Sakura of DOOM

(apologies for spamming the f-list)

Cue completely random volume of manga that I picked up in the library because the back cover copy promised an angsty immortal hero and the young female assassin determined to hunt him down. They fight crime!

vom_marlowe asked me what my story kinks were before; so far, I've been too lazy to write them up and inflict them on anyone. Also, it's almost embarrassing to see them repeated in all these book write-ups.

To continue with the story kinks, Rain Jewlitt (aforementioned angsty immortal hero) has this iron cross nailed to his chest where his heart should be, and Machika (aforementioned young female assassin) of course starts to fall in love with him. The surprising thing is, Rain is actually very cute and silly and sweet despite being an angsty immortal being, rather like Kenshin in a way. And he falls for Machika a bit.

The relationship and the story so far isn't very deep, but it wasn't as horrible as I expected. Also, in flashbacks, Machika's grandfather, Zol the Grim Reaper, is very hot and has a scar across his nose that, like all anime and manga scars, should be disfiguring but is instead extremely hot. And Rain has something to do with dead angels or imprisoned angels. Hi Oyce's storytelling kinks! Welcome to this manga!

And while the art is a little too eighties-influenced for me (the face shapes in particular), it's also very clean, which is appealing.

Also, did I mention the cute? I am strangely taken with the cute.

Not particularly recommended unless you like cute young perky female assassins and not-as-angsty immortal men. A lot.

ETA: Good lord! I got so caught up in my personal cool bits that I forgot about the HEAD IN A JAR! Oh manga, I love you so much.

Anyway, ( Minor spoilers, but hey, head! In jar! )