Black Sun, Silver Moon 6
Posted: February 10, 2010 Filed under: Black Sun, Silver Moon 1 Comment »Tomo Maeda – Go!Comi – 2008 – 7 volumes
Okay, I’ll admit, I’m glad I stuck around for the ending. I don’t have that much to say about this volume, since the entire thing is basically an exercise in letting the reader sit in anticipation for the moment when Shikimi turns into a demon. There are dreams that foreshadow it. Grey flat out tells Taki that it will only be a matter of time. There are a couple wholesome, positive conversations between Taki and Shikimi that make you think that Shikimi is in control again, but when things start to get too good for the little group, you know. You know what is going to happen.
It’s… pretty brutal, and for a moment, I was concerned that something that never, ever happens in manga transpired. I was impressed that the series would do this, and momentarily baffled by what the conclusion could possibly be, but then it backpedaled and things look like they will play out as promised. And that’s fine. The stakes are pretty high here, and I still wonder about the outcome. On one hand, this is a manga, but on the other hand, the characters seem pretty serious about their black and white issues.
I’m going to go ahead and read the final volume right now. This one left off on a brutal cliffhanger, and I just have to know. I don’t really like this series that much, and never did, but I still have to know how it ends.
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