Hoshin Engi Vol 2 by Ryu Fujisaki
Oct. 2nd, 2007 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmoore Volume 2 of Hoshin Engi depicts Taikobo's first encounters with two future friends: Nataku(who I have to regularly remind myself not to call Naraku or Nakago) the automoton-like boy with godlike power and a serious mother complex, and Yozen, the immortal in training, an immortal send to aif Taikobo but doesn't think Taikobo is worthy of his aid. Both encounters play out very similarly to how they did in the anime, save that at the end, both leave to acquire more training before joining Taikobo fulltime. If I recall the anime correctly, both immediately joined Taikobo-if they didn't, then they came back fairly quickly. I find I rather like the manga version better, though, as it seems to fit the chinese adventure storytelling style I've gotten used to with wuxia, with allies coming and going in the hero's life.
Sadly, because they're more important later on, of my two favorite characters in the anime, Ko Hiko is only making small but important appearances so far, and Bunchu hasn't even made an appearance yet(nor, for that matter, has my other favorite, Ko Tenka.) Sadly, Shinkohyo(aka, the funny looking guy with the flying cat) wasn't in this volume as much as he was in the last.
While I loved loved loved the first volume, I wasn't quite as in love with this volume. Not because it wasn't as good, but because the anime was pretty faithful to most of the events here, and I've read up enough to know what's coming, and I'm impatient.
I'm actually getting more and more interested in the myth the manga seems to be primarily based on-that of Da Ji, a fox spirit who possesses a queen in order to seduce the king and rule the kingdom. Not just for the manga, though, There's a Fan Bing Bing series called The Hero and The Legend also based on it, which I'm told is quite good.
Sadly, because they're more important later on, of my two favorite characters in the anime, Ko Hiko is only making small but important appearances so far, and Bunchu hasn't even made an appearance yet(nor, for that matter, has my other favorite, Ko Tenka.) Sadly, Shinkohyo(aka, the funny looking guy with the flying cat) wasn't in this volume as much as he was in the last.
While I loved loved loved the first volume, I wasn't quite as in love with this volume. Not because it wasn't as good, but because the anime was pretty faithful to most of the events here, and I've read up enough to know what's coming, and I'm impatient.
I'm actually getting more and more interested in the myth the manga seems to be primarily based on-that of Da Ji, a fox spirit who possesses a queen in order to seduce the king and rule the kingdom. Not just for the manga, though, There's a Fan Bing Bing series called The Hero and The Legend also based on it, which I'm told is quite good.