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THE DEVIL'S TRILL MANWHA COLLECTION |
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Saturday, 30 January 2010 |
 | | ▪ | RELEASED BY: | | NET COMICS | | | ▪ | AUTHOR / ART: | | SOOYEON WON | | | ▪ | FORMAT: | | KOREAN / B&W | | | ▪ | PAGES: | | 248 | | | ▪ | RATING: | | OT | | | ▪ | RELEASE DATE: | | 11/30/2006 | | | ▪ | REVIEW DATE: | | 01/30/2010 | | | ▪ | REVIEWED BY: | | SANDRA SCHOLES |
Presented as a collection of stories one of the fourth in the series. In this collection, readers have two stories to choose from, The Devil's Trill and the Magic Box. The first is a long gothic horror tale of a violinists brush with the supernatural. Count Wittgentstien handsome, courageous, and a vampire meets one night the woman of his dreams, yet beneath his cloak of dangerous strength and immortality, he yearns to be like others, to live in peace and be able to die one day not live on generation after generation only to see the ones he loves the most die around him. This pains him so much during his early years that it taints his personality the more he grows older. These stories are powerful and emotionally driven and will get the reader to forget their woes and immerse themselves in the plot and characters that can be considered extremely believable. In the first story it is obvious that the main character is in love and tries at times to deny it even to her when she is with the mysterious count. The fine intricacy of the artwork makes it different from mainstream manwha as it is more up beat and has a fleeting effect on how it is looked at. Each panel is a moment in the life of either the Count or the young lady, Elizabeth.
IN SUMMARY:
Each story is splendidly decorated for the period - Sooyeon Won is a genius of this type of Manwha. |