We invite you to discover with us a new title from Kana editions: The Grim Reaper and an Argent Cavalier. This shonen on the background of Dark Fantasy leads us into the medieval universe of knights who fight against Evil but also mysterious creatures who resent the lives of others!
Original title: Shinigami to Gin no Kishi – 死神と銀の騎士
Alternate title : The Grim Reaper and an Argent Rider
Mangaka : Irono
Genre : Action – Drama – Fantasy
Type : Shonen
French publisher: Kana
Japanese publisher : Square Enix
Release date: July 7, 2017
Number of volumes published : 1 in France, 4 in Japan
Status : completed
Price: 5.95€ (double cover)
Synopsis
Once upon a time, there was a brother and a sister who were great sorcerers… The big brother discovers the way to immortality: devour souls. He then becomes the Lord of death, each time a little more thirsty for human souls and he launches on the world the Larvas, metamorphosed humans responsible for collecting souls for him. His little sister Lemuria, rebels and founds an order of knights in charge of hunting down and eliminating the Larvas… Two hundred years have passed… The young Cyan decides to become a knight to save the soul of Lemuria's descendant. But for that, he embarks on a quest that could well cost him his life… (source: Kana)
How to reconnect with fantasy while renewing it
© 2014 Irono / Square Enix[/caption]
If the story may seem quite classic at first, Cyan our protagonist does not really seem to have the makings of a hero. Yet his parents are silver knights who have dedicated their lives to the cult of Lemuria, an organization that hunts monsters commonly known as larvas. Its famous larvas attack people at nightfall in order to take their souls! And this is where the author Irono pulls out of the game by offering us a revisit of the famous myth of vampires who are not thirsty for blood but have in fact become collectors of human souls.
An idea that reminds us slightly of the anime Shakugan no Shana although the comparison stops there. Anchored in this perspective, the mangaka leads us as naturally as possible to the universe of death with a shinigami (god of death) who is disappointed to see all his humans at the mercy of his creations … A struggle for the survival of humanity is underway, much like that exercised in the world of Shingeki no Kyojin.
From shadow to light
© 2014 Irono / Square Enix[/caption]
The plot could end there and go around in circles. However, this is not the case. Cyan after a terrible tragedy, finds himself having to make a crucial choice: be a silver knight or wait for death? Obviously, no need to evade the question, he will side with the cult of Lemuria having found in damsel Reinette, one of the heiresses of the Lemuria clan who has the power to exorcise the larvas; a reason to live. But while everything is going well, our brave knight will again show bad luck.
As you will have understood, this first volume does not lack many twists and turns. Several plots will be present as well as secrets and other mysteries hovering over the role of certain characters. In addition, the chara-design of the characters is clean and clean, detailed all like the sets, the emotions felt by Cyan are justified and well conducted, not to mention the atmosphere with the look of disaster scenario, embellished all the same with a touch of humor not to fall too much into the doldrums. Although, the mangaka Irono makes her debut in the big leagues, this is her first series, we already feel a certain style of her own.
The universe of dark fantasy is well represented with this manga that has not finished surprising us. As for the reversible jacket, it is a wise and very appreciable choice, which effectively shows us the two sides of a Cyan tortured in this oh so hostile world!
To go further we leave you an extract here.
