Prospero's Manga review of Vassalord, vol. 1
CaBil's Rating:
3 of 5
By Nanae Chrono
Released in the US by TokyoPop
Slugline: What is it about cyborg vampires that the Vatican has to keep on hiring them?
Charley
is a priest wannabe who is also a cyborg vampire that hunts down
vampires without drinking of humans. He keeps his vampire creator,
JohnnyRayflo, around in order to drink his blood instead of humans, and
also keep the yaoi tension ratcheted up. It is set in the present day
or the near present day, so the world seems the same as ours, so that
vampires are a secret and the fact that Charley is one is kept from his
employers in the Vatican even as he strives to be worthy of becoming a
priest.
I was
prepared to be really annoyed at Vassalord. After all, you would think
that creators would be bored with cyborg vampire assassins that work
for the Vatican. Apparently, one more because Vassalord was pleasant
surprise. Yes, it can't help but be somewhat derivative of other titles
that use similar characters (reviews of Trinity Blood and Hellsing)
but it does manage to carve out a separate identity for itself. Even
the yaoi aspects are not too overwhelming of the rest of the story.
It's not coyly implied by any means but neither is it dominating (but
is probably the reason why the title is rated 16+.) There are some
cliche story aspect I am not wild about (twins? why?) but there are no
more jarring that most odd story elements you find in manga. I am not
saying that this is the best thing since a staked vampire but it is an
acceptable combination of characters and action.
Though if you are a Unitarian Universalist, you may learn a couple things that you didn't know about your church.
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Yeah, I hope that the twins become important sooner or later, otherwise I am worried that the creator has to rely on the wacky identical twins cliche already in the first volume...
CABIL
2008-08-31 16:12:05
Hee, yeah I loved the story because the characters are so funny! Seriously though what up with the twin thing!?
YUKIISSNOW08
2008-08-31 16:00:43
now that i've read this, my view on this manga has changed a bit. i see where you're coming from when you compare it to trinity blood and hellsing. i like this, but now that you mention it, the Vatican need to get a life. ^^v.
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2008-08-16 17:49:00