Ozaki Kaori - Immortal Rain, vol. 01 (Eng. trans.)
(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, there is some girl who wants to capture Rain because! She was in love with this ruler, except his country was taken over and he was killed, and she and some other rebels managed to escape with his head in tow! In a jar! And she wants Rain because he is immortal and she wants to cut off his head and sew his body onto the head in a jar! And this is all portrayed as quite romantic and touching, despite the creepy vibes of Muraki in the distance.
And then! There are hilariously tragic scenes in which she is overcome by love and hugs the jar (containing head) to her chest and weeps over this wonderful ruler guy. And then! She finally realizes letting go is a good thing (I would insert that it is especially good if you are clinging to a head in a jar), and smashes the jar and buries the head in a tragic and touching yet completely hilarious sequence.
Have I mentioned again how much I love manga? Because when else can I say that I forgot about a HEAD IN A JAR?
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, there is some girl who wants to capture Rain because! She was in love with this ruler, except his country was taken over and he was killed, and she and some other rebels managed to escape with his head in tow! In a jar! And she wants Rain because he is immortal and she wants to cut off his head and sew his body onto the head in a jar! And this is all portrayed as quite romantic and touching, despite the creepy vibes of Muraki in the distance.
And then! There are hilariously tragic scenes in which she is overcome by love and hugs the jar (containing head) to her chest and weeps over this wonderful ruler guy. And then! She finally realizes letting go is a good thing (I would insert that it is especially good if you are clinging to a head in a jar), and smashes the jar and buries the head in a tragic and touching yet completely hilarious sequence.
Have I mentioned again how much I love manga? Because when else can I say that I forgot about a HEAD IN A JAR?