manhwa: Antique Gift Shop Vol 8
Aug. 19th, 2009 01:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmooreThis volume is divided into two arcs. The first arc picks up at the end of volume seven, with a woman claiming to be a Nepalese goddess taking up residence in Bun-Nyuh’s shop while she waits for the lover she claims is coming to meet her. While there, she provides an alternative form of assistance from Mr. Yang’s, and one Bun-Nyuh is all too eager to accept, with possibly disastrous consequences.
The second story, which is not yet concluded, is a very skewed yet strangely faithful (until near the end of the volume, at least, where there’s a drastic change) retelling of “The Little Mermaid,” with Mr. Yang cast as the Sea Witch. I hope it ends up having a bearing on the main plot, as it would otherwise feel rather odd to switch to a side story with the main plot at such a drastic point as it is now.
The series seems to be preparing to draw to a close, and I’m very curious to see how Bun-Nyuh deals with her current state, not to mention how much of what the goddess said was true, if not in the way she implied it at the time.
The second story, which is not yet concluded, is a very skewed yet strangely faithful (until near the end of the volume, at least, where there’s a drastic change) retelling of “The Little Mermaid,” with Mr. Yang cast as the Sea Witch. I hope it ends up having a bearing on the main plot, as it would otherwise feel rather odd to switch to a side story with the main plot at such a drastic point as it is now.
The series seems to be preparing to draw to a close, and I’m very curious to see how Bun-Nyuh deals with her current state, not to mention how much of what the goddess said was true, if not in the way she implied it at the time.