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annarien's review
4.0
Just when I was getting fed up with the constant repetition of information about Ceres and the gangs in the slums that I really don't want to hear about anymore... a real jewel comes to the fore. Kirie... I was ambivalent about him when he was just a mouthy brat but wow, the guy really grew into the shoes he's been wanting to fill. Such cleverness and guile and skill, I didn't see it coming but damn, I love to see it all in action. Truly, I wish this one had lit up Iason's radar as well, because he has the looks, the attitude and the smarts to be ten times more interesting than Riki. In fact, had Riki but an ounce of Kirie's cleverness and ambition, he would have Iason eating out of the palm of his hand.
Speaking of the beloved, troubled Blondie, the lengths he goes to for Riki, the expenditure of effort and money and heh, the patience he shows (one year w/o his favorite boybtoy!)... and still Riki remains the same obtuse dummy. I guess his rebellious and defiant nature is what pushes all of Iason's buttons, but damnation, he should have picked someone less stupid to obsess over.
I had to smile at the scene where Iason analyzes the way he's slipped and lost himself. He knows it, is somewhat bitter about it but still not completely rocked off his perch. I loved the way his inexperience in this situation is pointed out, his disconcerting vulnerability which he is aware of and rattled by... but also challenged by. I amused myself picturing him with a chibi Raoul muttering sermons in his ear, because Raoul is the voice of reason that no one listens to.
I can only hope for the last 3 volumes that we will finally leave the slums behind and focus more on Tanagura, on Jupiter, on what really makes this world exciting and intriguing. I've had about enough of miserable, hopeless, annoying slum crap. Show me the power and the elites already!
Speaking of the beloved, troubled Blondie, the lengths he goes to for Riki, the expenditure of effort and money and heh, the patience he shows (one year w/o his favorite boybtoy!)... and still Riki remains the same obtuse dummy. I guess his rebellious and defiant nature is what pushes all of Iason's buttons, but damnation, he should have picked someone less stupid to obsess over.
I had to smile at the scene where Iason analyzes the way he's slipped and lost himself. He knows it, is somewhat bitter about it but still not completely rocked off his perch. I loved the way his inexperience in this situation is pointed out, his disconcerting vulnerability which he is aware of and rattled by... but also challenged by. I amused myself picturing him with a chibi Raoul muttering sermons in his ear, because Raoul is the voice of reason that no one listens to.
I can only hope for the last 3 volumes that we will finally leave the slums behind and focus more on Tanagura, on Jupiter, on what really makes this world exciting and intriguing. I've had about enough of miserable, hopeless, annoying slum crap. Show me the power and the elites already!
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