黎明のアルカナ 9

黎明のアルカナ [Reimei no Arcana] #9

by Rei Tōma, 藤間麗

従者・ロキの秘めた想いを知ってしまったナカバ。唯一無二の存在・ロキに応えたい気持ちと、愛する夫・シーザへの想いとの間で戸惑いを隠せない。しかし、母国へ戻る期限が迫り、ナカバはロキに究極の選択を迫られて…？「このまま私の腕の中にいるか、シーザ王子に会われるかで、この先の運命が大きく変わるとしたら…どうなさいますか？」

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Shojo, Adventure

183 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 26, 2012

About the author

Rei Tōma (Japanese: 藤間 麗,Tōma Rei) has been drawing since childhood, but she only began drawing manga because of her graduation project in design school. When she drew a short-story manga, "Help me dentist" (ヘルプ me デンティスト), it attracted a publisher's attention and she made her debut right away. Her magnificent art style became popular, and after she debuted as a manga artist, she became known as an illustrator for novels and video game character designs.

Dawn of the Arcana is her first long-running manga series, and it has been a hit in Japan, selling over a million copies.

Reviews

[Bookishrealm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aww man…this was a really heavy volume. This series has been on the rough side with some topics, but I wasn’t expecting the emotion in this one. It truly speaks to the politically injustices of this world especially the relationship between humans and ajin. The scenes that focused on the snake ajin and Batal probably some do the most beautiful frames art wise but most heartbreaking in terms of the text and dialogue. Finally happy to see Nakaba express how she feels about Caesar. I know this further complicates her relationship with Loki (who feels a tad bit manipulative) but I’m rooting for Caesar and Nakaba to make it as a couple. Another great installment to the series!

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oooooh this volume made me super angry and sad!

I really wasn’t impressed by Prince Balat and his beheading of an Ajin he’s known since childhood - talk about abuse of power!! I’m incensed by the injustice of it all!!

Elsewhere - more sadness as through her use of the arcana, Nakaba must now choose who lives out of Prince Azhal and Prince Akhil! 😢

I’m really hoping the rest of the series isn’t going to be as depressing!

[Michael (Mai) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know I give all of these five stars but this volume was exceptional. It was so emotional. We see Nakaba find out Loki's feelings (even though everyone - Ceasar included - already knew). But we also see it in direct relation to the terrible prince who is using his Ajin companion to wreak havoc which doesn't bode well for foreshadowing.

[Ylva · Rating 3 out of 5]

2 1/2 stars?

Honestly, after liking the previous volum I am once again bored, and uninvested in everything.

For two seconds I even considered DNFing the series here, but no, not so close to the end.

Anyhow - Nakaba bored me, Ceasar is not much in this volume, Loki if starting to be very off-putting and just nope. And i don't really care about what feels like an unimportans sideplot at this point.

[Alex | | findingmontauk1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know if I am mad or heartbroken. Pretty tense and heavy volume that I definitely was not expecting!

[Hoppipolla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Madre mía, que negro y que de culo cuesta abajo va to.

[Unabridged Bibliophile · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oof this was a sad one.

[Dani ❤️ Perspective of a Writer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Princess Nakaba of Senan and Prince Caesar of Belquat marry to seal a peace treaty between the 2 nations sharing the same island. Caesar is ready to hate Nakaba before he even really meets her simply because this is a political marriage and she has red hair instead of the royal black. Then he starts to get to know Nakaba and she totally changes his point of view. And he realizes maybe red hair is something special after all...

I don't always understand Nakaba and what the mangaka is trying to say about the relationship between Nakaba and Loki. She sure seems cut up about him when his motives seem really evident to me. This is definitely a factor of who Nakaba is though as a character.

Nakaba sees that the eldest prince leads the snake Ajin - Loki takes her to Caesar but doesn't want her to go out, she does anyway - some really beautiful frames... the art makes this series over every other detail!!

Batal's plan plays out here and Nakaba's ability is really no help. I love how we can see the other people's motives and feelings through scenes using the Arcana of Time.

BOTTOM LINE: Beautiful art makes the entire series.

[Chelsea · Rating 3 out of 5]

This ended up being a really sad volume! More memories of Loki where Nakaba finally realizes he's in love with her; and her feeling guilty because she chooses Caesar. His mother is scheming back in Belquat which is where Caesar is headed. Back in Lithuania, the evil first-born Prince captures the bandit Ajin and it is revealed the bandits were all his idea anyway and that the snake-girl was actually in love with him the whole time and it was super sad when he kills her. Nakaba finally uses the Arcana and is faced with two choices. Either Akhil or his brother must die by their brother's hand and she's freaking out cause she doesn't want to make that choice.
I'm not too big a fan of Akhil, he's using Nakaba and poor Rito's mother is the pawn to manipulate the gang...the plot in this volume was unexpected and sad and I hated the resolution of it. But the series is still decently paced and engaging.

[Jeimy Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first thing about this book series is that is full of surprises you can never expect something because there is always something . "I love being the red headed princess that is who I am ". Even though people might be different the society or whom you love should accept you just like prince Ceaser did. Some interesting about books 1-9 is Ceaser fell in love with princess Nakaba no less that a week of being married. As well she fell for him too, but they were many obstacles to over come their relationship and her keeping secret her powers from the wold expect loki. The adjective i will use to describe up till now the story is Twisted because prince ceaser brother prince Cain was trying to get rid of ceaser because in his mind he took everything from him throne, love, family so in a fight cain was killed by loki but to save the princess life. This explains the hatred between the royal blood . Any person who is a romantic can read it like it. Hope you enjoy!

[Mladoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lithvanel, royaume corrompu où le prince héritier Bathal s'avère être un fin manipulateur prêt à sacrifier une acolyte pour accéder au trône. Nakaba est de plus en plus impuissante face aux révélations de l'arcane et à ses révélations.
Au royaume de Senan, Rosenta prépare sa revanche en manipulant l'ex-fiancée du prince Caïn.

Entre réalité et plongées dans l'arcane, ce tome est assez tortueux mais le premier nœud de l'intrigue semble se nouer. Des personnages ambivalents qui entraîne la spirale des intrigues politiques, donnent encore une fois un rythme effréné au récit. Quelques réponses mais encore pour de non-dits. le personnage d'Elaheh sert avec brio la cruauté de Bathal. Un tome assez sombre qui n'augure rien de bon pour nos protagonistes par la suite

[Sabrina (Soter) Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Io adesso so cos'è l'amore. Ecco perché... mi dispiace. Io andrò a vedere Caesar"

Mentre il nostro amato principe prepara armi e bagagli e i flashback su Loki proseguono (con una bella batosta nel presente per il nostro lupo XD) nel regno di Lithuanel il complotto diventa sempre più chiaro e agghiacciante e purtroppo, come nella vita spesso accade, non saranno necessariamente i buoni ad uscirne vincitori.... questo è uno dei volumi forse più tristi, la storia della povera ajin serpente mi ha fatto scappare la lacrimuccia, così come il destino terribile di Ahkil e l'amato fratello (che immagino vedremo compiersi nel prossimo volume) ç__ç Onestamente tutto sta andando alle ortiche ç__ç

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely adored this book in the series, and finally the love triangle has been acknowledged. It was absolutely amazing, and the cliffhanger at the end was great. I'm definitely reading the next one immediately, I just had to iterate how great this one was before reading the next and discovering what happens next. It's such a good series, I'm completely enjoying this.

[Nadina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am still enjoying this series. I know there are only 4 volumes left after this, and based on where we are in the story I am wondering where it is going and how it will end.
That being said the plot and characters are still good. I like the contrast in background page color when Nakaba is using the Arcana of time.

[MaguiWorld · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cuánto dolor tener un poder tan increíble como el de la Arcana y no poder hacer nada.

Siento la impotencia de la protagonista y sufro con ella. Cuando dolor y todo por conseguir el poder... Había muchas cosas que lo recordaba de la primera vez que leí el manga hace varios años.

Y se que lo sé viene es peor, y sufro 😭😭

[♡Kayla♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

All this volume accomplished was making me actually like the idea of Loki and Nakaba together, even though I know she only has eyes for Caesar. It's actually a bit grating.

And that cliffhanger felt abrupt to me. Something about the pacing for this series is always so off.

I've made it this far into the manga, I suppose I might as well continue it, just so I can say I gave it a fair shake.

[Just A Ginger · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one was super confusing, with the doors, and choosing the future.

I also didn't understand when Caeser was leaving, it looked like Nakiba was with him but than she wasn't.

This was just one huge mess to me.

[Kirsten Simkiss · Rating 3 out of 5]

I definitely prefer the intrigues of the court and Nakaba needing to make decisions to the mediocre male characters in this series. The men act in the most bizarre macho way most of the time and are completely useless as love interests. I look forward to seeing which prince Nakaba will choose.

[Eden Silverfox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nakaba is able to see some of Loki's past and true feelings with the help of her power. She doesn't want to hurt him. He has been loyal and protected her. But you can see her heart belongs to Caesar.

And there is a Prince using his Ajin companion for chaos.

Emotional volume.

[Caitlin ~WordsAreMyForte~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75
One of the better volumes so far. I really like the direction Nakaba's character and her 'arcana of time' is going in, and some hard-hitting emotions are arising. Not to mention, I can tell the art gradually gets better each volume; I love seeing the tangible effects of artistic progress.

[Amara · Rating 4 out of 5]

We finally see a more true form of the Arcana of Time. A space filled with doors. We also learn for a second time that the price of saving a life is losing another life.
I'm wondering how this applied to the town they saved from the bandits. The snakes being burnt meant less people dying?

[Carolina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was so good. I feel like a broken record saying that, but I really mean if this time 😭😂 Loki’s true feelings are revealed, the tragic story of the snake Ajin, Akhil and Azhal’s lives in the balance and Caesar and Nakaba parting ways... so much heartbreak and emotional toil here.

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh okay… Loki definitely loves Nakaba in a romantic way. I wish it wasn’t that way though. It would be nice for Nakaba to have somewhat of a “family figure” in her life…
And the truth about Prince Betal and the snake ajin girl was heartbreaking… Made me so damn angry…

[Krestik303 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Damn this shojo romance manga got pretty dark... My heart hurts for Nakaba. Such a heavy burden for such a naive/innocent young girl. I would break down if I were in her place too. I'd just run away.

[Amanda Setasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another super emotional volume, but a lot of jumping around. It was really good though.

[Marcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I heart Caeser.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really good Shoujo manga! Really great story and beautiful art, definitely in the top 10 of the Shoujo that I’ve read👌😁😻📖📖💕

[Danielle Schlottman · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Megan Ferguson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I disapprove, I disapprove most strongly...not of the book but of the turn of events described therein.

[Bee (BacchusVines) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow, this volume was heavy.

Between Loki's love for Nakaba to Nakaba proclaiming her love for Caesar to the beheading of a Ajin. I worry how much heavier this manga can get.