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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Disney Cruella: The Manga: Black, White and Red by Hachi Ishie
3.0
I'm a reader in the most literal way possible. I prefer reading a book over almost everything. If there is a way to read a series instead of watching it, you can be sure that I will read it and will then add the series to the ever growing to be watched list. The list holding titles forever because I never actually watch anything. I therefore preferred reading this manga over watching the movie, although the trailers of the movie look awesome.
However, I'm discovering that I have a certain issue with the way stories in mangas are told. I assume it's something personal, since so many people love the genre and I'm finding out that it's happening across all the books, but I sometimes miss the connection between the previous page and the next one. It sometimes feels like mangas aren't telling the complete story. They're telling fragments and let you fill in the blanks. And I don't really like that.
The plot of this book didn't really convince me either. I assume, since it's not becoming clear from the description, that this is more of a prequel, or maybe the first part, to the movie. So it feels like the true punchline isn't there. Cruella feels quite directionless in this story. I can imagine that, considering the circumstances, she has been so for a while, but we know that eventually she got somewhere and I didn't feel like Cruella was already sort of going there in this manga.
However, I quite liked the drawings and I also loved the side kicks in this story because it felt like they got a little more background and most of all personality compared to the animation. I have to admit that I have gotten quite curious about the movie and how the manga relates to the movie and if the movie will give me that direction I'm looking for. But well, I somehow think that reading other books might happen before I will get to the movie. We'll see.
However, I'm discovering that I have a certain issue with the way stories in mangas are told. I assume it's something personal, since so many people love the genre and I'm finding out that it's happening across all the books, but I sometimes miss the connection between the previous page and the next one. It sometimes feels like mangas aren't telling the complete story. They're telling fragments and let you fill in the blanks. And I don't really like that.
The plot of this book didn't really convince me either. I assume, since it's not becoming clear from the description, that this is more of a prequel, or maybe the first part, to the movie. So it feels like the true punchline isn't there. Cruella feels quite directionless in this story. I can imagine that, considering the circumstances, she has been so for a while, but we know that eventually she got somewhere and I didn't feel like Cruella was already sort of going there in this manga.
However, I quite liked the drawings and I also loved the side kicks in this story because it felt like they got a little more background and most of all personality compared to the animation. I have to admit that I have gotten quite curious about the movie and how the manga relates to the movie and if the movie will give me that direction I'm looking for. But well, I somehow think that reading other books might happen before I will get to the movie. We'll see.