Yuki Kaori - The Cain Saga, vol. 03 (Eng. trans.)
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oyceterOh Yuki Kaori, I love you SO MUCH! And I get not just one, but two doses today!
I have to say, I found the editor's note in the beginning to be a wee bit on crack. Despite being subtitled "Kafka," this volume doesn't feel Kafkaesque in the least. In fact, the overblown gothicness of it feels almost like the anti-Kafka. Yuki's protagonists aren't alienated like K; oh no. They're really something else entirely. What else, I can't quite pinpoint, but I'm sure there's a heavy sprinkling of bat wings, blood and black capes swirling in the London fog in the mix.
Because it is absolutely useless for me to sum up the plots of these, largely because I am immediately incapacitated by laughter, I'll give you my favorite line.
The volume opens with the classic: "At last we will have the calamity child! The embryo of the cursed bloodline rises to the heavens dripping blood and flapping its black wings."
I was bad and broke my vow to never read these in public, and I nearly died inhaling my sandwich. This alone was totally worth pestering a Borders employee to scan all the shelves for me and then dig things out from the back room. Words cannot express how much love I have for this series!!
I also loved: The one![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
coffeeandink already quoted, "Try to remember! I am a murderer!! But you're also a vampire prostitute whose hands are red with blood!!"
And! Not only are there vampires and poisonings and betrayals and incest and incest and more incest (Cain! The son of incest! Who unwittingly committed near incest because of that! Dirk! Who loves his sister entirely too much!), there is Riff going off and Cain telling him that he is more important than the air he breathes and that if Riff ever betrays him, he'll kill himself. Said over Riff tying his shoelaces.
And! Jizabel Disraeli finally shows up and lunges for Cain's beautiful golden eyes and promises that he'll cut them out and keep them in a jar! There are not enough exclamation points in the world for this manga!
In less cracktastic news, the art is finally looking like Angel Sanctuary. The little story tacked on at the end isn't particularly interesting, as Yuki Kaori has clearly not yet learned how to unleash her mighty and powerful id upon us all.
I have to say, I found the editor's note in the beginning to be a wee bit on crack. Despite being subtitled "Kafka," this volume doesn't feel Kafkaesque in the least. In fact, the overblown gothicness of it feels almost like the anti-Kafka. Yuki's protagonists aren't alienated like K; oh no. They're really something else entirely. What else, I can't quite pinpoint, but I'm sure there's a heavy sprinkling of bat wings, blood and black capes swirling in the London fog in the mix.
Because it is absolutely useless for me to sum up the plots of these, largely because I am immediately incapacitated by laughter, I'll give you my favorite line.
The volume opens with the classic: "At last we will have the calamity child! The embryo of the cursed bloodline rises to the heavens dripping blood and flapping its black wings."
I was bad and broke my vow to never read these in public, and I nearly died inhaling my sandwich. This alone was totally worth pestering a Borders employee to scan all the shelves for me and then dig things out from the back room. Words cannot express how much love I have for this series!!
I also loved: The one
coffeeandink already quoted, "Try to remember! I am a murderer!! But you're also a vampire prostitute whose hands are red with blood!!"And! Not only are there vampires and poisonings and betrayals and incest and incest and more incest (Cain! The son of incest! Who unwittingly committed near incest because of that! Dirk! Who loves his sister entirely too much!), there is Riff going off and Cain telling him that he is more important than the air he breathes and that if Riff ever betrays him, he'll kill himself. Said over Riff tying his shoelaces.
And! Jizabel Disraeli finally shows up and lunges for Cain's beautiful golden eyes and promises that he'll cut them out and keep them in a jar! There are not enough exclamation points in the world for this manga!
In less cracktastic news, the art is finally looking like Angel Sanctuary. The little story tacked on at the end isn't particularly interesting, as Yuki Kaori has clearly not yet learned how to unleash her mighty and powerful id upon us all.
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Thu, Feb. 1st, 2007 08:53 pm (UTC)