A review by iffer
Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 4 by Svetlana Chmakova, JuYoun Lee, Dee DuPuy
3.0
I loved this little series, and I wish that it were continued as an ongoing comic, or that there would be other miniseries for the other night creature types. Alas, it looks like this isn't to be, since this volume was published in 2010, and no more stories have yet been released. I guess there's not a great market for original English language manga...
This is a hidden gem of a series with several likeable characters and an interesting supernatural setting and world-building. It combines the best parts of a Buffy-esque or other network supernatural TV show with the cute and funny bits of a shojo high school manga. Chmakova's art and versatility are fantastic and whimsical, with great slice of life sequences as well as engaging action scenes.
This last volume was a little bit of a letdown because of the deus ex machina ending, but I have a feeling that this was because the series was truncated. :/
This is a hidden gem of a series with several likeable characters and an interesting supernatural setting and world-building. It combines the best parts of a Buffy-esque or other network supernatural TV show with the cute and funny bits of a shojo high school manga. Chmakova's art and versatility are fantastic and whimsical, with great slice of life sequences as well as engaging action scenes.
This last volume was a little bit of a letdown because of the deus ex machina ending, but I have a feeling that this was because the series was truncated. :/