Sensual Phrase 7
Posted: June 9, 2011 Filed under: Sensual Phrase 1 Comment »Mayu Shinjo – Viz – 2005 – 18 volumes
There’s an essay by the English Adaptation writer Kelly Sue DeConnick in the back of the book that pretty much says all there is to say about this book: Blackmail! Gender Bending! Evil twins! Sex! Jealousy! But mostly it’s an essay about T.M. Revolution, the inspiration behind the new character in this book.
And… yeah, all those things happen. At one point, a big deal is made about Sakuya and the rest of Lucifer performing in drag, which I thought was pretty great, but I think my moment of zen for this book was the Sakuya line, said with a perfectly straight face, “Aine, yours are the only boobies for me.” It was supposed to be a joke, but that doesn’t make it any less of a slap in the face when it comes. A so-terrible-it’s-funny slap in the face. I mean, Mayu Shinjo’s dialogue is cheesy. Some of the cheesiest I’ve read, in fact. But I find that addictive, in a way. It’s like these characters have bad-dialogue Tourette’s. I desperately need to know what horrible thing will come out of their mouths next. And I love it.
Anyway, there’s a new rival band in town, called D-Revolution. D-Revolution wants Lucifer’s lyricist as their own. And they put Aine in a compromising situation (think Peach Girl) in order to blackmail her into going along with it. She complies, and of course Sakuya knows something is up and gets horribly protective. Later, there’s a romantic rival for Sakuya’s affections, and even though Sakuya promises again and again that he will not stray, Aine can’t help but worry.
And then infidelity happens. And the thing I love about Sensual Phrase is that Aine and Sakuya will most likely forgive one another and everything will be back to normal in a half volume.
Maybe.
Part of me wants this to last a little longer. Maybe. But then again, the unshakable fidelity is what I love most about the series.
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