Cantarella 2
Posted: December 9, 2006 Filed under: Cantarella Leave a comment »Well, maybe all the Go!Comi series except this one. I really do want to like Cantarella, but it’s hard. Cesare is a real sissy boy, and the amount of whining and angsting everyone does over him is just annoying at this point. He mans up halfway through the volume though, so maybe stuff will happen now. Exciting stuff.
Seriously, there was no action here. About all that happens is that evil spirits almost wholly possess Cesare. I had thought they already did, but it was a significant event in this volume that took forever to play out. Prior to this, he was a whiner and indecisive, a victim of fate, and I HATED it. I also rather hate Michelotto, he wavers between liking Cesare and hating him/needing to kill him. Decide, people, decide.
Even after the transformation, a lot more exposition occurrs. It feels like the series is ready to go now and we’ll get some action. I could stand more of dark Cesare like we saw at the end of the volume, but I hope he does more than just bully people.
I do like the roles that Cesare, Michelotto, and Lucrezia assume by the end of the volume, too. If the characters stay the way they are without tons more drama pulled out of their asses, I could learn to like this series despite the two volume introduction. Let’s see what volume three brings us, shall we?
