Two Flowers for the Dragon 2
Posted: July 27, 2008 Filed under: Two Flowers for the Dragon 1 Comment »This is another ARC from CMX. I’ve got about two more of these before I get into some which are random volumes of series I haven’t read previously.
I liked the first volume, and I liked this volume even better. I was a little troubled at the end when the mangaka mentions it was suggested to her that the main character had to be naked in every chapter, but the story is actually starting to pick itself up a little bit.
Well, actually, it’s still mostly cute little one-shot stories. The story from last volume wraps up about how you would expect it to, and despite being a two-part episode, is actually the weakest story in the volume. My favorite story goes back to tell the story about how Shakuya and Kuwan met, when Kuwan took over the head of the guard right after Lucien disappeared and had to stop Shakuya from rampaging. Even though it’s still kind of strange, I’m getting to like the fact Shakuya tuns into a dragon more and more. Another good story with Shakuya and Kuwan involves Shakuya’s handmaid tricking her into thinking that Kuwan was sick after staying out all night looking for her.
Another really good story was one where Shakuya goes to visit Lucien and it’s revealed that not everyone likes the fact she can turn into a dragon and control water. Lucien teaches a group of girls a lesson after they talk badly about Shakuya while she’s in the room. That one was more sweet than anything.
The relationships are slowly being built up for both Lucien and Kuwan, where I thought things might lean more towards Lucien since he’s the one who has no flowers on Shakuya’s tattoo. I hope she winds up choosing one or the other, because I don’t think I can deal with another story where things are left open in order not to alienate one set of readers over the other. Bah.
It’s not really breaking any new ground, but again, I like fantasy romances, and this is a pretty good one. Not the best, but still really enjoyable.
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