Seimaden 3
Posted: May 5, 2010 Filed under: Seimaden 1 Comment »You Higuri – CMX – 2006 – 10 volumes
You know, this series is very slow, but I do enjoy the old-school flavor. It’s got a certain mid-90s melodrama to it, the sense of self-sacrifice, the wide bishounen shoulders, the cackling bad guys, the spirited damsels in distress. I’m not hanging on the character’s every word, but I do enjoy this type of story.
Not much happened that we weren’t already told of last time. Roddrick finds out that his small companion is the daughter of the divine spirit of the Azelle. I thought he might be more happy about this, since that meant his mission has a divine cast to it, but there’s the problem of her killing the soul of the little boy she possessed and trying to kill Roddrick’s lady love. Roddrick doesn’t like her much, and neither does Roddrick’s companion.
Meanwhile, Zadei and the Count go through with their plan to capture Laures, and they do it by capturing Hilda. Lots of hand-wringing during the second half of the volume as Laures is tortured at the hands of the Count and Hilda is kept captive in order to keep Laures under control. There is a little bit of a twist towards the end in regards to the Count, and I’m curious to see how that works itself out. Added drama points for the fact that Hilda’s sick friend shows up at the demon-infested castle. She finds Teitus, who seems nice enough for a demon, and befriends him quickly. He’s the biggest hand-wringer of all, as he seems willing to help this friend, assists Zadei in everything that he does, and seems completely devoted to Laures.
Yeah, I’ll keep reading. It’s dated, but interesting, and I think I’ll probably get caught up in all the fantasy-esque drama if I give it a couple more volumes.
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