I found this interesting-looking manhwa at The Comic Store on one of their sale-on-manga Tuesdays. It's described as a psychological thriller, and features a girl born into a shaman family. (The plot points concerning her problems fitting in to life among "normals" sound a bit like Natsume's Book of Friends.)

There are some impressive scenes of the young heroine's magical abilities, whether she's seeing bizarre creatures that nobody else can see or is summoning a huge dragon-spirit. And there's a lot of tension, as the villagers don't seem to want a shaman even when that's what's needed to save them - think "witch hunt"...

I'm adding this to the Manga/Manhwa bookbox, which will be on its way shortly. Hope someone enjoys it!

I'll be keeping this one.

Read yesterday.

Sunbi's grandmother was a shaman, a talented woman who could see spirits and helped keep their village safe. Now that she's gone, the role of shaman falls to Sunbi, since she inherited her grandmother's gift.

There isn't all that much of Sunbi in the book, or if it's there it's not memorable. Her grandmother is the one who stands out. Sunbi grew up under her care, and in flashbacks to her childhood we see her grandmother conversing with a great dragon spirit and chasing off dokebis, the demon spirits that seem very similar to Japanese oni.

This is an intriguing volume. I'm not sure why I'm not drawn in enough to continue with the series. Is it the art? While the creature art is pretty fantastic - love the dragons, love the dokebi - there's a crudeness to the human figures, especially the faces, that I don't care for. Here, there's a panel where the character's eyes don't point forward. In another, the nose is a little too upturned. I find it distracting, I guess.

But the story's good, and has a lot of promise for future volumes. I might read it if another book volume floats my way, but there's something that keeps me from wanting to hunt Vol. 2 down.

sent to a swapper in Gilroy, CA!