Swan 7
Posted: April 13, 2007 Filed under: Swan Leave a comment »We get a two-page spread with Masumi superimposed over an image of the Nike of Samothrace, which just reinforces my earlier point about the awesomeness of the art.
This volume mostly deals with the face-off for the better Mavka between Masumi and a rival in the class lower than her… who just so happens to be the daughter of Masumi’s Mom’s rival from the years after the war. The rival mom has really lame reasons to hate Masumi and her mother. So yes, most of this volume is training for the audition between the two girls, and when they both nail their own renditions of Mavka, we see both of them dance.
The dancing, you see, being the best part of the series.
The other notable thing is that the performance acts as a sort of vent for Masumi, because Aoi and the other guy play the parts of the conflicting romantic interests for the main character in the Ballet… which mirrors what’s happening to Masumi right now. Ooh. Aah.
Weirdly, at the end it shows Masumi asking her old teacher about something, and her teacher’s face is drawn in a less cartoony style than any of the other characters. It’s weird.
