A Well-Favored Man and Princess Sakura

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35. The Well-Favored Man. First sentence: "The manticore had run, pursued by the silent and deadly dogs, up the ridge through the rhododendrons."




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Story by Elizabeth Willey

Some points:
- Borrowed from ILL.
- I read about it from one of lj reading community, can't remember which one, though.
- It's fantasy with sorcerers, magic, spells and dragons.
- I like the characters.
- As other books, I went through the first 2 chapters very slowly!
- Family relationships ... more like shonen/seinen then shojo.
- I didn't expect the sci-fi part at the end regarding genes and reconstructing a human body!
- I have reserved the sequels/prequels.
- This book consumed most of my reading time this week!

Bottom line, reread? maybe. Check it out if you enjoy fantasy.


36. 1 volume of Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura ((桜姫華伝, Sakura Hime Kaden, lit. The Legend of Princess Sakura).




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Story and Art by Arina Tanemura

From Viz:
Sakura is the granddaughter of a mysterious moon princess who slew demons with her Blood Cherry Blossom sword.
All her life Sakura has been forbidden to look at the full moon without knowing why. Then one night, unhappy over her impending marriage, Sakura gazes up at the moon, only to see a demon attacking her...

Some points:
- Borrowed #1 from ILL.
- Very pretty art and lots of tones. The art in this volume is a lot less busy than Gentlemen's Alliance Cross + and kimono :)
- Poor Sakura.
- I was able to guess that Aoba and the prince are one person, heh. I wonder why Aoba turned out to be that way. I thought he started to like Sakura.

Bottom line, definitely check out #2.

Continuing series: Manga

• Butterflies, Flowers 6
• Saiunkoku 3

Rambling

• In case anyone is interested in the conclusion of The Secret Notes of Kanoko series. umadoshi wrote a summary of volume 3 at her lj, lots of fun stuffs in the comments, too.
• The mangaka of The Name of the Flower and With!! has an on going series called Present wa Shinju - プレゼントは真珠 which looks interesting especially the cover of volume 2.
• Of course, Mr. Darcy is a well-favored man :) (title and user pix)