From: ryoko@gehennom.rmv.this.part.net   
      
   Ping Kuo  wa:   
   >Count Cain #1-13   
   >Yuki Kaori   
   >Hana and Yume   
      
   >I have no problem recommend people to read this title, but I won't go   
   >out of my way to do so, and only for people who like shoujo/yaoi style   
   >of works, and in that case, those people probably had already read this   
   >title years before I did.   
      
   Just to toss in my 2 cents here on Kaori Yuki....   
      
   I've read the first couple volumes of Angel Sanctuary and Godchild, and   
   between the two decided that Kaori Yuki works are just too "talky" for   
   me. Anything that has that much text on the pages, I feel, did something   
   wrong in the visual story department. I have always felt that the visual   
   story-telling is supposed to be one of comic's/manga's strong points,   
   where you can interpret the images to understand what is happening   
   instead of having to have it explained in text to you.   
      
   Also at times the detail of the art is just too heavy for me. Especially   
   the big frilly dresses in Godchild (the characters are fine, but the   
   details are just too much, too much). Maybe I'm just a minimalist with   
   respect to art (art can be good without being over the top, and I guess   
   I prefer it that way). Vampire Knight is almost, but not quite, too   
   detailed for my preference. Sugar Sugar Rune is a very minimalist art   
   style and I like it a lot. Same for Kimi wa Pet/Tramps Like Us.   
      
   Then again... maybe I just don't like shoujo horror, despite liking/   
   prefering every other type of shoujo over just about anything else. It's   
   hard to say. Godchild was my least favorite manga running in Shoujo   
   Beat.   
      
      
   --   
   "Care must be exorcised when handring Opiticar System as it is apts to   
   be sticked by dusts and hand-fat." --Japanese Translators   
      
   "Keep your fingers off the lens." --Elton Byington, English Translator   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)