shaxper
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Post by shaxper on Feb 21, 2016 9:20:01 GMT -5
 Published: April 1997 Synopsis: "In the 'Vampire Cat of the Geishu,' Usagi's wanderings take him back to the Geishu Province and memories of the last time he was in the area. Usagi, Tomoe, and Gen were returning after the events in the "Dragon Bellow Conspiracy" (UY, Bk. 4) when they were invited to spend the night in the home of a noble woman. Too late, they find they were trapped by their hostess, a demon cursed to drink the blood of innocents." Notes: Discuss the issue and/or post full reviews below! |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 31, 2016 9:51:07 GMT -5
Dracula is one of my favorite novels, and I love the comparisons to it here; from the way they are met at the road and offered hospitality, to their vampiric host not joining them at dinner to Tomoe remarking that it was odd that such a large compound should have no servants it's all in all a fun homage.
One thing that struck me though was that it was stated that the Samurai's wife had a cat and that after drinking it's slain mistress's blood it returned as a demon to exact revenge. We haven't seen any domesticated pets that were else where people since the early issues so this appearance so much latter seemed odd. I suppose it was kept to preserve an actual folktale but I haven't researched that to see if it was true.
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Mar 31, 2016 15:07:52 GMT -5
Dracula is one of my favorite novels, and I love the comparisons to it here; from the way they are met at the road and offered hospitality, to their vampiric host not joining them at dinner to Tomoe remarking that it was odd that such a large compound should have no servants it's all in all a fun homage. One thing that struck me though was that it was stated that the Samurai's wife had a cat and that after drinking it's slain mistress's blood it returned as a demon to exact revenge. We haven't seen any domesticated pets that were else where people since the early issues so this appearance so much latter seemed odd. I suppose it was kept to preserve an actual folktale but I haven't researched that to see if it was true. I never noticed the Dracula parallels. That's really cool. On a side note here, have you read Kim Newman's Anno Dracula? I picked it up after reading Witchfinder: The Mysteries of Unland, and I really enjoyed the first one. I'm reading the second one now, and I have several other Kim Newman books in my "to-read" pile. I love how the Anno Dracula series is packed with neat references to characters from all over literature. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Mar 31, 2016 15:56:48 GMT -5
Dracula is one of my favorite novels, and I love the comparisons to it here; from the way they are met at the road and offered hospitality, to their vampiric host not joining them at dinner to Tomoe remarking that it was odd that such a large compound should have no servants it's all in all a fun homage. One thing that struck me though was that it was stated that the Samurai's wife had a cat and that after drinking it's slain mistress's blood it returned as a demon to exact revenge. We haven't seen any domesticated pets that were else where people since the early issues so this appearance so much latter seemed odd. I suppose it was kept to preserve an actual folktale but I haven't researched that to see if it was true. I never noticed the Dracula parallels. That's really cool. On a side note here, have you read Kim Newman's Anno Dracula? I picked it up after reading Witchfinder: The Mysteries of Unland, and I really enjoyed the first one. I'm reading the second one now, and I have several other Kim Newman books in my "to-read" pile. I love how the Anno Dracula series is packed with neat references to characters from all over literature. It's been on my "To read" list for some time but have yet to get them yet, I may look into them after I finish the Red Mars series. |
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Post by brutalis on Feb 12, 2018 9:16:34 GMT -5
Very nice horror story utilizing Japanese myths. Really funny with Usagi running away scared and screaming at the end and the 2 villagers joking about samurai...
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