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lalilulela's review
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
jokoloyo's review against another edition
3.0
The setting is not on Earth. The planet of the story has long seasons (like Helliconia universe,or A Song of Ice and Fire universe). The story happened at the winter season. The art, setting and background stories are gorgeous, although the climax was plain drama for my taste. If not for the art, I rate this series as 2 star.
For my personal taste, I like the protagonist's physical disabilities. He only had one arm and one eye. One-armed ronin wields twin scarlet blades! That's super cool!
For my personal taste, I like the protagonist's physical disabilities. He only had one arm and one eye. One-armed ronin wields twin scarlet blades! That's super cool!
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And basically with pure fighting skill, no one could defeat him.cetian's review against another edition
5.0
It's hard for me to talk about the works that I love. This one is a masterpiece. The figures have an amazing volume, they seem to draw from the japanese puppet theatre tradition of Bunraku (that also plays an important role in the story). The faces, costumes, landscape, animals, colors, gestures are so beautiful and original that I don't know how to describe them. This happens in a world where fantastical creatures and samurais coexist in the period ruled by the ShÅgun. There are tyrants and rebels, we find evil and love stories, courage and vulnerability emerge. The oposition between the lead character (that becomes disabled and maimed) to his antagonist (that chooses beauty but loses her humanity) is brilliantly presented. They way that the Izuna can be perceived both as evil and dangerous and as part of a Nature in which humans are included is also something unique. Definitely worth reading, slowly, along with everything else that Tenuta created for the Izuna world.
kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review against another edition
2.0
I liked the prequels to this series much better. The disabled hero is great, and the artwork is wonderful. There is something about the story that doesn't grab me.
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