Le Chevalier d’Eon 2
Posted: November 21, 2007 Filed under: Le Chevalier d'Eon Leave a comment »This one still continues to be pretty “monster-of-the-week”-y, but there’s something I like about it all the same. It’s kind of like eating sugar cereal. I know it’s no good for me, but I can’t stop myself.
We get to hear a little bit more about the Chevalier Sphinx, and there’s some possible movement in figuring out what or who the poets are, but it’s nothing terribly interesting or unique so far, and everything’s still really bogged down in obscure references that don’t seem to amount to anything. d’Eon and his sister are pretty likable characters though, and I like that the King of France has the princess at stake… and the art’s still really pretty. There’s enough to appreciate that I can overlook all the filler. It’s not doing anything particularly poorly at this point, and it certainly doesn’t suck, but I don’t think very many people are going to like reading it, either.
Interestingly, I picked up the Absolute Sandman 2 right around the time I read this, and I was impressed to see the historical d’Eon referenced in one of the stories. He apparently taught one of the characters to cross-dress. I was pleased I caught the reference this time around, so at least this manga’s good for something, even if it is just making a great comic even better.
