, are well explained, fun and and a nice sight to look at. Though the characters are quite stereotypical, as seen in Natsu (Fairy Tail) and Luffy (One Piece), it is still enjoyable since these characters bring a comedic spoof to the story like no others can. Which adds up to the tone and setting of this manga, since it managed to put violence and killing dragons to be a good thing in my book.

Overall this is a serialization worth mentioning, worth your time (heck, it's only 14 chapters long) and worth the read. I enjoyed it and finished it in one go, which took me about 1 - 2 hours. Just to give you an indication. So if you are up for it; give it a shot and you won't regret it!