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A review by afreen7
Klaw: The First Cycle by Yoann Guillé, Antoine Ozanam, Mike Kennedy, Joël Jurion
2.0
This is the story of Angel Tomassini, son of a major mafia boss of the city, hormonal teenager and just as clueless about everything as harry potter. Only he is worse. And he is immature. And also a Dizhi.
I guess I had high expectations from this considering the mythology and characters involved but I was let down pretty hard.
So chapter wise:
1. Awakening: Pretty run of the mill origin story albeit a little rushed. A tiger-like creature seems to be killing people and especially one who has bullied Angel and is dating his crush. I thought Angel Tomassini is an amazing name for a protagonist. Too bad I didn't like him as the hero. It's not enough for the writer to make a character have special powers and be the protagonist without making the readers feel like they deserve it at some point. The others characters were just as uninteresting.
2. Tabula Rasa: In this chapter the whole mythology of the Dizhi is revealed and I was sooo loving it. Chinese mythological characters in modern times. Super cool! except, correct me if I am wrong; there are only two people who can carry the chi at any time and most of the Dizhis are not in Asia, the original continent where they started. That's sound just weird. Also, we follow Angel as he trains, which is super fast forwarded. Amazing action scenes and Dizhi reveals ensue along with giant evil corporation hatching evil plans.
3. Unions: This chapter skips through even faster, years later when Angel has completed his training. He is now Klaw! defender of the city, saviour of the innocent...except no, he is actually more focused on stalking his crush, Lydia. And he starts doing the one thing that was believed to be horrible enough to cause extinction of the Dizhi He absorbs other Dizhis...like why!? . And I had so much hope for Lydia. Her character could have gone her own way, become independent, become a badass after her Dragon Dizhi reveal (which was very unexpected). I was like yes! she finally gets to hold her own but no. They ride off into the sunset. But the ending was just too disappointing for me.
Pros:
- The art was beautiful. A lot of detail and range of colour. The animal anatomy and fight scenes especially were very nice.
- The mythology
-The diversity of characters
Cons
-weirdly fast plot progression
-few or none female characters..actually just the one.
-unrelatable characters especially the protagonist
-the ending
I guess I had high expectations from this considering the mythology and characters involved but I was let down pretty hard.
So chapter wise:
1. Awakening: Pretty run of the mill origin story albeit a little rushed. A tiger-like creature seems to be killing people and especially one who has bullied Angel and is dating his crush. I thought Angel Tomassini is an amazing name for a protagonist. Too bad I didn't like him as the hero. It's not enough for the writer to make a character have special powers and be the protagonist without making the readers feel like they deserve it at some point. The others characters were just as uninteresting.
2. Tabula Rasa: In this chapter the whole mythology of the Dizhi is revealed and I was sooo loving it. Chinese mythological characters in modern times. Super cool! except, correct me if I am wrong; there are only two people who can carry the chi at any time and most of the Dizhis are not in Asia, the original continent where they started. That's sound just weird. Also, we follow Angel as he trains, which is super fast forwarded. Amazing action scenes and Dizhi reveals ensue along with giant evil corporation hatching evil plans.
3. Unions: This chapter skips through even faster, years later when Angel has completed his training. He is now Klaw! defender of the city, saviour of the innocent...except no, he is actually more focused on stalking his crush, Lydia. And he starts doing the one thing that was believed to be horrible enough to cause extinction of the Dizhi
Pros:
- The art was beautiful. A lot of detail and range of colour. The animal anatomy and fight scenes especially were very nice.
- The mythology
-The diversity of characters
Cons
-weirdly fast plot progression
-few or none female characters..actually just the one.
-unrelatable characters especially the protagonist
-the ending