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oyceterMy reaction can be summed up as: FREAKING INSANE!
I'm not sure if it's more cracktastic than Yuki Kaori or Cross, but it's definitely up there with them!
Um.
How to sum up?
D'eon is based on the historical personal d'Eon Beaumont, a member of Le Secret du Roi, a spy network that worked for Louis XV. She lived half of her life as a woman and dressed as such, though an autopsy revealed that she was physically male.
In Paris in the 1750s, there are crazed poets running around. (I have already burst into insane laughter, and I haven't even gotten started!) These crazed poets write psalms in the blood of virgins ad then morph into grotesque monsters; either that, or the blood of virgins self-writes psalms. Sometimes when the crazed poets die, their blood writes "palmss" (this is not a typo). Or possibly they do. Or they carve it into themselves. Or it is carved into them. Or all of the above! I am not sure.
This is, by the way, the first few pages.
Enter the Chevalier Sphinx, a loligoth version of 1700s French style, complete with ringlets and a magical sword! She kills said crazed poets and vanishes mysteriously into the night.
Now enter d'Eon, a foppish nobleman with a pragmatic and put-upon servant Robin. D'Eon is a spy for Louis XV and is also working on the crazed poet/psalm/palmss/virgin blood case.
I haven't even gotten to the good stuff yet, as it is somewhat spoilery! I feel, however, that enjoyment of the series will not be ruined by spoilers, as they are the type of spoilers that are so WTFF? that you will not really believe just how cracktastic they are until you see them on the page.
But for those of you who don't want to be spoiled, I ended up buying the manga after reading the first two pages in the bookstore because I was laughing so hard that I couldn't not get it. The below is a monologue by our first crazed poet!
Again, this is just the first two pages!
Louis XV is particularly invested in this case, as his daughter Sophie is gradually losing the ability to speak anything that isn't "psalms" or "palmsssssss" (extra s's courtesy of me, though really, she adds extra a's and s's aplenty), and the insane poetry written in blood has started to appear on her skin.
But! The best part! D'Eon is actually the Sphinx!
I am sure none of you are surprised by this.
BUT! D'Eon is not actually the Sphinx! His dead sister Lia is the Sphinx, and she randomly takes over his body to become the Sphinx to battle the crazed poets who killed her and used her virgin blood to write insane psalms! I am not yet sure if he magically grows breasts or not while Lia possesses him; he has to wear a wig for the Sphinx's flowing locks of gold. D'Eon's hobbies are annoying Robin, being a fop, and gasping as Lia takes over his body. Lia's hobbies are randomly appearing on rooftops to confront the latest crazed mass-murdering-poet, shouting "Death to all wicked poets!" and introducing herself with "In the beginning was the Word."
I have no words. I just stuck the anime in my Netflix queue, though I'm a little scared to watch, as the manga is really bloody. On the other hand.... INSANE MASS-MURDERING POETS!
I'm not sure if it's more cracktastic than Yuki Kaori or Cross, but it's definitely up there with them!
Um.
How to sum up?
D'eon is based on the historical personal d'Eon Beaumont, a member of Le Secret du Roi, a spy network that worked for Louis XV. She lived half of her life as a woman and dressed as such, though an autopsy revealed that she was physically male.
In Paris in the 1750s, there are crazed poets running around. (I have already burst into insane laughter, and I haven't even gotten started!) These crazed poets write psalms in the blood of virgins ad then morph into grotesque monsters; either that, or the blood of virgins self-writes psalms. Sometimes when the crazed poets die, their blood writes "palmss" (this is not a typo). Or possibly they do. Or they carve it into themselves. Or it is carved into them. Or all of the above! I am not sure.
This is, by the way, the first few pages.
Enter the Chevalier Sphinx, a loligoth version of 1700s French style, complete with ringlets and a magical sword! She kills said crazed poets and vanishes mysteriously into the night.
Now enter d'Eon, a foppish nobleman with a pragmatic and put-upon servant Robin. D'Eon is a spy for Louis XV and is also working on the crazed poet/psalm/palmss/virgin blood case.
I haven't even gotten to the good stuff yet, as it is somewhat spoilery! I feel, however, that enjoyment of the series will not be ruined by spoilers, as they are the type of spoilers that are so WTFF? that you will not really believe just how cracktastic they are until you see them on the page.
But for those of you who don't want to be spoiled, I ended up buying the manga after reading the first two pages in the bookstore because I was laughing so hard that I couldn't not get it. The below is a monologue by our first crazed poet!
The rituals of the masses break the mind, forced to sing and rejoice in the law while the soul fills with ice. God is dead. At least, God is dead. Tonight... the blood of virgins will fuel the pilgrim's grasping palm leaves, singing of revolution and destruction. Cast our flesh into the flames and bless the union of inferno. The world, filled with crimson, NOW RESTS CONTENT!
Again, this is just the first two pages!
Louis XV is particularly invested in this case, as his daughter Sophie is gradually losing the ability to speak anything that isn't "psalms" or "palmsssssss" (extra s's courtesy of me, though really, she adds extra a's and s's aplenty), and the insane poetry written in blood has started to appear on her skin.
But! The best part! D'Eon is actually the Sphinx!
I am sure none of you are surprised by this.
BUT! D'Eon is not actually the Sphinx! His dead sister Lia is the Sphinx, and she randomly takes over his body to become the Sphinx to battle the crazed poets who killed her and used her virgin blood to write insane psalms! I am not yet sure if he magically grows breasts or not while Lia possesses him; he has to wear a wig for the Sphinx's flowing locks of gold. D'Eon's hobbies are annoying Robin, being a fop, and gasping as Lia takes over his body. Lia's hobbies are randomly appearing on rooftops to confront the latest crazed mass-murdering-poet, shouting "Death to all wicked poets!" and introducing herself with "In the beginning was the Word."
I have no words. I just stuck the anime in my Netflix queue, though I'm a little scared to watch, as the manga is really bloody. On the other hand.... INSANE MASS-MURDERING POETS!
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Mon, Aug. 20th, 2007 06:47 pm (UTC)Actually, if you want, I can ship you my copy along with the kimono and some other books of yours that I need to return.
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Mon, Aug. 20th, 2007 06:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Mon, Aug. 20th, 2007 06:49 pm (UTC)