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LET DAI VOL. 9 (ADVANCE REVIEW)
Reviews
Thursday, 11 October 2007
 RELEASED BY: NETCOMICS
 AUTHOR / ART: 

SOOYEON WON

 FORMAT: ENGLISH / B&W
 PAGES: 240
 RATING: 16+
 RELEASE DATE: 10/25/2007
 REVIEW DATE: 10/11/2007
 REVIEWED BY: SANDRA SCHOLES


Jaehee and Dai share a moment of tenderness outside where Jaehee realises how lovely and contradictory his nature can be when he is with him. One moment his passion changes from wanting to be with him, then he can transform into a shy and retiring type who despises closeness. Jaehee sees all this from being around him, and thinks of this while they are together within their intimacy.

Dai has tells him how he would if he left this world by accident, like to die on a road as it leads to other possibilities. Jaehee argues that he is uncomfortable enough with his name as it is without him wanting to go for a death wish too. In one of those rare times, Jaehee notices he is bearing his soul to him, and only him and finds it unusual as he is caught up in so much hatred and malice in everyday life.

Dai believes life and death are not separate entities, but are parts of the same thing, one cannot exist without the other and he sees the two of them as similar, he being death, Jaehee being life.

Dai tells his lover to go inside, and he does but feels his absence. When Dai gets home he finds his Grandmother is ill and his brother wants him to visit her, but when he makes the effort, their father wants Dai to stay away, but he goes to see her anyway. He wonders why their family calls for a doctor when all she wants is someone to stay with her. He decides to stay by her bedside the whole night and looks after her, even though he resents her for not noticing him the last time he saw her a few months back. His brother tells him she has Alzheimers and cannot remember anyone for long periods of time as that is part of the disease she has. He later understands and shows a more tender and caring side to his personality than he has shown to anyone other than Jaehee.

Dai lets her drift off to sleep, but finds in the morning she has passed away, and the funeral is later on and Dai is being asked if he was there when this happened, to which he says nothing.

This Ninth volume deals with love and death in a way that Dai does not expect. It is well created and executed in this manga, and the artwork has a rich, curved way about it that looks pleasing to the eyes.

IN SUMMARY:
Young love never felt so hard in this ninth volume of Let Dai - Romance and denial, love and hatred, death and life. Can their love stand the test of time?

 
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