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Reviewed by Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane Volume 3 wraps up Kaori Yuki's Fairy Cube, and after reading it, letting it sit while I tried to figure it out, and reading other people's thoughts about it, I have to admit I'm still not entirely sure how to talk about it coherently. Apparently I'm not the only one who has this problem. Here's the volume-specific back cover copy in its entirety: THE LAST WING Will Ian save Rin? Can he stop Tokage? Ian has only one chance left to get his life back! Those questions are central to the story, and do get answered, but they give no hint whatsoever about the quantities of sheer insanity Yuki has squeezed into a single volume. (If you're already a fan of her work, I can only assume this will make you happy rather than scare you off. As someone who enjoys her stories in a very surface-level, along-for-the-ride kind of way, I find myself carefully not trying to figure out exactly how all the threads of the story come together. It hurts my head less that way.) Given that, I'm not going to try to provide a more detailed summary, but it's an interesting read. Yuki does a remarkably good job of keeping all her balls in the air once she's tossed them up: the complexities of the fairies' alliances and goals are a bit dizzying, but Ian is still clearly at the heart of the story, and he and his family get their resolution. If you enjoyed the first two volumes of the series, you should find this a satisfying conclusion. If you read and disliked the first two volumes, you probably weren't thinking of picking this up anyway. And if you haven't read any of Kaori Yuki's work before, do yourself a huge favor: start with volume 1, suspend your disbelief, and let yourself go on the ride. There's really no other way to figure out if she's for you or not. Volume 3 of Fairy Cube includes a standalone follow-up story and a gallery of bonus illustrations, featuring the front-piece art from the individual chapters. Review copy provided by VIZ Media. Interested in writing for MangaLife? We're always looking for talented reviewers and columnists, so drop us a line! Charles Webb Editor-in-Chief, MangaLife.com |
1 September 2010
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