Narushima Yuri - Planet Ladder, vol. 01-02 (Eng. trans.)
Wed, Jul. 5th, 2006 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterUmmmm.... I read this one really fast, so I don't quite remember what it's about. There's a beautiful black-haired, blue-eyed girl named Kaguya, who is not only adopted, but also the secret princess of somewhere or the other. There's a robot boy who looks exactly like a prince that Kaguya keeps dreaming of. The robot (named Gold, I think) is of course a soulless killer who possesses a hand of living gold. I think. And there's a long-haired insane guy who controls said robot, and another guy who seems to be trying to rescue Kaguya.
Also, there are nine different dimensions, and Kaguya can somehow pick the one that will survive, while the others fall into confusion.
Alas and alack, I did not get to meet the giant robot chicken.
The best thing is that Rachel was reccing this to me as a fairly standard, non-cracktastic manga, with the exception of the Giant Robot Chicken.
On page two, I said something about the emotionless killer robot with the hand of living gold.
"Oh yeah. Maybe it's not that standard," Rachel admitted. "I forgot about that. It's really not that cracktastic, except for the chicken and the robot boy!"
A few seconds later, she added, "Oh, and the mysterious disease that makes people's heads randomly fall off."
The best thing of all is that she is absolutely right, particularly when compared to Cross.
Anyhow, I can't even do a standard plot summary, because I have absolutely no idea what happened. This was probably not helped out by the fact that the character introductions in volume two were misprinted so that the villain and the hero were switched around.
Also, there are nine different dimensions, and Kaguya can somehow pick the one that will survive, while the others fall into confusion.
Alas and alack, I did not get to meet the giant robot chicken.
The best thing is that Rachel was reccing this to me as a fairly standard, non-cracktastic manga, with the exception of the Giant Robot Chicken.
On page two, I said something about the emotionless killer robot with the hand of living gold.
"Oh yeah. Maybe it's not that standard," Rachel admitted. "I forgot about that. It's really not that cracktastic, except for the chicken and the robot boy!"
A few seconds later, she added, "Oh, and the mysterious disease that makes people's heads randomly fall off."
The best thing of all is that she is absolutely right, particularly when compared to Cross.
Anyhow, I can't even do a standard plot summary, because I have absolutely no idea what happened. This was probably not helped out by the fact that the character introductions in volume two were misprinted so that the villain and the hero were switched around.
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Thu, Jul. 6th, 2006 02:16 pm (UTC)So far I am not particularly struck by the crazy long-haired guy, but I am cooing over the emotionless robot boy with the hand of living gold. Also, V3 has much f/f slashiness, yay!
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Thu, Jul. 6th, 2006 08:41 pm (UTC)F/f slashiness? OOOOO!
Also, do you know if Kaguya-hime is a Japanese legend? This is the second princess named Kaguya that I've encountered in manga, so I'm a little curious.
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Thu, Jul. 6th, 2006 08:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Thu, Jul. 6th, 2006 10:49 pm (UTC)In volume 4 the giant robot chicken is harnessed to a royal carriage.
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Sat, Jul. 8th, 2006 12:15 am (UTC)