Paros no Ken
The Sword of Paros

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I enjoyed reading this but I'm a little confused at how should I feel about this manga. I liked it, but it could be better.

The story: was quite good, although it is a cliché. Throughout the manga is just about the warrior princess who did not accept anything that her father requested her to do. Even though she is a very strong person, the way she handle the things that it is just childish. She neglect anything that has to do with the kingdom and the responsibility that comes with the title. Though 8 chapters she only cared ... about her love Fiona. I do not appreciate the childish part of Erminia, because she did not care about the lives that where in danger because of her.

Art: I loved the detailed old-school art style, but sometimes it seemed a little to much. What I found disturbing was the fact that I could not understand who was the girl, neither the boy because the style that the artist had approach is very confusing.

Characters: were cute , but I thought they were nothing special compared to other characters . I would say that my favorites were Fiona and Yurias, because both of them tried to protect Erminia to the point where their lives will be in danger.

Enjoyment: I liked it, but sometimes I thought that something was missing and that sometimes the plot could have been better developed .

Overall: I appreciate the message. Love costs a lot, it is selfish and it is very hard to be complete without pursuing the feeling, even though it may destroy other lives.

It's a good fairytale story with a twist. If you read this story thinking that the main character is trans then you're greatly mistaken, and is lowkey homophobic and sexist. Masculine women and lesbian exists, but during that time they just didn't have the words for how they're feeling so "feeling like a man" is the closest they could get. In the end she understand that she is still a woman but just that she can never love a man, hence, by modern definitions, a lesbian.

There's great attention to detail given to the art, it's just such a shame that it's rushed and the ... writing weakened near the end. If they built it up a bit more then it would have felt more like a complete story. That being said though, I guess it sticks to the fairytale format of it being short and the ending being up to interpretations. The ending seems happy considering for when it was made so I love it for that.

If you want to read something that is short, classic, and is of substance this is a good read. It also helps a lot that it's got class that is sorely missing from most yuri/gl stories nowadays.

Well...I haven't really read enough to write a review of this, but what is currently the only review was written by someone who...either doesn't know what transgender people are, or is "wilfully ignorant", and I don't really like that. This manga is nice because the art feels genuinely cared for and not like the artist was being tortured with deadlines the whole time; is that genuinely the case? Not sure, but it feels that way. But yeah, it's very beautiful and ornate like an ink tapestry, though some of the artistic choices are cornily rather than charmingly retro. As for the characters and plot, they're ... rather thin in keeping with the fairytale aesthetic, but beneath all those layers of mundanity fostering my apathy is an empathetic portrayal of someone trying to form an identity within a system that tries to reduce them to who they are on the surface. I think the way it utilises the surface level is also nice, because it points out how limiting certain forms of storytelling are when trying to express the human experience beyond the norms that the society that created them wants to foster.

Okay, Siphyr out.