Comments on: A House in Venice (Manga)

By: maya

maya — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:27:28 +0000

Thank you so much for providing such a consice review of this manga, Rove.

Hmmm, Lorenzo’s true identity was quite a surprise to me, but a nice one since I’m interested in the lore. I have to agree that the dialogue wasn’t all that great, though. You’re very welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed reading them.

By: Rove

Rove — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:05:33 +0000

I really liked this short story. However what fascinated me the most was the attention to detail, especially in backgrounds, furniture and actual Italian locations, it does show that the authors are from Italy and made sure to get every little detail right for their creation. I also loved the winks at fashion and hair style from the 50’s to the 70’s, as well as the distinctive character designs. And what’s rare, the characters had proportioned heads and bodies unlike almost all other ‘manga-influenced comics’.

Another thing that worked very well through out the story was that the art was consistant (I had no problem adjusting to it) and its fine balance between Italian comics and 60’s shoujo manga panelling. It shows that Vanna Vinci borrowed ideas from Moto Hagio, Ryoko Ikeda and other mangakas from the ‘group of the 24′. Even the atmosphere is reminiscent of manga from that time.

Now onto the less-than-stellar aspects, mainly, the actual mystery. Although it was interesting to see the story unfold, it was pretty easy to suspect how things would end, along with Lorenzo’s true identity. The other aspect was the dialogue, which sometimes felt forced and fake, (I’m not accusing the translators here), perhaps the original had the same problems.

Overall, an very entertaining read. The artwork was unique and at the same time evocative, unfortunately the script and plot twists were not that surprising.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to read it Maya, I really appreciate it. ^_^

By: toniblab

toniblab — Sun, 28 May 2006 21:38:12 +0000

READ THEM YOU WILL LIKE THEM.i read the balagrad series and the mallorain series.a total of 13 books just for this series.there is 3 side books forgot the name of hand.there is a 6 book series also and some other books

By: kawaii

kawaii — Sun, 28 May 2006 20:08:20 +0000

No I haven’t, but his titles look interesting since I’m interested in the fantasy genre.

By: toniblab

toniblab — Sun, 28 May 2006 01:57:57 +0000

kawaii

did you ever read any david eddings books?

By: kawaii

kawaii — Sat, 27 May 2006 23:07:51 +0000

toniblab - Yes, it’s very easy to spend all of your hard-earned cash on manga. Once I get that nice job, I too will be able to splurge.

I also enjoy short and sweet manga titles, but I also find joy in reading long and winding titles as well.

By: toniblab

toniblab — Sat, 27 May 2006 21:05:27 +0000

with all of the new manga’s coming out you can go broke real fast !!so i just stay with the short series thay only make a few ish for the whole series like flcl was 2 in japan and 2 in the usa.i am still trin to find the ish. from japan for eureka seven.by the way does any body know how to change the dvd region code on the dvd player my is set on region 1 i like to change mine to region free so there will be no trouble in seeing the japan releases