Silver Diamond 08

Silver Diamond #8

by Shiho Sugiura

Attirés par une étrange lueur au fond de l'étang du feu bleu, nos héros se retrouvent face au monstre qui hante la falaise, un serpent géant ! Que signifient toutes ces apparitions de créatures étranges ? Est-ce la prophétie du prince qui mène finalement ce monde à sa destruction ? Bien des aventures attendent encore Rakan et ses amis dans leur odyssée.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Yaoi, Shojo, Adventure, Boys Love, Fiction

Paperback

First published April 20, 2006

About the author

Name (in native language) : 杉浦志保

Zodiac : Aquarius

Blood Type : AB

Reviews

[Mir · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was extremely moving!
The saddest story about giant crystal serpent ever. <-- not sarcasm. Sugiura's ability to briefly introduce a characters, even non-human ones, and make the reader feel for them is truly impressive.

[Mely · Rating 3 out of 5]

The one where the gigantic underground crystal snakes die and break your heart.

[Estara · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this volume the great big rock snakes have their first big appearance, in a bitter sweet twist about the spreading of green in the world.

[Mary Knight · Rating 3 out of 5]

No lo se... me ha aburrido bastante este volumen, no es malo pero ademas de las serpientes de cristal que se vuelven ríos, nada mas ocurrió. Aun así siguen las escenas cómicas y emotivas de Chigusa, supimos un poquito del pasado de Narushige y algunos personajes nuevos sin mucha relevancia.

[Miss Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

been awhile since i read this so i'm sure i was missing some of what was happening but i liked this whole thing with the giant snakes and the creation of rivers. 3 stars

[Li Arnaut · Rating 5 out of 5]

a história das cobras ): ):

[Ashra]

p. 108. i will get back to you

[Leila Anani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rakan, Chigusa, Narushige and Tohji along with stonewolf and koh the snake continue their epic journey. They come to a community who try and sacrifice them to a giant snake which gives Narusige a poignant flashback to when his mother did the same thing to him in the Imperial capital.

The giant snakes are dying and turning into rivers.

Some nice creation myths going on here - beautiful artwork and I love the subtle way this links things together we have Rakan/Narushige sacrificed to a snake in present time, linked to Narushige sacrificed in his childhood and his sister Sae also having her own encounter with a serpent.

Really enjoying this series - common manga themes of ecology, friendship, BL, good vs. evil, parallel worlds and hope vs despair are all here but woven in a new and interesting way.