I've given this game a try and I'm a bit overwhelmed. I can't explore in the ruins area, I can't seem to figure out what's up with the park. I can train on the farm, but that gets really repetitive really fast. My monster is like 9 months old now, and has gained a few stats, but I kinda feel like I have no real direction here. Just train, eat, train, rest, repeat.
That said, I only started half an hour ago. I've visited all the main areas, but waiting around for competitions to come open when I'm told I'm weak all the time doesn't strike me as wise.
My monster, BTW, is some sort of fairy-rabbit thing that has high intelligence and pretty good reflexes. I've seen several more, but have no jewels, only some sort of balloon.
Check out my Manamon text walkthrough at the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8ls3rc3f4mkb … n.txt?dl=1