 | | ▪ | RELEASED BY: | | NET COMICS | | | ▪ | AUTHOR / ART: | | ART MARLEY | | | ▪ | FORMAT: | | JAPANESE / B&W | | | ▪ | PAGES: | | 184 | | | ▪ | RATING: | | 13+ | | | ▪ | RELEASE DATE: | | 09/30/2008 | | | ▪ | REVIEW DATE: | | 10/14/2008 | | | ▪ | REVIEWED BY: | | SANDRA SCHOLES |
Sunbi has arrived at Dogai Station, and is in need of a place to stay, eat and relax before her journey continues. As she goes in search she finds there is no one who will put her up unless she has the relevant money, as no one will take in a stranger knowingly. Hungry and tired, she decides to wait a while and finds a strange young boy with a peculiar face following her, who eventually says he has a place where he will put her up. When Sunbi has reached the cabin in the woods, she finds herself alone in a sealed room where the door has disappeared from view. Originally she thinks her captor the enemy, but the boy tells her he has sealed her inside this clear room for her own protection from outside influences for now. The three disasters caused by fire, water and wind. The eight hardships to do with illness, parents, siblings, loss of wealth, marriage, studies, management of wealth and debauchery. Sunbi thinks differently and tries to convince her captor to release her. Marley has created an original world where the normal world does not apply with the people who live in it. Sunbi has her own inner strength and the problem of others who are deceptive around her to deal with, but as a reader the feeling is that she will find out what to do soon enough. She has her own people and animals, who have searched far and wide to save and protect her, yet she does not know who to trust in this strange world any more. The characters are believable though it is in a general fantasy setting. And Sunbi will discover in this series how her life was the way it was, and will uncover some family secrets she might not really want to know. The artwork is detailed and interesting to view and works well as part of the story. The enemies are well shown as unusual or horrific in some way and that works also. As for the cover art, it depicts Sunbi at leisure showing her frivolity while now she notices who she really is despite everything else that has gone on in her life.
IN SUMMARY:
This is a unique and surreal adventure where the character enters a strange new world. Marley's art and story depict the drama brilliantly. |
