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Enter a world where demons and ancient Japanese folklore intersect
with the Yakuza and modern life... where one boy will risk
everything in a quest to save his family. A young Nagasaki
salaryman prays to the Kami - the spirits of all that is -
for the safe birth of his children, and twins Kai and Toshi
Hara are born either side of midnight. But strange things
are happening: Toshi is immune to harm, and Kai sees worlds
that shouldn't be there. Then, one night, Aratsu, the Kami
spirit of knives, comes for Toshi - unwittingly promised to
him by her father... and Kai sets out to get her back...
There
are lines that nobody is meant to cross. In Nagasaki, Japan,
a twin brother and sister - Toshi and Kai Hara - are born
on either side of midnight: only a few minutes apart, but
those few minutes will lead their lives down two very different
paths. It's clear as she grows up that Toshi, the female twin,
is something out of the ordinary. Nothing with a point or
an edge can harm her: knives will snap or bend rather than
break her skin. And when she reaches her teens, a mysterious
figure who calls himself Aratsu, the lord of the knives comes
to claim her as his servant.
If
Toshi agrees, she will have to leave Japan and the human world
behind and cross into the world of the kami, the spirits who
live in and rule over the everyday objects we make and use.
If she refuses, the consequences for her and her family will
be terrible beyond imagining. That is, unless her brother
Kai can figure out what kind of hold the kami world has on
Toshi - and on the rest of the Haras. But Aratsu is only going
to ask three times...
Mike
Carey's (Lucifer, Hellblazer, X-Men)
latest graphic novel represents a huge shift in genre - and
one a less accomplished writer may have fumbled badly. Thankfully
he tackles this tale incredibly well - carefully plotting
the story and setting up the characters without it feeling
forced. Jim
Fern's artwork compliments Carey's writing perfectly. I loved
the change in style that is designed to represent a shift
in time.
The
conclusion to Volume 1 left me wanting more - which
is not always a good thing, but it certainly is with this
collection.
Nick
Smithson
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