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Angel Sanctuary Graphic Novel 1 (198 pgs)
Brad R. Cunningham - Aug 11 2004 bcfish@sailormoon.com Rating: Pretty good! Powerful Story, Challenging Material, Not for the Faint of Heart! The release of Angel Sanctuary is a welcome sight for those of us who disappointedly watched the brief OVA video done of this series (much like those who have watched "Berserk!"). Now the whole story can be told! I admit I am a Methodist pastor and I love subject matters that challenge the definitions of sin and redemption (especially when good and evil, black and white turn into a confusing gray). Angel Sanctuary does that with a complex and original story that questions whether Heaven's angels are all that sinless or if the demons of Hades have redemptive qualities. All of this is swirling around Setsuna, an ordinary school boy who has little tact around girls, a nasty temper, an innocent persona, and has hidden angelic powers while both demons and angels pursue him. All the while he is struggling in his own little universe reconciling with his incestuous love for his little sister Sara. This is all in the first few pages! Angel Sanctuary is shojo. Therefore while the action and destruction totally rocks there is more attention to character development and the relationships between them. Let this be a notice to any manga fa; This is both entertaining and challenging material that will not fail to disappoint! This manga will mess with a ton of taboos, not just incest, but also gender, sexuality, and all that dark stuff that goes on in the mind, so it is best you leave your personal judgments aside and let Kaori Yuki's universe explain itself. This is a work of art and I can't wait to see how it all turns out! |
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