Les Exilés de Kifa

Yoko Tsuno #18

by Roger Leloup

Myna est un petit root-ordinateur autonome, chargé de protéger, guider et instruire les enfants de Vinéa. Comme ses semblables, elle a été exilée sur Kifa, une immense cité spatiale errante que Gobol, un génie malfaisant, veut précipiter sur Vinéa pour la détruire.

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Comics Bd, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

46 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Veronique · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re-read 2017

It is always a pleasure to return to space and the Vineans. This one had plenty of references to a previous volume, Les Archanges de Vinéa, favourite of mine. Not bad in all, if a little thin on the plot.

N.B. If you want to know more about Yoko Tsuno - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Diz · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of the weaker stories in the Yoko Tsuno series. It features a cartoony mini-robot character that kind of breaks the adventure mood of the series. Also, the story jumps around quite a lot, so it is a bit disjointed. As a matter of personal taste, I prefer the Yoko Tsuno stories that take place on Earth over those that take place in space.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

War nicht so meins, dieser Band.

Die Geschichte konnte mich nicht abholen und die neuen Figuren (die kleinen Roboterelfen) waren mir ziemlich unsympathisch...

Naja, wenigstens wissen wir jetzt, dass Yoko und Vic ein Paar sind :D

[Shannon Cooke · Rating 4 out of 5]

For me, I think the later adventures of Yoko Tsuno are best when set it outer space. There, the story can reach the heights of fanciful invention without having to tie it to the realities of Earth.

In this installment, we have a mystery in multiple layers, one that is not truly revealed until the final pages. The history of Vinea gains another new dimension as well, but Leloup cleverly ties it to previously adventures so that it doesn’t feel like a retcon — or at least, not to the extent that some of the previous additions have done.

My only real continuing complaint is that the side characters get short shrift. Vic and Pol seem to exist only to give Yoko someone to explain things to, and Rosée has turned out to be bait — get captured, so that Yoko will be motivated to go somewhere dangerous. (Even some of the other characters wonder why Yoko brings a little girl into such dangerous situations. I guess if it’s okay for Poky, it’s okay for Rosée.)

Regardless, this type of story is what I read Yoko Tsuno for. While I do miss the earlier days where Vic and Pol played a greater part, they are still an enjoyable read featuring an enjoyable main character.

[Vincent · Rating 3 out of 5]

As usual, I find the Vinean stories less interesting than the terrestrial ones. After four relatively more grounded stories, we return to Vinea and learn about a robot city run by a mysterious controller.

Leloup's art is always outstanding, and I especially enjoy his purely invented machines like spacecraft. I love that there is a Vinean esthetic to how the machines are operated.

This story picks up from the last Vinean episode, and I have to admit it has been long enough for me that I am not fully up to speed on the politics and factions involved so I didn't follow the twists of the plot quite as well as I might have.

By this time in the series, Pol has become basically the always-hungry baby sitter and Vic brings Yoko her aircraft. Their competence as technicians and bravery as adventurers is no longer exploited in the stories. That makes me a bit sad as I like an ensemble cast more than everything relying on superwoman Yoko.

However, we do get a hint that perhaps Vic and Yoko have been in a romantic relationship "off-screen" and this amuses me.

[Sanna lukee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Taas yksi nostalgiatrippi lapsuuteen. En vieläkään täysin ymmärrä miksi Suomessa Yoko Tsunot on julkaistu väärässä järjestyksessä, oikeasti tämä taitaisi olla #18. Jos lukee albumit suomijärjestyksessä, Kifan pakolaiset tuntuu huomattavan sekavalta. Moneen hahmoon ja juttuun on nimittäin tutustuttu jo muissa Vineaan sijoittuvissa tarinoissa, jotka Suomessa on julkaistu vasta myöhemmin. Muutenkin avaruusjutut ovat aina olleet itselleni vähemmän kiinnostavia Tsunoja. Leloupin piirrostyyli on tietysti silti ihailtavaa.

[Saoirse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un bon tome où l’on on retrouve les vinéens. Encore de très beaux décors.

[Frans Kempe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Returning to Vimea and they go on a quest to Kifa.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Retour en forme chez les Vinéens. Le dessin continue sur sa lancée avec des visages moins fins mais une représentation technologique toujours aussi belle.

[Timo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tavallisesti Yokon Vinean tarinat ovat suurinta parhautta, mutta tämä ei vain koskaan oikein alkanut ja söpöilyäkin söpöine hahmoineen oli liikaa.

[Livia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm officially done with this series, it's a fucking mess

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Autre aventure intergalactique où nos héros habituels se feront de nouveaux amis.

Ps: le résumé mis en ligne ne correspond pas du tout à cette BD mais à celle du volume 22.