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Yuki Kaori - Angel Sanctuary, vol. 13-16 (Eng. trans.)
Sun, Nov. 26th, 2006 03:40 pmI probably shouldn't be posting reviews right now, given that I'm in a grumpy mood and it always leaks through and makes things sound worse than they are. But Yuki Kaori rocks, and while I may not be squeeing, possibly talking about insane angels will cheer me up somewhat.
Again, I read these vols. a long time ago, but decided to reread so that I could finish the series with some vague inkling of what the various plot twists were. Alas, this seems to be a futile effort, since I've read the entire thing in a few weeks and I still can't figure out how she got from vol. 1 to here. But hey, I'm not complaining, given the amount of crack put in!
( Ginormous spoilers of DOOM! )
Again, I read these vols. a long time ago, but decided to reread so that I could finish the series with some vague inkling of what the various plot twists were. Alas, this seems to be a futile effort, since I've read the entire thing in a few weeks and I still can't figure out how she got from vol. 1 to here. But hey, I'm not complaining, given the amount of crack put in!
( Ginormous spoilers of DOOM! )
Yuki Kaori - Angel Sanctuary, vol. 04-07 (Eng. trans.)
Fri, Nov. 3rd, 2006 05:07 pmUm, so, I'm actually up to vol. 17 of Angel Sanctuary, but since I've been sticking to my usual MO of reading one or two volumes every three months or so, I have no clue what's going on or how I got there. I think I get distracted too easily...
Unfortunately, despite rereading, I am still not quite sure what's going on or how I got there, but at least now, I am more certain that this is due to Yuki Kaori's cracktastic plotting and not my own sieve-like mind. But still! I am excited because one of my very favorite characters gets introduced around here! Also, amazingly, Yuki Kaori actually has some foreshadowing for latter volumes!
And at least this time around, I'm having an easier time telling everyone apart, though it's still pretty difficult! When I told one of my RL friends that I had a hard time telling Uriel and Zaphkiel apart, she was baffled. "But Uriel has curly hair and Zaphkiel has straight hair! It's so obvious!"
"Oh," I said sadly, my usual reliance on hairdos stymied by the long flowing hair every character has. I think it would be much easier if they had bells in their hair or if they weren't all impossibly beautiful or something. It amuses me that everyone who sees Setsuna has to note that he looks similar, because otherwise, you really can't tell because everyone looks similar!
( Spoilers )
Unfortunately, despite rereading, I am still not quite sure what's going on or how I got there, but at least now, I am more certain that this is due to Yuki Kaori's cracktastic plotting and not my own sieve-like mind. But still! I am excited because one of my very favorite characters gets introduced around here! Also, amazingly, Yuki Kaori actually has some foreshadowing for latter volumes!
And at least this time around, I'm having an easier time telling everyone apart, though it's still pretty difficult! When I told one of my RL friends that I had a hard time telling Uriel and Zaphkiel apart, she was baffled. "But Uriel has curly hair and Zaphkiel has straight hair! It's so obvious!"
"Oh," I said sadly, my usual reliance on hairdos stymied by the long flowing hair every character has. I think it would be much easier if they had bells in their hair or if they weren't all impossibly beautiful or something. It amuses me that everyone who sees Setsuna has to note that he looks similar, because otherwise, you really can't tell because everyone looks similar!
( Spoilers )
Yuki Kaori - Angel Sanctuary, vol. 01-03 (Eng. trans.)
Mon, Apr. 25th, 2005 03:42 pmPure crack. OMG wings and swords and guys who are girls and girls who are guys and reincarnations and the war against heaven and incest and implied twincest and arcane religious references and gaaaah the pretty! *is dead*
Er. Ahem. Yes.
It wasn't nearly so addictive when I first read it in high school in the Chinese translation!
This may be because there is Mudou Setsuna, the reincarnation of the organic angel Alexiel (I have no idea what an organic angel is... maybe she was mulched often?). There are flashbacks to said angel Alexiel. Then there is Alexiel's twin brother, the inorganic angel Rosiel (I get that a little more, considering that he starts out in the manga as a computer virus). They all look the same, with the exception of hair length. Rosiel manages to get out of the prison Alexiel locked him in aeons ago and takes over the bodies of assorted people.
Now, this was confusing enough in English. In Chinese, it was just.. huh? So... Ruri is Rosiel? No, wait. Maybe not. What is this mechanical angel thing anyway ("organic" and "inorganic" both have the Chinese character "machine" in them)? It also took me a while to figure out that "Alexiel" and "Rosiel" were names instead of arcane religious terms, since Chinese doesn't have handy things like capital letters or spaces between words.
Anyhow. As stated previously, this is the story of Mudou Setsuna, who is also the incarnated version of Alexiel, the angel who turned sides and rebelled against heaven. Alexiel's body has been locked in crystal while her soul has been tormented to endless reincarnation and horrible, horrible deaths.
Unsurprisingly, Setsuna's life sucks, largely because he's in love with his sister Sara. Then there are the demons chasing him around who thinks he's their savior, the angels who want to kill him, the evil twin who can't figure out if he loves Setsuna/Alexiel or hates him, the best friend, who keeps not dying, and a really weird computer game.
Frankly, I have no idea what's going on with the plot, and I don't care because arcane religious references! Corrupt angels! Demons! Wings! Swords! Reincarnation! Apocalypse! Heaven! Hell! I mean, I thought X was the epitome of gothic modern manga fantasy, but clearly it has nothing on this.
I hope Borders' 3-for-2 manga sale keeps going, lalala. I mean, who needs food when one can have manga?
( Spoilery stuff for X and Angel Sanctuary )
Er. Ahem. Yes.
It wasn't nearly so addictive when I first read it in high school in the Chinese translation!
This may be because there is Mudou Setsuna, the reincarnation of the organic angel Alexiel (I have no idea what an organic angel is... maybe she was mulched often?). There are flashbacks to said angel Alexiel. Then there is Alexiel's twin brother, the inorganic angel Rosiel (I get that a little more, considering that he starts out in the manga as a computer virus). They all look the same, with the exception of hair length. Rosiel manages to get out of the prison Alexiel locked him in aeons ago and takes over the bodies of assorted people.
Now, this was confusing enough in English. In Chinese, it was just.. huh? So... Ruri is Rosiel? No, wait. Maybe not. What is this mechanical angel thing anyway ("organic" and "inorganic" both have the Chinese character "machine" in them)? It also took me a while to figure out that "Alexiel" and "Rosiel" were names instead of arcane religious terms, since Chinese doesn't have handy things like capital letters or spaces between words.
Anyhow. As stated previously, this is the story of Mudou Setsuna, who is also the incarnated version of Alexiel, the angel who turned sides and rebelled against heaven. Alexiel's body has been locked in crystal while her soul has been tormented to endless reincarnation and horrible, horrible deaths.
Unsurprisingly, Setsuna's life sucks, largely because he's in love with his sister Sara. Then there are the demons chasing him around who thinks he's their savior, the angels who want to kill him, the evil twin who can't figure out if he loves Setsuna/Alexiel or hates him, the best friend, who keeps not dying, and a really weird computer game.
Frankly, I have no idea what's going on with the plot, and I don't care because arcane religious references! Corrupt angels! Demons! Wings! Swords! Reincarnation! Apocalypse! Heaven! Hell! I mean, I thought X was the epitome of gothic modern manga fantasy, but clearly it has nothing on this.
I hope Borders' 3-for-2 manga sale keeps going, lalala. I mean, who needs food when one can have manga?
( Spoilery stuff for X and Angel Sanctuary )