{"id":3570,"date":"2009-10-12T21:51:06","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T04:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/?p=3570"},"modified":"2014-01-02T22:18:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T06:18:36","slug":"rasetsu-volume-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/2009\/10\/12\/rasetsu-volume-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasetsu Volume 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Not knowing it&#8217;s the solution to her curse, Yako thinks that Rasetsu&#8217;s quest for a boyfriend seems frivolous.\u00a0 Nothing&#8217;s trivial about Rasetsu&#8217;s next exorcism, however, especially when she&#8217;s suddenly overpowered by the emotions of the spirit!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/files\/2009\/10\/Rasetsu-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4013\" alt=\"Rasetsu 2\" src=\"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/files\/2009\/10\/Rasetsu-2.jpg\" width=\"107\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>By Chika Shiomi<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Viz Media &#8211; Shojo Beat<br \/>\n<strong>Age Rating:<\/strong> Teen+<br \/>\n<b>Genre:<\/b> Supernatural Romance<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b> $8.99<\/p>\n<p>This volume has more ghostly exorcisms that serve to bring Yako and Rasetsu together, despite themselves.\u00a0 Kuryu&#8217;s introduction and first day at the agency is shown, and another glimpse of Yako&#8217;s guardian spirit makes an appearance, this time for Rasetsu.<\/p>\n<p>The romance between Rasetsu and Yako takes a few more small steps forward in this volume.\u00a0 An exorcism that hits Rasetsu too close to home leaves her vulnerable, but Yako says just the right words to bring her back.\u00a0 The attraction between them seems to be growing, despite the verbal barbs they still toss at each other.\u00a0 These feelings become more evident when the whole agency goes to an amusement park for another exorcism, though it seems to be more about play than work.\u00a0 I really prefer this kind of romance, with the couple getting to know each other and their feelings developing through their experiences together, rather than the &#8220;love at first sight&#8221; type where one half of the couple must be convinced.<\/p>\n<p>It almost seems like there&#8217;s a love triangle forming, between Rasetsu, Yako and Kuryu.\u00a0 He is always with Rasetsu and Yako on cases, and is very protective of Rasetsu.\u00a0 At first it seems to be a brotherly protection, but in the flashback to his joining the agency, there seems to be more going on with him.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see which way Shiomi decides to go with this.<\/p>\n<p>What really keeps me drawn to this title, along with the slow romance, is the mystery of Yako&#8217;s guardian spirit.\u00a0 Shiomi only gives a small glimpse of the spirit, with only one appearance per volume.\u00a0 She is always there to protect Yako when he has not other way out, and is usually protecting Rasetsu in the process.\u00a0 She doesn&#8217;t appear to be a rival to Rasetsu, though with Rasetsu&#8217;s words in this volume, we can be pretty sure it is Yurara&#8217;s guardian spirit.\u00a0 Perhaps she is hanging around to help give Yako some closure?\u00a0 Though, he doesn&#8217;t seem to realize she&#8217;s there.<\/p>\n<p>Once again <i>Rasetsu<\/i> succeeds in providing some entertaining ghost exorcisms as well as some great character interactions.\u00a0 Shiomi does an excellent job at weaving the supernatural with romance without being trashy, a rarity in stories nowadays it seems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not knowing it&#8217;s the solution to her curse, Yako thinks that Rasetsu&#8217;s quest for a boyfriend seems frivolous.\u00a0 Nothing&#8217;s trivial about Rasetsu&#8217;s next exorcism, however, especially when she&#8217;s suddenly overpowered by the emotions of the spirit! By Chika Shiomi Publisher: Viz Media &#8211; Shojo Beat Age Rating: Teen+ Genre: Supernatural Romance Price: $8.99 This volume has more ghostly exorcisms that serve to bring Yako and Rasetsu together, despite themselves.\u00a0 Kuryu&#8217;s introduction and first day at the agency is shown, and another glimpse of Yako&#8217;s guardian spirit makes an appearance, this time for Rasetsu. The romance between Rasetsu and Yako takes a few more small steps forward in this volume.\u00a0 An exorcism that hits Rasetsu too close to home leaves her vulnerable, but Yako says just the right words to bring her back.\u00a0 The attraction between them seems to be growing, despite the verbal barbs they still toss at each other.\u00a0 These feelings become more evident when the whole agency goes to an amusement park for another exorcism, though it seems to be more about play than work.\u00a0 I really prefer this kind of romance, with the couple getting to know each other and their feelings developing through their experiences together,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[83,99,110,120],"class_list":["post-3570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews-reviews","category-viz-media","tag-manga","tag-older-teen","tag-review","tag-shojo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2umma-VA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570"}],"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=3570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4015,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3570\/revisions\/4015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}