Olimpos by Aki

Olimpos by Aki 

Art and story (c) Aki

Genre: Josei, Fantasy
Length: 2 Volumes – 11 Chapters



           The art is really pretty, though the faces don't have much variability. The hair and clothes are very flowy and detailed to the point that you almost can't comprehend their

design. I count that as a bad thing, by the way. I'm not sure how the mangaka was able to draw it every time. Pretty boys abound, but there isn't really anything special about any of them. The backgrounds were okay. Its basically beautiful but with no substance, which I complain about a lot in the last paragraph.
           The god Apollo takes an interest in Ganymede, the prince of Troy, and takes him to a garden above the clouds where the ground is covered in flowers and the sky is forever full of stars. A place Ganymede cannot escape from ever. Is Apollo only teasing the mortal, or is there some plan by the god of gods, Zeus, at the root of it all?
           Somehow I ended up reading another manga by Aki and I have the same problem with it that I did with the other manga, Utahime. Mainly, it relies on the art instead of actually going somewhere. I mean, I realized it was pretty looking but the

plot seemed vaguely Greek god inspired, which I usually enjoy, and I didn't realize the mangaka was the same until I had already started it. I decided to go for it, which I regret. I was so tired of reading the dialog by half way through the second volume that my eyes kept unfocusing. I feel like I wasted my afternoon bothering to read this. There was far too much exposition in the form on pretty boys sitting around and thinking about things. If there was an actual plot to go along with all the dialog, maybe I wouldn't be complaining so much, but literally nothing happens but talking. Apollo is a whiny brat, and Zeus has no dialog at all. Ganymede is just a sulky do-nothing. The only character who is at all interesting, in my opinion, is Hades. The portrayal of Hades has an interesting slant and he is actually a lot of fun to see but he can not make up for the rest of the story, either. I'm pretty sure I said it about Utahime, too, but this story just feels hollow and could have stopped at the first chapter and had just the same amount of impact. Its a let down. If you like pretty boys I guess its worth a look but not much more than that.



2/5 The art is good but can't save the lack of plot.

You were the only good part of this, Hades. And you obviously know it.