Bird Kiss 2
December 28, 2006
I’m still really conflicted about this series. I like the basic plot, and I like most of the characters, I like the setup, and I like where it seems to be going… but Miyoul is still really, really annoying, and it’s still a bit messy even in volume two as far as plot and direction goes.
The problem with Miyoul is a big one. See, I thought that the plot of the series was going to be that Heerack got really popular and Miyoul would nice up and go after him and there would be love triangle-y stuff. That does not seem to be the case as of this volume. As far as I could tell, Miyoul didn’t nice up after she saw Heerack’s transformation and didn’t apologize to him for their fight… I thought they were still separated, but Heerack still follows her around, and Miyoul still treats him badly. Miyoul really needs to get her comeuppance, and it will be truly great when that happens. Other characters are sort of setting her up now, and perhaps even Heerack will pull out at the end of this volume.
She’s getting (or is going to get) some abuse and mistreatment from the guy she’s got a crush on. Turnabout is fair play, so here’s hoping it’ll happen so we can see how she takes it.
The fairy tale connection is still sketchy and… not really the plot of the series. This keeps being alluded to throughout the second volume, though, even though there’s not really any parallels to make anymore. My confusion comes from the fact that everything was set up in the last volume for Heerack to get hot and join the slipper club and have Miyoul pine after him… but none of that happened, and this was basically a rehash of the first volume as I described earlier.
If the plot moves after this, then I think this could turn out to be a fairly decent shoujo series. I still really like it. It’s got a really contemporary quality to it, and the art is quite unique, though I don’t really like the alien-ish heads. I think this is still running in Korea too, so unfortunately after the third or fourth volume, the releases for this series will slow to a crawl too. Ugh.
April 3, 2007 at 4:15 am
I don’t want Heerack to fall in love with someone else…Maybe he could for a while and then Miyoul would feel jelous and like him…I don’t know. It’s probably hard enough to write this without my help!! Sorry…
April 6, 2007 at 2:19 am
I heard it all ends it vol. 5?!!!
I also don’t want Heerack to fall in love with someone else.
It would just kill the whole story.
April 14, 2007 at 2:02 am
Yeah, I definitely want Heerack and Miyoul together, but I just want the story to take its time getting there… preferably with as much punishment for Miyoul as possible. If it’s true, 5 volumes sounds like a good length actually. Not much has happened plot-wise yet, but I could see things picking up and wrapping up in three volumes.