Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: VIZ Media (Shojo Beat)
Publish Date: 2013
Volumes: 18
Spoilers?: Yes.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
He loves her blood, but
does her love her?!There is a world of myth and magic that intersects
ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such
person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants
to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. But she is
the bride of demon prophecy, and her blood grants incredible powers, her
flesh immortality. Now the demon realm is fighting over the right to
her hand...or her life!
Misao has made the choice to forgo college and a normal human life in order to be Kyo’s wife and mother to the demon child she carries. But her pregnancy is unusual, even for the demon world. The last pages of the Senka Roku will reveal the truth of the matter, but now that Kyo has it in his hands, does he really want to know…?
Misao has made the choice to forgo college and a normal human life in order to be Kyo’s wife and mother to the demon child she carries. But her pregnancy is unusual, even for the demon world. The last pages of the Senka Roku will reveal the truth of the matter, but now that Kyo has it in his hands, does he really want to know…?
Review:
So, I like this
series. It’s good, it’s drama-filled and steamy. It’s also a bit messy with the
characters, and dragging on a little bit. But I’m not really minding the
dragging on, although I am very looking forward to seeing how it ends.
So, first off, this
volume was good. I liked it. What happened was needed. But it also gave me very
big flashbacks to Breaking Dawn,
something that I didn’t really enjoy, even if I did actually like, for the most
part, that book.
Quite a bit of the
volume is taken up with Kyo finding out that, when Misao gives birth, she’s
going to die. And the resulting chaos of that. Kyo immediately wants to get rid
of the baby, because he can’t stand the thought of not having Misao. His
daitengu are forced to stop him, though, because that would be the downfall of
his position of power, of maybe his life, and dangerous to Misao, even though
none of them want Misao to die, as they love her too. Throughout all of this,
Misao doesn’t say anything, as she’s kind of in a frozen state, not knowing
what to do with herself, how to react, or what she wants.
But finally she
stands up, and states that she’s going to have the baby. Which, finally, thank
god. No one reacts well to this, as the daitengu had just decided to leave
their positions or not follow Kyo and let him get rid of the baby. There’s a
big confrontation after this, as Kyo is not okay with her decision, and says
that he’ll hate the baby, and die himself, because he can’t live without Misao.
I wanted her to get pissed off at him, to stand up and yell more, but the
result was still good.
Kyo, though, gets
determined then to find a cure, to find some clue, to find some way for Misao
to have the baby and live. There’s tension here, because Kyo is moody and not
sleeping and having nightmares, pushing Misao away and getting snippy at things
she says. Misao, meanwhile, is lonely. She’s pregnant, her body is changing,
everyone around her is busy finding out how to save her, and she’s feeling
useless and alone.
Near the end of the
volume, they seem to be onto something, although they’re not sure what, on how
to save her. It’s Misao’s birthday and they’re celebrating, and Kyo calms down
a bit. Things aren’t looking too good, but it seems like they’re going to
figure something out. I have no doubt that the series will have a happy ending,
but I’m excited to find out how that happens. I’m looking forward to seeing
their relationship development, see where they’re going, see what happens with
them.
There are only a couple of volumes left (right?),
and I’m looking forward to seeing what happens, where the story goes from here.
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