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A review by hinoki
The Story of Saiunkoku, Volume 1 by Yukino Sai, Sai Yukino
3.0
Not bad. I'm interested in where this manga is going.
It's obvious that the artist is a huge Chinese history nerd. The mc had more costume changes than necessary, but I'm not complaining about it (in fact, the art is the best part of the manga).
I think there were certain parts that jumped around too much. Like non-specific time passing on one page. Or how the emperor's motivation/personality changed drastically over 4 pages or so.
Some pages had too much text. I'm 0% surprised to learn that this is based off a book.
It's obvious that the artist is a huge Chinese history nerd. The mc had more costume changes than necessary, but I'm not complaining about it (in fact, the art is the best part of the manga).
I think there were certain parts that jumped around too much. Like non-specific time passing on one page. Or how the emperor's motivation/personality changed drastically over 4 pages or so.
Spoiler
He's a playboy layabout who doesn't even want to reveal his identity to his new mistress/wife then suddenly he loves her and wants to spend his time with only her? Why?Some pages had too much text. I'm 0% surprised to learn that this is based off a book.