Yuki Kaori - Grand Guignol Orchestra, vol. 02 (Chi. trans.)
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oyceter(note: all names taken from the Wiki article because figuring out the Chinese transliteration of the Japanese transliteration of names is beyond me)
I am so happy there is a new Yuki Kaori series! Also, much like Cain Saga, this seems to start with individual mysteries of the week (only involving nuns and deadly zombie dolls and court intrigue!) but will probably end with a ton of angst, backstory, and more zombies. I love it already!
Also, it helps that it is already 100 times more comprehensible than Fairy Cube.
Here, we get more of Lucille's backstory, in which we discover he is the most beautiful, talented person EVAR. It also involves a Trio of DOOM, a cold-hearted queen (I love her already), a deadly cousin, and a lot of love and hate for your sibling. It's not quite incest, but pretty close.
And did I mention that the queen is dressed in loligoth Victorian kimono?
Then, there is an individual mystery which involves a villain in a cat mask wielding a giant tuning fork (!), a nun who dies via crucifix impaling (!!), swords hidden in a giant organ (the keyboard-and-pipes kind, not the kind Jezebel Disraeli keeps in jars) (!!!), secret staircases (!!!!), revived zombie nuns (!!!!!), and a flower called something like "the Madonna's tears" which is also deadly poison (♥♥♥). It is awesomesauce!
Also, Lucille crossdresses as a nun. Of course.
Also also, there's some nice development of the Lucille-Eles relationship.
Spoilers are the only ones who can touch your scars!
I am not shipping them per se, given how young Eles is, but I am really hoping that there will be a lot more of the Lucille-Eles relationship. Also, more Eles angst!
Eles is mostly within the Yuki Kaori innocent girl trope, but you know what? Sometimes my bar is very low and I am satisfied just by that. I mean, she is not evil! And there may be some more character development! Yay!
And I am really hoping Gemsilica/Cordie doesn't turn out to be totally evil, because I love her in the flashbacks. Plus, cold evil queen dressed as loligoth doll! How could I not love her?
In conclusion: ILU YUKI KAORI, ILU!
Also also also, in a moment of strange real life coincidence, after I read this and shoved awesome Yuki Kaori art featuring a girl stepping on an angel in Rachel's face and cackled loudly about the entire nun story, we ate lunch with a giant group of people... in which Rachel was seated next to what we thought were two nuns! (They were Mormon missionaries.) It was particularly awkward, as they asked Rachel where she grew up, and she desperately tried to avoid any discussion of religion while I giggled helplessly in my soup. Rachel elbowed me under the table to try and get me to stop, unsuccessfully.
I am so happy there is a new Yuki Kaori series! Also, much like Cain Saga, this seems to start with individual mysteries of the week (only involving nuns and deadly zombie dolls and court intrigue!) but will probably end with a ton of angst, backstory, and more zombies. I love it already!
Also, it helps that it is already 100 times more comprehensible than Fairy Cube.
Here, we get more of Lucille's backstory, in which we discover he is the most beautiful, talented person EVAR. It also involves a Trio of DOOM, a cold-hearted queen (I love her already), a deadly cousin, and a lot of love and hate for your sibling. It's not quite incest, but pretty close.
And did I mention that the queen is dressed in loligoth Victorian kimono?
Then, there is an individual mystery which involves a villain in a cat mask wielding a giant tuning fork (!), a nun who dies via crucifix impaling (!!), swords hidden in a giant organ (the keyboard-and-pipes kind, not the kind Jezebel Disraeli keeps in jars) (!!!), secret staircases (!!!!), revived zombie nuns (!!!!!), and a flower called something like "the Madonna's tears" which is also deadly poison (♥♥♥). It is awesomesauce!
Also, Lucille crossdresses as a nun. Of course.
Also also, there's some nice development of the Lucille-Eles relationship.
Spoilers are the only ones who can touch your scars!
I am not shipping them per se, given how young Eles is, but I am really hoping that there will be a lot more of the Lucille-Eles relationship. Also, more Eles angst!
Eles is mostly within the Yuki Kaori innocent girl trope, but you know what? Sometimes my bar is very low and I am satisfied just by that. I mean, she is not evil! And there may be some more character development! Yay!
And I am really hoping Gemsilica/Cordie doesn't turn out to be totally evil, because I love her in the flashbacks. Plus, cold evil queen dressed as loligoth doll! How could I not love her?
In conclusion: ILU YUKI KAORI, ILU!
Also also also, in a moment of strange real life coincidence, after I read this and shoved awesome Yuki Kaori art featuring a girl stepping on an angel in Rachel's face and cackled loudly about the entire nun story, we ate lunch with a giant group of people... in which Rachel was seated next to what we thought were two nuns! (They were Mormon missionaries.) It was particularly awkward, as they asked Rachel where she grew up, and she desperately tried to avoid any discussion of religion while I giggled helplessly in my soup. Rachel elbowed me under the table to try and get me to stop, unsuccessfully.
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Tue, Dec. 29th, 2009 05:05 am (UTC)(Why Viz doesn't obey my orders to license every Kaori Yuki ever is something I don't understand.)
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Tue, Dec. 29th, 2009 05:10 am (UTC)