Crimson Angel

セラフィック・フェザー [Seraphic Feather] #1

by Hiroyuki Utatane, Yo Morimoto

In the not-too-distant future, an intact alien starship has been discovered buried beneath the moons surface, a vessel with awesome technology somehow connected to three powerful 'Emblem Seeds' found on Earth. Sunao Oumi, a young man stuck on the moon and trying to work up the funds to return to Earth, takes an assignment to escort two visiting U.N. investigators and is drawn into a web of violence and intrigue as dark operatives try to purloin the Emblem Seeds the investigators have brought with them. But the investigators are more than they seem: Attim M-Zak, a beautiful and mysterious woman with deadly augmented abilities, and Kei, a starry-eyed dreamboat from Sunaos past...whose death brought Sunao to the moon in the first place!

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Comics

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Jamie]

What the crap did I just read? If this wast so short and easy, I'd have dnfed it. But it reads really quick. My guess is because it LACKED STORY! The intro makes no sense, the pictures are well drawn but aren't helping show me what is going on at all. The characters seemed to change names or just look way too similar. Weird relationships, randomly drawn naked people out of place, other people getting random demon faces... I liked the telepathy some characters could use and I liked the potential for a good space manga but it had zero flow. Utterly disconnected lines and images. So there were two creators and I feel like ake 1 drew, another wrote lines but they didn't speak except for story concept and then a random person came and inserted lines wherever was quickest to shove in a panel! I tried, thinking maybe it would sort of come together in the end but no. So frustrating. Getting rid of the entire series from my shelves. Not even gonna bother attempting the next one.

[Fugo Feedback]

Me lo compré hace mil porque estaba muy barato y, a mis quince años de entonces, la tapa me llamó lo suficiente. Metele que debería releerlo en algún momento, pero creo que los tres tomos los tiene un amigo que no veo hace como 10 años :/

[Dony Grayman]

Encontrado en MDQ, desaparecido en acción.

[78sunny]

Es hat ewig gedauert bis ich kapiert habe, um was es hier geht. Das war weder von der Story noch vom Zeichenstil etwas für mich. Dazu noch schrecklich unsympathische und schwer auseinanderzuhaltene Charaktere - alles Dinge, die ich absolut an Mangas hasse.

[Melissa R.]

It was an okay start to a series. Nothing amazing story wise, but the illustrations were decent. Short light read.

[Othy]

Everything about this manga seems so early 90s: the semi-noir setting, the innocent, child-like love interest (and her over-the-top-sexy companion), the blank backgrounds, and the unnecessary fan service. The story seems interesting, and the setting is compelling, but the aforementioned fan service is so cringey and almost just plain gross.

[Shannon Luchies]

LOVELY art, poor story, frankly. I own books 1-5, and... it only makes marginal sense. It doesn't help that Dark Horse stopped publishing it... So if you like pretty art, get it.

[Variaciones Enrojo]

Manga de ciencia ficción y fantasía publicado en castellano por Norma Editorial en los 90s, en su colección Gran Volumen, como libro 4.