Heaven's
Will by Satoru Takamiya
Genre: Shojo? (14 and up. There's
some heavy back story and a little blood)
Length: One Volume
Art is a little generic, and the
characters pretty much consist of three people and some background types that
your eyes just slide away from and forget. It’s all just black and white, too, obviously
on purpose since it's a supernatural type, but just stating the facts that it
is plain. The composition of the panels is easy to follow, and the clothes look
good. Once in a while the hands looked a little big, but not awkward, and the
poses looked natural also. There is some clutter of word bubbles and sound
effects.
Mikuzu Sudou is a girl who hates
scary things and boys because she simply cannot understand them. Mikuzu Sudou
is also a 'Kenki,’ a person who can see 'oni' or demons. Fed up with her
ability she runs into a beautiful girl who can exorcise the oni and Mikuzu
agrees whole heartedly to Seto’s offer until she finds out that the strong and
pretty girl is one of those things she can’t stand, a man! Seto proves his
worth and offers to keep Mikuzu safe... for the price of homemade cake. Mikuzu
finds she has no choice but to accept the offer, even if it is rather silly and
decides that she can stand this one boy since he is so girly and he keeps the
oni at bay. It’s just too bad for Mikuzu that Seto has other plans for her
demon drawing ability.
This manga is kind of interesting
but the potential is wasted when, instead of continuing the demon exorcising
plot, it sticks to one story from the second chapter onward and focuses more on
the problems the three main characters have with one another and how they get
over them. Normally that wouldn't be bad but since there is only one volume it
seems pointless for them to be so involved with one another so quickly and then
the reader gets no sort of return for reading so many explanations and
tear-streaked stories. Its also pretty wordy considering they are supposed to be defeating demons, though,
instead they sit and eat snacks for several chapters. Also the only copy I had
of this to read was the dreaded two-pages-as-one scanned from the English
release type of files, which I always avoid if I can help it because they
detract from the experience. I think though, I wouldn’t have enjoyed it even
with a better copy; the main character is pretty weak and not a little
annoying. Seto was given an interesting back-story but her vampiric side-kick
was just a pawn to use when something needed to be explained. This was generic
in art and story and I'm glad it was only one volume otherwise I'd have had to
read more of it. I've read several manga like this where I cannot imagine why
they were published in English when there are much better things out there,
where, at the end of it, you feel a little let down and like you wasted your
time. Avoid it unless you are hard up for something new in the genre.
2/5 There's a lot of better
paranormal shojo out there and most of them have real plot lines.
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| Art and Story (c) Satoru Takamiya |
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