The Poe Clan, Vol. 1

512 pages

English language

Published Jan. 3, 2019 by Fantagraphics.

ISBN:
978-1-68396-208-3
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OCLC Number:
1091651693

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3 stars (1 review)

The Poe Clan: a race of undead that feeds on the energy of the living, whiling away the centuries in a village of roses where time and geography have no meaning. Circumstances lead to a brother and sister, Edgar and Marybelle, being initiated into the clan too young, and therefore doomed to live out eternity forever on the brink of adulthood, until a wooden stake or a silver bullet should cut them down. In this groundbreaking manga, through three immortal adolescents and the mortals whose lives they touch, Moto Hagio explores what it means to live and to die, to have loved and to have lost.

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3 stars

The art definitely felt like it was from a different time. Graceful and full of significant looks. The page layouts are highly varied, with a lot of intricate detail that might make it a bit harder to follow if you are still nervous about reading manga. The book itself is oversized however, so it was really a very luscious and beautifully intricate experience that I felt a bit rushed through due to my library loan timeline.

An older story it is not surprising that the presentation of gender is not hugely progressive. That said, you could certainly tell how this aligned with Moto's credentials as the mother of shōnen-ai.

Race was the most uncomfortable thing for me when it came to this particular book. Not unique to this book, the way that "whiteness" is presented in most manga compared to how "blackness" is presented is not great. And while I …