Princess Ai: The Prism of Midnight Dawn manga volume 2

Princess Ai: The Prism of Midnight Dawn #2

by D.J. Milky

Ai fights to escape the clutches of her mysterious and malevolent captors, not knowing whether Kent, left behind on the Other Side, is even still alive. A frantic rescue mission commences, and in the end, even Ai's magical voice may not be enough to protect her from the trials of the Black Forest. Dark secrets are revealed, and Ai must use all her strength and courage to face off against the new threat to Ai-Land. But will she ever see Kent again...?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Graphic Novels, Fantasy

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

D.J. Milky is the author pen name of creator and entrepreneur Stu Levy.

Born in Los Angeles, Stu is the founder, CEO, and Chief Creative Officer of the manga media company TOKYOPOP. Stu also produces, directs, and writes for graphic novels, film, and television. His preeminent work "Princess Ai" debuted at #1 on the National Bookscan charts for Graphic Novels.

Stu’s creative works include writing the children’s novels “Sailor Moon – A Scout is Born”, “Sailor Moon – The Power of Love”, and “Karma Club”; children’s books “Stray Sheep” and “Kung Fu Klutz & Karate Cool”; and the graphic novels “Juror 13” and the “Princess Ai” series, created with Courtney Love. He has also translated manga volumes of “Parasyte”, “Sailor Moon”, “Ice Blade” and “Magic Knight Rayearth”. He also has written and produced a series of songs including anime theme songs and a soundtrack from “Princess Ai”.

Stu holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics/Business from UCLA and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. He studied at Tokyo University and Keio University in Japan and is a California attorney. Currently, Stu chairs the Producer Guild of America's International Committee and was previously a Board Member of its New Media Council. He is fluent in Japanese.

Reviews

[kuristina- tabreez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ai has been abducted by her uncle Kemo and his son Kaz, only to drain her of her blood for Tenketsu and then trade her off to the Fallen of the forbidden Black Forest.
Having regained her strength, Ai escapes from the clutches of the Fallen, but it will be a long way before she may escape the Black Forest. Ai must overcome many trials and many beasts of the forest to make it out alive, but even when her voice can no longer save her life how will she survive?

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honest take: Princess Ai: The Prism of Midnight Dawn manga volume 2 is funnier than it has any right to be. D.J. Milky finds jokes in places you wouldn't dare look, and somehow the heavy stuff still lands. Not every gag works, but the hit rate is high. Great for dark-humor fans, skip if you think grief and laughter shouldn't share a page.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Look, I went into Princess Ai ready to be annoyed and walked out weirdly grateful. D.J. Milky has a habit of saying the thing everybody's thinking and nobody admits. It gets preachy once or twice, but the honesty carries it. Good for readers who like blunt, skip it if you prefer subtle.

[Devinne W. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ai and Nora pulling a Star Wars confirmed in chapter 8.
Too bad the final book never came out.

[laurau · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5 ⭐️

this… isn’t continued? alright who do i need to strangle?

[Kat · Rating 3 out of 5]

can’t believe this is where the story ends and the third volume never got published 😭😭😭

[Selena Pigoni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Guess I don't get to see the conclusion of this series. I would've been interested to see how this wraps up, but it looks like Tokyopop never released the final volume.

Ah well, guess I'll make up my own ending somewhere.

Not particularly exciting. I was more confused by this volume than anything, and the panels were a bit crowded and hard to follow.

I liked the forest parts, though. Dark forests with illusions and all are definitely my style.

[Dominique Aguilera · Rating 3 out of 5]

A shame that this series was never finished. Prism of Midnight Dawn seemed to be taking a darker turn when compared to the first three books, probably because the setting was mainly in Ai-Land--thus, living up to the "Gothic fantasy" genre Wikipedia categorized it as. I guess all that's left are the individual short stories found in Rumors from the Other Side and Encounters.

Where this left off, with no resolution, I feel disappointed and depressed.

[Diana Fritz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't care for the dark direction this story was going in. Also, there was a noticeable difference in the artwork from the original trilogy to the new stories, and that totally threw me as I mostly use my original trilogy as drawing reference. Because they're gorgeous.

[April · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this better than the debut issue of the trilogy

[A. E. S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

SO! MAD! This series has been stalled! I want the third book! The second book has danger, adventure and laughs as Ai keeps it up with her amazing adventures, this time trapped in Ai-Land.

[Holly Letson · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*