An interesting world with interesting characters and gorgeous art, but this somehow felt like 3 issues of content spread across 5 issues. Some of that is simply front loaded world building, though, so I'll be interested in picking up volume 2.
The gifted children are now dispersed, some in Japan and Rori and Ayane in Ireland with Rori's father who has links with the Irish fairy folk. There are flashbacks about Rori's origins as well as action in Ireland and in Japan. It's getting quite complicated so reading the three previous volumes is ...
Well, I am currently sitting in economy class about an hour away from Melbourne airport, on the final leg of a rather exhausting trek. Even though I have spent most of the last seven hours in some sort of daze while my body clock tries to catch up with Australian Eastern Standard time (and the fact ...
The gifted children under Rori's leadership take on the Yokai at every opportunity. Rori is however under the influence of the Spider Mistress and the Tsuchigumo. The Yokai are also trying to recruit newly-powered youngsters. Good plotting leads to some surprises and another cliffhanger ending so th...
Rereading Volume 1 first, I then took on Volume 2. This ties up a few storylines and adds some. Rori returns and the group are eventually reunited in their fight against the old Japanese ghost legends and folk villains. Steve Cummings reveals at the end of the combined Volume 1 & 2 edition the backg...
This first volume in the wayward series does one thing splendidly; it's a good description of Japan, for as far as I can tell. It feels real and fellow reader have experienced the same thing. The story itself, unfortunately, is not that spectacular. A young girl moves from Ireland to her mother in...
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