 | | ▪ | RELEASED BY: | | NETCOMIC | | | ▪ | AUTHOR / ART: | | MIRA LEE | | | ▪ | FORMAT: | | JAPANESE / B&W | | | ▪ | PAGES: | | 194 | | | ▪ | RATING: | | ALL AGES | | | ▪ | RELEASE DATE: | | 02/20/2008 | | | ▪ | REVIEW DATE: | | 12/26/2007 | | | ▪ | REVIEWED BY: | | SANDRA SCHOLES |
Ganesha tells Sooha to act as though she does not know him while they try to escape the place. At this time, Sooha is still considered as a male rather than a female due to how she is dressed. While in Sooha's arms he tells her to hold him captive as leverage so they can get out, and sure enough the female emperor allows them to live if Ganesha is spared his life by her.
Bleeding, and in need of medical aid, Ganesha looks to Sooha Jung to help him out in his hour of need, and in all of this it looks very bleak for him as his life is seen to be ebbing away just as is his blood. Turning on her agreement with Sooha, the emperor decides as they are vulnerable, to have them arrested, where Ganesha is taken away and given care to his wounds, and unfortunately, Sooha is thrown to the others to fight in order to live. In this exciting tale of one woman fighting for men’s rights in another world, will Sooha be able to aid his people in the fray to come. Though she does find out more of Ganesha’s lifestyle in the strange new place Sooha has become a part of. Will she be able to find aid for him in time, or will the unfortunate male who asked for her help fall to his eventual fate? This nicely continues from the first volume, and concentrates on Sooha’s leap into foreign territory that finds her rubbing shoulders with men she has never seen before. The female emperor is ruthless in her ways, and manner and shows Sooha that she has a destructive side she can use to torment the ones under her control if she so wants to. Sooha can discover for herself how cruel she actually is. One of the funnier moments of this series is the fact the emperor sees Sooha as a male, so there is not much of a difference in the way people view her either in one dimension or the other. They both see her as a male member of their species. The artwork is just as beautiful and intricate as in the last volume, and this is a stunning continuation of the theme as Sooha is thrown into disastrous circumstances around another world entirely from her own peaceful one back home. Mira Lee has shown her gift for creating top-notch artwork in a style that many will grow to know and love as the characters are drawn with a certain grace and love that is noticeable to the eye as perfection itself. It is certain that this is soon to become an admired and collectable work, as it encompasses many aspects of style in the art that make up the painterly look of the series with some lovely touches added in between the manga. IN SUMMARY: Heart-stopping storyline, gritty and dangerous, with graphics that wonderfully capture the fantasy theme. |