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Presenting: YAKUMO TATSU | ||||
 Sure, this might be shoujo manga, but you won't miss your dose of violence
and blood. Itsuki-sensai's art style is detailed and mature, and her strong
point in story-telling lies in the intricacy of character personalities
and relationships. Of course, the most interesting relationship is the one
between the Spirit Channeller (a high school kendo prodigy) and the weak,
naive, and much too nice college student. Having been brothers in a past
life, they meet by chance again (in this life), and slowly realized that
the friendship and interdependence never changed. Although the first is
strong and powerful, we slowly see that the latter (damn, I'll go look up
their names) has a passive power that is even greater, and this power has
nothing to do with magic or the supernatural. In one scene, the college
student was comforting the Syaman, and the latter reminded him that once
he was nearly killed by this Syaman he calls his friend. But the college
student puts his arm around the Syaman's shoulders, and asks if he's hungry.
In a state of shock, the Syaman though to himself, "The most frightening
people are not the demons (referring to himself). Rather, they are those
who hold the hands of a demon, but still possess an ordinary heart." | ||||
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