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Thousands of Hot Asian Chicks are Looking for a Guy Just like Me!
Sorry. Just thought I'd share that.
Okay, my Reprobate friends of sounis were recommending this, as well as The Book Thief, and I think since they titles muddled in my head, I never gave it a second look. (The Book Thief has always sounded too serious for the reading mood I was in.)
This is awesome. I wish my reading attention span wasn't shot to pieces by reading all the shoujo. Whoops...
(Actually. It was never that good for much anyway.)
But speaking of that...
This comic competes with few others for sheer beauty and strength.
The Voice Blooms Red (Akaku Saku Koe)
With the manhwa (Korean comics) that are really fetching to me, it shares a sort of stillness.
Technically, it's the dialogue:panel ratio--so many more silent panels rely on the art to tell a story rather than just talk. But it's artful.
(Here there was a really cool page that was disabled. Have a cover thumbnail instead.)
It's like the Hayao Miyazaki films of the comics world, in a way.
The Voice Blooms Red (my title translation) is a mystery/special police forces/and terribly understated romance manga.
It is two volumes, I don't think they've been translated except by fans. The translation job is not bad. The story itself has psychic depth. And the creator's comments at the end made it even more interesting to reflect on.
I've read the whole thing--brilliant to the end.
Unreservedly recommended.
Sorry. Just thought I'd share that.
Okay, my Reprobate friends of sounis were recommending this, as well as The Book Thief, and I think since they titles muddled in my head, I never gave it a second look. (The Book Thief has always sounded too serious for the reading mood I was in.)
This is awesome. I wish my reading attention span wasn't shot to pieces by reading all the shoujo. Whoops...
(Actually. It was never that good for much anyway.)
But speaking of that...
This comic competes with few others for sheer beauty and strength.
The Voice Blooms Red (Akaku Saku Koe)
With the manhwa (Korean comics) that are really fetching to me, it shares a sort of stillness.
Technically, it's the dialogue:panel ratio--so many more silent panels rely on the art to tell a story rather than just talk. But it's artful.
(Here there was a really cool page that was disabled. Have a cover thumbnail instead.)
It's like the Hayao Miyazaki films of the comics world, in a way.
The Voice Blooms Red (my title translation) is a mystery/special police forces/and terribly understated romance manga.
It is two volumes, I don't think they've been translated except by fans. The translation job is not bad. The story itself has psychic depth. And the creator's comments at the end made it even more interesting to reflect on.
I've read the whole thing--brilliant to the end.
Unreservedly recommended.