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Grand Guignol Orchestra, Vol. 1 (2009)

by Kaori Yuki(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1421536366 (ISBN13: 9781421536361)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

VIZ Media LLC

series

Grand Guignol Orchestra

review 1: It was decent. After reading Godchild, I had a really high standard bar set for this manga since I loved Godchild so much. Yet Grand Orchestra just seemed to fall short. Yuki puts in her side notes she was going for a "middle ages" look. Middle ages was the renaissance and medieval times, but she drew in a very obvious victorian style for what the people were wearing. Also they had very obvious 20 and 21st century styled guns. I know it's manga and fantasy and blah blah blah but things just didn't fit together well there and it really tore me apart from the book. In Godchild it was all very victorian ages, and the guns were old styled pistols and things were all in the right time period, which is what drew me to it in the first place.The story line didn't really draw me in... more, either, it seemed dry and almost predictable and I don't plan on getting the second volume. The crossdressing incidents were humorous but seem repeated in anime and manga everywhere. and what I liked about Godchild was that it kind of fit outside the norm of anime and manga (besides the hinted yaoi) but Grand Orchestra wasn't different from any other manga or anime I have read. I liked the concept of the traveling band and the zombies but a lot of other things seemed cook cutter. Also in this particular manga it was really hard to figure out what was going on, in some parts the art nor dialogue told me what was going on and I had to just keep reading and forget about what happened so I didn't dwell on it.It's actually kind of sad since, like I said, I loved Godchild and was really expecting a lot from Yuki.I wouldn't recommend reading it.Though I give two stars since the art was awesome as always.
review 2: Only from the mind of Kaori Yuki could come such a strange story: people are infected with a strange virus transmitted by bite and whole cities are obliterated (a bit I Am Legend-esque) and those infected, who turn into zombie dolls, can only be conquered by beautiful music that reminds them of their true selves for a few seconds, after which they die. The series follows a cellist, a violinist, a cross-dressing pianist, and a beautiful, noble vocalist around while they try to defeat these Guignols from various towns. An excellent read with beautiful art. less

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