Back in the beginning of August when I was still busy roaming London’s streets for various manga shops (Rolf, Ngoc and Bao can verify this), I randomly pulled out a manga called Kieli from the shelves. It was the decorative spine that caught my attention and just simply begged me to pick it up. I curiosly flipped through the pages and discovered to my pleasure one of the most clean and yet beautiful drawings I’ve encountered in manga so far. I found it to be very pleasing to the eye.
I quickly became very fond of the manga as I read through the only volume available (after buying it of course), and I’ve just been itching to get my hands on volume 2 afterwards. I even pestered Rolf to go look for it when he and Maisen went to one of their usual visits to London again last month, but with no luck. Volume 2 was supposed to be on the shelves a couple of days prior due to its release date, but of some mysterious reasons none of the bookstores had it in yet.
I, as the lucky bastard that I am, got a noice from my post office today, announcing the arrival of a parcel from my favorite internet book store; Capris. Kieli vol.2 was waiting for me, but with that also the ending of the manga. I am quite sad that it had to end all too soon, but I guess I still love volume 2. It makes Kieli somehow even more special because of its only two volumes.
And because I’m not an excellent writer of beautiful descriptions and recommendations, and because I found several ones which I think do Kieli justice, I’ll just link you to one of them and urge you to read the review: Comics Should Be Good
Kieli is a beautiful tale.
Just a thing I noticed; using the church as the nemesis has become quite popular in fiction lately. Just like in The DaVinci Code and The Golden Compass, some lot in Kieli are also hunted down by the church. Are we turning anti-christs? Will this spawn some new trend which then eventually might result in another bloody war, or if not, a severe political war? (Which again could very well end up in some bloodshed, one never knows with hardcore believers.)
Listening:
Reading: Kieli 2 by Yukako Kabei/Shiori Teshirogi (Jp. manga)
Watching: Merlin 8 (something’s wrong with this videofile!)
Updates:
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The manga looks like it has some fabulous art, and the story looks like it has a fairly original story (as far as stories can be these days) from what I’ve read elsewhere.
Most likely the church is used as an easy target because there’s less extremism attached to it, with most of the existing nutters playing nice or hiding away in some anonymous shack over in Hicksville, USA. And, it might not be helpful that christendom has a focal point in the Vatican, an ancient organization at that, as well as fairly secretive.
I mean, check out how many that dares poke fun, or use any other religion negatively in a novel. No, by all intents and purposes it’s a target because it’s an easy target for more reasons than I care to list :)
Oh, and how’s Merlin? I took a quick peak at a trailer somewhere, but it seemed fairly generic and uninteresting. Can you convince me it’s not with some choice words of encouragement? :D
Ooo~ Virker litt spennendes da <3 Kanskje jeg skal lete etter online scans en eller annen gang =]
Min Merlin S01E08 virka fint..? Venter spent på 10 nå jeg =O =D
Morghus: No, sorry I can’t. It IS fairly generic (but not uninteresting), so you will have to decide for yourself whether you want to check out the first episode or not. I enjoy it, and that’s really all that matters :] (I love magical shows and movies, my favorites being Charmed and TCoN:Prince Caspian)
You answered my fist question, but what about the second?
Anna: Det finnes ingen online scans siden serien er splitter ny og relativt ukjent (det hjelper ikke at den er så kort heller), så hvis du har planer om å lese den må du nesten stikke til Outland og se om de har den!
You’re referring to the second of these two questions?
“Are we turning anti-christs? Will this spawn some new trend which then eventually might result in another bloody war, or if not, a severe political war?”
They’re both pretty damn tough questions if you’re looking for something that’s not a cold sweeping generalization :P