Immortal Rain 5
Posted: February 15, 2007 Filed under: Immortal Rain Leave a comment »I haven’t read this series in forever, which is kind of weird because I remember really, really loving the first four volumes and going through them rather quickly.
This volume is mostly Machika, who I still don’t really like, but she’s definitely improved since the beginning, and it’s nice to see that her feelings for Rain are so strong that she’s become a bum begging for money on the street to try and get money to travel and find him. This is actually one of the most romantic series I think I’ve read, as random commentary about how the characters feel is sprinkled throughout the scenes, and this commentary actually hits home a lot more than most series. The relationship between Machika and Rain is just that strong, you see.
I like Rain the best though. He really doesn’t play much of a part in this volume though, which was a big bummer for me. Because I’ve developed this big mental block with Machika, though the romantic sentiments still ring true when they come from her, Rain’s sentiments just feel better. Rain needs to come back into the story and play his part very soon, because I missed him this volume.
The other characters I have trouble keeping straight, but there just seems to be something off about both Sharem and Ys. Ys has an obvious reason, since he’s insane and in the body of a little kid at the moment, but he acts very nice, and there’s a creepy contrast between that and the fact you know he’s got the desire to kill everybody. Sharem seemed to me like an emotionless person who would do anything, no matter how desperate, to get what she wanted. She’s got Ys now, and this has also softened her into a nicer person, which again is a creepy contrast with the emotionless person from earlier volumes.
Yeah, I’ll probably be going through the other two volumes of this before too long, too.
