{"id":2671,"date":"2009-06-05T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T07:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2012-06-30T22:07:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T05:07:05","slug":"lunar-legend-tsukihime-volume-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/2009\/06\/05\/lunar-legend-tsukihime-volume-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunar Legend Tsukihime Volume 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shiki loses control of his senses and reveals his true \u201cmonster\u201d nature within him as he goes on a mad killing spree. Subsequently, Shiki begins to recall fragments of his childhood memories, which reveal some important secrets of the Tohno family.\u00a0 Just when Shiki collapses from his killing spree, Roa appears with the intention of killing him, but Akiha tries desperately to protect Shiki. Ciel later joins the fight against Roa, and more secrets of Ciel\u2019s painful past are revealed.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>By Sasaki Shonen
\nPublisher:<\/strong> DRMasters
\nAge Rating:<\/strong> 18+
\nGenre:<\/strong> Horror\/Thriller
\nPrice:<\/strong> $9.99<\/p>\n

This volume is all about the flashbacks.\u00a0 While these are often thought to disrupt the flow of a story, in this title, they are vital.\u00a0 They give essential pieces to the puzzle that connect one part of Shiki’s past and open up a whole new section to piece together.\u00a0 Ciel’s past is explored as well, with pieces connecting her to Roa is a rather surprising way.<\/p>\n

The first flashback happens just before the appearance of Roa and does a lot to explain the snippets of memory that Shiki has been seeing over the last several volumes.\u00a0 They fill in the gaps and answer some of the questions about his past at the Tohno family home, mostly the what, but not the why.\u00a0 That is glimpsed at in the second flashback.\u00a0 While the first is clearly Shiki remembering the past.\u00a0 This second one is told for the readers benefit.\u00a0 Most of it is from Shiki’s point of view, but the beginning is not.\u00a0 This part gives some insight as to why Shiki does what he does, and doubt about who he really is.<\/p>\n

The flashback with Ciel give insight into not just her motivations, but also Roa’s last past life.\u00a0 The two are irrevocably linked, though that link seems to be a bit of an Achilles Heel for Ciel in this fight.\u00a0 Part of Ciel’s flashback also make me feel squeamish, and I skimmed over some of it.\u00a0 It wasn’t for any gore that was actually seen, but implied.\u00a0 It creeped me out more than the last five and half volumes of blood and dismemberment.<\/p>\n

You’ll notice the age rating was upped for this volume.\u00a0 As I mentioned in a previous review<\/a>, this title is based on a ero-game.\u00a0 Up till now, the erotica in it has been mild.\u00a0 The scenes implied were more than showing anything explicit.\u00a0 Not this volume.\u00a0 Right at the beginning of this volume is a very explicit scene between Shiki and Arcuied.\u00a0 It’s not completely gratuitous, as it shows Shiki can control his “monster nature”, or at the very least break it’s hold when someone he cares about is being, or could be, hurt.<\/p>\n

Alot is learned in this volume, but you’ll left feeling it’s not enough.\u00a0 The questions outnumber the answers, making the long wait for volume 7 that more unbearable.\u00a0 DrMaster has caught up to the Japanese releases so it’s all we can do.\u00a0 But for a mystery this good, it’s worth the wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shiki loses control of his senses and reveals his true \u201cmonster\u201d nature within him as he goes on a mad killing spree. Subsequently, Shiki begins to recall fragments of his childhood memories, which reveal some important secrets of the Tohno family.\u00a0 Just when Shiki collapses from his killing spree, Roa appears with the intention of killing him, but Akiha tries desperately to protect Shiki. Ciel later joins the fight against Roa, and more secrets of Ciel\u2019s painful past are revealed. By Sasaki Shonen Publisher: DRMasters Age Rating: 18+ Genre: Horror\/Thriller Price: $9.99 This volume is all about the flashbacks.\u00a0 While these are often thought to disrupt the flow of a story, in this title, they are vital.\u00a0 They give essential pieces to the puzzle that connect one part of Shiki’s past and open up a whole new section to piece together.\u00a0 Ciel’s past is explored as well, with pieces connecting her to Roa is a rather surprising way. The first flashback happens just before the appearance of Roa and does a lot to explain the snippets of memory that Shiki has been seeing over the last several volumes.\u00a0 They fill in the gaps and answer some of the questions about…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[160,83,86,110],"class_list":["post-2671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-drmasters","tag-manga","tag-mature","tag-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/files\/2012\/06\/Lunar-Legend-Tsukihime-6.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2umma-H5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2671"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2777,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2671\/revisions\/2777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}