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Reviewed by Michael Aronson “Now that her bond with Toya has healed her heart, Chiyuki wants to live her life to the fullest. What she doesn’t know is that Toya has refused to make the full partnership with her. He doesn’t want to doom her to a thousand years of life. Chiyuki swore to Toya that she would never leave him alone, but is that a promise she’ll be able to keep?” Volume one managed to get the plates spinning reasonably well, so why does volume two neglect them and let a few crash to the ground? I can’t continue to buy Toya’s whininess. “Boohoo, I’m a vampire who saved Chiyuki from the illness that had her hospitalized her entire life and was going to kill her, and now she’s pledged to stick by me, even to join me in eternal immortality, but I can’t ask that of her.” Whoever heard of a reluctant, submissive vampire? Who wants to? Perhaps his emotional aloofness is supposed to make him a more romantic figure, but his situation really isn’t terribly complicated. Then there’s Satsuki, who’s all over Chiyuki, declaring his love left and right while Toya stares on and broods. For a werewolf, Satsuki doesn’t contribute any special skills or cleverness to the story, and more often than not finds himself the brunt of insults mocking or questioning his civility. Perhaps Satsuki would have more to do if the plot weren’t cataleptic. Pages upon pages confine the characters to unspectacular situations in which they bicker with each other until a change of scene gives them something new to do. Their bickering and interactions aren’t so bad, but they trail on too long with no forward momentum. And there are far too many asides in the dialogue – readers of shojo should know to what I refer. It’s not that Millennium Snow is terrible so much as there are too many aspects I personally can’t stand. The art’s pretty average, though Chiyuki’s eyes are so big it looks like they’re bleeding down her face. If it’s all the same, I’d prefer a snow that doesn’t last a millennium. Comment on this review of Millennium Snow v2 on the Manga Life Forums. |
6 October 2009
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