Alternative TitlesEnglish: Destiny's Hand
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Published: Jan 1, 2006 to ? Serialization:
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SynopsisThe story begins with a flashback to when Olivia is thirteen. Olivia is in arranged marriage that she is determined to escape. The ship she and her parents are travelling on is taken by the Destiny's Hand. When Diego threatens her father, Olivia manages to defeat him with a knife and her wits. Captain Blaine gives her a favor, and Olivia asks to join the crew of the Destiny's Hand. Her father disowns her, and she joins the crew of Destiny's Hand.
Three years later, it is Owen who is telling Olivia's story to their captives. When they are about to depart, they are attacked by the' 'Kraken, Mulgrew's ship. After a fierce battle, Blaine's only good lung had been peirced. With Captain Blaine dying, he appoints the only person he considers brave enough to lead a crew to find the Devil's Eye: Olivia Soldana. Blaine then tells of Destiny's Hand's Five Fingers that guide her, Olivia, Diego, Matthau, and Badru. He also tells them of the Fifth finger, a scholar who reads the ancient language of Priscus. After, the crew heads to Vickensburg where they attempt to recruit Elias, the Governer's son and the Index finger who should point the way to the Devil's Eye. Blaine gives them a picture of the ship's Figure head, Lady Kate and tells them that showing it to him should convince him to join them. Olivia and Badru sneak into the governer's mansion and ask Elias. Elias Refuses to join them, so Olivia and Badru leave the picture and return to the ship.
Upon their return, it is revealed that Elias is Blaine's son. It also reveals some of Blaine's past and the story of Lady Kate. Lady kate was actually based off of a woman named Katherine who was going to be forced to marry the governer's son. She asked for passage of Blaine's ship. Katherine practiced some sort of magic, a form of Future sight and used it to steer Blaine's ship in the right direction, and avoid storms. She also in the future Mulgrew's attempt to capture the Devil's Eye, and when she was pregnant told Blaine she had to Marry the governer's son so that their son would grow up to be a scholar. Katherine later died in child birth.
Olivia then goes back to the governer's Mansion and kidnaps Elias and brings him back to Destiny's Hand. She then tells him Blaine is his father. Elias then points a gun to Blaine's head stating that his father is the Governer of Vickensburg. |
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Nyron
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Alright, so I was at B&N today, expecting to find nothing worth buying as usual. Then I saw this big, meaty book of about 600 pages called DESTINY'S HAND -Ultimate Pirate Collection-. It's about pirates, and isn't One Piece so I was like "holy ****!" Even better, it was just one book and not few hundred volumes. That's just dandy.
It's one of those American-written Mangas BUT WAIT DON'T HIT BACK YET, the art is actually pretty good overall. The concept art and penciled portraits are great. The actual inked pages take away from that quality, but overall the art is still better than most manga. The story and cast are good too, especially the main girl Olivia Soldana. One of the main hooks for this series is that there's a female main character who readily kicks ass without being an excuse for fanservice. Shounen manga heroes wish they could be as cool and competent as her. The rest of the cast is also satisfyingly well done in that they're reasonably cliche but their interactions and characterization are very good. The story itself is a pirate tale through and through, with a good dose of twists and a brisk pacing.
And this can be bought for like $10 on Amazon. So worth it. Like pirates? Get to it. read more
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