Qwan Vol 3
Jan. 11th, 2008 06:55 pmThis volume was a little odd. We started out in the first half with things fairly well heating up, and then...switched over to other things.
( spoilery )
Qwan Vol 3
Jan. 11th, 2008 06:55 pmThis volume was a little odd. We started out in the first half with things fairly well heating up, and then...switched over to other things.
( spoilery )
Qwan Vol 2
Dec. 6th, 2007 05:45 pmHmm...so...is it odd that I essentially(in a non-shippy way as they're kids) view Qwan and Daki as a mass collision of cute. To explain the "odd":
Qwan is a strange young boy with giant mallet-like weapons who eats demons by literally sucking them up into his mouth. Though human, Daki is a little girl who was raised by demons, so she smells like them. As a result, Qwan has been vwery, very determined to eat her, including "kissing" her, thinking flesh-to-flesh contact would work, and tearing at her clothesto see if they were just getting in the way. (Please note that this isn't done in a remotely pedophilic or suggestive way in the manga, and isn't remotely portrayed that way by the mangaka.) While he's over that in this volume, he does eat one of the demons who raised her, and almost eats another one, but stops when Daki throws herself on the demon. Somehow, even though it should all be rather strange and wrong, it's amazingly cute.
I also like that Chikei, instead of immediately emotionally latching onto Qwan as most of the "rogues who take in kids for *insert pretext*" tend to do with their "charges," still seems to be rather ambivalent about Qwan. He's concerned for Qwan when he's gone (but not enough to not enjoy himself and enjoy being stuck at a brothel to the best of his ability) and seems to like him, but is still going to put himself first. Though he presumably WILL get very attached to Qwan, I'm glad it isn't happening quickly just to endear him to us. I was disappointed, though, that Shaga played such a small role in this volume.
Daki's backstory was interesting(visually and otherwise) and I find myself very curious about her origins(somehow, she seems to have "lost princess or some equivalent" written all over her) and what appears to be a Special Destiny. And wasn't it sweet of Qwan to upchuck her demon guardian, even though it would make him weak, because she was sad?
Aman remains great fun, though it seems hard to jusge which "side" he'll be on in the end...he seems to really want to help and support Qwan, but I can't help but think there's something else going on in his head, too.
Finally, I remain very sad that there seems to be no icon fodder scans or raws online...
Qwan Vol 2
Dec. 6th, 2007 05:45 pmHmm...so...is it odd that I essentially(in a non-shippy way as they're kids) view Qwan and Daki as a mass collision of cute. To explain the "odd":
Qwan is a strange young boy with giant mallet-like weapons who eats demons by literally sucking them up into his mouth. Though human, Daki is a little girl who was raised by demons, so she smells like them. As a result, Qwan has been vwery, very determined to eat her, including "kissing" her, thinking flesh-to-flesh contact would work, and tearing at her clothesto see if they were just getting in the way. (Please note that this isn't done in a remotely pedophilic or suggestive way in the manga, and isn't remotely portrayed that way by the mangaka.) While he's over that in this volume, he does eat one of the demons who raised her, and almost eats another one, but stops when Daki throws herself on the demon. Somehow, even though it should all be rather strange and wrong, it's amazingly cute.
I also like that Chikei, instead of immediately emotionally latching onto Qwan as most of the "rogues who take in kids for *insert pretext*" tend to do with their "charges," still seems to be rather ambivalent about Qwan. He's concerned for Qwan when he's gone (but not enough to not enjoy himself and enjoy being stuck at a brothel to the best of his ability) and seems to like him, but is still going to put himself first. Though he presumably WILL get very attached to Qwan, I'm glad it isn't happening quickly just to endear him to us. I was disappointed, though, that Shaga played such a small role in this volume.
Daki's backstory was interesting(visually and otherwise) and I find myself very curious about her origins(somehow, she seems to have "lost princess or some equivalent" written all over her) and what appears to be a Special Destiny. And wasn't it sweet of Qwan to upchuck her demon guardian, even though it would make him weak, because she was sad?
Aman remains great fun, though it seems hard to jusge which "side" he'll be on in the end...he seems to really want to help and support Qwan, but I can't help but think there's something else going on in his head, too.
Finally, I remain very sad that there seems to be no icon fodder scans or raws online...
random babble, mostly manga(SHOCK!)
Nov. 18th, 2007 02:25 pmIn the non-manga arena: tonight is the church Thanksgiving meal. This will be Thanksgiving meal #2 of 4. The first was work, the third will be with Dad's family on Thursday and the fourth Mom's family on Saturday. Thank goodness it was agreed on year's ago that the Saturday meal was a no-turkey meal.
In other news, megaupload is evil and keeps cutting me off after one or two eps of Utawarerumono, making me wait 8 or so hours before I can have another(yet another argument to stick to my "dvds only" thing...) If they announced a thinpak tomorrow I'd just wait the 4-5 months until I could get it(since I'm getting it anyway...) I'm on ep 12 now and it's great, but one I think I'm better off waiting to really talk about until I finish. I'm having to pace myself because of megaupload's meanness, but as soon as I get the whole thing...
Also, the online manga community has let me down thrice in the last week: no scanslations to be found for Night of the Beasts, Qwan or Hikkatsu! Strike A Blow to Vivify? I can find scanslations for every endless hearts and flowers and giant eyes love triangle shojo and every endless shonen action manga, but those? Nowhere to be found. Not even raws. (Though, if anyone with mightier googlefu than mine wants to be nice and try...?) At least I did find Togari, though I don't plan to read ahead there atm, just use for posts and maybe icons. I have also decided to catch up with Bleach. No idea what chapter/volume I left off at, so I'll just skim until I get to where I was.
[And since I'm talking a lot about downloading stuff: I utterly despise reading manga/books and watching anything but youtube vids on my computer screen(though I have nothing but love and respect for scanslators and subbers.) Especially reading. I do it only to feed addictions, or if there's no other way to get it. If I download it, I consider myself committed to buying the licensed version when/if it comes out. The only exception is if I get completely fed up with something, at which point, I'll drop it...this has happened exactly once, and as I'd already given the US publisher a ton of money, I didn't feel real guilt over not paying for EVERY volume I read...]
On the printed manga front:
1. I have vols 2-6 of xXxHoLic and vols 1-3 of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle waiting for me. Do I need to read them in any specific order(since I know there are crossovers) or can I just catch up with xXxHoLic and then worry about Tsubasa?
2. Anyone want me to try to create a comprehensible, semi-logical explanation of the plot of Hikkatsu! Strike A Blow to Vivify? I feel compelled to pimp it more and since I can't provide scans...
( update here )
random babble, mostly manga(SHOCK!)
Nov. 18th, 2007 02:25 pmIn the non-manga arena: tonight is the church Thanksgiving meal. This will be Thanksgiving meal #2 of 4. The first was work, the third will be with Dad's family on Thursday and the fourth Mom's family on Saturday. Thank goodness it was agreed on year's ago that the Saturday meal was a no-turkey meal.
In other news, megaupload is evil and keeps cutting me off after one or two eps of Utawarerumono, making me wait 8 or so hours before I can have another(yet another argument to stick to my "dvds only" thing...) If they announced a thinpak tomorrow I'd just wait the 4-5 months until I could get it(since I'm getting it anyway...) I'm on ep 12 now and it's great, but one I think I'm better off waiting to really talk about until I finish. I'm having to pace myself because of megaupload's meanness, but as soon as I get the whole thing...
Also, the online manga community has let me down thrice in the last week: no scanslations to be found for Night of the Beasts, Qwan or Hikkatsu! Strike A Blow to Vivify? I can find scanslations for every endless hearts and flowers and giant eyes love triangle shojo and every endless shonen action manga, but those? Nowhere to be found. Not even raws. (Though, if anyone with mightier googlefu than mine wants to be nice and try...?) At least I did find Togari, though I don't plan to read ahead there atm, just use for posts and maybe icons. I have also decided to catch up with Bleach. No idea what chapter/volume I left off at, so I'll just skim until I get to where I was.
[And since I'm talking a lot about downloading stuff: I utterly despise reading manga/books and watching anything but youtube vids on my computer screen(though I have nothing but love and respect for scanslators and subbers.) Especially reading. I do it only to feed addictions, or if there's no other way to get it. If I download it, I consider myself committed to buying the licensed version when/if it comes out. The only exception is if I get completely fed up with something, at which point, I'll drop it...this has happened exactly once, and as I'd already given the US publisher a ton of money, I didn't feel real guilt over not paying for EVERY volume I read...]
On the printed manga front:
1. I have vols 2-6 of xXxHoLic and vols 1-3 of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle waiting for me. Do I need to read them in any specific order(since I know there are crossovers) or can I just catch up with xXxHoLic and then worry about Tsubasa?
2. Anyone want me to try to create a comprehensible, semi-logical explanation of the plot of Hikkatsu! Strike A Blow to Vivify? I feel compelled to pimp it more and since I can't provide scans...
( update here )
Qwan Vol 1
Nov. 16th, 2007 06:38 pmQwan is a manga I've looked at a few times before, but never gotten, deciding to wait until someone else read and commented on it to see if was was any good, which
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chomiji did recently here.Qwan is set in ancient China and is about an odd looking young boy named Qwan who eats demons. Accompanied by a small demon named Teikou who resembles a flying, headless hippo, he meets Chikei, a cheerful but crafty young vagrant who has no qualms about stealing and eating altar food. After being used as bait, and then saved, by Qwan, Chikei realizes that there's money to be gained in becoming partners with Qwan and takes him in. He finds demons and charges for Qwan's services...Qwan gets to eat and Chikei gets a full purse, and both are happy. They also meet Daki, a young demon princess who Qwan learns the hard way that he can't eat(if I can find scanslations, or even raws, of that scene, I will so be posting them) and Shaga, a prostitute who seems to know who and what Qwan is. Qwan, apparently does not know much about himself of his past, and needs to find a sutracalled The Essential Arts of Peace, which will tell him who and what he is. There's also Aman, a young courtier who finds Qwan interesting, and Joukei, a court astrologer who sets out to find Qwan, apparently so Qwan can awaken to his destiny and save the dynasty.
This is an odd little book, but a very good and often charming one. Qwan, Chikei and Daki are all very likable and charming in different ways, and Shaga, though not quite "charming," is very interesting and has a lot of potential, as do Aman and Joukei(who were only in a few pages each.) I'm especially fond of the way Qwan fights and eats...he fights using the two giant, ball-shapped mallet things(I'm sure there's a nice and proper name for them, but i don't know what it is) and when he's ready to eat, he'll bow, say "I humbly accept this meal" and then open his mouth(which stays normal sized) and inhale, with the demons turning rather stringy and wispy(except, of course, when it's a cute little demon girl with the bad grace to not be inhaled, in which case, he'll chase her around asking why she won't die and keep trying to eat her, with rather interesting results.)
Qwan Vol 1
Nov. 16th, 2007 06:38 pmQwan is a manga I've looked at a few times before, but never gotten, deciding to wait until someone else read and commented on it to see if was was any good, which
chomiji did recently here.Qwan is set in ancient China and is about an odd looking young boy named Qwan who eats demons. Accompanied by a small demon named Teikou who resembles a flying, headless hippo, he meets Chikei, a cheerful but crafty young vagrant who has no qualms about stealing and eating altar food. After being used as bait, and then saved, by Qwan, Chikei realizes that there's money to be gained in becoming partners with Qwan and takes him in. He finds demons and charges for Qwan's services...Qwan gets to eat and Chikei gets a full purse, and both are happy. They also meet Daki, a young demon princess who Qwan learns the hard way that he can't eat(if I can find scanslations, or even raws, of that scene, I will so be posting them) and Shaga, a prostitute who seems to know who and what Qwan is. Qwan, apparently does not know much about himself of his past, and needs to find a sutracalled The Essential Arts of Peace, which will tell him who and what he is. There's also Aman, a young courtier who finds Qwan interesting, and Joukei, a court astrologer who sets out to find Qwan, apparently so Qwan can awaken to his destiny and save the dynasty.
This is an odd little book, but a very good and often charming one. Qwan, Chikei and Daki are all very likable and charming in different ways, and Shaga, though not quite "charming," is very interesting and has a lot of potential, as do Aman and Joukei(who were only in a few pages each.) I'm especially fond of the way Qwan fights and eats...he fights using the two giant, ball-shapped mallet things(I'm sure there's a nice and proper name for them, but i don't know what it is) and when he's ready to eat, he'll bow, say "I humbly accept this meal" and then open his mouth(which stays normal sized) and inhale, with the demons turning rather stringy and wispy(except, of course, when it's a cute little demon girl with the bad grace to not be inhaled, in which case, he'll chase her around asking why she won't die and keep trying to eat her, with rather interesting results.)
