Comments on: Three by Tokyopop: 12 Days; The Dreaming, Vol. 2; Trinity Blood, Vol. 1

By: Six

Six — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:59:20 +0000

Yeah…you rock! Spot on about TB. Well written, as always.

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:48:08 +0000

Padric: Trinity Blood is a definite guilty pleasure of mine: nice artwork, totally ridiculous concept. (I mean that in a good way.)

Guy: Thanks for the feedback on the manga recommendations! It’s always hard to predict what will resonate with other readers, so I’m glad I didn’t lead you too far astray. Enjoy your PCS sabbatical. I look forward to reading your column when it returns at the end of the summer.

By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:06:24 +0000

12 Days was like a good poem, full of strong metaphors and intensely felt moments. While it didn’t necessarily all add up in the end, the journey was an impressive one. Thanks for recommending it to me!

The Dreaming (Vol. 1), OTOH, was a solid read, if a bit derivative and shallow. I was never surprised by any of the plot developments, and none of the characters are fleshed out enough to really empathize with. That said, Chan’s artwork is much better than her scripting, and the overall story was entertaining enough that I’d check out the next volume, knowing that it’s only a 3-volume story.

By: Padric

Padric — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:42:14 +0000

This is one of my favorite manga series. The thing that really drew me into reading it in the first place was the artwork though…XD The artwork is truly phenomenal and the fact that it has vampires makes me like it even more! And it having great action scenes as well helps! XD

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:41:37 +0000

heheh, I can garuntee you I would actually have paid attention in religous ed if The Vatican was that cool. And true, this is probably the the gazillionth Vampire vs Vatican story but Abel Nightroad is the most adorable vampire hunter EVER! (squee) Actually I’m not a fan of vampire stories but I like this one a lot cause it doesn’t focues really on the same “holy good guys trounce vampiric evil bad guys who deserve to die” garble. I like how the Methusela are seen as actual people and not a bunch of undead blood thirsty homicidal maniacs (minus Cain). I love the manga and the artwork but I have a very hard time following the diolouge cause it’s just all over the page but aside from that it’s hilarious! And I agree too that the Anime was waaay to short and they could have stretched it out with explaining some details with some filler episodes. The novel version comes out this month so I’m totally buying that.

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:06:51 +0000

I love this series…only down side is that the anime is too short and kinda leaves you on a cliff hanger kind of thing. The manga how over…the art is beautiful, and the plot is well done. Though I swear Tres loves doing the girly pout lips…..just look and you’ll see. Any how, love this manga and cant wait for the next one to come out (Volume 2 is already out Thank God!)

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:56:40 +0000

I think “The Dreaming” is one of the best series Tokyopop is publishing right now. I’m really looking forward to volume 3!

By: Queenie Chan

Queenie Chan — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:35:44 +0000

Hiya, thanks very much for reviewing “The Dreaming”, and I’m glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully the 3rd (and last one) will be good for you too. :D

And I agree with all your criticisms of it too (esp. the faces part, but that’s partly a function of the character designs, which can’t be helped in this series… ah well. The next story I’m doing will attempt to fix that.) :D

Many thanks.

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:49:44 +0000

Thanks for the correction, A (whoever you may be). I’ll fix the review ASAP.

By: A

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:25:53 +0000

just a slight typo, Kyujo is a ‘him’ :P Yeah, him.