Antique Gift Shop Vol 3-5

[meganbmoore]

This continues to be very enjoyable, with lots of references to Korean mythology and folklore, though I have mixed feelings on the stories themselves. The story with the mob enforcer and mob boss’s daughter who were in love was a bit odd. I liked the why of their not being able to be together being that she was cursed to be a widow, and the tradition of killing the husbands of women with that curse, but the relationship between the two was just odd. And probably not that healthy. The story of the assassin who ends up in the house with the creepy family was…creepy. I wasn’t really sure about it at first, but ended up really liking it. Though, is the boy there the same boy who attacked Bun-Nyuh at the beginning of Vol 3? It makes sense fairly well and they look somewhat alike, but a lot of the manhwaga’s characters look similar and seem to be cursed to be evil.

My main interest, not surprisingly, is the look into Bun-Nyuh’s past, and why she has to sell everything.

So, Grandma’s friend died because of her, and her ghost has been possessing Grandma ever since? That’s odd, and yet, it seems that Bun-Nyuh was relatively safe there. She seems to have been an expert at facing down scowly ghosts as a child. (Not that that’s changed. I loved the poker game.) I’m not sure I’m convinced, though, that there was danger there that tops leaving a little kid alone in the streets for days.

And was Yang the man talking to Grandma and the ghost, who apparently saved wee!Bun-Nyuh in the storage shed, and later suggested they open the shop to find the man between grandma and the ghost? (Who I hope is not some regular guy.)
 
Also, is there some sort of superstition in Korea about shamanic power skipping a generation, or driving alternating generations mad? I’m starting to notice a trend of grandparent/grandchild shamans (shamen?) with the parent of that bloodline in between being insane.

Comments

[badtzphoto.livejournal.com]

OT, that is a very cute icon of Ed, Al, and Windry. Is it from the anime? and did you make it?

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

It's from the manga. I found it in this post 9which also has some nice Kaze Hikaru and Nodame cantabile icons) http://mutualmitten.livejournal.com/3812.html

[badtzphoto.livejournal.com]

awesome. Thanks :)