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prationality's review
5.0
Welcome to Volume 3 of From Far Away, or as this volume proves, no action does not mean inaction! When last we left our duo the two had left Calco and headed...somewhere farther away. Noriko's language difficulties were becoming less of a problem and things seemed to be going well. You know except for Keimos hanging out there somewhere, Lord Rachef hanging out with Keimos out there somewhere, Noriko's possible status as the destroyer of worlds, Izark's unhappiness over her status as a possible destroyer of worlds...
We pick up the story about three months into Noriko landing in the world. She's frantic because Izark left her behind. The long story short is they arrived at this small town and unfortunately Noriko began gabbing about how she met Izark. So in true Izark fashion he decides they need SPACE and he leaves her in the care of a friend of his. Noriko is upset, but she eventually rationalizes that he wouldn't have left her behind unless he trusted the woman and felt Noriko would be safe.
Let me state again that Noriko being so practical about matters is SO NICE (especially since at the time I originally read this series, in 2004, I was also reading Fushigi Yugi and lawd Miaka x.x).
So here's where sadly Izark needs to stop trying to escape fate - he leaves her with his friend...who happens to be on friendly terms with the newly deposed leader of the city she lives in. Doubly unfortunate is she decides to harbor this deposed leader and FIGHTING OCCURS.
We also meet Barago (he becomes important later), Noriko meets Agol & Geena Haas (who have sort of left Rachef's service) and Izark feels a PAIN in his chest when he thinks of leaving Noriko behind...and then he gets himself kidnapped. Because for once its the able warrior man who gets kidnapped, not the damsel.
There's also a short story - chapter 3 of "Girls Have a Lot of Room in Their Hearts" or Onnanoko wa Yoyuu (aka "Girls Need to Be Self-Composed", at least that's the title I knew it as in scanlation). I always felt it was weird that they included this, because the first two chapters were not (to my knowledge) officially translated in America so the entire nuance of the story is lost.
The basic story is that Tomomi was originally in love with her best friend, but he was in love with another classmate. Heart broken she finds her senpai (upper classman) Ojika trying to win her heart. This last chapter shows how the last two chapters (the first in which Tomomi is too heart broken to see beyond tomorrow and the second in which Ojika proves he is serious in his pursuit) culminate. Its a sweet slice of life manga, very much in line with Hikawa's other series I love (Chizumi & Fujiomi).
We pick up the story about three months into Noriko landing in the world. She's frantic because Izark left her behind. The long story short is they arrived at this small town and unfortunately Noriko began gabbing about how she met Izark. So in true Izark fashion he decides they need SPACE and he leaves her in the care of a friend of his. Noriko is upset, but she eventually rationalizes that he wouldn't have left her behind unless he trusted the woman and felt Noriko would be safe.
Let me state again that Noriko being so practical about matters is SO NICE (especially since at the time I originally read this series, in 2004, I was also reading Fushigi Yugi and lawd Miaka x.x).
So here's where sadly Izark needs to stop trying to escape fate - he leaves her with his friend...who happens to be on friendly terms with the newly deposed leader of the city she lives in. Doubly unfortunate is she decides to harbor this deposed leader and FIGHTING OCCURS.
We also meet Barago (he becomes important later), Noriko meets Agol & Geena Haas (who have sort of left Rachef's service) and Izark feels a PAIN in his chest when he thinks of leaving Noriko behind...and then he gets himself kidnapped. Because for once its the able warrior man who gets kidnapped, not the damsel.
There's also a short story - chapter 3 of "Girls Have a Lot of Room in Their Hearts" or Onnanoko wa Yoyuu (aka "Girls Need to Be Self-Composed", at least that's the title I knew it as in scanlation). I always felt it was weird that they included this, because the first two chapters were not (to my knowledge) officially translated in America so the entire nuance of the story is lost.
The basic story is that Tomomi was originally in love with her best friend, but he was in love with another classmate. Heart broken she finds her senpai (upper classman) Ojika trying to win her heart. This last chapter shows how the last two chapters (the first in which Tomomi is too heart broken to see beyond tomorrow and the second in which Ojika proves he is serious in his pursuit) culminate. Its a sweet slice of life manga, very much in line with Hikawa's other series I love (Chizumi & Fujiomi).
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