Yuki Kaori - The Cain Saga, vol. 01-02 (Eng. trans.)
So. These do not quite reach the sheer insanity and cracktasticness that the height of Angel Sanctuary or later volumes of Godchild do. Even though Godchild is technically the same series.
We will ignore Viz's strange title choices.
And the art isn't as good as those two series either, particularly not Godchild art.
I didn't like the first volume all that much, and I honestly wouldn't have picked up Godchild if Viz had started from Cain v. 1, so... I suppose the strange title choices paid off, in a way. But the second volume -- that one I do wish I had read before Godchild.
We get backstory galore, except it's not actually backstory, since Godchild is the same series.
Cain meets Mary Weather for the first time (we will also ignore Viz's strange transliteration choices)! Cain meets Riff for the first time! Cain gets whipped! Cain nearly gets poisoned! Cain discovers he is a child of incest and great trauma! Riff dresses Cain's scars (which only he can touch) for the first time!
Ahhhh, good stuff.
I have even gotten so used to the gothic cracktasticness that I've stopped giggling hysterically every other page.
The second volume, which I already adore, contains but is not limited to: poison on pins, poison in bracelets, poison in food, poison collections (2), incest, abusive orphanages, secret societies (1, I think), tarot cards, sexy butlers (alas, only 1), cute urchins (>3), abusive parents (nearly all), insane parents (nearly all), and people driven mad by love (nearly all).
No words can express my love for Yuki Kaori.
We will ignore Viz's strange title choices.
And the art isn't as good as those two series either, particularly not Godchild art.
I didn't like the first volume all that much, and I honestly wouldn't have picked up Godchild if Viz had started from Cain v. 1, so... I suppose the strange title choices paid off, in a way. But the second volume -- that one I do wish I had read before Godchild.
We get backstory galore, except it's not actually backstory, since Godchild is the same series.
Cain meets Mary Weather for the first time (we will also ignore Viz's strange transliteration choices)! Cain meets Riff for the first time! Cain gets whipped! Cain nearly gets poisoned! Cain discovers he is a child of incest and great trauma! Riff dresses Cain's scars (which only he can touch) for the first time!
Ahhhh, good stuff.
I have even gotten so used to the gothic cracktasticness that I've stopped giggling hysterically every other page.
The second volume, which I already adore, contains but is not limited to: poison on pins, poison in bracelets, poison in food, poison collections (2), incest, abusive orphanages, secret societies (1, I think), tarot cards, sexy butlers (alas, only 1), cute urchins (>3), abusive parents (nearly all), insane parents (nearly all), and people driven mad by love (nearly all).
No words can express my love for Yuki Kaori.