Higuri You - Cantarella, vol. 07-08 (Eng. trans.)
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oyceterI was so desperate for these that I actually talked to a librarian and made her go back and grab them off the reshelving carts.
I have been completely converted to the series, and it is now the Gothic shoujo series of my heart, since Godchild is coming to an end and there are no long Yuki Kaori titles to look forward to (yes, Fairy Cube, but that's not long!).
Seriously! Canonical incest! The literal selling of souls! Demons in Renaissance Italy! A masked assassin as the upholder of virtue!
Wow! Lucrezia/Chiaro is so canon! And Chiaro can't return Cesare's affections, not like that; Lucrezia is in love with Chiaro and her brother at the same time; Cesare loves Chiaro romantically and Lucrezia unromantically; and it's all a giant mess! There should be Cesare/Chiaro/Lucrezia fic chock full of displaced longing.
And there's a non-Borgia textually incestuous relationship as well! Well, it's one-sided, but still, so is Lucrezia's. Of course, Lucrezia and Alfonso are going to marry each other (at least, so says history), and they can mutually incestuously long for their respective siblings together!
Also, Cesare can't die at the big finale, can he? Unless Higuri plans to end it when he's 31?
I can't remember if it was these volumes or the last two, but I howled with glee at the psychotropic weather. Lightning strikes down the statue of the angel Michael when Cesare loses Chiaro! Awesome!
Oh oh oh! And vol. 8 opens with a spread of Cesare as Jesus on the cross, complete with "IMRI" and a crown of thorns! So insane!
Mely has commented about how accurate the manga is to historical events and mindsets (aside from the whole selling souls thing); I am sure it is, but since I know nearly nothing, I can't tell.
Oh! And Vanozza the Demon! Taunting Cesare! Child!Cesare pleading with Chiaro to save him! Volpe trying to cut off Cesare's arm to spare him his demonic hand! Volpe embraces Cesare even though Cesare's blood is poisonous, just because! Volpe wanting to kill the one person who can save Cesare because he is jealous he's not that close to Cesare!
I am sad Pantacilia got killed, especially since she was Jewish (I think? Or just had ties to the Jewish community?), but also just because she was relatively down-to-earth amidst Borgia madness.
And I am not sure where Lucrezia and Chiaro are anymore! They escaped, then they were caught, then Chiaro was beaten bloody in a panel that was way too sexy for what it was depicting (you can tell the whip scenes here were not as perfunctory as the ones in Golden Cain, then they escape again, then they are caught again? Who knows? Wait, maybe Lucrezia is back with her family and Alfonso is pursuing Chiaro so he can have his own personalvalet butler combat butler masked assassin.
SO MUCH LOVE.
When is volume 9 out? Now nownow?
And in conclusion, I give you this sentence with no context: Clearly, sacrificing arms is the new tragic eye loss! (I have three canonical examples of arm sacrifice and/or attempted arm sacrifice now.)
I have been completely converted to the series, and it is now the Gothic shoujo series of my heart, since Godchild is coming to an end and there are no long Yuki Kaori titles to look forward to (yes, Fairy Cube, but that's not long!).
Seriously! Canonical incest! The literal selling of souls! Demons in Renaissance Italy! A masked assassin as the upholder of virtue!
Wow! Lucrezia/Chiaro is so canon! And Chiaro can't return Cesare's affections, not like that; Lucrezia is in love with Chiaro and her brother at the same time; Cesare loves Chiaro romantically and Lucrezia unromantically; and it's all a giant mess! There should be Cesare/Chiaro/Lucrezia fic chock full of displaced longing.
And there's a non-Borgia textually incestuous relationship as well! Well, it's one-sided, but still, so is Lucrezia's. Of course, Lucrezia and Alfonso are going to marry each other (at least, so says history), and they can mutually incestuously long for their respective siblings together!
Also, Cesare can't die at the big finale, can he? Unless Higuri plans to end it when he's 31?
I can't remember if it was these volumes or the last two, but I howled with glee at the psychotropic weather. Lightning strikes down the statue of the angel Michael when Cesare loses Chiaro! Awesome!
Oh oh oh! And vol. 8 opens with a spread of Cesare as Jesus on the cross, complete with "IMRI" and a crown of thorns! So insane!
Mely has commented about how accurate the manga is to historical events and mindsets (aside from the whole selling souls thing); I am sure it is, but since I know nearly nothing, I can't tell.
Oh! And Vanozza the Demon! Taunting Cesare! Child!Cesare pleading with Chiaro to save him! Volpe trying to cut off Cesare's arm to spare him his demonic hand! Volpe embraces Cesare even though Cesare's blood is poisonous, just because! Volpe wanting to kill the one person who can save Cesare because he is jealous he's not that close to Cesare!
I am sad Pantacilia got killed, especially since she was Jewish (I think? Or just had ties to the Jewish community?), but also just because she was relatively down-to-earth amidst Borgia madness.
And I am not sure where Lucrezia and Chiaro are anymore! They escaped, then they were caught, then Chiaro was beaten bloody in a panel that was way too sexy for what it was depicting (you can tell the whip scenes here were not as perfunctory as the ones in Golden Cain, then they escape again, then they are caught again? Who knows? Wait, maybe Lucrezia is back with her family and Alfonso is pursuing Chiaro so he can have his own personal
SO MUCH LOVE.
When is volume 9 out? Now nownow?
And in conclusion, I give you this sentence with no context: Clearly, sacrificing arms is the new tragic eye loss! (I have three canonical examples of arm sacrifice and/or attempted arm sacrifice now.)
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Wed, Dec. 19th, 2007 08:26 pm (UTC)WANT.
WANT.
i should not buy cantarella now even to support more you higuri historical manga. really. should not. must... resist!