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Bezig met laden... The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi, Volume 1door Kazuaki Yanagisawa
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An evil dragon and seven powerful magi scheme to control Guin by using the plague and other calamities to lure him out of Cheironia. Aided by a priestess and an elder mage, Guin battles to save Cheironia from ruin. The Guin Saga manga is based on the first spin-off story from The Guin Saga proper. Told in stunning visual detial, the fantasy classic gets a manga makeover, bringing the action to the forefront. This is a three- volume work. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I haven't read the light novels yet. I know I have the first couple volumes somewhere in my personal collection, and my intense dislike of this manga volume makes me wonder if I will ever be able to bring myself to read them. At any rate, I had almost no familiarity with this series, which may or may not have played a part in my confusion while reading this. What I do know for sure is that the manga's hideous artwork and occasionally difficult-to-read text (black on dark gray, for crying out loud) certainly didn't help any.
I cared about none of the characters in this, not even Guin or Valusa, who I think I was supposed to like at least a little. Oh, boohoo, Guin's wife thinks he's freakish because of his leopard head. Oooh, Valusa maybe has a crush on him. Whatever. The characters did things and, even when I was able to follow along with what was going on, I didn't really care.
Now, back to the artwork. I've seen sources praising Yanagisawa's artwork, but I, unfortunately, though it was hideous. Maybe it was supposed to be hideous. After all, this was set in a world with a goodly amount of bloodshed and plague-related death. Maybe the dark subject matter called for repulsive artwork. Maybe people's faces were supposed to look distorted and bizarre. Whether this was all intentional or not doesn't change the fact that I disliked looking at it. The women, by the way, looked at least as repulsively distorted as the men, so the idea that they were probably supposed to be titillating (why else would there have been so much focus on their breasts?) horrified me.
I have no plans to ever read more of this manga. As it is, I wish I'd never read this first volume. I sincerely hope the light novels are better than this.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) ( )