Enchanter 9
May 13, 2009
Oh, wow! The story went somewhere this time! I was quite pleased that the entire volume dealt with the problem of Mercurio and how her situation reflects Haruhiko’s. Even better, the volume went into some surprising depth about what Haruhiko thought about it.
Most of the first part here was the fight between human Mercurio and Haruhiko. Human Mercurio is kind of ruthless, but Haruhiko is actually equally so, since he seems to insist on the fact that demon Mercurio is the one that should be allowed to inhabit the body simply because she liked him. It’s an interesting fight. Demon Mercurio kind of takes a backseat during this part, coming forward towards the end to say her piece.
Mercurio’s circumstances are then explained via flashback, from exactly how demon Mercurio came to inhabit human Mercurio’s body and the parts the various magical bigwigs had to play in it, including Paracelsus and a new master builder-kind of character named Cagliostro (which only makes me think of Lupin III, but your mileage may vary). Haruhiko is not happy with the way things have to happen.
This actually leads him to realize that he mostly enjoys doing things for other people rather than himself. Simple chats with Yuka and Eukanaria make him see this, but how this may affect him remains to be seen.
Cagliostro looks like he might be an interesting addition to the cast. Apparently he does things that nobody else can invention-wise, and I’m curious to see what happens when Haruhiko starts analyzing his work.
Well. This series just got interesting again.
Also… so Izumi Kawachi is a woman? That’s, uh… yeah. Unexpected.
May 13, 2009 at 7:33 am
[...] on vol. 20 of Black Cat (Kuriousity) Kris on vol. 2 of breath (Manic About Manga) Connie on vol. 9 of Enchanter (Slightly Biased Manga) John Thomas on vol. 1 of Hayate x Blade (Comics Village) Julie on The [...]
May 13, 2009 at 12:28 pm
If you would like to buy a copy of this book, go to Akadot.com
May 17, 2009 at 6:42 pm
-Well. This series just got interesting again.-
Told ya :) This is one of my favorite volumes.
May 18, 2009 at 3:26 am
Yeah, I’m kind of glad you let me know. I think it probably would have been awhile before I picked this series up again if I hadn’t had the encouragement.