アンジェリーク 1, 二人の女王候補

アンジェリーク #1

by Kairi Yura, 由羅カイリ

厳しく、そして優しい九人の守護聖に見守られて、少女アンジェリークは女王を目指す－－!!大人気ゲーム、待望のコミック化。

Genres: Manga

194 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 1996

About the author

Also known as 由羅カイリ

Reviews

[Hot Mess Sommelière ~ Caro · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a tie-in manga for the otome game series Angelique (which I have not played)

Going in I did not know that this was a video game series first; the plot holes make a LOT more sense to me now.

(The men are pretty much basic bitches, esp for an otome game. Where are the insane people)

(The rival girl is outrageous and I love her and I hope she wins tbh)

[Amaya · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's an amazing first volume and introduction to the Neoromance (Koei Tecmo) game, Angelique. The art is slightly uneven in the first place but easily takes your breath away if the art style is your cup of tea. There are funny moments in this volume which would help you through the following volumes.

The dynamics between the Guardians are easier to make out too. Angelique Limoges is a fabulous and loveable heroine, you'll see :)

---Spoilers below---

Chapter 1 is the intro of the universe, the Queen and the beginning of the universe's collapse in which there are the candidates to decide who the next Queen should be.
Chp 2: Zephel has growing pains which partly stems from the exchange in guardians (this particular Sacrea appears in the new guardian, leaving the previous guardian with the sudden lose of abilities and meant that Zephel has no mentor)

Chp 2 (cont.): Zephel's home world is in trouble and Dia wanted to inform him but discusses it with Luva (much to his surprise as he could have went to her) while revealing the plan to isolate and destroy Z's home world if the need comes. Zephel overhears it and lashes out then retreated to think about his abilities and what being a Guardian entails. Earlier in the chapter, his mechanical bird has hurt Marcel's bird
Chp 2 (cont. 2): Marcel also nicknamed Z's mechanical bird Mecha Chupi, that's so funny. Anyways Luva mentions at the end of the chapter that they have been researching a new way to cleanse the toxic(?) at his home world so no destruction would be necessary, to Z's relief of course.
Chap 3: Lumiere has been playing his harp while Angelique dozed off and saw glimpses of her little planet that she's trying to develop.
Chap 3 (cont.): Marcel gives a seedling to Angelique and both L and M mentions that helping to make something grow also involves not only caring but also talking to them. Angelique then has some trouble travelling while watching over her little planet which leaves her fearful and doubting herself. Lumiere advises her to pluck up the courage and try again but she couldn't.
Chp 3 Lumiere doesn't console her as he reveals to Olivier that it's something she has to work out on her own. When Angelique finally does (treating it as a roller coaster ride), she finds her planet with a volcano that's about to explode. It sends her into a panic and frantic for help, she goes to Lumiere and he explains that he doesn't have the ability to wield water (making it rain, etc) in ways that we can see.
Chp 3 (cont.) which had Angelique lashing out at him, 'What's the point of having the Sacrea if you can't save what's right in front of you?' to which he replies that 'It's true, there's nothing that I can do' and asks for her forgiveness. The Sacrea is not for the Guardians to use themselves but at the behest of their Queen (and the candidates). Angelique seeing Lumiere so sad realises that she was wrong to speak so
Chp 3 (cont.) Lumiere then suggests that they'll both think about ways to mend the situation once the volcano settles down. Angelique realises that she shouldn't have doubted herself and focused so strongly on the 'how' to develop the planet than seeing what's in front of her. She speaks to Pastha about naming her planet and Rosalia joins in to name hers (LOL).
Chp 3 quotes: 'What matters most is that you wish it.' 'Then we will do what we can to aid you as you wish us to.' (Lumiere) - my own translation
*Lumiere > Lumiale (correct spelling!)
Chp 5: I wonder if Zephel's short on calcium if he's easily angered? - Luva
Me: HAHAHA
Chp 4: Angelique and Rosalia's planets aren't developing as much as they want to. Rosalia thinks there's something obstructing their progress but Angelique's soul has been reached out by a wondering soul that's in between places, leaving Ange's soul to be separated from her body for too long a time when travelling to her little planet. Thanks to Clavis and Julious' Sacrea, she manage to help the little boy pass on.
Chp 4 (cont): Angelique regains consciousness to see Julious' smile but passes out soon after. Clavis laughed saying that it's because J showed Ange something so rare that she was overwhelmed and gets knocked out from that instead.
Chp 5: Zephel has dreams and his fears of the Metal Sacrea going out of control (from being constantly asked for) and his predecessor mad at him for the sudden loss of his abilities and Sacrea...
Angelique gets the idea to make something delicious for him and asks Dia for help while helping Dia to ask Zephel to repair a precious yet broken music box of hers.
Zephel gets annoyed from the sudden contact from A's hair..
Chp 5: Zephel again lashes out at Angelique for not knowing the downsides of the Metal Sacrea and isn't something to wield so casually, on top of that, questioning her for her supposed motives
Angelique doesn't have an agenda and she apologises for not being what a regular Queen's candidate should behave. Marcel tells her that Zephel's always like that but he's just having trouble about being frank with his emotions.

Chp 5 (cont.) Turns out Dia's music box was made by Zephel's predecessor and has been broken for a long time. Z manages to fix it and returns the picnic basket that Angelique has handed to him. Luva and Dia talks about the matter of the Metal Guardians and how it happened has been in their minds ever since it happened. Not that Z will take their interference kindly and stayed out of it until Angelique helped. Yay :) >