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Reviewed by David Rasmussen Oh, great, another title with vampires in it. Color me unimpressed. I don't know, maybe I'm just burned out on the whole vampire thing. It's not VIZs fault, though, I blame the books that are about to become movie(s) (Twilight) for my sudden disdain for vampires. Aren't you as irritated by vampires after being bombarded by all the trailers for that movie as I am? You should be. But since we're stuck with vampires we should review it. What did I miss in the first two volumes? Let's see. Thousands of years ago the Vampire King Akabara Strauss had a slight problem. He kinda ended up being a Vampire King without a kingdom, he lost his wife aka the Vampire Queen) and ... well, he didn't exactly lose her as much as she was hidden. It seems she was sorta unkillable (Steven Seagal bad career unkillable) so they sealed her away (something we should consider doing with Seagal's career before he starts cranking out new movies people actually take note of) and erected thousands of fake "seals"... no, no, not the clubbing in the North Pole we don't think much of anymore seals... so that said king would never find her ever again... because apparently nobody thought vampires were anything but totally 110% dedicated to their lifemates, or she was just too powerful to dump for a little vampire jailbait of the ripe tender age of 120 to 270 years of age. Oh, yeah, thousands of years later he's still looking for her... hooray? In this volume you find out apparently no matter how many get whacked by this Akabara who cares, that whole thousands upon thousands of years looking for his queen is so darn catchy (even if you know one of the Dhampires has the ability to keep the King on a short leash)!! That's why at least one who should be against Akabara got his back... but maybe not for long as the title deterioates into a long dialogue about kill or not kill the Vampire King, whether he really loves his Queen or just wants to wrap his hands about her throat (and other body parts) and rip her apart, Death and revenge, move and counter move, and boy does this title talk you to ... yeah. Thing is with this title, is that it's not like other vampire titles which mixes up action and dialogue, this is a brainy title without a doubt. Strong in its emotions and emotional impact, deep in intricate plot and character emotion (not sure about development but you do see a lot of that emoting), the title is no flash in the pan like Vampire Knight or most other recent vampire titles we've seen. Of course if you'd rather have an action yarn to sink your literary teeth into (so to speak), this title is light on the action. But if you want a title with a bit more of a brainy sharpness, and lots of drama and less vampire smackdowns, then you should be pleasantly surprised with this one. Hmm... hope this title has a good run to it, should be interesting to see how this develops as the plot rolls along. Love and loss, revenge and hate, emotions run high and bring unto Fallen Vampire an A-, cheers. Comment on this review of The Record of a Fallen Vampire v3 on the Manga Life Forums. |
30 December 2008
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