Kay's manga / #historical(20)

The story felt a little rushed and unfinished, no doubt because it had been made a one-shot. However, I felt the story could have been great if ‘fleshed out’ a little more. There was just too much story and not enough space to fit it all, so it felt disjointed (constantly jumping from between scenes prevents the drama from having as strong a impact as it could have and makes the story a little harder to follow, preventing you from fully immersing yourself in the story) and alluded to past events without fully explaining what they were or what they meant,. The drama would also have been more powerful if it had told the story leading up to these events, with the descent into the Nazi’s violent treatment of the pianist and there could have been more story added to the end so that you wouldn’t feel as disappointed at the end.

19jan2020

2019 ***—Ne2-R/S-️️—***

Great concept, lots of different and interesting ideas, and detailed art. But with so little amount of story it remains a collection of concepts and ideas. In a “WWII like” war, a soldier is able to awaken and use a cursed (and thought of as extinct by many) dragon, whom he rides in order to fight the enemy. When not being ridden the dragon can transform into a man, which is where the Yaoi tag comes into the story.

Out of all the Manga I have read thus far, this is the first ‘adult only’ Manga that felt this epic (I’ve been searching for so long). By epic I mean that it had everything packed into it, as in: Romance, Action, Violence, Death/Chance of death, Sacrifices, Romantic Turbulence, Passion and Longing, Conflict and Internal Conflict, Scheming, Alliances and Betrayal, Torture, Supernatural, Super Powers, Believable Psychology, Trauma (both past and present), a Larger Cast of Characters, Several Cultures and Ideologies and a very satisfying amount of Smutty Yaoi (though it would be great to read a Manga that had both gay and straight relations represented - like in real life - but shown in the Yaoi form, where the “woman position” [though I hate that term] is, in my opinion, more likely to be more respectful and empowering to a woman than many of the ‘straight’ manga I have read thus far). I’m a hard to please on historical, studied it as University major (planned to do PhD, but became disabled instead) I’m also hard to please on witches, having been a Wiccan and very hard on the illogical, as I’m autistic (Aspergers). But the story line was so great and believable enough that when reading it I didn’t get distracted by, or even notice anything wrong in any big way. I hope to find more as good as this one, as it made my disabled, often bed-bound life a little brighter for a day.