13th Boy 2
Posted: October 27, 2009 Filed under: 13th Boy Leave a comment »Sang-Eun Lee – Yen Press – 2009 – 7 volumes
I reviewed this for the weekly Manga Minis column, so you can read my thoughts on it over there.
I am one of the biggest fans of these Korean series that Yen Press releases, I think, so it’s no surprise when I wind up liking one. Usually I don’t like them right away like 13th Boy, though. While the plots of all the others (except for the best ones, like One Thousand and One Nights and Goong) fade in my memory between volumes, 13th Boy has been hanging around in the back of my mind since I read the first volume this spring, and I’ve wondered what insane direction the story would take next.
So far, I’m not disappointed in the plot at all. The characters are only okay, but the weird quirks of the story are what keep me reading. It’s good stuff, and I’m sad it’s only a 3-volumes-a-year release.
