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Summary: Mmmmmmmmm......
Review: I picked this book up and read the back of it and it sounded great, but considering I had never really heard anything about it I was kind of sketchy, but I put the investment in it and bought it anyway(it was only [$$]). The story overall is very jumpy and it almost feels like I'm reading a lot of filler chapters just to get piece by piece of the plot of the story. It moved kind of slow and the artwork is kind of rough. The artist draws the female of the story well, but the other characters didn't get as much as the nicer treatment she did, but let me briefly tell you what the story is supposed to be about. Long ago there was a brother and a sister(they are supposed to be like some Greek gods) that fell in love which each other, the almighty god(Jupiter) ashamed and mortified of that love turned the brother into a demon and trapped the sister in her grave at the bottom of the ocean, the sister then tells her brother to find her "reincarnation" and bring her back to life with this girl so that they could be back together again. That's where the heroine of the story comes in. Venus(the happy go luck school girl) starts having dreams and then starts seeing Deimos(who is the shunned brother), so this is where the jumping starts, either the author starts explaining things too fast so that it's too rushed or they don't say anything at all, and your just confused, but I did decide this. I will buy the second volume just to see if the story gets better. I know that some manga artists and authors sometimes had rough spots with their early works but had progressed a lot as the story continued. So I would say that if you might be looking for something to fill in the boring minutes of the day you might want to take a look at this story, I do believe in second chances and will wait for the second novel...so I guess when it comes out I will have to write a review on that one!! :)
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Summary: Shoujo horror at it's finest!
Review: It's wonderful to see classic shoujo manga stories like this being published in the USA! The main story develops slowly throughout this many volume series and is tucked away - hidden like a mystery - within the short horror stories collected in each manga volume. The artwork is amazing and beautiful, but like other older shoujo series from the 70s being released in the USA now (Banana Fish, etc.), it develops and gets better with each volume. In many ways it started the whole shoujo horror craze and the storytelling style - of telling the main story within a collection of short stories - can be seen in other shoujo manga and anime horror series like "Tokyo Babylon" and "Vampire Miyu". And if you enjoyed the subtle horror of "Tokyo Babylon" and "Vampire Miyu", you should also enjoy this classic gothic horror series, the "Bride of Deimos".
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Summary: YAY!!!
Review: oooh, me likes, me likes and wants more!!! Yes, it is quite wonderful to see beautiful classics like this come from Japan. This is some serious old school manga from the seventies, back when the characters' eyes defied logic with sparkles!! I mean, these people have got some humongous, glittery eyes, and a whole lotta hair. In other words, the art is gorgeous. Plus, at the same time its got this creepy feel to it and each story plays out as an individual horror story that links together into one tragic and exciting tale. The story is about a girl named Minako. A demon has showed up out of nowhere claiming that she is his bride. It turns out this demon has been searching for the reincarnation of his long lost love, and they are mythological beings that were forsaken by the gods. Apparently, the two lovers had been twins, brother and sister, and as punishment for their sins, the brother was turned into a demon and the sister was sent to the world of the dead where her body is slowly rotting away. Which leads us back to the main character Minako who is the sister's reincarnation, and the only way to bring his sister back is to kill Minako and give her body in place of his sister's rotting one. So now the demon, Deimos has a bit of a dilemna because in order to be with either his sister or Minako, one will have to be sacrificed (well in in his sister's case, she will just continue to rot away if he doesn't hurry and help her). So anyway, this is a cool story and I enjoyed all the japanese fork lore added into the chapters in addition to the whole thing between Minako and the twins. This being such an old manga, you can see where many newer popular mangas may have gotten their ideas. The forbidden love between brother and sister and the troubles that resulted made me immediately think of Angel Sanctuary. In addition, the idea of choosing between your original love or your love's reincarnation who is so similar yet so different reminded me of Inu Yasha and the love triangle between the hot headed dog demon, Kagome, and Kikyou. Yes, all good series that should be checked out... but I digress. Anyway, please read this series and enjoy! :D
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