Godchild, Vol. 1 (1)

I really love it

Sooo addicted to this series- "Godchild" especially. Read it when I was in high school but never finished them, finally re read all of them and actually finished the entire saga. Love love love! Wish there were more- like "Bleach" lol

Staggering, beautiful, nuevo gothique story. Kaori Yuki's heart and soul! A pivotal must read!

I like the story and I'm planning to read more!

First part of my favorite stores alert great and it arrived real quick :-D

Godchild is the sequel to The Cain Saga, which has also recently been brought out by VIZs Shoujo Beat line of manga. To enjoy Godchild you don't have to have read The Cain Saga first, since it introduces the characters and plot well enough to easily get the gist of what goes on.For those of you familiar with Kaori Yuki's work in either The Cain Saga or Angel Sanctuary, you'll find that Godchild has a very different style to it, although the layout is much the same as in The Cain Saga, being episodic, but still gently swimming through one general story arc. I won't spoil any of it for you, but suffice it to say there's a family conflict here.Godchild is certainly extremely gory, and not for the faint of heart. This said, gore is pretty much the only thing that works toward it's OT (older teen) rating (unless of course, you can factor in sheer freakin' creepiness). There are five episodes in the first graphic novel, each of which deals with some fairy tale or children story turned visceral and bloody murder, which are always wonderfully portrayed by Yuki's wonderful art and writing style, and if you're into stuff like that, this should definitely be a plus.I only have beef with one part of Godchild: it's classification. By almost no means other than art should Godchild be considered a Shoujo manga. Just because Kaori Yuki's other works have been Shoujo, doesn't automatically make this one so. However, this complaint doesn't have a whole lot of merit, as it doesn't make one ounce of difference in how enjoyable the experience as a whole should be for you.Overall, Godchild is equal parts story and character driven, coupled with an art style that's absolutely a joy to behold. But don't let the classification fool you - it's not a romance for the most part. If you're into horror, mystery, early 20th century aristocratic London, or manga as a whole, Godchild is definitely worth picking up and intently flipping through.

Ah, Kaori Yuki. How do I love thee. Let me count the ways:You've taken nursery rhymes and twisted them into murder mysteries;You create artwork that is simultaneously beautiful and violent;You mold the most absurd scenarios into moving stories;You've captured a protagonist who is every bit as twisted and psychotic as his enemies;You've encapsulated comic relief in a GWAHAHAing buffoon named Oscar;You filled each episode with trivia on everything from opera to medieval torture masks;You've saved the subtlety of an unlikely love story for the very last scenes of a Victorian tragedy.I do hope that Viz eventually releases the first five volumes of the Cain series to add depth to Kaori's voice. But even without them, Godchild bewitches.The venue of 'Shojo Beat' slightly perturbs me, since Godchild must share space with relationship-centered fluff. It's like shelving Irvine Welsh in the romance section. Does not compute. But Viz is doing quite well with the translation and staying true to the heart of the story.

I'm new to Kaori Yuki. I've seen "Angel Sanctuary" around and even considered buying it a few times, but this is the first comic by her that I've ever bought.Apparently this story fits into the grand scheme of a loose series called "The Cain Saga." Cain obviously has a back story; it's unclear whether it will be covered later in this series or not.Earl Cain Hargreaves is the main character, a beautiful (very effeminate) young English nobleman in the 1880s. Basically, he's like a Goth-y, younger Sherlock Holmes. He stumbles into mysteries everywhere. This volume is divided into short stories, of a kind. Some are single episodes, while others are solved over two stories. Most take place in the "now" of Cain's world but one of them is set during his youth, just after the death of his father. While ocassionally implausible, these are usually all right, as mysteries go.The art is pretty good, though it does sometimes suffer from the "is that a boy or a girl?" confusion that you find in many shoujo comics, especially in the case of Cain (could be crossdressing, you never know) and Dr. Jizbel Disraeli (who is not aided by his first name). The violence, when present, is fairly stylized, though this manga does have its share of explosions of blood and the like. The one major problem that I had with the art, actually, was in the costume. This is supposed to be the 1880s, the era of bustle dresses and cool hats for women. Why, then, is that girl at the beginning wearing a style more appropriate for the 1780s? And why does that other girl look like and add for Hot Topic? Inconsistancies like that stir the irritable re-enactor in me. It's still fun, but that was a little annoying to me. That's why I only gave it four stars.I guess I should also mention that this is the kind of story where every member of the nineteenth century English gentry is perverted or psychotic. Our hero, Earl Cain, is himself the product of a singularly nasty kind of union (think Caligula). I only mention this because I know that some people might not want the younger members of their family to read about that kind of thing.But "Godchild" is still a pretty fun manga and all costuming issues aside, one that I'll probably continue buying. I recommend it to anyone with gothic leanings over the age of twelve. It doesn't disappoint.

it was cheap (£2 something)And the story was rlly good

I’ve read many times in past before buying; my step sister got me into this book, it's really funny, dark and twisted lol. Gore, heads cut off. I really like the alice in wonderland plot and the crooked house plot as well.

I was looking for this first number since 10 years ago... I love Kaori Yuki's manga.

This was a great and exciting Manga to read!It features several stories - plus a two-parter, starring the heroic Lord Cain - tall and handsome, (as all heroes should be!) with some pretty gruesome stories - including a girl who gouges out the eyes of pretty young girls in order to collect them in a jar to perform some kind of spell when she has six pairs. This she believes will make her ugly face beautiful!I thought this was great, and enjoyed it enough to purchase volume two! The art is good and clear, and the speech bubbles have good large clear print, and nothing is too tiny to read without effort. The stories are also easy to follow. Having read a few Manga books lately, I have noticed that not all Mange is good; some can often be a little confusing and include poorly placed speech bubbles which misleads the Reader to who is saying what - but not this one.Loved it, and I'm sure I will continue to enjoy the series!

'''''''''''''''''~'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''..'''''''''''''~~As a Asian,let me practise my English now.....I try to change my words above into English(^_^) Yuki god(aunt)_(because god and aunt have similiar pronounciation in my language.)This work is full of darkness and flowery.Its Gothic style is so beautiful that I like it very much.In addition, I think the creator described Cian and the things that happened very well.(OF COURSE IT'S MY OWN OPINION) It's different from most books except some ones like dictionary-----prefer to write only a sort of emotion(such as love between youngers.)So I'm sure that I'll read all of the series one day!