Celebrated in its first cycle in lions, the 5 Earths prove that the series is also strong in monkeys. In the ninth volume, "Your inner laughter", the plots multiply. From the underworld to the top of the empire, how will the characters escape the worst? A very ape-like 
gang war This ninth volume continues the discovery of the 5 Earths. This heroic fantasy world scripted by David Chauvel, Andoryss and Patrick Wong is divided into five kingdoms where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. We discovered the felines of Angleon by struggles for this throne dominating the 5 Earths. The new narrative incorporating the Lily cycle follows monkeys. The reader also travels through various social backgrounds through multiple, seemingly unrelated plots. Hisa, is the ruthless godmother of the Sistre clan. She resumed the gang war against the rival clan of the Coucal. His group succeeds in thwarting the trap of the Sistre. She had also demonstrated her cruelty by killing Uncle Djen. His family members are preparing for revenge. However, between internal divisions and the appetite of other clans, a sinister atmosphere dominates among the Coucals. Given loser by this death of the chief, Alissa has more than one trick up her sleeve …
From the kingdom to the metropolis
This gang war is just one of the many stories of the 5 Earths. Commissioner Examiner, Shin Taku, is in pursuit of Alissa for the murder of a soldier. He proves his talent for making the most fragile acolytes of the Coucal clan speak. Thauri, a former boxing hopeful, stopped everything when she became a mother. In the previous volume, she is pushed to return to the sport for financial reasons. After an accelerated phase of training, she returns to the ring but she is no longer so young… In addition, she needs money to get her son treated and watches with interest the sports betting controlled by the gangs. In the elite of society, Keona, the queen's daughter, learned a lot during her stay in the kingdom of Angleon. She also wants to have a stronger political role but, for now, only a librarian listens to her. She opens her heart to him… This new volume of the 5 Lands further enriches the discovery of Lys when the reader also enters the monasteries. Far away, outside the capital, Otsue and Teruo, two students, are searching for the lost city of Bakhran. But, lost in the jungle, they are rescued by a wild monkey, Kauri. This volume is an opportunity to understand the reasons for the rupture between the city and the forest. These are false traditions that prevent good communication between these two groups. If by this summary, the scenario may seem dense, the transitions between the plots are very fluid so that the reader is never lost in the streets of the 5 Earths.
5 Lands and Feminism
The society of this new kingdom of the 5 Lands is matriarchal. Indeed, women occupy decisive positions in gangs, in politics and even in the family. Their dominance is so strong that men are set aside. Fakeri, advisor to the Sistre clan, struggles to put forward his strategy to beat the Cougars. For the Commissioner, it is obvious that the person responsible for a murder can only be a woman. Several subplots denounce the closure of minds of the dominant whether in politics or in crime. On the contrary, the few characters who are more tolerant and more open to the outside are valued. To succeed in placing such subtlety around the abundance of intrigues, it takes all the talent of Jérôme Lereculey. In this new cycle of the 5 Earths, the designer succeeds in transmitting the different emotions on these animal figures in intimate scenes. It also accurately transcribes a mafia clan attack and the majesty of a funeral. He knows perfectly how to make the many decorations credible by taking elements of classical Chinese architecture. In addition, everything happens in Asia and so we leave European medievalism for a more diversified vision of the world. Halfway through this new cycle of the 5 Lands edited by Delcourt, the reader is impressed by the density of the scenario. We read at the same time a sports training, a police investigation, a gang war, power struggles and a failed expedition into the jungle. However, under the trappings of an adventure story, the series is above all the complete presentation of a society and the diversity of an imaginary world.
