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196 pages, Paperback
First published July 22, 2015
In the first place, I decided to try this series when yenpress twittered about its release. The cover looked interesting with the boy in an egyptian inspired outfit and I like the focus (at least for now it looks so) on gods and humans. I wouldn't have minded, if the entire story was set in ancient egypt.
So, in volume 1 we get a boy who's the more or less well-known Imhotep, a high priest with a great ability and on an important mission: to track and eliminate magai which are false gods. As said, I like this part of the story very much with all those ancient gods, especially if one has knowledge of those past eras. I just hope, this story won't develop into a never-ending find-and-kill-magai-story because this would be boring after some time. I expect more of a good plot...
Imhotep (short: Im) was an interesting protagonist from his first appearance up till the end of the volume. It's good to have gotten to know a bit of his past which might be more "tragic" than one would assume. To be honest, I hope it'll really get heart-aching! Jun Mochizuki (mangaka of Pandora Hearts and The Case Study of Vanitas, check them out if you don't know them yet!) made me a sadist and masochist, I want to suffer with the characters, sorry..., can't help it.
At the end, another character dressed quite alike Im appears and we learn about that priesthood... It's kind of strange that this guy calls Im a heretic, and it just intensifies the urge to know more about Im! What did he do? He was a great priest but got kind of sealed away to be awaken whenever there's need? That's inhuman! And why is he called an "evildoer" and heretic? There's so much I yearn to know! To put it short, this was a brilliant first volume (one of the best I've read this year) and I can't await volume 2!