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| Phoenix: Yamato/Space / Osamu Tezuka : 5 of 5 | |
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7.19.2004
7:12 PM | Link |
 This volume of the truly epic Phoenix saga contains two stories, unlike the first two books, which had one story each. As I've said before, the Phoenix series bounces back and forth between the distant past and far future, so we have a story from each timeframe. The story from the past centers around a mysterious half-complete burial mound in Asuka, Nara prefecture (which I assume is real), and tells the tale of early Japanese history involving the mound. The story is great and really dramatic, but Tezuka goes absolutely crazy with the "humor injections" - they are in so many places that the drama begins to fail. Still, it's great to see an old man tell how he survived from the last volume (keeping the continuity), and seeing the Phoenix freely offer her blood of immortality. The second story has less humor, so it's far more dramatic and interesting. It has to do with a crew on a lifelong space journey, who has to eject into solo escape pods. They can talk by radio, which makes for some amazing page layouts as we follow each person's capsule and their conversation. Finally they land on a planet, where we hear how the Phoenix was involved (of course), and see how Saurta becomes disfigured (as he appeared in the last volume - remember the future stories are moving backward!). I'm all set to read the next volume, which I already have, but after that I'll be suffering until the fifth book is released!
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