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Reviewed by Tom Rosin High octane supernatural steampunk romp, set in 1920s' New York. Sister Rosette is a gun-totin' Nun with the Magdalan Order. Together with her partner Chrono, a seemingly harmless boy, actually a powerful demon, they dispatch holy ballistic exorcisms on all sorts of icky supernatural types. Chrono and Rosette long ago struck a deal. He gets her soul if she, and the Order, can wield his powers. Now under her control through the use of a pocket watch which limits his ability, as well as housing her life force. Each time Chrono releases his devastating powers, the hands on the watch wind backwards. Draining the soul of Rosette and shortening her life. Great little premise for a story which otherwise would have been just more Nuns'n'Guns (practically its own genre, honestly), besides, Antarctic Press are responsible for enough of that crap. Of course it helps that the demons are just the right mix of Go Nagai's Devil Man and Neon Genesis Evangelion. Couple that with stories drawn from actual occult mysteries and you have something fans of Devil Man and Hellsing would be foolhardy to pass over. Comment on this review of Chrono Crusade v1 on the Manga Life Forums. |
6 October 2009
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