Laon 5
Posted: July 20, 2011 Filed under: Laon Leave a comment »YoungBin Kim / Hyun You – Yen Press – 2011 – 6 volumes
Hmm… the story changes here. It’s no longer about Laon finding her tails, and instead we are treated to a few different interesting plot lines about the hwan and other supernatural beings that are targeting Laon. It’s not clear why yet, other than it might have something to do with her having the powers of a nine-tailed fox without the combat abilities of seven of her tails. Maybe it makes her an easy target?
The first sotry is the continuation of the hwan story from last volume. Tae-Ha is trapped in a crossroads with a congressman and a few of his family members. The congressman is being haunted by his deceased, hwan-assisted wife, and his remaining family members are more than happy to throw him to the wolves, so to speak, in order to save their own lives. There is also a separate supernatural creature than nearly snares Laon in her net. She swears vengeance, blah blah blah.
The next story features this creature coming back for her revenge, some sort of creature that controls a large and influential cult that has played a part in the story before, and a girl that crosses over and apparently adores Laon.
The current story is difficult to explain, but it is chaotic and intense, and the action/horror style that I love in this series is out in full force. Again, I’m a little sad to see that volume 6 is the last, because not only does that mean we aren’t going to get a satisfying wrap-up for the story of Laon’s tails, it likely means that all the stuff that’s currently going down isn’t going to make much sense, but will wrap up the plot nicely anyway.
The art is still fantastic, and it matches the mood and action of the series perfectly. I love the heavy outlines, the creature designs, the deranged expressions on people’s faces… all of it.
I can’t wait to see how things end. There are a lot of questions left for one volume to answer. Laon’s tails, of course, but what about Tae-Ha’s lover? Will he remember, or find out what happened to her now that she’s “mother?” Hmm, I think that might be tied into the current story, come to think of it, so hopefully that one will be addressed.
