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A review by silquesoleil
Rg Veda vol.1 by CLAMP
4.0
I read this manga years ago but for some reason I didn't really get the story, so I abandoned the series. But since I'm a huge fan of CLAMP's Tsubasa Reservoir chronicle which contains so many characters from RG Veda, I decided to give that series a second chance.
I've forgotten why I ever thought this series was complicated; the story is easy enough for a fantasy work:
a) there is a bad guy
b) there is a prophecy which states that you (or, in this case, the hero of the story, Yasha-ou, a former subordinate of the bad guy) have to gather six chosen people to defeat said bad guy
c) because the bad guy has influence, the hero is constantly on the run
Well, there are a lot of additions to this basic plot and don't be fooled, I really like this manga. There's action, there's bloodshed, there's a 300 old boy who looks like he's seven and who is considered bad luck, there is a huge amount of exposed men-chest and Yasha-ou's sword hilt looks so phallic it's not even funny anymore.
I LIED! IT'S HILARIOUS!
And I snickered when I saw Ashura-ou's pointy ears because I didn't expect that. (His alter ego of Celes has perfectly normal ears. But then again he's little Ashura's Daddy, so it makes sense.)
I've forgotten why I ever thought this series was complicated; the story is easy enough for a fantasy work:
a) there is a bad guy
b) there is a prophecy which states that you (or, in this case, the hero of the story, Yasha-ou, a former subordinate of the bad guy) have to gather six chosen people to defeat said bad guy
c) because the bad guy has influence, the hero is constantly on the run
Well, there are a lot of additions to this basic plot and don't be fooled, I really like this manga. There's action, there's bloodshed, there's a 300 old boy who looks like he's seven and who is considered bad luck, there is a huge amount of exposed men-chest and Yasha-ou's sword hilt looks so phallic it's not even funny anymore.
I LIED! IT'S HILARIOUS!
And I snickered when I saw Ashura-ou's pointy ears because I didn't expect that. (His alter ego of Celes has perfectly normal ears. But then again he's little Ashura's Daddy, so it makes sense.)