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Summary: Words are not enough.
Review: Kaori Yuki is the greatest storyteller in the world.
My friend once exclaimed, 'She's like Shakespeare with pictures!'
Angel Sanctuary is arguably her masterwork. There are so many fine points of its beauty that I cannot possibly expound on them here. Every nuance, every symbol, every character in it serves a purpose. The opening and ending of every existing arc is run through with a thread of incalculable poetry.
That said, the delicate-minded and morally-bound should stay far away. Kaori is not afraid of anything - themes explored in her stories include incest, pedophilia, necrophilia, rape, ressurection, multiple personalities, child abuse, suicide, forbidden love, prostitution, serial murders, the nature of sin, the nature of God, and the nature of humanity. Angel Sanctuary boasts lustful angels, androgynous demons, a psychotic God, and an aborted baby with tentacles who resides in a stuffed bunny rabbit. [No, I am not kidding.] And yet, somehow, it all works.
As for everyone with an open mind - run, do not walk, to the closest bookstore and stuff your pockets with volumes of this comic. You can thank me later.
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Summary: Devils, Angels and humans...
Review: Setsuma is mixed up. He wants to be noble, but he gets into fights, refuses to respect authority, and has incestuous feelings for his sister. Could it be he holds the soul of a Angel who once fought heaven? Will he end up the target of both the Demons and Angels as his past life and his present sins catch up with him?
Good artwork, twisted plot, adult themes. Very much for older teens.
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Summary: OMG this is awesome!
Review: This is amazing! where to start? This is some of the finest artwork I have ever seen in a graphic novel, some pages are truely breathtaking. I was amazed! The storyline itself is quite shocking, dealing with incest, religion, homosexuuality, drugs... pretty much, chalk full of the taboo.
this is a very compelling story, when you are done with it, you just hafta know what happens next...
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Summary: Amazing and Complex
Review: This is the most complex and intricate storyline I have ever read. That is saying a lot because I am quite the avid reader, but this story takes relationships and character histories to a new level. At first it may not seem so thick in this first volume, but trust me, in the 19 that come after it, this story blossoms, twists, and moves forward and backward in every imaginable way. It becomes so big and deep that explaining any one character or plot point to somebody else takes ten minutes of explaining five other important related plot points. It is simply amazing because this complex nature brings intricate twists to the story and characters that are exciting and endearing. I have been reading the series as a learning tool here in Heidelberg while studying abroad in Germany, but I have to admit, this series immediately became like a drug to me. I am so addicted to it! I look forward to finding out what will happen in the next one, but at the same time, I have read through each one I have several times to enjoy all of the plot again over and over. I can't say that I have ever felt this connected with a story and characters before!This story is involved with angels, demons, the heirarchy of heaven and hell, the appocalypse, and other supernatural concepts. I personally think that is great, but I should say as a con for many people is that the story doesn't accurately go along with the bible. Others have taken this as anti-Christian, and I suppose that all depends on how sensitive one is about these things. As long as one has an open mind about things, one will not be offended about Yuki's interpretation of heaven and hell. One point that might bother many readers is the forbidden love between the main character Setsuna and his sister Sara. However, even though it bothered me that they romantically have feelings for one another, the way that it is presented is so powerful that my feelings grew into sadness for the two characters because they CAN'T be together even though they know that they will never be as happy with anyone else. Even this taboo love is transformed into something that people can understand through the storytelling skills of Yuki. Anyway, I highly recommend this gem of a story. I hope that many of you fall in love with it and read it several times as I have.
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Summary: WoW
Review: This story is soo contrifersal and complacated but at the same time so intresting and in depth you can't help but be intranced by the beautiful art and story line. Though you should be warned if you are a strong beleiver in things like heaven is good hell is bad, and brothers and sisters should STAY brothers and sisters and NOT become lovers, then this manga really isint for you. To be totally honest if your reading capabilitys arn't extremly up to par then you will most likely be confused. And I simpley being truthfull. Out off all my manga adoring friends I am the one and only who liked this series. Everyone else, if they inderstood it to begin with (-.-*) did not like the insest.
Yet all that aside this manga is beautiful and really worth your time and energy to at least give it a try!
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Summary: Stunning
Review: Yes, this book is for mature audiences (incest, sex, death) but it is without question one of the best manga that I have ever read. No joke.
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